Nvcc fatal : Host compiler targets unsupported OS. (GPU=MX150, CUDA, Win 11 Pro, VS 2022/17.8.2)

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Hello Folks,

I’m working with the CUDA samples found here: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-samples

When I go to build in Visual Studio 2022, I get hit with this error:

nvcc fatal   : Host compiler targets unsupported OS.

The whole commandline instruction is the following:

----BEGIN COMMAND-----

“C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v12.3\bin\nvcc.exe” -gencode=arch=compute_50,code="sm_50,compute_50" -gencode=arch=compute_52,code="sm_52,compute_52" -gencode=arch=compute_60,code="sm_60,compute_60" -gencode=arch=compute_61,code="sm_61,compute_61" -gencode=arch=compute_70,code="sm_70,compute_70" -gencode=arch=compute_75,code="sm_75,compute_75" -gencode=arch=compute_80,code="sm_80,compute_80" -gencode=arch=compute_86,code="sm_86,compute_86" -gencode=arch=compute_89,code="sm_89,compute_89" -gencode=arch=compute_90,code="sm_90,compute_90" --use-local-env -ccbin “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.38.33130\bin\HostX64\x64” -x cu -I./ -I…/…/…/Common -I./ -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v12.3/include" -I…/…/…/Common -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v12.3\include" -G --keep-dir x64\Debug -maxrregcount=0 --machine 64 --compile -cudart static -Xcompiler “/wd 4819” --threads 0 -g -DWIN32 -DWIN32 -D_MBCS -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /Od /FS /Zi /RTC1 /MTd " -Xcompiler “/Fdx64/Debug/vc143.pdb” -o C:\Users\somename\source\repos\cuda-samples\Samples\0_Introduction\asyncAPI\x64\Debug\asyncAPI.cu.obj “C:\Users\somename\source\repos\cuda-samples\Samples\0_Introduction\asyncAPI\asyncAPI.cu”

----END COMMAND-----

Some of the questions similar to mine have talked about “cl.exe” being found in the Visual Studio location referenced with -ccbin, and I do see the cl.exe.

What should my next steps be in debugging this issue?

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Just a guess, but

and

combined with the Windows Installation Guide stating:
“32-bit compilation native and cross-compilation is removed from CUDA 12.0 and later Toolkit.”

Makes me think that you’re trying to compile for 32 bit Windows.

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So I tried compiling the entire solution. And I can get something to compile out of all the directories except for Performance and Concepts_And_Techniques.

I think it has to do with the fact that I’m on an MX150 which is probably not the first thing they think of when creating CUDA samples and libraries.

I also had to upgrade the solutions from v100 to v143 for anyone reading this in the future.