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<keywordset><keyword>clGetPlatformInfo</keyword></keywordset>
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<refentrytitle>clGetPlatformInfo</refentrytitle>
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<!-- ================================ SYNOPSIS -->
<refnamediv id="clGetPlatformInfo">
<refname>clGetPlatformInfo</refname>
<refpurpose>Get specific information about the OpenCL platform.</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
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<funcprototype>
<funcdef><link xlink:href="scalarDataTypes.html">cl_int</link> <function>clGetPlatformInfo</function></funcdef>
<paramdef><link xlink:href="abstractDataTypes.html">cl_platform_id</link><parameter>platform</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef><link xlink:href="enums.html#cl_platform_info">cl_platform_info</link><parameter>param_name</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef><link xlink:href="scalarDataTypes.html">size_t</link><parameter>param_value_size</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef><link xlink:href="scalarDataTypes.html">void</link><parameter>*param_value</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef><link xlink:href="scalarDataTypes.html">size_t</link><parameter>*param_value_size_ret</parameter></paramdef>
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<!-- ================================ PARAMETERS -->
<refsect1 id="parameters"><title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>platform</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The platform ID returned by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>clGetPlatformIDs</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
or can be NULL. If <varname>platform</varname> is NULL, the behavior is
implementation-defined.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>param_name</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
An enumeration constant that identifies the platform information being
queried. It can be one of the values specified in the table below.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>param_value</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
A pointer to memory location where appropriate values for a
given <varname>param_name</varname> will be returned. Possible
<varname>param_value</varname> values returned are listed in the table
below. If <varname>param_value</varname> is NULL, it is ignored.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>param_value_size</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the size in bytes of memory pointed to by
<varname>param_value</varname>. This size in bytes must be &ge; size of return
type specified in the table below.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>param_value_size_ret</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Returns the actual size in bytes of data being queried by
<varname>param_value</varname>. If <varname>param_value_size_ret</varname>
is NULL, it is ignored
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<!-- ================================ PARAMETER TABLE (OPTIONAL) -->
<bridgehead>OpenCL Platform Queries</bridgehead>
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<colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" />
<colspec colname="col2" colnum="3" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>cl_platform_info</entry>
<entry>Return Type</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><constant>CL_PLATFORM_PROFILE</constant></entry>
<entry>char[]</entry>
<entry>
<para>
OpenCL profile string. Returns the profile name supported by the implementation. The
profile name returned can be one of the following strings:
</para>
<para>
FULL_PROFILE - if the implementation supports the OpenCL specification (functionality
defined as part of the core specification and does not require any extensions to
be supported).
</para>
<para>
EMBEDDED_PROFILE - if the implementation supports the OpenCL embedded profile. The
embedded profile is defined to be a subset for each version of OpenCL.
The embedded profile for
OpenCL 2.1 is described in section 7.
</para> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>CL_PLATFORM_VERSION</constant></entry>
<entry>char[]</entry>
<entry>
<para>OpenCL version string. Returns the OpenCL version supported by the
implementation. This version string has the following format:
</para>
<para>
<varname>OpenCL&lt;space&gt;&lt;major_version.minor_version&gt;&lt;space&gt;&lt;platform-specific
information&gt;</varname>
</para>
<para>
The <varname>major_version.minor_version</varname> value returned will be 2.1.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>CL_PLATFORM_NAME</constant></entry>
<entry>char[]</entry>
<entry>Platform name string.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>CL_PLATFORM_VENDOR</constant></entry>
<entry>char[]</entry>
<entry>Platform vendor string.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>CL_PLATFORM_EXTENSIONS</constant></entry>
<entry>char[]</entry>
<entry>
<para>Returns a space-separated list of extension names (the extension names
themselves do not contain any spaces) supported by the platform. Extensions
defined here must be supported by all devices associated with this platform.
</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>CL_PLATFORM_HOST_TIMER_RESOLUTION</constant></entry>
<entry>cl_ulong</entry>
<entry>
<para>Returns the resolution of the host timer in
nanoseconds as used by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>clGetDeviceAndHostTimer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>.
</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>CL_PLATFORM_ICD_SUFFIX_KHR</constant></entry>
<entry>char[]</entry>
<entry>
<para>
If the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cl_khr_icd</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
extension is enabled,
the function name suffix used to
identify extension functions to be
directed to this platform by the ICD
Loader.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup></informaltable>
<!-- ================================ END PARAMETER TABLE -->
</refsect1>
<!-- ================================ NOTES -->
<refsect1 id="notes"><title>Notes</title>
<para>
A null terminated string is returned by OpenCL query function calls if the return
type of the information being queried is a char[].
</para>
</refsect1>
<!-- ================================ ERRORS -->
<refsect1 id="errors"><title>Errors</title>
<para>
Returns <errorname>CL_SUCCESS</errorname> if the function is executed
successfully. Otherwise, it returns the following:
(The OpenCL specification does not describe the order
of precedence for error codes returned by API calls)
</para>
<itemizedlist mark="disc">
<listitem>
<errorname>CL_INVALID_PLATFORM</errorname> if <varname>platform</varname> is not a valid platform.
</listitem>
<listitem>
<errorname>CL_INVALID_VALUE</errorname> if <varname>param_name</varname> is not one of
the supported values or if size in bytes specified by <varname>param_value_size</varname>
is less than size of return type and <varname>param_value</varname> is not a NULL value.
</listitem>
<listitem>
<errorname>CL_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY</errorname> if there is a failure to allocate
resources required by the OpenCL implementation on the host.
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsect1>
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<olink uri="clGetPlatformInfo">OpenCL Specification</olink>
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<!-- ================================ ALSO SEE -->
<refsect1 id="seealso"><title>Also see</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>clGetPlatformIDs</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
</para>
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