Host Coding for Free-Running Kernels - 2020.2 English

Vitis Unified Software Platform Documentation: Application Acceleration Development (UG1393)

Document ID
UG1393
Release Date
2021-03-22
Version
2020.2 English

If the free-running kernel interacts with the host, the host code should manage the stream operation by clCreateStream/clReadStream/clWriteStream as discussed in Host Coding Guidelines. As the free-running kernel has no other types of inputs or outputs, such as memory ports or control ports, there is no need to specify clSetKernelArg. The clEnqueueTask is not used because the kernel works on the stream data as soon as it starts receiving from the host or other kernels, and it stalls when the data is not available.