multiple ati graphics cards for opencl programming on opensuse 12.1

I have recently switched from Ubuntu 11.04 to OpenSUSE 12.1 because of issues with the ati catalyst drivers. Now on OpenSUSE I have the drivers correctly installed (using atiupgrade, which was the only installation method that seemed to work properly and was extremely simple to use!!). I will be using my system for research, which is why I need to get opencl to detect all of my gpus.

System specs are:

  • AMD Phenom™ II X6 1090T Processor × 6
$ sudo /sbin/lspci | grep VGA
root's password:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Cayman PRO [Radeon HD 6950]
06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Cayman PRO [Radeon HD 6950]
07:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Cayman PRO [Radeon HD 6950]

My current output from clinfo is:

$clinfo
Number of platforms:                 1
  Platform Profile:                 FULL_PROFILE
  Platform Version:                 OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (938.1)
  Platform Name:                 AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
  Platform Vendor:                 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  Platform Extensions:                 cl_khr_icd cl_amd_event_callback cl_amd_offline_devices


  Platform Name:                 AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
Number of devices:                 2
  Device Type:                     CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU
  Device ID:                     4098
  Board name:                     AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series 
  Device Topology:                 PCI B#1, D#0, F#0 ]
  Max compute units:                 22
  Max work items dimensions:             3
    Max work items[0]:                 256
    Max work items[1]:                 256
    Max work items[2]:                 256
  Max work group size:                 256
  Preferred vector width char:             16
  Preferred vector width short:             8
  Preferred vector width int:             4
  Preferred vector width long:             2
  Preferred vector width float:             4
  Preferred vector width double:         2
  Native vector width char:             16
  Native vector width short:             8
  Native vector width int:             4
  Native vector width long:             2
  Native vector width float:             4
  Native vector width double:             2
  Max clock frequency:                 800Mhz
  Address bits:                     32
  Max memory allocation:             268435456
  Image support:                 Yes
  Max number of images read arguments:         128
  Max number of images write arguments:         8
  Max image 2D width:                 8192
  Max image 2D height:                 8192
  Max image 3D width:                 2048
  Max image 3D height:                 2048
  Max image 3D depth:                 2048
  Max samplers within kernel:             16
  Max size of kernel argument:             1024
  Alignment (bits) of base address:         2048
  Minimum alignment (bytes) for any datatype:     128
  Single precision floating point capability
    Denorms:                     No
    Quiet NaNs:                     Yes
    Round to nearest even:             Yes
    Round to zero:                 Yes
    Round to +ve and infinity:             Yes
    IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add:         Yes
  Cache type:                     None
  Cache line size:                 0
  Cache size:                     0
  Global memory size:                 1073741824
  Constant buffer size:                 65536
  Max number of constant args:             8
  Local memory type:                 Scratchpad
  Local memory size:                 32768
  Kernel Preferred work group size multiple:     64
  Error correction support:             0
  Unified memory for Host and Device:         0
  Profiling timer resolution:             1
  Device endianess:                 Little
  Available:                     Yes
  Compiler available:                 Yes
  Execution capabilities:                 
    Execute OpenCL kernels:             Yes
    Execute native function:             No
  Queue properties:                 
    Out-of-Order:                 No
    Profiling :                     Yes
  Platform ID:                     0x7f77b03200e0
  Name:                         Cayman
  Vendor:                     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  Device OpenCL C version:             OpenCL C 1.2 
  Driver version:                 CAL 1.4.1741
  Profile:                     FULL_PROFILE
  Version:                     OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (938.1)
  Extensions:                     cl_khr_fp64 cl_amd_fp64 cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_3d_image_writes cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_ext_atomic_counters_32 cl_amd_device_attribute_query cl_amd_vec3 cl_amd_printf cl_amd_media_ops cl_amd_popcnt 


  Device Type:                     CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU
  Device ID:                     4098
  Board name:                     
  Max compute units:                 6
  Max work items dimensions:             3
    Max work items[0]:                 1024
    Max work items[1]:                 1024
    Max work items[2]:                 1024
  Max work group size:                 1024
  Preferred vector width char:             16
  Preferred vector width short:             8
  Preferred vector width int:             4
  Preferred vector width long:             2
  Preferred vector width float:             4
  Preferred vector width double:         0
  Native vector width char:             16
  Native vector width short:             8
  Native vector width int:             4
  Native vector width long:             2
  Native vector width float:             4
  Native vector width double:             0
  Max clock frequency:                 800Mhz
  Address bits:                     64
  Max memory allocation:             4211426304
  Image support:                 Yes
  Max number of images read arguments:         128
  Max number of images write arguments:         8
  Max image 2D width:                 8192
  Max image 2D height:                 8192
  Max image 3D width:                 2048
  Max image 3D height:                 2048
  Max image 3D depth:                 2048
  Max samplers within kernel:             16
  Max size of kernel argument:             4096
  Alignment (bits) of base address:         1024
  Minimum alignment (bytes) for any datatype:     128
  Single precision floating point capability
    Denorms:                     Yes
    Quiet NaNs:                     Yes
    Round to nearest even:             Yes
    Round to zero:                 Yes
    Round to +ve and infinity:             Yes
    IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add:         Yes
  Cache type:                     Read/Write
  Cache line size:                 64
  Cache size:                     65536
  Global memory size:                 16845705216
  Constant buffer size:                 65536
  Max number of constant args:             8
  Local memory type:                 Global
  Local memory size:                 32768
  Kernel Preferred work group size multiple:     1
  Error correction support:             0
  Unified memory for Host and Device:         1
  Profiling timer resolution:             1
  Device endianess:                 Little
  Available:                     Yes
  Compiler available:                 Yes
  Execution capabilities:                 
    Execute OpenCL kernels:             Yes
    Execute native function:             Yes
  Queue properties:                 
    Out-of-Order:                 No
    Profiling :                     Yes
  Platform ID:                     0x7f77b03200e0
  Name:                         AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor
  Vendor:                     AuthenticAMD
  Device OpenCL C version:             OpenCL C 1.2 
  Driver version:                 2.0 (sse2)
  Profile:                     FULL_PROFILE
  Version:                     OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (938.1)
  Extensions:                     cl_khr_fp64 cl_amd_fp64 cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_int64_base_atomics cl_khr_int64_extended_atomics cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_ext_device_fission cl_amd_device_attribute_query cl_amd_vec3 cl_amd_printf cl_amd_media_ops cl_amd_popcnt 

**
clinfo only lists one gpu… can anyone explain to me why clinfo is only detecting one gpu and how to have it recognize the other two? **

also the current output of fglrxinfo is:

$fglrxinfo 
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series 
OpenGL version string: 4.2.11733 Compatibility Profile Context

I just tested the following to see if the devices were configured properly in xorg.conf:

aticonfig --adapter=0,1,2 --initial

Upon reboot, gnome was forced into low-graphics mode. I checked clinfo again and the results were the same as above. I have reverted back to my working .conf as shown below:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
    Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option        "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[1]-0"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[2]-0"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "0-DFP11"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
    Option        "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
    Option        "TargetRefresh" "60"
    Option        "Position" "0 0"
    Option        "Rotate" "normal"
    Option        "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "2-DFP11"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
    Option        "Disable" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "0-DFP10"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
    Option        "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
    Option        "TargetRefresh" "60"
    Option        "Position" "1680 0"
    Option        "Rotate" "normal"
    Option        "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    Option        "Monitor-DFP11" "0-DFP11"
    Option        "Monitor-DFP10" "0-DFP10"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[1]-0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    BusID       "PCI:6:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[2]-0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    Option        "Monitor-DFP11" "2-DFP11"
    BusID       "PCI:7:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
    Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Virtual   3360 1680
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[1]-0"
    Device     "aticonfig-Device[1]-0"
    Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[1]-0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[2]-0"
    Device     "aticonfig-Device[2]-0"
    Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[2]-0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection


Anyone got any ideas… I would appreciate the help.