OLD: BFGMiner 3.10.0: modular ASIC+FPGA, GBT+Strtm, RPC, Mac/Lnx/W64, AntU1, DRB

[Luke-Jr]

BFGMiner will accept serial numbers after @ too, but I'm not sure if the gridseed driver supports this.

How is supporting this different than supporting --set-device other fashions? Any code / docs to reference? I assumed providing set_device was enough and the miner proper was what targeted the devices.

Just ensure dev_serial gets set to the correct value before add_cgpu is called.

[nwoolls]

Just ensure dev_serial gets set to the correct value before add_cgpu is called.

When I list devices with the GridSeed plugged in, I see BFGMiner report the device twice:

Code:

 [2014-04-26 13:01:10] lowlevel_scan: Found usb device at usb:093:002 (path=(null), vid=0483, pid=5740, manuf=STMicroelectronics, prod=STM32 Virtual COM Port  , serial=8D801F885551)  

And then later:

Code:

 [2014-04-26 13:06:39] lowlevel_scan: Found vcom device at dev_t:23000012 (path=/dev/cu.usbmodem3a21, vid=0000, pid=0000, manuf=(null), prod=(null), serial=(null))   

The problem I am having is that the first instance, via USB, has the serial number. The second instance does not, and the second instance (vcom) is what is being used for mining. So when the device is probed, the value for detectone_meta_info.serial is NULL.

[Luke-Jr]

Just ensure dev_serial gets set to the correct value before add_cgpu is called.

When I list devices with the GridSeed plugged in, I see BFGMiner report the device twice:

Code:

 [2014-04-26 13:01:10] lowlevel_scan: Found usb device at usb:093:002 (path=(null), vid=0483, pid=5740, manuf=STMicroelectronics, prod=STM32 Virtual COM Port  , serial=8D801F885551)  

And then later:

Code:

 [2014-04-26 13:06:39] lowlevel_scan: Found vcom device at dev_t:23000012 (path=/dev/cu.usbmodem3a21, vid=0000, pid=0000, manuf=(null), prod=(null), serial=(null))   

The problem I am having is that the first instance, via USB, has the serial number. The second instance does not, and the second instance (vcom) is what is being used for mining. So when the device is probed, the value for detectone_meta_info.serial is NULL.

Yes, I'm not aware of any way to get the information on BSD/Mac.

[Jackin Jill]

This may be a silly request, but, is there a way to have bfgminer reset after a given period of time?

Because of my location, I'm have some issues with pool access and it would be handy to have bfg reset itself to ensure connectivity.

I'm scratching my head after reading through all the readme's and searching online.

Any thoughts? Something I've missed?

[Luke-Jr]

This may be a silly request, but, is there a way to have bfgminer reset after a given period of time?

Because of my location, I'm have some issues with pool access and it would be handy to have bfg reset itself to ensure connectivity.

I'm scratching my head after reading through all the readme's and searching online.

Any thoughts? Something I've missed?

bfgminer-rpc restart

[totoy]

How to solo mine with gridseed?

[ManeBjorn]

Hi Luke,
Any news on OneString Miner support?  It is the last piece of the puzzle for me so I do not have to use cgminer anymore.
I hope you are having a great weekend and thanks again.

[Luke-Jr]

Hi Luke,
Any news on OneString Miner support?  It is the last piece of the puzzle for me so I do not have to use cgminer anymore.
I hope you are having a great weekend and thanks again.

I believe we've identified all the compatibility issues. Assuming the fixed firmware is released in time, it should be supported in 4.0.

[aamarket]

I used BFG for long time with GPUs, thanks a lot Luke for your work !

here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=370932.msg3987613#msg3987613
they say it should work ...

godspeed !

[ManeBjorn]

That sounds great.
Thanks for the update and the work on it.
 

Hi Luke,
Any news on OneString Miner support?  It is the last piece of the puzzle for me so I do not have to use cgminer anymore.
I hope you are having a great weekend and thanks again.

I believe we've identified all the compatibility issues. Assuming the fixed firmware is released in time, it should be supported in 4.0.

[ManeBjorn]

It does see it but I only get half the hash rate on the 30 gh/s boards.  The HexFury USB miner based on the one string design works fine as the effective rate is dead on but the current reported is only half.  That works fine for the HeXfury though.
I will try again as I am using the latest pre-release of 4.0 for my gridseeds.
Thanks for the link I had not been in that thread for a while.

I used BFG for long time with GPUs, thanks a lot Luke for your work !

here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=370932.msg3987613#msg3987613
they say it should work ...

godspeed !

[Taugeran]

Hi Luke,
Any news on OneString Miner support?  It is the last piece of the puzzle for me so I do not have to use cgminer anymore.
I hope you are having a great weekend and thanks again.

I believe we've identified all the compatibility issues. Assuming the fixed firmware is released in time, it should be supported in 4.0.

is there a branch that can be viewed?

or is it a mainline commit?

[Luke-Jr]

Hi Luke,
Any news on OneString Miner support?  It is the last piece of the puzzle for me so I do not have to use cgminer anymore.
I hope you are having a great weekend and thanks again.

I believe we've identified all the compatibility issues. Assuming the fixed firmware is released in time, it should be supported in 4.0.

is there a branch that can be viewed?

or is it a mainline commit?

Just working code in my local checkout right now.

[Taugeran]

Hi Luke,
Any news on OneString Miner support?  It is the last piece of the puzzle for me so I do not have to use cgminer anymore.
I hope you are having a great weekend and thanks again.

I believe we've identified all the compatibility issues. Assuming the fixed firmware is released in time, it should be supported in 4.0.

is there a branch that can be viewed?

or is it a mainline commit?

Just working code in my local checkout right now.

plx <3

[Luke-Jr]

Hi Luke,
Any news on OneString Miner support?  It is the last piece of the puzzle for me so I do not have to use cgminer anymore.
I hope you are having a great weekend and thanks again.

I believe we've identified all the compatibility issues. Assuming the fixed firmware is released in time, it should be supported in 4.0.

is there a branch that can be viewed?

or is it a mainline commit?

Just working code in my local checkout right now.

plx <3

It's not going to be especially useful until the firmware is fixed too...

[vabchgent]

Luke I have a question. I am using BFGminer 3.10.0 and when I am running my GPUs  on scrypt. Some times when I start them they are starting wrong showing GHS instead of KHS. Looks like SHA256 instead of scrypt. Any way to fix this other them watching it start and if it breaks restart the miner. Thanks

[Luke-Jr]

Luke I have a question. I am using BFGminer 3.10.0 and when I am running my GPUs  on scrypt. Some times when I start them they are starting wrong showing GHS instead of KHS. Looks like SHA256 instead of scrypt. Any way to fix this other them watching it start and if it breaks restart the miner. Thanks

Give it time, it just got lucky...

[tanil]

When vertcoin mining will be available

[ManeBjorn]

I posted this in the Vertcoin thread.
I think everyone should go over and add their support for getting the devs to add the code to BFGMiner and by extension MultiMiner.
Thanks for your support.

I have a question and hopefully a developer can answer it for me.

Can you guys please, please get in touch with Nate of MultiMiner and or Luke Jr. of BFGMiner and contribute the code so we can get scrypt N support in them?
Nate Woolls and Luke Jr have stated over and over any coins or algorithms can be added but they need the devs to contribute the code.  They would be happy to support it and do it quickly.

They serve a huge group of the crypto mining community.  MultiMiner is a great GUI program that beats any I have used for any backend.
It is new user friendly and has the same ability for tweaks and tinkering that cgminer and BFGMiner have.

I am asking on behalf of the crypto community and myself.

Thanks for your consideration.

Thread Link:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=404364.new#new

[scottsecret]

Does BFGMiner have an api that is compatible with cgminer ?