3 files changed, 5 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/src/utilities/clblast_exceptions.cpp b/src/utilities/clblast_exceptions.cpp
index 96f10860..32526215 100644
--- a/src/utilities/clblast_exceptions.cpp
+++ b/src/utilities/clblast_exceptions.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ StatusCode DispatchException()
   } catch (BLASError &e) {
     // no message is printed for invalid argument errors
     status = e.status();
-  } catch (CLError &e) {
+  } catch (CLCudaAPIError &e) {
     message = e.what();
     status = static_cast<StatusCode>(e.status());
   } catch (RuntimeErrorCode &e) {
diff --git a/src/utilities/utilities.cpp b/src/utilities/utilities.cpp
index 4b8d5a09..a5c1d45e 100644
--- a/src/utilities/utilities.cpp
+++ b/src/utilities/utilities.cpp
@@ -391,16 +391,9 @@ template <> Precision PrecisionValue<double2>() { return Precision::kComplexDoub
 // Returns false is this precision is not supported by the device
 template <> bool PrecisionSupported<float>(const Device &) { return true; }
 template <> bool PrecisionSupported<float2>(const Device &) { return true; }
-template <> bool PrecisionSupported<double>(const Device &device) {
-  return device.HasExtension(kKhronosDoublePrecision);
-}
-template <> bool PrecisionSupported<double2>(const Device &device) {
-  return device.HasExtension(kKhronosDoublePrecision);
-}
-template <> bool PrecisionSupported<half>(const Device &device) {
-  if (device.Name() == "Mali-T628") { return true; } // supports fp16 but not cl_khr_fp16 officially
-  return device.HasExtension(kKhronosHalfPrecision);
-}
+template <> bool PrecisionSupported<double>(const Device &device) { return device.SupportsFP64(); }
+template <> bool PrecisionSupported<double2>(const Device &device) { return device.SupportsFP64(); }
+template <> bool PrecisionSupported<half>(const Device &device) { return device.SupportsFP16(); }
 
 // =================================================================================================
 
diff --git a/src/utilities/utilities.hpp b/src/utilities/utilities.hpp
index e45c606c..b2949c27 100644
--- a/src/utilities/utilities.hpp
+++ b/src/utilities/utilities.hpp
@@ -31,15 +31,13 @@ namespace clblast {
 // =================================================================================================
 
 // Shorthands for half-precision
-using half = cl_half; // based on the OpenCL type, which is actually an 'unsigned short'
+using half = unsigned short; // the 'cl_half' OpenCL type is actually an 'unsigned short'
 
 // Shorthands for complex data-types
 using float2 = std::complex<float>;
 using double2 = std::complex<double>;
 
 // Khronos OpenCL extensions
-const std::string kKhronosHalfPrecision = "cl_khr_fp16";
-const std::string kKhronosDoublePrecision = "cl_khr_fp64";
 const std::string kKhronosAttributesAMD = "cl_amd_device_attribute_query";
 const std::string kKhronosAttributesNVIDIA = "cl_nv_device_attribute_query";