From 87f1a3fdd689a9d4865046ba4d5aeaf1103e77cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Con Kolivas Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 19:28:56 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] README updates. --- ASIC-README | 9 +++++---- README | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/ASIC-README b/ASIC-README index f495d29f..5d71f059 100644 --- a/ASIC-README +++ b/ASIC-README @@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ SUPPORTED DEVICES Currently supported devices include the Avalon (including BitBurner and Klondike), the Butterfly Labs SC range of devices, the ASICMINER block -erupters and the BPMC BF1 (bitfury) USB devices. No COM ports on windows or -TTY devices will be used by cgminer as it communicates directly with them -via USB so it is normal for them to not exist or be disconnected when -cgminer is running. +erupters, the BF1 (bitfury) USB (red and blue) devices, KnCminer Mercury, +Saturn and Jupiter devices, and upcoming Hashfast devices. +No COM ports on windows or TTY devices will be used by cgminer as it +communicates directly with them via USB so it is normal for them to not exist or +be disconnected when cgminer is running. The BFL devices should come up as one of the following: diff --git a/README b/README index 7f327940..87c558e1 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -110,12 +110,14 @@ CGMiner specific configuration options: --disable-adl Override detection and disable building with adl --enable-scrypt Compile support for scrypt litecoin mining (default disabled) + --enable-avalon Compile support for Avalon (default disabled) --enable-bflsc Compile support for BFL ASICs (default disabled) --enable-bitforce Compile support for BitForce FPGAs (default disabled) --enable-bitfury Compile support for BitFury ASICs (default disabled) + --enable-hashfast Compile support for Hashfast (default disabled) --enable-icarus Compile support for Icarus (default disabled) - --enable-avalon Compile support for Avalon (default disabled) + --enable-knc Compile support for KnC miners (default disabled) --enable-klondike Compile support for Klondike (default disabled) --enable-modminer Compile support for ModMiner FPGAs(default disabled) --without-curses Compile support for curses TUI (default enabled) @@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ See SCRYPT-README for more information regarding litecoin mining. Cgminer should automatically find all of your Avalon ASIC, BFL ASIC, BitForce FPGAs, Icarus bitstream FPGAs, Klondike ASIC, ASICMINER usb block erupters, -ModMiner FPGAs or Ztex FPGAs +KnC ASICs, Hashfast ASICs and ModMiner FPGAs. --- @@ -762,7 +764,7 @@ working in the logs? A: http://us.php.net/manual/en/sockets.installation.php Q: What is a PGA? -A: At the moment, cgminer supports 4 FPGAs: BitForce, Icarus, ModMiner, and Ztex. +A: At the moment, cgminer supports 3 FPGAs: BitForce, Icarus and ModMiner. They are Field-Programmable Gate Arrays that have been programmed to do Bitcoin mining. Since the acronym needs to be only 3 characters, the "Field-" part has been skipped.