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# Build MIOpen for embedded systems

Follow these steps to build and configure MIOpen for an embedded system.

Note

You can run `install_deps.cmake` from the `rocm-libraries/projects/miopen` directory.

1. Install the dependencies. The default install location is `/usr/local`:

       cmake -P install_deps.cmake --minimum --prefix /some/local/dir

2. Create the build directory.

       mkdir build; cd build;

3. Add the embedded build configuration.

   The minimum static build configuration, without an embedded precompiled kernels package or FindDb, is the following:

       CXX=/opt/rocm/llvm/bin/clang++ cmake -DMIOPEN_BACKEND=HIP -DMIOPEN_EMBED_BUILD=On -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/some/local/dir" ..

   To enable HIP kernels in MIOpen for embedded builds, add `-DMIOPEN_USE_HIP_KERNELS=On` to the command line. For example:

       CXX=/opt/rocm/llvm/bin/clang++ cmake -DMIOPEN_BACKEND=HIP -DMIOPEN_USE_HIP_KERNELS=On -DMIOPEN_EMBED_BUILD=On -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/some/local/dir" ..

4. Embed FindDb and PerfDb.

   FindDb provides a database of known convolution inputs. It allows you to use the best tuned kernels for your network. To embed on-disk databases in the binary with FindDb, use `DMIOPEN_EMBED_DB` with a semicolon-separated list of architecture-CU pairs (for example, `gfx906_60;gfx900_56`).

       CXX=/opt/rocm/llvm/bin/clang++ cmake -DMIOPEN_EMBED_BUILD=On -DMIOPEN_EMBED_DB=gfx900_56 ..

   This configures embedding for the build directory for both FindDb and PerfDb.

5. Embed the precompiled kernels package.

   An MIOpen build can embed the precompiled kernels package, preventing reduced performance due to compile-time overhead. This package contains the convolution kernels of known inputs to avoid the runtime compilation of kernels.

   There are two options for embedding the precompiled kernels package.

   - Embed the precompiled package using a package install.

         apt-get install miopenkernels-<arch>-<num cu>

     Where `<arch>` is the GPU architecture (for example, `gfx900` or `gfx906`) and `<num cu>` is the number of compute units (CUs) available in the GPU (for example, 56 or 64).

     There is no functional impact to MIOpen if you choose not to install the precompiled kernel package. This is because MIOpen compiles these kernels on the target machine after the kernel is run. However, the compilation step might significantly increase the startup time for some operations.

     The `utils/install_precompiled_kernels.sh` script automates this process. It queries your system for the GPU architecture and then installs the appropriate package. To invoke it, use:

         ./utils/install_precompiled_kernels.sh

     To embed the precompiled kernels package, configure CMake using `MIOPEN_BINCACHE_PATH`.

         CXX=/opt/rocm/llvm/bin/clang++ cmake -DMIOPEN_BINCACHE_PATH=/path/to/package/install -DMIOPEN_EMBED_BUILD=On ..

     Here’s an example that uses the gfx900 architecture and 56 CUs:

         CXX=/opt/rocm/llvm/bin/clang++ cmake -DMIOPEN_BINCACHE_PATH=/opt/rocm/miopen/share/miopen/db/gfx900_56.kdb -DMIOPEN_EMBED_BUILD=On ..

   - Embed the precompiled package using the URL of a kernels binary. Use the `MIOPEN_BINCACHE_PATH` flag with the URL of the binary.

         CXX=/opt/rocm/llvm/bin/clang++ cmake -DMIOPEN_BINCACHE_PATH=/URL/to/binary -DMIOPEN_EMBED_BUILD=On ..

     The precompiled kernels packages are installed in `/opt/rocm/miopen/share/miopen/db`.

     As of ROCm version 3.8 and MIOpen version 2.7, precompiled kernels binaries are located at repo.radeon.com.

     Here’s an example that uses the gfx906 architecture and 64 CUs:

         CXX=/opt/rocm/llvm/bin/clang++ cmake -DMIOPEN_BINCACHE_PATH=http://repo.radeon.com/rocm/miopen-kernel/rel-3.8/gfx906_60.kdb -DMIOPEN_EMBED_BUILD=On ..

6. Full configuration line.

   To build MIOpen statically and embed the performance database, FindDb, and the precompiled kernels binary, follow this example:

       CXX=/opt/rocm/llvm/bin/clang++ cmake -DMIOPEN_BINCACHE_PATH=/path/to/package/install -DMIOPEN_EMBED_BUILD=On -DMIOPEN_EMBED_DB=gfx900_56 ..

   After configuration is complete, run the following command:

       make -j