Linux mining distro for the Raspberry PI - MinePeon

[davebodger]

Hi, I've been following your work for a while but only just gave your latest version a try today on my new 512K model B.
Everything seemed OK until it tried to start the dhcpcd service - this failed with an error 1. So no Ethernet for me.

To cut a long story short it appears the dhcpcd startup was trying to re-lease an old IP address 192.168.1.210 each time (I guess this is an address from your system put in during the img creation?).
This could not work because my network is 192.168.0.xxx

So, following info in the Arch Linux Network Config wiki, I set a static address (the same address my dhcp server was trying to give it) into the /etc/conf.d/dhcpcd file with DHCPCD_ARGS="-q -s 192.168.0.x" and a quick re-boot later I was in business.

Thanks for all your hard work on Minepeon.
I'll report back futher when/if my BFL boxes ever turn up. 

[yxt]

Is there a list of supported devices?

[kano]

Is there a list of supported devices?

Well it will be a subset of the mining software.
For cgminer it is: all BFL, Icarus based, ModMinerQuad, Avalon and ZTex
"Icarus based" covers a few well known: Icarus, Lancelot, Cairnsmore1 and Asicminer USB Erupter
and also anything else that emulates an Icarus device.
... anything else is a waste of time ...

I enable all the above but Avalon in my github cgminer-binaries rpi binary release
I've tested all except Lancelot but I'll get one soon to test.

[MineForeman.com]

Is there a list of supported devices?

Well it will be a subset of the mining software.
For cgminer it is all BFL, Icarus based, ModMinerQuad, Avalon and ZTex
"Icarus based" covers a few well known: Icarus, Lancelot, Cairnsmore1 and Asicminer USB Erupter
and also anything else that emulates an Icarus device.
... anything else is a waste of time ...

I enable all the above but Avalon in my github cgminer-binaries rpi binary release

Exactly as Kano said in the upcoming release with the addition of Avalon compiled in (He wrote a lot of cgminer, so he should know).

I will go through my emails and compile a list of tested mining devices soon, I have been distracted by something else today....

Neil

[yxt]

thx 

[Morblias]

Congrats Neil on getting an ASIC!   Well deserved for everything you do!

http://mineforeman.com/2013/05/15/butterfly-labs-bitcoin-asic-mining-device-arrives-in-new-zealand/

[MineForeman.com]

Congrats Neil on getting an ASIC!  

Thank you kindly, I am in awe of the little device, it puts out 5.4 GH/s constantly and it isn't the size of a room!!


Neil

P.S. MinePeon version 0.1.0 ASIC out this weekend!

[yantis]

I just wanted to say thank you for this. Awesome job!

[dodegkr]

after another dead pi, I have changed the psu to a ubec that can do 5amps and swapped the sd for another one.
just reinstalled , fingers crossed.

[K1773R]

after another dead pi, I have changed the psu to a ubec that can do 5amps and swapped the sd for another one.
just reinstalled , fingers crossed.

your pi is broken or what did go wrong?

[dodegkr]

twice now after a couple of days the pi just refuses to talk, its pingable but otherwise dead, rebooting and it wont boot up.
So hopefully it was a power problem.

[K1773R]

twice now after a couple of days the pi just refuses to talk, its pingable but otherwise dead, rebooting and it wont boot up.
So hopefully it was a power problem.

corrupt SD card

[MineForeman.com]

twice now after a couple of days the pi just refuses to talk, its pingable but otherwise dead, rebooting and it wont boot up.
So hopefully it was a power problem.

That is a bit concerning, it will have something to do with the power though.

I am running my 'developement' one off an apple USB power plug that came with a iPhone and have had no problems with it, 100+ days up now with 4 of those running a Butterfly Labs ASIC .
 

[K1773R]

twice now after a couple of days the pi just refuses to talk, its pingable but otherwise dead, rebooting and it wont boot up.
So hopefully it was a power problem.

That is a bit concerning, it will have something to do with the power though.

I am running my 'developement' one off an apple USB power plug that came with a iPhone and have had no problems with it, 100+ days up now with 4 of those running a Butterfly Labs ASIC .

its not your fault. if you cant SSH into it its stuck with a read/write operation on the SD card. since the kernel is in memory you can still ping it.

[dodegkr]

its been ok since i powered it with the ubec.

So my cairnsmore fgpa's are plugged in straight out of the box, but dont seem to be detected.
I will confirm they have a bitstream on them but do i need to do anything else to detect them
lsusb >
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp. LAN9500 Ethernet 10/100 Adapter / SMSC9512/9514 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 050d:0307 Belkin Components USB 2.0 - 7 ports Hub [FSU307]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0403:8350 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0403:8350 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0403:8350 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0403:8350 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 0403:8350 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd

[dodegkr]

So I had to do

modprobe ftdi_sio product=0x8350 vendor=0x0403 to make the usb serials arrive in /dev/ttyUSBx

then I had to modify /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/cgminer.service

Changing

ExecStart=/usr/bin/screen -dmS cgminer /opt/minepeon/bin/cgminer -S auto --api-listen --api-allow W:172.0.0.1 --sharelog /opt/minepeon/log/share.log -c /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf

to read

ExecStart=/usr/bin/screen -dmS cgminer /opt/minepeon/bin/cgminer -S /dev/ttyUSB0 -S /dev/ttyUSB1 -S /dev/ttyUSB2 -S /dev/ttyUSB3 -S /dev/ttyUSB4 -S /dev/ttyUSB5 -S /dev/ttyUSB6 -S /dev/ttyUSB7 -S /dev/ttyUSB8 -S /dev/ttyUSB9 -S /dev/ttyUSB10 -S /dev/ttyUSB11 -S /dev/ttyUSB12 -S /dev/ttyUSB13 -S /dev/ttyUSB14 -S /dev/ttyUSB15 -S /dev/ttyUSB16 -S /dev/ttyUSB17 -S /dev/ttyUSB18 -S /dev/ttyUSB19 --api-listen --api-allow W:172.0.0.1 --sharelog /opt/minepeon/log/share.log -c /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf

I note the scale of the graph reports Th not Gh.

Cheers

[dodegkr]

sorry for so many posts

my usb hub is crap, so many errors, moved to a full pc

final start command for 5 cm1's was

./cgminer --icarus-timing long -S /dev/ttyUSB2 -S /dev/ttyUSB3 -S /dev/ttyUSB6 -S /dev/ttyUSB7 -S /dev/ttyUSB10 -S /dev/ttyUSB11 -S /dev/ttyUSB14 -S /dev/ttyUSB15 -S /dev/ttyUSB18 -S /dev/ttyUSB19

[Binford 6100]

hi new user here. it works like a charm! dd the image, visit web site, enter pool/worker info and connect the pfga bfl single. I noticed the graph page shows values off byt 10^3. mine fpga single shows as 800 G, should be 800 M.
anyway amazing distro. thank  you! (my setup: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKq1OyJCcAAWJtB.jpg )

[spartacus_]

Thanks.
 

[Min€r]

AWESOME work - really cool!

It just worked out of the box and config is too easy. Thanks!


Maybe for future releases it would be awesome to have some external LCD hooked up to show up infos of the miners (Hashrate, earned BTC, ...) - I found several projects with LCD display for the Pi, like that here:

http://www.mikrocontroller.net/attachment/137752/dockstar.jpg