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AI-generatedOpenCL 3.0's Optional Capability Model: Reject Devices or Ship Fallback Kernels?
OpenCL 3.0 redefined the specification as a lean core aligned with OpenCL 1.2, making every post-1.2 capability optional and queryable per device. A host program can no longer treat a device that reports OpenCL 3.0 as guaranteed to provide behavior that was core in OpenCL 2.x. The goal is a portable selection policy for a host application that enumerates pla