Commit 105b196e authored by peastman's avatar peastman
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Merge pull request #684 from peastman/master

Minor updates to manual for 6.2.
parents 10c5a10f da2e8c92
...@@ -43,15 +43,13 @@ troubleshooting guide that describes common problems and how to fix them ...@@ -43,15 +43,13 @@ troubleshooting guide that describes common problems and how to fix them
Installing on Mac OS X Installing on Mac OS X
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OpenMM works on Mac OS X 10.7 or later. GPU acceleration is currently only OpenMM works on Mac OS X 10.7 or later.
supported on Nvidia GPUs, not on AMD or Intel GPUs.
.. warning:: .. note::
A serious bug was introduced in Mac OS X 10.7.5 that prevents The OpenCL implementations on all recent versions of Mac OS X contain serious
OpenMMs OpenCL platform from working correctly. At the time of this writing, bugs that make them unsuitable for use with OpenMM. GPU acceleration is
the bug is present in all versions from 10.7.5 onward. The CUDA platform (see therefore only supported with the CUDA platform. This limits it to only Nvidia
below) is not affected by the bug, so if you have an affected version of OS X, GPUs, not AMD or Intel GPUs.
you should use it instead of the OpenCL platform.
1. Download the pre-compiled binary of OpenMM for Mac OS X, then double click 1. Download the pre-compiled binary of OpenMM for Mac OS X, then double click
the .zip file to expand it. the .zip file to expand it.
...@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ and tell it to install the command line tools. With Xcode 4.2 and earlier, the ...@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ and tell it to install the command line tools. With Xcode 4.2 and earlier, the
command line tools are automatically installed when you install Xcode.) command line tools are automatically installed when you install Xcode.)
3. (Optional) If you have an Nvidia GPU and want to use the CUDA platform, 3. (Optional) If you have an Nvidia GPU and want to use the CUDA platform,
download CUDA 6.0 from https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads. Be sure to download CUDA 6.5 from https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads. Be sure to
install both the drivers and toolkit. install both the drivers and toolkit.
4. (Optional) If you plan to use the CPU platform, it is recommended that you 4. (Optional) If you plan to use the CPU platform, it is recommended that you
...@@ -139,7 +137,7 @@ into a console window. ...@@ -139,7 +137,7 @@ into a console window.
3. (Optional) If you want to run OpenMM on a GPU, install CUDA and/or OpenCL. 3. (Optional) If you want to run OpenMM on a GPU, install CUDA and/or OpenCL.
* If you have an Nvidia GPU, download CUDA 6.0 from * If you have an Nvidia GPU, download CUDA 6.5 from
https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads. Be sure to install both the https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads. Be sure to install both the
drivers and toolkit. OpenCL is included with the CUDA drivers. drivers and toolkit. OpenCL is included with the CUDA drivers.
* If you have an AMD GPU, download the latest version of the Catalyst driver * If you have an AMD GPU, download the latest version of the Catalyst driver
...@@ -222,11 +220,9 @@ and ignore it.) ...@@ -222,11 +220,9 @@ and ignore it.)
4. (Optional) If you want to run OpenMM on a GPU, install CUDA and/or OpenCL. 4. (Optional) If you want to run OpenMM on a GPU, install CUDA and/or OpenCL.
* If you have an Nvidia GPU, download CUDA 6.0 from * If you have an Nvidia GPU, download CUDA 6.5 from
https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads. Be sure to install both the https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads. Be sure to install both the
drivers and toolkit. For 64-bit machines, you should install the 64-bit driver, drivers and toolkit. OpenCL is included with the CUDA drivers.
but download the 32-bit version of the toolkit since the OpenMM binary is
32-bit. OpenCL is included with the CUDA drivers.
* If you have an AMD GPU, download the latest version of the Catalyst driver * If you have an AMD GPU, download the latest version of the Catalyst driver
from http://support.amd.com. from http://support.amd.com.
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...@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ To download and unpack OpenMM source code: ...@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ To download and unpack OpenMM source code:
Alternatively, if you want the most recent development version of the code rather Alternatively, if you want the most recent development version of the code rather
than the version corresponding to a particular release, you can get it from than the version corresponding to a particular release, you can get it from
https://github.com/SimTk/openmm. Be aware that the development code is constantly https://github.com/pandegroup/openmm. Be aware that the development code is constantly
changing, may contain bugs, and should never be used for production work. If changing, may contain bugs, and should never be used for production work. If
you want a stable, well tested version of OpenMM, you should download the source you want a stable, well tested version of OpenMM, you should download the source
code for the latest release as described above. code for the latest release as described above.
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