How to install CUDA 7.0 in BP012 with Nvidia K40C

Hardware: BP012, PNOR v1.0, BMC v1.00.48

GPU: Nvidia K40C

OS: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS ppc64el

CUDA: v7.0 for ppc64el

Nvidia K40C driver for CUDA v7.0: v346.96 for Linux Power8 Ubuntu 14.04

Note:

1.      Nvidia K40C requires external PSU, Power on before BP012 AC-on.

2.      Connect LAN to DHCP environment before Install OS.

Process

1.      Install Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

2.      Add follows into /etc/network/interfaces

auto eth0

iface eth0 inet dhcp

3.      Start Eth0 to get IP address

dhclient eth0

4.      Install gcc

apt-get install gcc

5.      Install Nvidia K40C driver

dpkg –i nvidia-driver-repo-ubuntu1404_7.0-346.96_ppc64el.deb

6.      Install repository meta-data

dpkg –i cuda-repo-ubuntu1404-7-0-local_7.0-28_ppc64el.deb

7.      Update application repository cache

apt-get update

8.      Install CUDA v7.0

apt-get install cuda

9.      Reboot BP012

10.  Set CUDA Environment

export PATH=/usr/local/cuda-7.0/bin:$PATH

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-7.0/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

11.  Change directory to CUDA Samples

cd /usr/local/cuda-7.0/bin

12.  Install CUDA sample files

./cuda-install-samples-7.0.sh /download

13.  Compiling Examples

cd /download/NVIDIA_CUDA-7.0_Samples

make

14.  Change to examples folder

cd /download/NVIDIA_CUDA-7.0_Samples/bin/ppc64el/linux/release

15.  Execute examples

./deviceQuery

./bandwidthTest

nvidia-smi –q

lspci –s 0000:01:00.0 –vvv