BAMT version 0.5 - Easy USB based mining Linux with farm wide management tools - page 44.

lodcrappo

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Quote from: DeathAndTaxes on April 29, 2012, 12:54:27 PM

BAMT x64 works just fine (well it does require manually fixing it). 8 GPU are no more complex then 1-7 and simply require a x64 kernel, nothing more.

Still it is like beating a dead horse so will leave it at that.

Funny, I could have sworn that it took myself and Little Duke several days of work to make that hacked up, outdated test version of bamt x64 that a few people are using. (The same one, btw, that so many people had so many problems with that we decided not to go x64).

If only we had known that it simply required a 64 bit kernel..

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Quote from: DeathAndTaxes on April 29, 2012, 12:54:27 PM

8 GPU rigs are more cost effective, take up less space, and have higher efficiency. Something you fail to accept.

BAMT x64 works just fine (well it does require manually fixing it). 8 GPU are no more complex then 1-7 and simply require a x64 kernel, nothing more.

Still it is like beating a dead horse so will leave it at that.

So lets all take a minute to thank lodcrappo for putting out such a wonderful piece of software that without, we would be spending many more hours setting up our rigs and less time sitting back watching them hash away.

IMHO, you should probably donate more and argue less if you want a 64 bit version of BAMT. He has already said he would do it if paid.

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Quote from: lodcrappo on April 29, 2012, 10:54:30 AM

Quote from: Inaba on April 29, 2012, 10:11:23 AM

I'm able to mine on 7 with no problems. Not sure why an 8 GPU rig is silly, though.

But in either case, I'm moving to FPGAs anyway at some point, so I'm not losing too much sleep over it.

FPGA is the biggest reason I think worrying about 8 GPUs today is silly, and getting more silly.

The massive amount of headaches everyone who attempts those monster rigs seems to have is the other.

Beyond the "Mommy look what I did" factor, it seems difficult to justify the added expense, lack of flexibility,
and added complexity/stability issues that come with monster rigs.

There may be some justification in extreme situations of limited space, but FPGA basically makes packing tons
of GPUs into a few boxes even more "doing it wrong" than it was (imho) before. Just an opinion, based partially
on fact-ish truthiness.

8 GPU rigs are more cost effective, take up less space, and have higher efficiency. Something you fail to accept.

BAMT x64 works just fine (well it does require manually fixing it). 8 GPU are no more complex then 1-7 and simply require a x64 kernel, nothing more.

Still it is like beating a dead horse so will leave it at that.

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Quote from: lodcrappo on April 29, 2012, 10:54:30 AM

Quote from: Inaba on April 29, 2012, 10:11:23 AM

I'm able to mine on 7 with no problems. Not sure why an 8 GPU rig is silly, though.

But in either case, I'm moving to FPGAs anyway at some point, so I'm not losing too much sleep over it.

FPGA is the biggest reason I think worrying about 8 GPUs today is silly, and getting more silly.

The massive amount of headaches everyone who attempts those monster rigs seems to have is the other.

Beyond the "Mommy look what I did" factor, it seems difficult to justify the added expense, lack of flexibility,
and added complexity/stability issues that come with monster rigs.

There may be some justification in extreme situations of limited space, but FPGA basically makes packing tons
of GPUs into a few boxes even more "doing it wrong" than it was (imho) before. Just an opinion, based partially
on fact-ish truthiness.

Thanks for the info, saves me a lot of time in trying.

Space is an issue for me, also electricity is not that cheap, so adding a gpu to the same mobo/cpu/ram always helps me squeeze a bit more Mhs/J.

lodcrappo

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Quote from: Inaba on April 29, 2012, 10:11:23 AM

I'm able to mine on 7 with no problems. Not sure why an 8 GPU rig is silly, though.

But in either case, I'm moving to FPGAs anyway at some point, so I'm not losing too much sleep over it.

FPGA is the biggest reason I think worrying about 8 GPUs today is silly, and getting more silly.

The massive amount of headaches everyone who attempts those monster rigs seems to have is the other.

Beyond the "Mommy look what I did" factor, it seems difficult to justify the added expense, lack of flexibility,
and added complexity/stability issues that come with monster rigs.

There may be some justification in extreme situations of limited space, but FPGA basically makes packing tons
of GPUs into a few boxes even more "doing it wrong" than it was (imho) before. Just an opinion, based partially
on fact-ish truthiness.

Inaba

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I'm able to mine on 7 with no problems. Not sure why an 8 GPU rig is silly, though.

But in either case, I'm moving to FPGAs anyway at some point, so I'm not losing too much sleep over it.

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Quote from: lodcrappo on April 29, 2012, 02:37:51 AM

Quote from: Isokivi on April 29, 2012, 02:06:13 AM

A quick glance trough this thread did not reveal an answer to me, so I'll ask:

Why are there only 7 gpu instances in bamt.conf ?
Amd drivers support 8, correct ?
I know getting a motherboard to recongnize 8 is impropable, but I'd like to see if I get lucky, if there is no software issue to overcome.

BAMT imposes absolutely no limits. Any limits you may encounter are a result of the AMD drivers.

The AMD drivers limit us to 7 in the current version. This is explained time and time again.

Let me be very, very clear: I don't care if BAMT ever supports 8 GPUs. I think 8 gpu rigs are silly. I'm not going to waste any time on it.

If you pay me to do the work to support them, I will.

The end.

Ah, no wonder I was getting odd results testing with 8 GPUs. They all were detected and showed up, but only 6 of them mined and a 7th was flakey, with the eighth not mining at all.

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Quote from: Isokivi on April 29, 2012, 02:06:13 AM

A quick glance trough this thread did not reveal an answer to me, so I'll ask:

Why are there only 7 gpu instances in bamt.conf ?
Amd drivers support 8, correct ?
I know getting a motherboard to recongnize 8 is impropable, but I'd like to see if I get lucky, if there is no software issue to overcome.

BAMT imposes absolutely no limits. Any limits you may encounter are a result of the AMD drivers.

The AMD drivers limit us to 7 in the current version. This is explained time and time again.

Let me be very, very clear: I don't care if BAMT ever supports 8 GPUs. I think 8 gpu rigs are silly. I'm not going to waste any time on it.

If you pay me to do the work to support them, I will.

The end.

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Quote from: Isokivi on April 29, 2012, 02:06:13 AM

A quick glance trough this thread did not reveal an answer to me, so I'll ask:

Why are there only 7 gpu instances in bamt.conf ?
Amd drivers support 8, correct ?
I know getting a motherboard to recongnize 8 is impropable, but I'd like to see if I get lucky, if there is no software issue to overcome.

8 GPU not supported with 32bit version of BAMT. (And there is currently no 64bit version)

EDIT: Due to the AMD drivers on 32bit...

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A quick glance trough this thread did not reveal an answer to me, so I'll ask:

Why are there only 7 gpu instances in bamt.conf ?
Amd drivers support 8, correct ?
I know getting a motherboard to recongnize 8 is impropable, but I'd like to see if I get lucky, if there is no software issue to overcome.

lodcrappo

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Quote from: DeathAndTaxes on April 27, 2012, 09:12:32 PM

All of BAMT is issued under GPL right?
Are there any components which are not FOSS?

Like any linux distro, BAMT is made up of thousands of pieces of software. The bits I have written myself are GPL v3 (as indicated in their source, which is included in every BAMT image). The other parts are provided under whatever license the authors have granted.

The BAMT Pro tools (Android app, GUI configuration tool, centralized config manager) are not FOSS. However, they are not included in the BAMT image.

lodcrappo

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Quote from: amazingrando on April 28, 2012, 11:12:13 AM

Quote from: DeathAndTaxes on April 28, 2012, 10:07:46 AM

is the fixer broken or is it just me?

installed new copy of BAMT 0.5 on a new rig and fixer is telling me it is up to date?

Seems like the repo is offline

But not sure why it wouldn't throw an error that it can't reach the repo, instead of assuming everything was up to date.

The repo is not offline, its just empty. Hence the effect you are seeing.

Actually I found fixes 15-20, so those are available now. Not sure if thats enough to take someone from 0.5c to current or not.

lodcrappo

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We'll see what people think of the latest cgminer in a few days. given it's track record, i think rushing any new release out would be a mistake.
bamt has always favored stability over the latest and greatest, and I don't plan on changing that strategy. of course you can always install anything you want on your own, just follow instructions for installing on debian.

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Quote from: jamesg on April 28, 2012, 10:16:44 PM

Already running 2.3.6 on the entire farm! Looks like it's a winner.

I'm upgrading, but with 71 rigs, it's taking a while :p

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Yeah it's running much better than 2.3.5 for me.

jamesg

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Already running 2.3.6 on the entire farm! Looks like it's a winner.

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Cgminer 2.3.6 is out. If anyone would like to test it here are fresh build instructions for BAMT - with preservation of the original files and BFL enabled.
Login as root and follow this (you don't have to stop mining, just restart mining when finished)

Code:

cd /opt/
mkdir ADL
cd ADL
wget http://download2-developer.amd.com/amd/GPU/zip/ADL_SDK_3.0.zip
unzip ADL_SDK_3.0.zip
cd /opt/miners/
wget http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/cgminer-2.3.6.tar.bz2
tar xsfv cgminer-2.3.6.tar.bz2
mv cgminer cgminer.org
mv cgminer-2.3.6 cgminer
cp /opt/ADL/include/*.h /opt/miners/cgminer/ADL_SDK/
cd cgminer
CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall -march=native -I/opt/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx32/include/" LDFLAGS="-L/opt/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx32/lib/x86/" ./configure --enable-bitforce
make

--submit-stale is default now and will cause an error if it is in your config.

To revert to original

Code:

cd /opt/miners/
mv cgminer.org cgminer

Then restart mining.

Feel free to improve this or tell me it's useless and I'll edit or remove it.

DeathAndTaxes

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Sweet.

5970s are workers and very flexible in terms of core clock, mem clock, and voltage.

Isokivi

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Quote from: DeathAndTaxes on April 27, 2012, 11:51:49 AM

Well if you don't get it working a solution is to sell the 6990 on ebay and buy a 5970. 6990 tend to go a for a bit more so you may come out ahead even with ebay fees.

Your kind words inspired me and today I accomplished something Ive been trying for four months now, I own 5970's two of them, they cost me 331$ each and when you factor in the tax (someone had to pay to import them here) that is equalent of a price of 269$ for someone in a country without nazi-ass protectionistic taxation.

Grin

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Not working Wi-Fi adapter D-Link DWA-125. What you can do to work?
Thanks!

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