Updates in 2019.2 — NsightCompute 13.2 documentation

# Updates in 2019.2

General

- Improved performance

- Bug fixes

- Kernel launch context and stream are reported as metrics

- PC sampling configuration options are reported as metrics

- The default base port for connections to the target changed

- Section files support multiple, named Body fields

- NvRules allows users to query metrics using any convertible data type

NVIDIA Nsight Compute

- Support for filtering kernel launches using their NVTX context

- Support for new options to select the connection port range

- The Profile activity supports configuring PC sampling parameters

- Sections on the Details page support selecting individual bodies

NVIDIA Nsight Compute CLI

- Support for stepping to kernel launches from specific NVTX contexts

- Support for new `--port` and `--max-connections` options

- Support for new `--sampling-*` options to configure PC sampling parameters

- Section file errors are reported with `--list-sections`

- A warning is shown if some section files could not be loaded

Resolved Issues

- Using the –summary option works for reports that include invalid metrics

- The full process executable filename is reported for QNX targets

- The project system now properly stores the state of opened reports

- Fixed PTX syntax highlighting

- Fixed an issue when switching between manual and auto profiling in NVIDIA Nsight Compute

- The source page in NVIDIA Nsight Compute now works with results from multiple processes

- Charts on the NVIDIA Nsight Compute details page uses proper localization for numbers

- NVIDIA Nsight Compute no longer requires the system locale to be set to English