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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2015 23:00:58 +0200
From: magnum <john.magnum@...hmail.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CUDA support

On 2015-08-05 17:49, Frank Dittrich wrote:
> On 08/05/2015 03:40 PM, magnum wrote:
>> On 2015-08-05 03:21, Solar Designer wrote:
>>> This sounds just right to me.  Maybe we should have ./configure itself
>>> print the hint about OpenCL being the right choice even for NVIDIA?
>>
>> Good idea. Looks like this now. I tried not to break col 80 so it's kind
>> of ugly but hopefully will be seen and understood. Maybe lines are
>> wrapped in this mail though.
>>
>> Optional libraries/features found:
>> (...)
>> CUDA support (default disabled by OpenCL) .. yes * NOTE: OpenCL is
>> superior, *
>> OpenCL support ............................. no  *       even for NVIDIA
>
> I guess Solar meant an improved ./configure --help output for the
> --enable-cuda option.

I seriously doubt he meant that. About one user out of four million 
reads docs or help ever. The configure summary is what everyone will 
see, and now there's a heads-up right there.

magnum


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