Add env var to override OCCA HIP compile arch #794
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Description
This commit teaches OCCA to understand the
OCCA_HIP_OVERRIDE_COMPILE_ARCHenvironment variable. If set, OCCA will ignore the arch set in the kernel properties and try to compile for the architecture provided in the environment variable.This allows the user to have more control over what targets are JITted for. Usecases are for JITting for generic targets (see here) and for the (currently beta) amdgcnspirv target (see here).
Unfortunately, the amdgcnspirv target name doesn't start with "gfx", so I added a branch that checks for this case and treats it accordingly.
Comments, criticism, tomatoes, and hecklers are not only welcome but heavily encouraged.