opencl Host memory interaction Writing a 2D Texture
Example
To copy a texture to the device there are two steps necessary
- Allocate the memory on the device
- Copy the image to the device
_mem = clCreateImage2D($context, $mem_flags, $image_format, $width, $height, $stride, $source, &err);
The $mem_flags define how the memory is allocated. It can be either read only, write only or both. Additionally you can define where and how the memory is allocated. $width, $height and $stride are pretty self explanatory.
If your mem_flags copy the data, you're done. If you want to do that manually at a later point, you'll need to call another function when you are ready.
err = clEnqueueWriteImage($queue, _mem, $blocking, $offset, $size, $stride, $slice_pitch, $source, 0, null, null);
The $offset and $size define the image region which you want to copy to the target memory. The $stride defines how many bytes a row has. Normally this is just width * (bytes per pixel), but someone might want to change that to align the data with the memory banks. The same goes for $slice_pitch, only that this value is for the third dimension. Both $stride and $slice_pitch have to match your input data.
