Intel(R) Metrics Discovery Application Programming Interface

Introduction

This software is a user mode library that provides access to GPU performance data.

The library has OS abstraction layer that allows for interoperability in different environments.

License

Intel(R) Metrics Discovery Application Programming Interface is distributed under the MIT License.

You may obtain a copy of the License at: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

Supported Platforms

Intel(R) Processors with Gen11 graphics devices (formerly Ice Lake, Elkhart Lake),
Intel(R) Processors with Gen9 graphics devices (formerly Skylake, Kaby Lake, Apollo Lake/Broxton, Gemini Lake, Coffee Lake),
Intel(R) Processors with Gen8 graphics devices (formerly Broadwell),
Intel(R) Processors with Gen7.5 graphics devices (formerly Haswell).

Supported Operating Systems

Intel(R) Metrics Discovery Application Programming Interface is supported on Linux family operating systems with minimum kernel version 4.14. Event based measurements require minimum Mesa version 18.2.

Detailed minimum version requirements

Platform	Code Name	Minimum Linux Kernel Version	Minimum Mesa Version
Gen11	Elkhart Lake	5.3	19.1
Gen11	Ice Lake	4.18	19.1
Gen9, Gen8	*	4.14	18.2
Gen7.5	Haswell	4.17	18.2

Build and Install

1. Download sources.

2. Run CMake generation:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..

3. Build:

make -j$(nproc)

4. Built library will be here (for 64-bit Linux):

(project_root)/dump/linux64/release/md/libmd.so

5. Install:

sudo make install

6. Packaging:

make package

Note: To clear CMake params remove CMakeCache.txt, then regenerate.

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