[ANN][RIC] Riecoin: constellations POW *CPU* HARD FORK successful, world record - page 158.

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Quote from: aamarket on May 07, 2014, 01:48:22 PM

I am not a day to day programmer - but I would like to challenge that Wink

I believe GMP is just a bignum library and it is present and working well on arm.
As well as 64 bit values can be (and probably are) emulated by the compiler with 32 bit instructions.
Let me grab a cup of coffee and give me 2 hours Wink

Perhaps I didn't state it clearly. The code *in the miner* makes some assumptions about the internal GMP data structures. Some of it is code inherited from the initial xptMiner that I haven't looked at very deeply because it was just working, such as parts of the code relating to share submission:

(this is in an ifdef win64, but it gives you a taste of what's there:

*(uint64*)(nOffset+d* Cool

= z_temp2->_mp_d[d];

)

I haven't tested any of that outside of x86 and have no idea how robust it is.

I also wasn't as careful as I should have been about making sure I didn't have any weird size assumptions in my parts of the code. The one Supercomputing noted is a quite possible bug - while I tried to use (u)int64_t in any place I touched, there's still room for cleanup.

And, finally, there's that windows bug that I haven't tracked down that's *probably* just a generic buffer overwrite somewhere that isn't killing linux due to differences in memory allocation. That might be biting you on arm.

More time to work on Riecoin again starting next week.

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I know, should be fine, but will double check later ... giving up right now,
but problems found : around 50 "Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)" when running valgrind,
leaving to run and crash to collect all errors

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Quote from: aamarket on May 07, 2014, 01:48:22 PM

I am not a day to day programmer - but I would like to challenge that Wink

I believe GMP is just a bignum library and it is present and working well on arm.
As well as 64 bit values can be (and probably are) emulated by the compiler with 32 bit instructions.
Let me grab a cup of coffee and give me 2 hours Wink

Check and verify the size of your data types. Make sure that the size of your 64-bit (long) data type is really 8 bytes and not 4 bytes. Sometimes you have to use (long long) for 64-bit data type.

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I am not a day to day programmer - but I would like to challenge that Wink

I believe GMP is just a bignum library and it is present and working well on arm.
As well as 64 bit values can be (and probably are) emulated by the compiler with 32 bit instructions.
Let me grab a cup of coffee and give me 2 hours Wink

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Quote from: aamarket on May 07, 2014, 09:29:35 AM

I tried cygwin compilation, no success ... see https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6425707

I tried with ARM 4core - too slow, like 1/100 of Intel, and strange error - any ideas ?

[00:02:38] Share found! (Blockheight: 50855)
Invalid share
Reason: CheckProofOfWork() : not valid pow
1755[00:02:40] 2ch/s: 0.1792 3ch/s: 0.0512 4ch/s: 0.0256 Shares total: 1 / 0
1755[00:02:48] 2ch/s: 0.1950 3ch/s: 0.0488 4ch/s: 0.0244 Shares total: 1 / 0
1755[00:02:56] 2ch/s: 0.2095 3ch/s: 0.0465 4ch/s: 0.0233 Shares total: 1 / 0
1755[00:03:04] 2ch/s: 0.2003 3ch/s: 0.0445 4ch/s: 0.0223 Shares total: 1 / 0

ideas welcome

32 bit is unlikely to work. There are spots in the code that require that gmp is 64 bit, I'm pretty sure. Let me get an ARM port on the longer-term to look at list, though. That'd be fun.

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I tried cygwin compilation, no success ... see https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6425707

I tried with ARM 4core - too slow, like 1/100 of Intel, and strange error - any ideas ?

[00:02:38] Share found! (Blockheight: 50855)
Invalid share
Reason: CheckProofOfWork() : not valid pow
1755[00:02:40] 2ch/s: 0.1792 3ch/s: 0.0512 4ch/s: 0.0256 Shares total: 1 / 0
1755[00:02:48] 2ch/s: 0.1950 3ch/s: 0.0488 4ch/s: 0.0244 Shares total: 1 / 0
1755[00:02:56] 2ch/s: 0.2095 3ch/s: 0.0465 4ch/s: 0.0233 Shares total: 1 / 0
1755[00:03:04] 2ch/s: 0.2003 3ch/s: 0.0445 4ch/s: 0.0223 Shares total: 1 / 0

ideas welcome

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Quote from: Spiff637 on May 06, 2014, 09:44:37 AM

Has anyone had any luck getting the B15 build compiled on windows 7 64? I did see a build a few pages back, but it dies after about 15 shares.. Also I am curious of which version of the miner people with Xeon Chipsets such as the E5-2650 CPU. One one of my workstations I'm getting around 65 3 ch/s 3.9 4 ch/s but the other is 75 3ch/s and 5.5 ch/s etc.. any thoughts?

Thank you!

I got B15 compiled with mingw64 gcc 4.8.2, but it crashes if the -s command-line parameter is set above 400million. Worked fine for 48 hours with it set to 400million though (8-core non-AVX machine with 8gb). Performance is about the same as B14. Going to attempt to rebuild my environment with gcc4.9 this weekend, will post again if results change!

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Quote from: primer10 on May 06, 2014, 11:29:53 AM

Quote from: Spiff637 on May 06, 2014, 09:44:37 AM

Has anyone had any luck getting the B15 build compiled on windows 7 64? I did see a build a few pages back, but it dies after about 15 shares.. Also I am curious of which version of the miner people with Xeon Chipsets such as the E5-2650 CPU. One one of my workstations I'm getting around 65 3 ch/s 3.9 4 ch/s but the other is 75 3ch/s and 5.5 ch/s etc.. any thoughts?

Thank you!

no one bothered to compile using Cygwin (64bits edition)? It should work ..

Good point.. I will try to do it right now.. wish me luck, because I will need it. Grin

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New paper wallet design on riecoinfoundation.org/PaperWallet. Check it out! Credits go to our wonderful foundation member, Antoine who made the design! Cheesy Thank you

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Quote from: Spiff637 on May 06, 2014, 09:44:37 AM

Has anyone had any luck getting the B15 build compiled on windows 7 64? I did see a build a few pages back, but it dies after about 15 shares.. Also I am curious of which version of the miner people with Xeon Chipsets such as the E5-2650 CPU. One one of my workstations I'm getting around 65 3 ch/s 3.9 4 ch/s but the other is 75 3ch/s and 5.5 ch/s etc.. any thoughts?

Thank you!

no one bothered to compile using Cygwin (64bits edition)? It should work ..

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Has anyone had any luck getting the B15 build compiled on windows 7 64? I did see a build a few pages back, but it dies after about 15 shares.. Also I am curious of which version of the miner people with Xeon Chipsets such as the E5-2650 CPU. One one of my workstations I'm getting around 65 3 ch/s 3.9 4 ch/s but the other is 75 3ch/s and 5.5 ch/s etc.. any thoughts?

Thank you!

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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=596232.new#new

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I was very disappointed with __MY__ vmware virtual machine setup and latest xptminer.
It runs quite well on linux / quad core intel - [00:25:04] 2ch/s: 27.1115 3ch/s: 1.6259 4ch/s: 0.0626 Shares total: 23 / 22 (around ?3GB? RAM USED)
but it gives less than 1/5 on virtual machine. Strange. Needs an investigation, or help please ...

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Quote from: gatra on May 04, 2014, 02:52:59 PM

Quote from: primer10 on May 04, 2014, 09:35:57 AM

Quote from: primer- on May 04, 2014, 06:47:02 AM

Gatra, what are you waiting for with the wallet fixes ?!

Posted on 23. Apr :

Worst client ever! Takes 2 minutes to start on an i7. 5 minutes when using -rescan arg. Fresh install/syncing the blockchain takes longer than bitcoin...
Dev, fix the client. this is ridiculous..

EDIT : Forgot to mention, keep the wallet running for a couple of days, interface says connected. Try to send coins - unable/offline.
EDIT2 : Try to rebroadcast an offline transaction using -rescan, nothing happanes after 30 min! Now i have to export/import priv keys !! Shittiest out of all ALT wallets!

I did noticed it was slower than bitcoin wallet. Could it be due to the data size needed to store the long prime digits? Progressively, it will require alot more disk space?

Hey, I'm not waiting, it's just that it's a lot of work.

The extra data is minimal, the overhead is in the verification - which will be optmized a lot in next version. Also, since v0.9.1 block headers are downloaded before the rest of the blocks, this allows for block downloading in parallel, which will further speed up the sync process.

EDIT: not only the extra data is minimal, it will remain constant regardless of prime size increasing because only a 256bit offset for the first prime in the tuple is stored.

+1. I am sure you guys want everything to be quick but I'd rather the dev. take time, do it right and release it. I hang around with very talented developers and every projects takes them weeks/months/years to complete depending on the difficulties. Wanting to complete it in less than 2 weeks takes 24h dedication which normal working people can't afford.

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Quote from: primer10 on May 04, 2014, 09:35:57 AM

Quote from: primer- on May 04, 2014, 06:47:02 AM

Gatra, what are you waiting for with the wallet fixes ?!

Posted on 23. Apr :

Worst client ever! Takes 2 minutes to start on an i7. 5 minutes when using -rescan arg. Fresh install/syncing the blockchain takes longer than bitcoin...
Dev, fix the client. this is ridiculous..

EDIT : Forgot to mention, keep the wallet running for a couple of days, interface says connected. Try to send coins - unable/offline.
EDIT2 : Try to rebroadcast an offline transaction using -rescan, nothing happanes after 30 min! Now i have to export/import priv keys !! Shittiest out of all ALT wallets!

I did noticed it was slower than bitcoin wallet. Could it be due to the data size needed to store the long prime digits? Progressively, it will require alot more disk space?

Hey, I'm not waiting, it's just that it's a lot of work.

The extra data is minimal, the overhead is in the verification - which will be optmized a lot in next version. Also, since v0.9.1 block headers are downloaded before the rest of the blocks, this allows for block downloading in parallel, which will further speed up the sync process.

EDIT: not only the extra data is minimal, it will remain constant regardless of prime size increasing because only a 256bit offset for the first prime in the tuple is stored.

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Quote from: primer- on May 04, 2014, 06:47:02 AM

Gatra, what are you waiting for with the wallet fixes ?!

Posted on 23. Apr :

Worst client ever! Takes 2 minutes to start on an i7. 5 minutes when using -rescan arg. Fresh install/syncing the blockchain takes longer than bitcoin...
Dev, fix the client. this is ridiculous..

EDIT : Forgot to mention, keep the wallet running for a couple of days, interface says connected. Try to send coins - unable/offline.
EDIT2 : Try to rebroadcast an offline transaction using -rescan, nothing happanes after 30 min! Now i have to export/import priv keys !! Shittiest out of all ALT wallets!

I am sure Gatra would love your help by writing the code and passing it along to him. Im sure that'd be faster. Cheesy

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Quote from: romantic1 on May 04, 2014, 05:27:39 AM

My avast free antivirus said "xptminer-sse4-b14 is virus" I downloaded it at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dga/crypto/ric/
I'm very worry.

Most AV software detects miners (in this case, it's probably triggering based upon the xptminer code) as a virus because it's sometimes included in trojans or viruses.

To the best of my knowledge, my binaries do not contain viruses if you download them from my site.

But if you have any doubt, you can and should build your own from the source. All of the source is available on github and you can inspect it and compile it yourself.

-Dave

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Quote from: primer- on May 04, 2014, 06:47:02 AM

Gatra, what are you waiting for with the wallet fixes ?!

Posted on 23. Apr :

Worst client ever! Takes 2 minutes to start on an i7. 5 minutes when using -rescan arg. Fresh install/syncing the blockchain takes longer than bitcoin...
Dev, fix the client. this is ridiculous..

EDIT : Forgot to mention, keep the wallet running for a couple of days, interface says connected. Try to send coins - unable/offline.
EDIT2 : Try to rebroadcast an offline transaction using -rescan, nothing happanes after 30 min! Now i have to export/import priv keys !! Shittiest out of all ALT wallets!

I did noticed it was slower than bitcoin wallet. Could it be due to the data size needed to store the long prime digits? Progressively, it will require alot more disk space?

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Gatra, what are you waiting for with the wallet fixes ?!

Posted on 23. Apr :

Worst client ever! Takes 2 minutes to start on an i7. 5 minutes when using -rescan arg. Fresh install/syncing the blockchain takes longer than bitcoin...
Dev, fix the client. this is ridiculous..

EDIT : Forgot to mention, keep the wallet running for a couple of days, interface says connected. Try to send coins - unable/offline.
EDIT2 : Try to rebroadcast an offline transaction using -rescan, nothing happanes after 30 min! Now i have to export/import priv keys !! Shittiest out of all ALT wallets!

Topic: [ANN][RIC] Riecoin: constellations POW *CPU* HARD FORK successful, world record - page 158. (Read 685207 times)

Topic: [ANN][RIC] Riecoin: constellations POW CPU HARD FORK successful, world record - page 158. (Read 685207 times)