opencv/modules/gpu/doc/initalization_and_information.rst

Initalization and Information
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.. highlight:: cpp

.. index:: gpu::getCudaEnabledDeviceCount

cv::gpu::getCudaEnabledDeviceCount
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.. cfunction:: int getCudaEnabledDeviceCount()

    Returns number of CUDA-enabled devices installed. It is to be used before any other GPU functions calls. If OpenCV is compiled without GPU support this function returns 0.

.. index:: gpu::setDevice

cv::gpu::setDevice
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.. cfunction:: void setDevice(int device)

    Sets device and initializes it for the current thread. Call of this function can be omitted, but in this case a default device will be initialized on fist GPU usage.

    :param device: index of GPU device in system starting with 0.

.. index:: gpu::getDevice

cv::gpu::getDevice
------------------
.. cfunction:: int getDevice()

    Returns the current device index, which was set by {gpu::getDevice} or initialized by default.

.. index:: gpu::GpuFeature

.. _gpu::GpuFeature:

gpu::GpuFeature
---------------
.. ctype:: gpu::GpuFeature

GPU compute features. ::

    enum GpuFeature
    {
        COMPUTE_10, COMPUTE_11,
        COMPUTE_12, COMPUTE_13,
        COMPUTE_20, COMPUTE_21,
        ATOMICS, NATIVE_DOUBLE
    };
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.. index:: gpu::DeviceInfo

.. _gpu::DeviceInfo:

gpu::DeviceInfo
---------------
.. ctype:: gpu::DeviceInfo

This class provides functionality for querying the specified GPU properties. ::

    class CV_EXPORTS DeviceInfo
    {
    public:
        DeviceInfo();
        DeviceInfo(int device_id);

        string name() const;

        int majorVersion() const;
        int minorVersion() const;

        int multiProcessorCount() const;

        size_t freeMemory() const;
        size_t totalMemory() const;

        bool supports(GpuFeature feature) const;
        bool isCompatible() const;
    };
..

.. index:: gpu::DeviceInfo::DeviceInfo

cv::gpu::DeviceInfo::DeviceInfo
------------------------------- ``_``
.. cfunction:: DeviceInfo::DeviceInfo()

.. cfunction:: DeviceInfo::DeviceInfo(int device_id)

    Constructs DeviceInfo object for the specified device. If deviceidparameter is missed it constructs object for the current device.

    :param device_id: Index of the GPU device in system starting with 0.

.. index:: gpu::DeviceInfo::name

cv::gpu::DeviceInfo::name
-------------------------
.. cfunction:: string DeviceInfo::name()

    Returns the device name.

.. index:: gpu::DeviceInfo::majorVersion

cv::gpu::DeviceInfo::majorVersion
---------------------------------
.. cfunction:: int DeviceInfo::majorVersion()

    Returns the major compute capability version.

.. index:: gpu::DeviceInfo::minorVersion

cv::gpu::DeviceInfo::minorVersion
---------------------------------
.. cfunction:: int DeviceInfo::minorVersion()

    Returns the minor compute capability version.

.. index:: gpu::DeviceInfo::multiProcessorCount

cv::gpu::DeviceInfo::multiProcessorCount
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.. cfunction:: int DeviceInfo::multiProcessorCount()

    Returns the number of streaming multiprocessors.

.. index:: gpu::DeviceInfo::freeMemory

cv::gpu::DeviceInfo::freeMemory
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.. cfunction:: size_t DeviceInfo::freeMemory()

    Returns the amount of free memory in bytes.

.. index:: gpu::DeviceInfo::totalMemory

cv::gpu::DeviceInfo::totalMemory
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.. cfunction:: size_t DeviceInfo::totalMemory()

    Returns the amount of total memory in bytes.

.. index:: gpu::DeviceInfo::supports

cv::gpu::DeviceInfo::supports
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.. cfunction:: bool DeviceInfo::supports(GpuFeature feature)

    Returns true if the device has the given GPU feature, otherwise false.

    :param feature: Feature to be checked. See  .

.. index:: gpu::DeviceInfo::isCompatible

cv::gpu::DeviceInfo::isCompatible
---------------------------------
.. cfunction:: bool DeviceInfo::isCompatible()

    Returns true if the GPU module can be run on the specified device, otherwise false.

.. index:: gpu::TargetArchs

.. _gpu::TargetArchs:

gpu::TargetArchs
----------------
.. ctype:: gpu::TargetArchs

This class provides functionality (as set of static methods) for checking which NVIDIA card architectures the GPU module was built for.

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The following method checks whether the module was built with the support of the given feature:

.. cfunction:: static bool builtWith(GpuFeature feature)

    :param feature: Feature to be checked. See  .

There are a set of methods for checking whether the module contains intermediate (PTX) or binary GPU code for the given architecture(s):

.. cfunction:: static bool has(int major, int minor)

.. cfunction:: static bool hasPtx(int major, int minor)

.. cfunction:: static bool hasBin(int major, int minor)

.. cfunction:: static bool hasEqualOrLessPtx(int major, int minor)

.. cfunction:: static bool hasEqualOrGreater(int major, int minor)

.. cfunction:: static bool hasEqualOrGreaterPtx(int major, int minor)

.. cfunction:: static bool hasEqualOrGreaterBin(int major, int minor)

    * **major** Major compute capability version.

    * **minor** Minor compute capability version.

According to the CUDA C Programming Guide Version 3.2: "PTX code produced for some specific compute capability can always be compiled to binary code of greater or equal compute capability".