Running Kernels

The last, and by far most complex, remaining HAL operation needed to execute a kernel is kernel_exec. Given a program handle, kernel handle, scheduling information and list of kernel arguments, the operation executes a kernel on the device. Due to this complexity and in order to explain how kernels can be executed on a RefSi device, implementing this operation will be divided into several sub-steps.

• Executing a Simple Command Buffer
• Loading and Executing Kernels Without Scheduling
  • Loading Kernels
  • Executing Kernels
• Simple Kernel Scheduling
• Kernel Argument Packing
• 2D and 3D Kernel Scheduling