I have a system with 5 AMD Vega 64’s, Can I help test out in any way?
Build from the source, uncomment ocl_cuckaroo29 in grin-miner.toml, replicate 4 times more specifying device (from 0 to 4)
build
for me the easiest way to compile the miner for AMD on linux was:
curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
source $HOME/.cargo/env
git clone https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin-miner.git
cd grin-miner
git submodule update --init
cargo build --release --features opencl
sed -i “s|target/debug/plugins|target/release/plugins|” grin-miner.toml
./install_ocl_plugins.sh
install the binary and plugins to a specific dir
mkdir -p /opt/grin-miner/plugins
cp grin-miner.toml /opt/grin-miner
cp target/release/grin-miner /opt/grin-miner
cp target/release/plugins/*.cuckooplugin /opt/grin-miner/plugins
for configuration, you have to specify the plugin for each gpu in grin-miner.toml, example for 4 gpu
[[mining.miner_plugin_config]]
plugin_name = “ocl_cuckaroo”
[mining.miner_plugin_config.parameters]
device = 0
[[mining.miner_plugin_config]]
plugin_name = “ocl_cuckaroo”
[mining.miner_plugin_config.parameters]
device = 1
[[mining.miner_plugin_config]]
plugin_name = “ocl_cuckaroo”
[mining.miner_plugin_config.parameters]
device = 2
[[mining.miner_plugin_config]]
plugin_name = “ocl_cuckaroo”
[mining.miner_plugin_config.parameters]
device = 3
Thanks for the info, can you let us know what gps you are getting per Vega 64 please? I was getting 2.02-2.2gps using the Windows GGM.
around 2gps on vega56
Jan 10 22:50:20.002 INFO Mining: Cuck(at)oo at 2.0219515229479397 gps (graphs per second)
Jan 10 22:50:23.004 INFO Mining: Cuck(at)oo at 2.0682815265557397 gps (graphs per second)
Jan 10 22:50:26.005 INFO Mining: Cuck(at)oo at 2.0228777398445272 gps (graphs per second)
Jan 10 22:50:29.007 INFO Mining: Cuck(at)oo at 2.028967195376359 gps (graphs per second)
@dewminer76 great manual, thanks! how do you install opencl libs and driver? I use amdgpu-pro but perhaps there is a more user friendly way.
do you run 4 gpus rig? what is cpu load and ram? I’ve never testes it on multiple gpus.
i was running just a short test on 1 vega only, so can’t comment the cpu/mem usage if more gpus are used. also, the amdgpu-pro was used. i can do more tests only on 4gb polaris gpus if the memory reduction commit from https://github.com/tromp/cuckoo/commit/f9de587703ae259a93fae6c34618a allows to use the 4gb gpus. i’m not sure
No 4gb support yet.
Latest update from @photon:
I was given some info about AMD inner workings and was able to optimize the OpenCL code (polaris 1 gps → 1.5 gps, Vega 2.2 gps → 3.3 gps) this puts AMD at (polaris) or ahead (Vega) of nvidia when it comes to power efficiency. Need to verify I’m not losing edges/cycles, code will of course be open source so that Grin can have healthy mining from day 1.
I’ll add this change to grin-miner ASAP
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Any chance of incorporating this into GGM for Windows as well? Going from 2.2gps to 3.3gps for Vega is a serious improvement!
I’ve uploaded a Grin mining guide for AMD & Nvidia GPUs on Windows.
How To Mine GRIN - GrinGoldMiner AMD & Nvidia GPU Mining Guide For WINDOWS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmzqNbLu3JY
GGM is the miner where it is being currently tested, so yes.
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Can you complete it early 1 day before the mainnet launch?
I’m having 600 amd cards waiting to be declared otherwise by Gin
98% it will be done by the end of Sunday, I got new code running, need to test proprly
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@hashmap is that for Linux or Windows or Both?! Thank You btw, your collaboration w/ @photon is immensely helpful.
did you boost the fans?
Grin-miner suppots Linux and OSX. GGM - Windows and Linux afaik.
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Got boost on RX580, old version 0.8 gps, new - 1.53.
Will test for 12 hours and publish if it’s good enough
Will I wait for something good from you?
Vào Th 7, 12 thg 1, 2019 vào lúc 08:04 hashmap via Grin grin@discoursemail.com đã viết:
Yes Grin Gold Miner is running smooth on AMD and Windows 10