Regardless of OS, run the following to confirm success:
nvcc --version
# Expected output: "Cuda compilation tools, release 12.6, V12.6.20"
Then compile the standard sample:
cd ~/NVIDIA_CUDA-12.6_Samples/1_Utilities/deviceQuery
make
./deviceQuery
If you see "Result = PASS," you are ready. cuda toolkit 126
While cudaMallocManaged is convenient, it causes page faults during runtime. In 12.6, prefetching via cudaMemPrefetchAsync is essential for performance. For large datasets, revert to explicit cudaMalloc and cudaMemcpy. Regardless of OS, run the following to confirm
Even with a stable release, developers encounter hurdles. Here are solutions to the top three issues reported for Toolkit 12.6. Then compile the standard sample: cd ~/NVIDIA_CUDA-12