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Static CUDA libraries #325

Open proc-sim opened 4 years ago

proc-sim commented 4 years ago

I understand PhysX CUDA code is not public, but is there any possibility that static libraries could be released so that PhysXGpu_64.dll and PhysXDevice64.dll don't need to be bundled with applications?

kstorey-nvidia commented 4 years ago

If you aren't using the GPU features, you don't need to include those DLLs. They are only required if you make use of GPU features.

Currently, PhysXGpu is only shipped as a DLL for a number of reasons. The main reason is compatibility - we can use the same GPU DLL between different VS versions, including future versions. If we shipped as a static library, we would need to ship libs built for all variations of build tools and also for configs like /MT vs /MD. The size of the distro would become much larger as a result.

It is technically possible to support a static lib but there are practicality challenges.

morphogencc commented 3 years ago

I would be interested in a static library as well -- it'd make my use cases much more straightforward.