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# v5.3.0
- [#1414 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1414 ) Added native MSR support for Windows, by using signed **WinRing0 driver** (© 2007-2009 OpenLibSys.org).
- Added new [MSR documentation ](https://xmrig.com/docs/miner/randomx-optimization-guide/msr ).
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- [#1418 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1418 ) Increased stratum send buffer size.
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# v5.2.1
- [#1408 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1408 ) Added RandomX boost script for Linux (if you don't like run miner with root privileges).
- Added support for [AMD Ryzen MSR registers ](https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/comments/e962fu/9526_hs_on_ryzen_7_3700x_xmrig_520_1gb_pages_msr/ ) (Linux only).
- Fixed command line option `--randomx-wrmsr` option without parameters.
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# v5.2.0
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- **[#1388](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1388) Added [1GB huge pages support ](https://xmrig.com/docs/miner/hugepages#onegb-huge-pages ) for Linux.**
- Added new option `1gb-pages` in `randomx` object with command line equivalent `--randomx-1gb-pages` .
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- Added automatic huge pages configuration on Linux if use the miner with root privileges.
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- **Added [automatic Intel prefetchers configuration ](https://xmrig.com/docs/miner/randomx-optimization-guide#intel-specific-optimizations ) on Linux.**
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- Added new option `wrmsr` in `randomx` object with command line equivalent `--randomx-wrmsr=6` .
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- [#1396 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1396 ) [#1401 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1401 ) New performance optimizations for Ryzen CPUs.
- [#1385 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1385 ) Added `max-threads-hint` option support for RandomX dataset initialization threads.
- [#1386 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1386 ) Added `priority` option support for RandomX dataset initialization threads.
- For official builds all dependencies (libuv, hwloc, openssl) updated to recent versions.
- Windows `msvc` builds now use Visual Studio 2019 instead of 2017.
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# v5.1.1
- [#1365 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1365 ) Fixed various system response/stability issues.
- Added new CPU option `yield` and command line equivalent `--cpu-no-yield` .
- [#1363 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1363 ) Fixed wrong priority of main miner thread.
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# v5.1.0
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- [#1351 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1351 ) RandomX optimizations and fixes.
- Improved RandomX performance (up to +6-7% on Intel CPUs, +2-3% on Ryzen CPUs)
- Added workaround for Intel JCC erratum bug see https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article& item=intel-jcc-microcode& num=1 for details.
- Note! Always disable "Hardware prefetcher" and "Adjacent cacheline prefetch" in BIOS for Intel CPUs to get the optimal RandomX performance.
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- [#1307 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1307 ) Fixed mining resume after donation round for pools with `self-select` feature.
- [#1318 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1318#issuecomment-559676080 ) Added option `"mode"` (or `--randomx-mode` ) for RandomX.
- Added memory information on miner startup.
- Added `resources` field to summary API with memory information and load average.
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# v5.0.1
- [#1234 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1234 ) Fixed compatibility with some AMD GPUs.
- [#1284 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1284 ) Fixed build without RandomX.
- [#1285 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1285 ) Added command line options `--cuda-bfactor-hint` and `--cuda-bsleep-hint` .
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- [#1290 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1290 ) Fixed 32-bit ARM compilation.
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# v5.0.0
This version is first stable unified 3 in 1 GPU+CPU release, OpenCL support built in in miner and not require additional external dependencies on compile time, NVIDIA CUDA available as external [CUDA plugin ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-cuda ), for convenient, 3 in 1 downloads with recent CUDA version also provided.
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This release based on 4.x.x series and include all features from v4.6.2-beta, changelog below include only the most important changes, [full changelog ](doc/CHANGELOG_OLD.md ) available separately.
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- [#1272 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1272 ) Optimized hashrate calculation.
2019-11-09 13:36:29 +00:00
- [#1263 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1263 ) Added new option `dataset_host` for NVIDIA GPUs with less than 4 GB memory (RandomX only).
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- [#1068 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1068 ) Added support for `self-select` stratum protocol extension.
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- [#1227 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1227 ) Added new algorithm `rx/arq` , RandomX variant for upcoming ArQmA fork.
- [#808 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/808#issuecomment-539297156 ) Added experimental support for persistent memory for CPU mining threads.
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- [#1221 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1221 ) Improved RandomX dataset memory usage and initialization speed for NUMA machines.
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- [#1175 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1175 ) Fixed support for systems where total count of NUMA nodes not equal usable nodes count.
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- Added config option `cpu/max-threads-hint` and command line option `--cpu-max-threads-hint` .
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- [#1185 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1185 ) Added JIT compiler for RandomX on ARMv8.
2019-09-26 16:40:01 +00:00
- Improved API endpoint `GET /2/backends` and added support for this endpoint to [workers.xmrig.info ](http://workers.xmrig.info ).
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- Added command line option `--no-cpu` to disable CPU backend.
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- Added OpenCL specific command line options: `--opencl` , `--opencl-devices` , `--opencl-platform` , `--opencl-loader` and `--opencl-no-cache` .
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- Added CUDA specific command line options: `--cuda` , `--cuda-loader` and `--no-nvml` .
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- Removed command line option `--http-enabled` , HTTP API enabled automatically if any other `--http-*` option provided.
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- [#1172 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1172 ) **Added OpenCL mining backend.**
- [#268 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-amd/pull/268 ) [#270 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-amd/pull/270 ) [#271 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-amd/pull/271 ) [#273 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-amd/pull/273 ) [#274 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-amd/pull/274 ) [#1171 ](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1171 ) Added RandomX support for OpenCL, thanks [@SChernykh ](https://github.com/SChernykh ).
- Algorithm `cn/wow` removed, as no longer alive.
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# Previous versions
[doc/CHANGELOG_OLD.md ](doc/CHANGELOG_OLD.md )
