From 9e92c6e97508e188510bb5e96c2bae08e02cfc55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Con Kolivas Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:52:53 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor README updates. --- README | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index fbbeb035..1d4b767b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -893,7 +893,11 @@ Q: What happened to CPU mining? A: Being increasingly irrelevant for most users, and a maintenance issue, it is no longer under active development and will not be supported. No binary builds supporting CPU mining will be released. Virtually all remaining users of CPU -mining are as back ends for illegal botnets. +mining are as back ends for illegal botnets. The main reason cgminer is being +inappopriately tagged as a virus by antivirus software is due to the trojans +packaging a CPU mining capable version of it. There is no longer ANY CPU mining +code in cgminer. If you are mining bitcoin with CPU today, you are spending +1000x more in electricity costs than you are earning in bitcoin. Q: I upgraded cgminer version and my hashrate suddenly dropped! A: No, you upgraded your SDK version unwittingly between upgrades of cgminer @@ -1089,10 +1093,9 @@ 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. -Q: How do I get my BFL/Icarus/Lancelot/Cairnsmore device to auto-recognise? +Q: How do I get my Icarus/Lancelot/Cairnsmore device to auto-recognise? A: On linux, if the /dev/ttyUSB* devices don't automatically appear, the only thing that needs to be done is to load the driver for them: -BFL: sudo modprobe ftdi_sio vendor=0x0403 product=0x6014 Icarus: sudo modprobe pl2303 vendor=0x067b product=0x230 Lancelot: sudo modprobe ftdi_sio vendor=0x0403 product=0x6001 Cairnsmore: sudo modprobe ftdi_sio product=0x8350 vendor=0x0403