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Internal format, but can be user defined.
## RandomX options
#### `init`
Thread count to initialize RandomX dataset. Auto-detect (`-1`) or any number greater than 0 to use that many threads.
#### `init-avx2`
Use AVX2 for dataset initialization. Faster on some CPUs. Auto-detect (`-1`), disabled (`0`), always enabled on CPUs that support AVX2 (`1`).
#### `mode`
RandomX mining mode: `auto`, `fast` (2 GB memory), `light` (256 MB memory).
#### `1gb-pages`
Use 1GB hugepages for RandomX dataset (Linux only). Enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`). It gives 1-3% speedup.
#### `rdmsr`
Restore MSR register values to their original values on exit. Used together with `wrmsr`. Enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`).
#### `wrmsr`
[MSR mod](https://xmrig.com/docs/miner/randomx-optimization-guide/msr). Enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`). It gives up to 15% speedup depending on your system.
#### `cache_qos`
[Cache QoS](https://xmrig.com/docs/miner/randomx-optimization-guide/qos). Enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`). It's useful when you can't or don't want to mine on all CPU cores to make mining hashrate more stable.
#### `numa`
NUMA support (better hashrate on multi-CPU servers and Ryzen Threadripper 1xxx/2xxx). Enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`).
#### `scratchpad_prefetch_mode`
Which instruction to use in RandomX loop to prefetch data from scratchpad. `1` is default and fastest in most cases. Can be off (`0`), `prefetcht0` instruction (`1`), `prefetchnta` instruction (`2`, a bit faster on Coffee Lake and a few other CPUs), `mov` instruction (`3`).
## Shared options
#### `enabled`
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#### `huge-pages`
Enable (`true`) or disable (`false`) huge pages support, by default `true`.
#### `huge-pages-jit`
Enable (`true`) or disable (`false`) huge pages support for RandomX JIT code, by default `false`. It gives a very small boost on Ryzen CPUs, but hashrate is unstable between launches. Use with caution.
#### `hw-aes`
Force enable (`true`) or disable (`false`) hardware AES support. Default value `null` means miner autodetect this feature. Usually don't need change this option, this option useful for some rare cases when miner can't detect hardware AES, but it available. If you force enable this option, but your hardware not support it, miner will crash.
#### `priority`
Mining threads priority, value from `1` (lowest priority) to `5` (highest possible priority). Default value `null` means miner don't change threads priority at all.
Mining threads priority, value from `1` (lowest priority) to `5` (highest possible priority). Default value `null` means miner don't change threads priority at all. Setting priority higher than 2 can make your PC unresponsive.
#### `memory-pool` (since v4.3.0)
Use continuous, persistent memory block for mining threads, useful for preserve huge pages allocation while algorithm swithing. Possible values `false` (feature disabled, by default) or `true` or specific count of 2 MB huge pages. It helps to avoid loosing huge pages for scratchpads when RandomX dataset is updated and mining threads restart after a 2-3 days of mining.
#### `yield` (since v5.1.1)
Prefer system better system response/stability `true` (default value) or maximum hashrate `false`.
#### `asm`
Enable/configure or disable ASM optimizations. Possible values: `true`, `false`, `"intel"`, `"ryzen"`, `"bulldozer"`.
#### `argon2-impl` (since v3.1.0)
Allow override automatically detected Argon2 implementation, this option added mostly for debug purposes, default value `null` means autodetect. Other possible values: `"x86_64"`, `"SSE2"`, `"SSSE3"`, `"XOP"`, `"AVX2"`, `"AVX-512F"`. Manual selection has no safe guards, if you CPU not support required instuctions, miner will crash.
Allow override automatically detected Argon2 implementation, this option added mostly for debug purposes, default value `null` means autodetect. This is used in RandomX dataset initialization and also in some other mining algorithms. Other possible values: `"x86_64"`, `"SSE2"`, `"SSSE3"`, `"XOP"`, `"AVX2"`, `"AVX-512F"`. Manual selection has no safe guards - if your CPU doesn't support required instuctions, miner will crash.
#### `astrobwt-max-size`
AstroBWT algorithm: skip hashes with large stage 2 size, default: `550`, min: `400`, max: `1200`. Optimal value depends on your CPU/GPU
#### `astrobwt-avx2`
AstroBWT algorithm: use AVX2 code. It's faster on some CPUs and slower on other
#### `max-threads-hint` (since v4.2.0)
Maximum CPU threads count (in percentage) hint for autoconfig. [CPU_MAX_USAGE.md](CPU_MAX_USAGE.md)
#### `memory-pool` (since v4.3.0)
Use continuous, persistent memory block for mining threads, useful for preserve huge pages allocation while algorithm swithing. Possible values `false` (feature disabled, by default) or `true` or specific count of 2 MB huge pages.
#### `yield` (since v5.1.1)
Prefer system better system response/stability `true` (default value) or maximum hashrate `false`.