[FIXED] Is it possible to get OpenCL on Windows Linux Subsystem?

Issue

I'v been trying for the past day to get Tensorflow built with OpenCL on the Linux Subsystem.

I followed this guide. But when typing clinfo it says

Number of platforms 0

Then typing /usr/local/computecpp/bin/computecpp_info gives me

OpenCL error -1001: Unable to retrieve number of platforms. Device Info: Cannot find any devices on the system. Please refer to your OpenCL vendor documentation. Note that OPENCL_VENDOR_PATH is not defined. Some vendors may require this environment variable to be set.

Am I doing anything wrong? Is it even possible to install OpenCL on Windows Linux Subsystem?

Note: I'm using an AMD R9 390X from MSI, 64bit Windows Home Edition

Solution

According to a Microsoft representative in this forum post, Windows Subsystem for Linux does not support OpenCL or CUDA GPU programs, and support is not currently planned. To experiment with TensorFlow/OpenCL it would probably be easiest to install Linux in a dual-boot configuration.

Answered By - mrry