I work for AMD. To be clear, my new job is about integrating ROCm into the distribution not just about shipping ROCm packages that can run on Debian.
I'll be doing things like creating new packages in main, helping to get support for the HIP language embedded into existing dpkg tooling, helping to get GPU architecture awareness integrated into the Debian CI infrastructure, helping to enable ROCm support in other libraries and applications packaged for Debian, and ensuring that everything in Debian is successfully imported into the Ubuntu universe repositories.
Integrating HIP support into Debian so that it feels as natural as C or C++ and 'just works' across dozens of GPUs is a job for more than one person. That is why I'm glad there have been so many volunteers in the community stepping forward to help with various pieces.
I'll be doing things like creating new packages in main, helping to get support for the HIP language embedded into existing dpkg tooling, helping to get GPU architecture awareness integrated into the Debian CI infrastructure, helping to enable ROCm support in other libraries and applications packaged for Debian, and ensuring that everything in Debian is successfully imported into the Ubuntu universe repositories.
Integrating HIP support into Debian so that it feels as natural as C or C++ and 'just works' across dozens of GPUs is a job for more than one person. That is why I'm glad there have been so many volunteers in the community stepping forward to help with various pieces.