New version numbering drops the leading 3, the major version will now be the calendar year, the minor version identifies planned releases during the year.
BETA: 64 bit ARM support
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ARM 64 bit CPUs are now supported with source code for Linux. Windows is not supported.
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NEON, AES & SHA2 are supported.
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This the first public release and is early Beta quality.
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Some algorithms do not work on ARM or work at reduced performance.
See wiki for details: https://github.com/JayDDee/cpuminer-opt/wiki/Support-for-AArch64. -
CPU archtecture and OS detection and logging now support ARM features.
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New 2way parallel hash for ARM also helps x86_64 CPUs without AVX2 on supported algorithms.
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Enhanced startup feature logs to support ARM.
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Removed startup logs for incompatible CPU/SW architectures.
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Added CPU architecture & OS type to RPC user agent string.
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Added share reject controls, a warning log is displayed at 10% reject rate, the miner exits with an error log at 50%.
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Removed argon2 algorithm.
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New CLI option "--bell" adds an ASCII bell code in the output string of error, warning, & rejected share logs. The option is disabled by default.