oh no! now we got the win-realease of SA3-kernel fast gpu miner for everyone, not only for linux-miner
what a pity
adaseb asked for win-build instruction (see the SA-topic 09/29/2016) and nobody helped - you got what you got
and that's bad because some of us are lazy windows user and called that from time to time . we can't have it ? . and never saw were adaseb asked
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I`m not lazy and can compile with the help of MinGV, but who cares
Linux only
why so? ask
mrbI assume you mean MingW
He has proven in the past that he's a decent dev, has done a lot for the community, even killed some alts, "Decred, Sia"..
I think this is not the first time he's borrowed from open-source code. When I looked at his ethereum miner, it seemed to have code from ethminer. It also seems to have a completely proprietary kernel that is used for some GPUs. i.e. when it starts up and detects the GPU type (Pitcairn, Hawaii, Tonga...) it chooses between at least 2 different kernels.
Of course, the only difference is the dual mining mode, something i've been shouting for months as well..
What made it so popular is the fact that it "seems" to perform better on Eth, but that's just an illusion, if you fine-tune global work size and local work size you'll even go faster. But i don't think i'd have to explain that to you
I agree with your assessment that he's a "decent" dev. The best kernel dev I've seen yet is Wolf, who can write impressive code in GCN assembler. Wolf could get a bit better on the algorithms/math side of things though. His GCN assembler keccak implementation is sub-optimal for ethereum mining. The standard 24-round implementation could be done with an in-place implementation which uses less resources, and therefore would be slightly faster.
Can't agree more, i have never met a person like Wolf before, he's extremely gifted, most don't even know how young he is...
He has his flaws (Yeah Wolf, if you read this, you know i'm right
), but doesn't change the fact that he's one of the best devs around. By far.
Greetings!
