Title: LTC (scrypt) Cell miner Post by: shakti on February 16, 2012, 11:34:13 PM I've forked ssvb's cell-miner and with some small tweaks made it a bit faster.
Everyone who needs it can get it on https://github.com/shakt1/cpuminer I've Used PS3 (Slim) firmware 3.55, OtherOS++ installed, debian ppc 64 bit. miner makes around 45 kh/s running with 7 SPU-threads (kernel parameter for enabling 7. SPU is on) consuming ~70-75 Watt well , have fun Title: Re: LTC (scrypt) Cell miner Post by: MasTi on March 04, 2012, 01:35:45 PM Servus shakti 8)
nice to hear from you again with such wonderful news :) Keep up the good work! I managed to get a copy of your old repo at https://github.com/shakt1/cpuminer_cell before you deleted it and replaced it with the new one. ;D This (old) version works fine* (~45 kh/s) and only this version was a fork of ssvb's miner if you are honest. The actual version in your (new) repo is a fork of pooler's miner including ssvb's cell optimizations. I am also able to compile this new version but it actually gives me nothing more than a "Bus error" if I try to start it. spu-gcc just gives me a warning that it will ignore the #pragma unroll in scrypt-simd-helpers.h at line 170 and 4 warnings about unused variables. Based on our last chat I assume you are using the latest version of spu-gcc which seems to be 4.6 on debian sid. I tried to compile it with gcc 4.4.6 and spu-gcc version 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6.2 - always the same problem: "Bus error"! However ssvb's and your old version compiles and works like a charm with all compiler versions! So I am quite sure I have all dependencies installed. (e.g. libspe2-dev) I also have the "full/real" libjansson package installed with aptitude. I really have no idea what is going wrong on here... Any ideas?! Any hint?! Any help is highly appreciated! PS3 Fat, CFW 3.55, debian sid, geoff kernel (2.6.39-gd49d156) for the ability to enable the 7th SPU... By the way: - Does spu-top show anything for you if the miner is running? Over here, it does not! - Does the timeout for automatic booting a selection in petitboot work for you? Over here it also does not! - Does petitboot show you a "System going down" message for a few seconds _before_ it boots into the specified kernel? Over here it does, however it did not show this message with another CFW... You are running the rebug 3.55.2, right? - Could you get rid of the mysterious kernel panics you were mentioning last time? I only run into a kernel panic on exiting (Strg+C) the miner with the original debian kernel (all versions) on all miner versions. With geoff's kernel I do not have any panics at all! By the way: If anyone is interested in a "HOW-TO get minerd running on a PS3" just say it and I will give my best to write and publish a HOW-TO! greetz, MasTi * I noticed about 1-2 times a day that one of the SPU threads just stops working and starts flooding the console with 0.00 khash messages... do you noticed similar behavior on your PS3? I wrote a simple watchdog script to manage this problem by checking the console output and restarting the miner if necessary.... I uploaded the watchdog script here: http://pastebin.com/3GSHuJz5 1. Download 2. Edit pool details 3. rename it to .sh 4. make it executable 5. place it in the minerd folder 6. fire and forget 7. ... (wait & watch) 8. Profit :D Title: Re: LTC (scrypt) Cell miner Post by: ElStupido on January 02, 2018, 10:13:36 PM Hello guys,
I know this thread is 5 years old but i'm actually wondering if cellminer (any version) is able to mine Monero? I didn't fine any alternative altcoin miners for ps3. Can anyone light me up? also, can't find the original post by ssbv Consider that I already know it'll be low but just want to win a bet with a friend (mining monero on ps3 is possible) thanks for your reply nice day all |