From 8876fc33d21bdb56d164f28cded3efabdaa5bd6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Con Kolivas Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 06:18:12 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Update NEWS for upcoming version 3.3.3 --- NEWS | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 90f0b99c..7795cb77 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,50 @@ -Version 3.3.2 - 9th August 2013 +Version 3.3.3 - 13th August 2013 +- Only perform the bin2hex on nonce2 data if it's required for stratum +submission, thereby removing the last conversion of that type from stratum work +generation. +- Create a work data template when receiving stratum notification, allowing a +simple memcpy of the merkle root avoiding more hex2bin conversions on each work +generation. +- Export the workpadding char in miner.h +- Avoid a potential overflow should a pool specify a large nonce2 length with +stratum. +- Avoid one more hex2bin in gen stratum work. +- Rename work gbt_coinbase to coinbase to be in line with pool variable name. +- Perform merkle bin hex2bin on stratum notify to avoid doing it on each work +generation. +- Reuse just the one pool coinbase variable in stratum, avoiding more string +functions and storage in gen_stratum_work on each work generation. +- Rename pool gbt_coinbase variable to coinbase to combine it with the stratum +coinbase data. +- Use a nonce2 offset variable for both gbt and stratum to consolidate +requirements on work generation. +- Merge pull request #474 from kanoi/master +- util.c update quit call for new functions +- use correct define for OSX in util.c +- miner.h inline semaphores increase information on failure +- util.c expand quit to show file/func/line +- Merge remote-tracking branch 'conman/master' +- Cache as much of the gbt coinbase as possible to avoid doing unnecessary +hex2bin conversion on every work generation with gbt. +- We should be using a cg_wlock initially in generating stratum and gbt work +before downgrading the lock. +- Add the ability to downgrade a write variant of the cglocks. +- Fix --scrypt being required before scrypt intensities on command line or not +working at all via config files. +- Cache the hex2bin of pool nonce1 in stratum, avoiding hex2bin on each work +generation. +- Cache the binary generation of coinbase1 and 2 on stratum, avoiding a hex2bin +of coinbase1 and 2 on each work generation. +- cgsem - increase information on failure +- avalon init write_sem before use + + +- 3.3.2 - 9th August 2013 + +- Fix uninit variable warnings. +- usbutils - force check every combination +- Fix warning. - Recreate curses windows on windows when a device is hotplugged to allow window resizing without crashing. - Update copyright notice.