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Con Kolivas 12 years ago
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@ -893,7 +893,11 @@ Q: What happened to CPU mining?
A: Being increasingly irrelevant for most users, and a maintenance issue, it is 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 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 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! Q: I upgraded cgminer version and my hashrate suddenly dropped!
A: No, you upgraded your SDK version unwittingly between upgrades of cgminer 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 mining. Since the acronym needs to be only 3 characters, the "Field-" part has
been skipped. 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 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: 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 Icarus: sudo modprobe pl2303 vendor=0x067b product=0x230
Lancelot: sudo modprobe ftdi_sio vendor=0x0403 product=0x6001 Lancelot: sudo modprobe ftdi_sio vendor=0x0403 product=0x6001
Cairnsmore: sudo modprobe ftdi_sio product=0x8350 vendor=0x0403 Cairnsmore: sudo modprobe ftdi_sio product=0x8350 vendor=0x0403

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