Linux mining distro for the Raspberry PI - MinePeon

[teletobi]

Looks very nice! Hope the icy's and nanos will stop bother you, mine will arrive the next days...

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[nwoolls]

Now if I could only get those darn nanofury's to work..

Mine arrives in a few days and I'd be happy to lend a hand.

Have you tried bi*fury at all? I get nothing but HW errors if I plug mine into a Pi (works fine on Windows or OS X). Haven't had a chance to look further yet.

[hongkongapple1]

Thanks guys.

I wish you all a good (and hopefully profitable) new year!

I am having one of those rare days when I have nothing else to do but work on MinePeon, have a look at this;-

http://mineforeman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/0.2.5-pr0.png

New Graphs, Pool Order Updating, more drivers.... and more.

Now if I could only get those darn nanofury's to work..

Neil

Happy Great New Year ~  There is no other greater news than hear from u ~

Thanks for the MinePeon ~  Bring many ppl to get in the world of Pi ~   

Specially bringing alot of joy to ppl like me,  the joy is much greater than having BTC ~


Currently I'm trying to get it work with K16 Avalon2 - " Redesign by Form "
On windows / OSX , we current get to around 13 ish G ~  on BFgminer ( Target is 24G )   

 
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=323175.80~
You like to have a look  ~ The Hardward is great - I will evetually get to the 24 - 25.6 G
( just need to adjust some numbers in originally K16 Firmware ) Tick_Total / Work_Ticks are need to figure out ~

Neil, If you like one ~ I make u for $150 "U only" ( Fully Assembled with 16 avalon 2 Chips )

Seems to work,  I just need to try Patch CGminer for it..  ( It also use the MicroChip ~ PIC16LF4659 )
Form said that by using Bfgminer,  patch is not needed ~   
( So i guess,  When u fight down the Nanofury,  K16 Avalon2 will definitly work too on BFG )

Jeffrey

[HellDiverUK]

IceFurys work fine on bfgminer 3.9.0 on Windows - I got two Icy's yesterday, and one's running at 2.9GH and the other at 2.5GH.  It's that hidapi crap that borks things on Linux I think.

Got some Antminer U1 arriving tomorrow - they'll be a giggle to get working as it seems there's only Bitmain's butchered cgminer that works on them so far...

[MineForeman.com]

Have you tried bi*fury at all? I get nothing but HW errors if I plug mine into a Pi (works fine on Windows or OS X). Haven't had a chance to look further yet.

I have not, a lot of these drivers I just compile blind because I don't have the hardware to test with.

If you find out what is wrong please tell me so I can fix it.

Neil

[MineForeman.com]

Neil, If you like one ~ I make u for $150 "U only" ( Fully Assembled with 16 avalon 2 Chips )

Thanks for the generous offer can I pay in bitcoin?  It would be very useful for testing!  Send me an email to neil@mineforeman.com and we will get something going.

Neil

[MineForeman.com]

IceFurys work fine on bfgminer 3.9.0 on Windows - I got two Icy's yesterday, and one's running at 2.9GH and the other at 2.5GH.  It's that hidapi crap that borks things on Linux I think.

Almost there, I have them being detected but then they just go OFF;-

Code:

 bfgminer version 3.9.0 - Started: [2014-01-01 11:16:19] - [  0 days 00:02:52]
 [M]anage devices [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options                                                                                                                                                               [H]elp [Q]uit
 Connected to stratum.bitcoin.cz diff 1 with stratum as user NRF.MP3
 Block: ...8b74ed27 #278153  Diff:1.18G ( 8.45Ph/s)  Started: [11:18:25]
 ST:2  F:0  NB:2  AS:0  BW:[438/ 17 B/s]  E:0.00  I: 0.00 BTC/hr  BS:0
 0            |   0.0/  0.0/  0.0 h/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NFY 0:       | OFF  /  0.0/  0.0 h/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] mcp2210_set_cfg_gpio: Failed to set current GPIO config
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] NFY 0 failure, disabling!
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] mcp2210_spi_transfer: Failed to continue SPI transfer (60 bytes remaining)
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] NFY 0 failure, disabling!
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] mcp2210_spi_transfer: Failed to continue SPI transfer (60 bytes remaining)
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] NFY 0 failure, disabling!
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] NFY 0: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_spi_transfer: Failed to continue SPI transfer (60 bytes remaining)
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] NFY 0 failure, disabling!
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_set_cfg_gpio: Failed to set current GPIO config
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_spi_transfer: Failed to issue SPI transfer
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] NFY 0 failure, disabling!
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_spi_transfer: Failed to continue SPI transfer (60 bytes remaining)
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_get_gpio_input: Failed to get current GPIO input values
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] NFY 0 failure, disabling!
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_spi_transfer: Failed to continue SPI transfer (1 bytes remaining)
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_set_cfg_spi: Error setting current SPI config (248)

I am compiling as much info as I can and then I am going to ask Luke for help.

Got some Antminer U1 arriving tomorrow - they'll be a giggle to get working as it seems there's only Bitmain's butchered cgminer that works on them so far...

I have always said, the miner hardware guys should send samples to the miner software guys (as well as a few BTC) to get proper support from day 1 for their devices...  but I am just a mad old miner .

Neil

[Beastlymac]

IceFurys work fine on bfgminer 3.9.0 on Windows - I got two Icy's yesterday, and one's running at 2.9GH and the other at 2.5GH.  It's that hidapi crap that borks things on Linux I think.

Almost there, I have them being detected but then they just go OFF;-

Code:

 bfgminer version 3.9.0 - Started: [2014-01-01 11:16:19] - [  0 days 00:02:52]
 [M]anage devices [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options                                                                                                                                                               [H]elp [Q]uit
 Connected to stratum.bitcoin.cz diff 1 with stratum as user NRF.MP3
 Block: ...8b74ed27 #278153  Diff:1.18G ( 8.45Ph/s)  Started: [11:18:25]
 ST:2  F:0  NB:2  AS:0  BW:[438/ 17 B/s]  E:0.00  I: 0.00 BTC/hr  BS:0
 0            |   0.0/  0.0/  0.0 h/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NFY 0:       | OFF  /  0.0/  0.0 h/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] mcp2210_set_cfg_gpio: Failed to set current GPIO config
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] NFY 0 failure, disabling!
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] mcp2210_spi_transfer: Failed to continue SPI transfer (60 bytes remaining)
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] NFY 0 failure, disabling!
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] mcp2210_spi_transfer: Failed to continue SPI transfer (60 bytes remaining)
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] NFY 0 failure, disabling!
 [2014-01-01 11:16:22] NFY 0: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_spi_transfer: Failed to continue SPI transfer (60 bytes remaining)
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] NFY 0 failure, disabling!
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_set_cfg_gpio: Failed to set current GPIO config
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_spi_transfer: Failed to issue SPI transfer
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] NFY 0 failure, disabling!
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_spi_transfer: Failed to continue SPI transfer (60 bytes remaining)
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_get_gpio_input: Failed to get current GPIO input values
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] NFY 0 failure, disabling!
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_spi_transfer: Failed to continue SPI transfer (1 bytes remaining)
 [2014-01-01 11:16:23] mcp2210_set_cfg_spi: Error setting current SPI config (248)

I am compiling as much info as I can and then I am going to ask Luke for help.

Got some Antminer U1 arriving tomorrow - they'll be a giggle to get working as it seems there's only Bitmain's butchered cgminer that works on them so far...

I have always said, the miner hardware guys should send samples to the miner software guys (as well as a few BTC) to get proper support from day 1 for their devices...  but I am just a mad old miner .

Neil

I will send you over one once my group buy stock arrives.

[HellDiverUK]

Got some Antminer U1 arriving tomorrow - they'll be a giggle to get working as it seems there's only Bitmain's butchered cgminer that works on them so far...

I have always said, the miner hardware guys should send samples to the miner software guys (as well as a few BTC) to get proper support from day 1 for their devices...  but I am just a mad old miner .

Yeah, it's a retarded situation when the hardware is in the hands of the users, and there's next to no software support.  Luke-Jr said he was hoping to get the U1  supported in BFG, but he's in the middle of moving house, so who knows how long it'll take?

I'll probably have to run their cgminer on a different PC until BFG supports them natively.

I'm wondering if the Pi will support about 110GH through a mixture of USB miners and proxies?  I'll have 2x IceFurys, 2x Jalapenos, 10x Antminer U1, and then an ASICMiner Cube and 2x ASICMiner Blades.

[MineForeman.com]

I will send you over one once my group buy stock arrives.

Your about the most generous hardware guy I know!  I was meaning send one to Con, Kano & Luke (And I know you probably already have) but a test one for me would be great!.

Neil

[Beastlymac]

I will send you over one once my group buy stock arrives.

Your about the most generous hardware guy I know!  I was meaning send one to Con, Kano & Luke (And I know you probably already have) but a test one for me would be great!.

Neil

I will get one sent to everyone as that is the way i have always done it. Without proper software the hardware is all but useless.

Except Kano has never wanted a USB device.

[MineForeman.com]

Yeah, it's a retarded situation when the hardware is in the hands of the users, and there's next to no software support.  Luke-Jr said he was hoping to get the U1  supported in BFG, but he's in the middle of moving house, so who knows how long it'll take?

Some get it right and we have to give them credit, for example BFL actually booked airline tickets and flew over the miner developers as soon as they had hardware to test with and sent me an early test unit for MinePeon.

BeastlyMac ALWAYS gets samples out at the very least and a few others have done the same.

I'm wondering if the Pi will support about 110GH through a mixture of USB miners and proxies?  I'll have 2x IceFurys, 2x Jalapenos, 10x Antminer U1, and then an ASICMiner Cube and 2x ASICMiner Blades.

Stratum takes mining easy on the host devices, so there is very little difference between mining at 1 GH/s and 300 GH/s so there is no problem there.

I have had 80 devices plugged into a single MinePeon and it worked.... but it was not all that stable.  I can trust it with 30-40 devices though, but the good thing about it is a Pi cost $55 with all accessories!

Neil

[HellDiverUK]

Any progress on the BBB version?  I still have a Black sitting here that I haven't even powered on yet - I think the slightly less wobbly USB support and faster CPU might help MinePeon.

[MineForeman.com]

Any progress on the BBB version?  I still have a Black sitting here that I haven't even powered on yet - I think the slightly less wobbly USB support and faster CPU might help MinePeon.

It is running and I am hoping to get images for that and the CubeBoard in the next release, to be honest I am a bit worried about the extra time it is going to take to support three platforms (MinePeon work does not support me yet and I still need a 'real' job ).

The x86/x64 version needs work though... but it is coming along as time permits.

Neil

[HellDiverUK]

As I offered before, I'm willing to test the BBB version if you'd like?

[MineForeman.com]

As I offered before, I'm willing to test the BBB version if you'd like?

I will be taking you up on that offer soon, keep an eye on the minepeon forums;-

http://minepeon.com/forums/

Neil

[Mudbankkeith]

My Antminers are here.

Hashing on a rPi but only at 500Mh/s

EDIT:-   now at 1.25Gh but with 40% errors

[Jodelpeter]

Could someone post a tutorial to use the antminer with minepeon?

[Mudbankkeith]

Could someone post a tutorial to use the antminer with minepeon?

I wrote this last week:-

https://www.dropbox.com/s/24sb9660bj5fuut/git%20pull%20for%20minepeon.pdf

use a usb 2 powered hub

I am currently using the default version of BFGminer within minepeon(its slightly faster than default CGminer)

Hash rate is now at 1.25Gh per stick and will take about 20 mins to reach that speed.

There is a PC version of CG written for these sticks, If you can compile it for   rPi.

The next option is to wait a few days for BFGminer to be updated, then look for the "git pull" to update minepeon again.


EDIT:-
here is a guide:-   http://rdmsnippets.com/2013/07/24/mining-bitcoins-with-usb-block-erupters-a-raspberry-pi-and-minepeon/

and another:-    https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=251675.new;topicseen#new

[mogrith]

Any progress on the BBB version?  I still have a Black sitting here that I haven't even powered on yet - I think the slightly less wobbly USB support and faster CPU might help MinePeon.

It is running and I am hoping to get images for that and the CubeBoard in the next release, to be honest I am a bit worried about the extra time it is going to take to support three platforms (MinePeon work does not support me yet and I still need a 'real' job ).

The x86/x64 version needs work though... but it is coming along as time permits.

Neil

I increased donation minutes from 10 to 20 min. it about 33GH/s. I encourage everyone to add a few more minutes to help. this software is worth it.