OSX support

[leondz]

Could it be a long-term goal to support Intel RAPL on OSX?

leod@mac610965:~/dev/lowtest$ python3 ct.py
CarbonTracker: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/carbontracker/tracker.py", line 100, in run
    self.begin()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/carbontracker/tracker.py", line 114, in begin
    self._components_remove_unavailable()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/carbontracker/tracker.py", line 167, in _components_remove_unavailable
    raise exceptions.NoComponentsAvailableError()
carbontracker.exceptions.NoComponentsAvailableError: No components were available. CarbonTracker supports Intel CPUs with the RAPL interface and NVIDIA GPUs.

[kanding]

For sure!

We'd like to support as much as possible. If I remember correctly then reading energy measurements on Mac OS was difficult without user access restrictions, which we really wanted to avoid with carbontracker

[AndySAnker]

I get the same error when running on Nvidia GPU. Have you seen this before?

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/nanostructure/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/carbontracker/tracker.py", line 100, in run
self.begin()
File "/home/nanostructure/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/carbontracker/tracker.py", line 114, in begin
self._components_remove_unavailable()
File "/home/nanostructure/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/carbontracker/tracker.py", line 167, in _components_remove_unavailable
raise exceptions.NoComponentsAvailableError()
carbontracker.exceptions.NoComponentsAvailableError: No components were available. CarbonTracker supports Intel CPUs with the RAPL interface and NVIDIA GPUs.

CarbonTracker: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/nanostructure/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/carbontracker/tracker.py", line 100, in run
self.begin()
File "/home/nanostructure/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/carbontracker/tracker.py", line 114, in begin
self._components_remove_unavailable()
File "/home/nanostructure/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/carbontracker/tracker.py", line 167, in _components_remove_unavailable
raise exceptions.NoComponentsAvailableError()
carbontracker.exceptions.NoComponentsAvailableError: No components were available. CarbonTracker supports Intel CPUs with the RAPL interface and NVIDIA GPUs.

[lfwa]

Hi Andy,

What setup are you running on?

For NVIDIA GPUs we rely on the NVIDIA Management Library (NVML through pynvml) to query the GPU state. I have not yet tested if this or nvidia-smi is available on macOS.

[PedramBakh]

Thank you for bringing up the OSX support for Intel RAPL. We're pleased to inform that CarbonTracker v1.2.0 now supports Apple Silicon chips (M1/M2). Given the distinct nature of support required for OSX devices, we've decided to track it as a separate issue for clarity. Therefore, I'll be closing this ticket and have created a new dedicated issue titled "[OSX Support] Intel RAPL Integration" #58 to address this specific integration in the future. We appreciate your understanding and patience.