cmake: Add GGML_BACKEND_DIR option#15074
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This can be used by distributions to specify where to look for backends when ggml is built with GGML_BACKEND_DL=ON.
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| option(GGML_BACKEND_DL "ggml: build backends as dynamic libraries (requires BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)" OFF) | ||
| option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "ggml: build shared libraries" ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS_DEFAULT}) | ||
| option(GGML_BACKEND_DL "ggml: build backends as dynamic libraries (requires BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)" OFF) | ||
| set(GGML_BACKEND_DIR "" CACHE PATH "ggml: target directory for dynamic libraries (requires GGML_BACKEND_DL") |
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| set(GGML_BACKEND_DIR "" CACHE PATH "ggml: target directory for dynamic libraries (requires GGML_BACKEND_DL") | |
| set(GGML_BACKEND_DIR "" CACHE PATH "ggml: directory to load dynamic backends from (requires GGML_BACKEND_DL)") |
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* cmake: Add GGML_BACKEND_DIR option This can be used by distributions to specify where to look for backends when ggml is built with GGML_BACKEND_DL=ON. * Fix phrasing
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* cmake: Add GGML_BACKEND_DIR option This can be used by distributions to specify where to look for backends when ggml is built with GGML_BACKEND_DL=ON. * Fix phrasing
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This can be used by distributions to specify where to look for backends when ggml is built with
GGML_BACKEND_DL=ON.I looked at how a number of other Debian packages solve this, and the pattern always seems to be some form of
/usr/lib/<triplet>/<projectname>/backends/, orplugins/or some variation thereof. With this option, distros can pick whatever fits them best.