Mac user have only metal support. OpenCl not supportet anymore

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Mac user have only metal support. OpenCl not supportet anymore

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I am a Mac user . The support OpenCl is stopt on OSX. Mojave is the first on without OpenCl support only metal support. Every user must have a GPU with metal support on OSX. ( Radeon RX 580, Radeon VII ...) If we want OpenCl support we have to switch to a other System. ( Linux ) But the Radeon need OpenCl 2.0 on Linux. Lux core Render dosent recognition the GPU and the Mac user cant use the wonderful Lux core Render. So my question: When support Lux core Render OpenCl 2.0 ?
The Mac version must have metal support ! But this is very complicat. The Linux version need OpenCl 2.0 support. Every mac user need this support.
When is this possibel ? Or ..... your are not interessted . Thank you for the answer and sorry for my English. Thank you
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Baumto wrote: Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:01 pm ( Linux ) But the Radeon need OpenCl 2.0 on Linux. Lux core Render dosent recognition the GPU and the Mac user cant use the wonderful Lux core Render. So my question: When support Lux core Render OpenCl 2.0 ?
LuxCoreRender has worked for years with OpenCL v2.x (including Linux) :?:

If LuxCoreRender doesn't see your GPU, it is a problem in your Linux driver installation, try first to run LuxMark to check that you have working OpenCL drivers.
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LuxCoreRender has worked for years with OpenCL v2.x (including Linux) :?:

If LuxCoreRender doesn't see your GPU, it is a problem in your Linux driver installation, try first to run LuxMark to check that you have working OpenCL drivers.
Didn't know that Luxcore have support for opencl 2.0
Just remenber about opencl 1.2 only.
Anyway nice that it work.
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Baumto wrote: Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:01 pm ( Linux ) But the Radeon need OpenCl 2.0 on Linux. Lux core Render dosent recognition the GPU and the Mac user cant use the wonderful Lux core Render.
Assuming you tried with a Ubuntu based Linux Distro. AMD GPU Pro Drivers allowed me to render with OpenCL on Cycles.
Here's a link to the instructions for Ubuntu 20.04.

https://amdgpu-install.readthedocs.io/e ... ro-variant

You can also JUST install the OpenCL portion of the driver.
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Note that for Linux the latest 20 series drivers are extremely unstable.
I recommend using 19.50
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Sharlybg wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:21 am
LuxCoreRender has worked for years with OpenCL v2.x (including Linux) :?:

If LuxCoreRender doesn't see your GPU, it is a problem in your Linux driver installation, try first to run LuxMark to check that you have working OpenCL drivers.
Didn't know that Luxcore have support for opencl 2.0
Just remenber about opencl 1.2 only.
Anyway nice that it work.
LuxCoreRender requires at least v1.2 and works with any version greater or equal.
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