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FUTHARK-AUTOTUNE(1) Futhark FUTHARK-AUTOTUNE(1)

NAME

futhark-autotune - calibrate run-time parameters

SYNOPSIS

futhark autotune [options...] <program.fut>

DESCRIPTION

futhark autotune attemps to find optimal values for threshold parameters given representative datasets. This is done by repeatedly running running the program through futhark-bench with different values for the threshold parameters. When futhark autotune finishes tuning a program foo.fut, the results are written to foo.fut.tuning, which will then automatically be picked up by subsequent uses of futhark-bench and futhark-test.

OPTIONS

The backend used when compiling Futhark programs (without leading futhark, e.g. just opencl).
The program used to perform operations (eg. compilation). Defaults to the binary running futhark autotune itself.
Pass an option to programs that are being run. For example, we might want to run OpenCL programs on a specific device:

futhark autotune prog.fut --backend=opencl --pass-option=-dHawaii


The number of runs per data set.
Print verbose information about what the tuner is doing. Pass multiple times to increase the amount of information printed.
Do not run the compiler, and instead assume that the program has already been compiled. Use with caution.
Ignore the test specification in the program file(s), and instead load them from this other file. These external test specifications use the same syntax as normal, but without line comment prefixes A == is still expected.
Change the extension used for tuning files (.tuning by default).
Initial tuning timeout for each dataset in seconds. After running the intitial tuning run on each dataset, the timeout is based on the run time of that initial tuning. Defaults to 60.

A negative timeout means to wait indefinitely.


SEE ALSO

futhark-bench

COPYRIGHT

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