xmrig/CHANGELOG.md

v6.16.1

• #2729 GhostRider fixes:
  • Added average hashrate display
  • Fixed the number of threads shown at startup
  • Fixed --threads or -t command line option (but --cpu-max-threads-hint is recommended to use)
• #2738 GhostRider fixes:
  • Fixed "difficulty is not a number" error when diff is high on some pools
  • Fixed GhostRider compilation when WITH_KAWPOW=OFF
• #2740 Added VAES support for Cryptonight variants +4% speedup on Zen3
  • VAES instructions are available on Intel Ice Lake/AMD Zen3 and newer CPUs.
  • +4% speedup on Ryzen 5 5600X.

v6.16.0

• #2712 GhostRider algorithm (Raptoreum) support: read the RELEASE NOTES for quick start guide and performance comparisons.
• #2682 Fixed: use cn-heavy optimization only for Vermeer CPUs.
• #2684 MSR mod: fix for error 183.

v6.15.3

• #2614 OpenCL fixes for non-AMD platforms.
• #2623 Fixed compiling without kawpow.
• #2636 #2639 AstroBWT speedup (up to +35%).
• #2646 Fixed MSVC compilation error.

v6.15.2

• #2606 Fixed: AstroBWT auto-config ignored max-threads-hint.
• Fixed possible crash on Windows (regression in v6.15.1).

v6.15.1

• #2586 Fixed Windows 7 compatibility.
• #2594 Added Windows taskbar icon colors.

v6.15.0

• #2548 Added automatic coin detection for daemon mining.
• #2563 Added new algorithm RandomX Graft (rx/graft).
• #2565 AstroBWT: added AVX2 Salsa20 implementation.
• Added support for new CUDA plugin API (previous API still supported).

v6.14.1

• #2532 Refactoring: stable (persistent) algorithms IDs.
• #2537 Fixed Termux build.

v6.14.0

• #2484 Added ZeroMQ support for solo mining.
• #2476 Fixed crash in DMI memory reader.
• #2492 Added missing --huge-pages-jit command line option.
• #2512 Added show the number of transactions in pool job.

v6.13.1

• #2468 Fixed regression in previous version: don't send miner signature during regular mining.

v6.13.0

• #2445 Added support for solo mining with miner signatures for the upcoming Wownero fork.

v6.12.2

• #2280 GPU backends are now disabled in benchmark mode.
• #2322 Improved MSR compatibility with recent Linux kernels and updated randomx_boost.sh.
• #2340 Fixed AES detection on FreeBSD on ARM.
• #2341 sse2neon updated to the latest version.
• #2351 Fixed help output for --cpu-priority and --cpu-affinity option.
• #2375 Fixed macOS CUDA backend default loader name.
• #2378 Fixed broken light mode mining on x86.
• #2379 Fixed CL code for KawPow where it assumes everything is AMD.
• #2386 RandomX: enabled IMUL_RCP optimization for light mode mining.
• #2393 RandomX: added BMI2 version for scratchpad prefetch.
• #2395 RandomX: rewrote dataset read code.
• #2398 RandomX: optimized ARMv8 dataset read.
• Added argon2/ninja alias for argon2/wrkz algorithm.

v6.12.1

• #2296 Fixed Zen3 assembly code for cn/upx2 algorithm.

v6.12.0

• #2276 Added support for Uplexa (cn/upx2 algorithm).
• #2261 Show total hashrate if compiled without OpenCL.
• #2289 RandomX: optimized IMUL_RCP instruction.
• Added support for --user command line option for online benchmark.

v6.11.2

• #2207 Fixed regression in HTTP parser and llhttp updated to v5.1.0.

v6.11.1

• #2239 Fixed broken coin setting functionality.

v6.11.0

• #2196 Improved DNS subsystem and added new DNS specific options.
• #2172 Fixed build on Alpine 3.13.
• #2177 Fixed ARM specific compilation error with GCC 10.2.
• #2214 #2216 #2235 Optimized cn-heavy algorithm.
• #2217 Fixed mining job creation sequence.
• #2225 Fixed build without OpenCL support on some systems.
• #2229 Don't use RandomX JIT if WITH_ASM=OFF.
• #2228 Removed useless code for cryptonight algorithms.
• #2234 Fixed build error on gcc 4.8.

v6.10.0

• #2122 Fixed pause logic when both pause on battery and user activity are enabled.
• #2123 Fixed compatibility with gcc 4.8.
• #2147 Fixed many new job messages when solo mining.
• #2150 Updated sse2neon.h to the latest master, fixes build on ARMv7.
• #2157 Fixed crash in cn-heavy on Zen3 with manual thread count.
• Fixed possible out of order write to log file.
• http-parser replaced to llhttp.
• For official builds: libuv, hwloc and OpenSSL updated to latest versions.

v6.9.0

• #2104 Added pause-on-active config option and --pause-on-active=N command line option.
• #2112 Added support for Tari merge mining.
• #2117 Fixed crash when GPU mining cn-heavy on Zen3 system.

v6.8.2

• #2080 Fixed compile error in Termux.
• #2089 Optimized CryptoNight-Heavy for Zen3, 7-8% speedup.

v6.8.1

• #2064 Added documentation for config.json CPU options.
• #2066 Fixed AMD GPUs health data readings on Linux.
• #2067 Fixed compilation error when RandomX and Argon2 are disabled.
• #2076 Added support for flexible huge page sizes on Linux.
• #2077 Fixed illegal instruction crash on ARM.

v6.8.0

• #2052 Added DMI/SMBIOS reader.
  • Added information about memory modules on the miner startup and for online benchmark.
  • Added new HTTP API endpoint: GET /2/dmi.
  • Added new command line option --no-dmi or config option "dmi".
  • Added new CMake option -DWITH_DMI=OFF.
• #2057 Improved MSR subsystem code quality.
• #2058 RandomX JIT x86: removed unnecessary instructions.

v6.7.2

• #2039 Fixed solo mining.

v6.7.1

• #1995 Fixed log initialization.
• #1998 Added hashrate in the benchmark finished message.
• #2009 AstroBWT OpenCL fixes.
• #2028 RandomX x86 JIT: removed redundant CFROUND.

v6.7.0

• #1991 Added Apple M1 processor support.
• #1986 Up to 20-30% faster RandomX dataset initialization with AVX2 on some CPUs.
• #1964 Cleanup and refactoring.
• #1966 Removed libcpuid support.
• #1968 Added virtual machine detection.
• #1969 #1970 Fixed errors found by static analysis.
• #1977 Fixed: secure JIT and huge pages are incompatible on Windows.
• #1979 Term x64 replaced to 64-bit.
• #1980 Fixed build on gcc 11.
• #1989 Fixed broken Dero solo mining.

v6.6.2

• #1958 Added example mining scripts to help new miners.
• #1959 Optimized JIT compiler.
• #1960 Fixed RandomX init when switching to other algo and back.

v6.6.1

• Fixed, benchmark validation on NUMA hardware produced incorrect results in some conditions.

v6.6.0

• Online benchmark protocol upgraded to v2, validation not compatible with previous versions.
  • Single thread benchmark now is cheat-resistant, not possible speedup it with multiple threads.
  • RandomX dataset is now always initialized with static seed, to prevent time cheat by report slow dataset initialization.
  • Zero delay online submission, to make time validation much more precise and strict.
  • DNS cache for online benchmark to prevent unexpected delays.

v6.5.3

• #1946 Fixed MSR mod names in JSON API (v6.5.2 affected).

v6.5.2

• #1935 Separate MSR mod for Zen/Zen2 and Zen3.
• #1937 Print path to existing WinRing0 service without verbose option.
• #1939 Fixed build with gcc 4.8.
• #1941 Added CPUID info to JSON report.
• #1941 Fixed alignment modification in memory pool.
• #1944 Updated randomx_boost.sh with new MSR mod.
• Added 250K and 500K offline benchmarks.

v6.5.1

• #1932 New MSR mod for Ryzen, up to +3.5% on Zen2 and +1-2% on Zen3.
• #1918 Fixed 1GB huge pages support on ARMv8.
• #1926 Fixed compilation on ARMv8 with GCC 9.3.0.
• #1929 Fixed build without HTTP.

v6.5.0

• Added online benchmark mode for sharing results.
  • Added new command line options: --submit, --verify=ID, --seed=SEED, --hash=HASH.
• #1912 Fixed MSR kernel module warning with new Linux kernels.
• #1925 Add checking for config files in user home directory.
• Added vendor to ARM CPUs name and added "arch" field to API.
• Removed legacy CUDA plugin API.

v6.4.0

• #1862 RandomX: removed rx/loki algorithm.
• #1890 Added argon2/chukwav2 algorithm.
• #1895 #1897 Added benchmark and stress test.
• #1864 RandomX: improved software AES performance.
• #1870 RandomX: fixed unexpected resume due to disconnect during dataset init.
• #1872 RandomX: fixed randomx_create_vm call.
• #1875 RandomX: fixed crash on x86.
• #1876 RandomX: added huge-pages-jit config parameter.
• #1881 Fixed possible race condition in hashrate counting code.
• #1882 #1886 #1887 #1893 General code improvements.
• #1885 Added more precise hashrate calculation.
• #1889 Fixed libuv performance issue on Linux.

v6.3.5

• #1845 #1861 Fixed ARM build and added CMake option WITH_SSE4_1.
• #1846 KawPow: fixed OpenCL memory leak.
• #1849 #1859 RandomX: optimized soft AES code.
• #1850 #1852 General code improvements.
• #1853 #1856 #1857 Fixed crash on old CPUs.

v6.3.4

• #1823 RandomX: added new option scratchpad_prefetch_mode.
• #1827 #1831 Improved nonce iteration performance.
• #1828 RandomX: added SSE4.1-optimized Blake2b.
• #1830 RandomX: added performance profiler (for developers).
• #1835 RandomX: returned old soft AES implementation and added auto-select between the two.
• #1840 RandomX: moved more stuff to compile time, small x86 JIT compiler speedup.
• #1841 Fixed Cryptonight OpenCL for AMD 20.7.2 drivers.
• #1842 RandomX: AES improvements, a bit faster hardware AES code when compiled with MSVC.
• #1843 RandomX: improved performance of GCC compiled binaries.

v6.3.3

• #1817 Fixed self-select login sequence.
• Added brand new build from source documentation.
• New binary downloads for macOS (macos-x64), FreeBSD (freebsd-static-x64), Linux (linux-static-x64), Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic-x64), Ubuntu 20.04 (focal-x64).
• Generic Linux download xenial-x64 renamed to linux-x64.
• Builds without SSL/TLS support are no longer provided.
• Improved CUDA loader error reporting and fixed plugin load on Linux.
• Fixed build warnings with Clang compiler.
• Fixed colors on macOS.

v6.3.2

• #1794 More robust 1 GB pages handling.
  • Don't allocate 1 GB per thread if 1 GB is the default huge page size.
  • Try to allocate scratchpad from dataset's 1 GB huge pages, if normal huge pages are not available.
  • Correctly initialize RandomX cache if 1 GB pages fail to allocate on a first NUMA node.
• #1806 Fixed macOS battery detection.
• #1809 Improved auto configuration on ARM CPUs.
  • Added retrieving ARM CPU names, based on lscpu code and database.

v6.3.1

• #1786 Added pause-on-battery option, supported on Windows and Linux.
• Added command line options --randomx-cache-qos and --argon2-impl.

v6.3.0

• #1771 Adopted new SSE2NEON and reduced ARM-specific changes.
• #1774 RandomX: Added new option cache_qos in randomx object for cache QoS support.
• #1777 Added support for upcoming Haven offshore fork.
  • #1780 CryptoNight OpenCL: fix for long input data.

v6.2.3

• #1745 AstroBWT: fixed OpenCL compilation on some systems.
• #1749 KawPow: optimized CPU share verification.
• #1752 RandomX: added error message when MSR mod fails.
• #1754 Fixed GPU health readings for pre Vega GPUs on Linux.
• #1756 Added results and connection reports.
• #1759 KawPow: fixed DAG initialization on slower AMD GPUs.
• #1763 KawPow: fixed rare duplicate share errors.
• #1766 RandomX: small speedup on Ryzen CPUs.

v6.2.2

• #1742 Fixed crash when use HTTP API.

v6.2.1

• #1726 Fixed detection of AVX2/AVX512.
• #1728 Fixed, 32 bit Windows builds was crash on start.
• #1729 Fixed KawPow crash on old CPUs.
• #1730 Improved displaying information for compute errors on GPUs.
• #1732 Fixed NiceHash disconnects for KawPow.
• Fixed AMD GPU health (temperatures/power/clocks/fans) readings on Linux.

v6.2.0-beta

• #1717 Added new algorithm cn/ccx for Conceal.
• #1718 Fixed, linker on Linux was marking entire executable as having an executable stack.
• #1720 Fixed broken CryptoNight algorithms family with gcc 10.1.

v6.0.1-beta

• #1708 Added title option.
• #1711 [cuda] Print errors from KawPow DAG initialization.
• #1713 [cuda] Reduced memory usage for KawPow, minimum CUDA plugin version now is 6.1.0.

v6.0.0-beta

• #1694 Added support for KawPow algorithm (Ravencoin) on AMD/NVIDIA.
• Removed previously deprecated cn/gpu algorithm.
• Default donation level reduced to 1% but you still can increase it if you like.

v5.11.3

• #1718 Fixed, linker on Linux was marking entire executable as having an executable stack.
• #1720 Fixed broken CryptoNight algorithms family with gcc 10.1.

v5.11.2

• #1664 Improved JSON config error reporting.
• #1668 Optimized RandomX dataset initialization.
• #1675 Fixed cross-compiling on Linux.
• Fixed memory leak in HTTP client.
• Build dependencies updated to recent versions.
• Compiler for Windows gcc builds updated to v10.1.

v5.11.1

• #1652 Up to 1% RandomX perfomance improvement on recent AMD CPUs.
• #1306 Fixed possible double connection to a pool.
• #1654 Fixed build with LibreSSL.

v5.11.0

• #1632 Added AstroBWT CUDA support (CUDA plugin v3.0.0 or newer required).
• #1605 Fixed AstroBWT OpenCL for NVIDIA GPUs.
• #1635 Added pooled memory allocation of RandomX VMs (+0.5% speedup on Zen2).
• #1641 RandomX JIT refactoring, smaller memory footprint and a bit faster overall.
• #1643 Fixed build on CentOS 7.

v5.10.0

• #1602 Added AMD GPUs support for AstroBWT algorithm.
• #1590 MSR mod automatically deactivated after switching from RandomX algorithms.
• #1592 Added AVX2 optimized code for AstroBWT algorithm.
  • Added new config option astrobwt-avx2 in cpu object and command line option --astrobwt-avx2.
• #1596 Major TLS (Transport Layer Security) subsystem update.
  • Added new TLS options, please check xmrig-proxy documentation for details.
• cn/gpu algorithm now disabled by default and will be removed in next major (v6.x.x) release, no ETA for it right now.
• Added command line option --data-dir.

v5.9.0

• #1578 Added new RandomKEVA algorithm for upcoming Kevacoin fork, as "algo": "rx/keva" or "coin": "keva".
• #1584 Fixed invalid AstroBWT hashes after algorithm switching.
• #1585 Fixed build without HTTP support.
• Added command line option --astrobwt-max-size.

v5.8.2

• #1580 AstroBWT algorithm 20-50% speedup.
  • Added new option astrobwt-max-size.
• #1581 Fixed macOS build.

v5.8.1

• #1575 Fixed new block detection for DERO solo mining.

v5.8.0

• #1573 Added new AstroBWT algorithm for upcoming DERO fork, as "algo": "astrobwt" or "coin": "dero".

v5.7.0

• Added SOCKS5 proxies support for Tor https://xmrig.com/docs/miner/tor.
• #377 Fixed duplicate jobs in daemon (solo) mining client.
• #1560 RandomX 0.3-0.4% speedup depending on CPU.
• Fixed possible crashes in HTTP client.

v5.6.0

• #1536 Added workaround for new AMD GPU drivers.
• #1546 Fixed generic OpenCL code for AMD Navi GPUs.
• #1551 Added RandomX JIT for AMD Navi GPUs.
• Added health information for AMD GPUs (clocks/power/fan/temperature) via ADL (Windows) and sysfs (Linux).
• Fixed possible nicehash nonce overflow in some conditions.
• Fixed wrong OpenCL platform on macOS, option platform now ignored on this OS.

v5.5.3

• #1529 Fixed crash on Bulldozer CPUs.

v5.5.2

• #1500 Removed unnecessary code from RandomX JIT compiler.
• #1502 Optimizations for AMD Bulldozer.
• #1508 Added support for BMI2 instructions.
• #1510 Optimized CFROUND instruction for RandomX.
• #1520 Fixed thread affinity.

v5.5.1

• #1469 Fixed build with gcc 4.8.
• #1473 Added RandomX auto-config for mobile Ryzen APUs.
• #1477 Fixed build with Clang.
• #1489 RandomX JIT compiler tweaks.
• #1493 Default value for Intel MSR preset changed to 15.
• Fixed unwanted resume after RandomX dataset change.

v5.5.0

• #179 Added support for environment variables in config file.
• #1445 Removed rx/v algorithm.
• #1453 Fixed crash on 32bit systems.
• #1459 Fixed crash on very low memory systems.
• #1465 Added fix for 1st-gen Ryzen crashes.
• #1466 Added cn-pico/tlo algorithm.
• Added --randomx-no-rdmsr command line option.
• Added console title for Windows with miner name and version.
• On Windows priority option now also change base priority.

v5.4.0

• #1434 Added RandomSFX (rx/sfx) algorithm for Safex Cash.
• #1445 Added RandomV (rx/v) algorithm for new MoneroV.
• #1419 Added reverting MSR changes on miner exit, use "rdmsr": false, in "randomx" object to disable this feature.
• #1423 Fixed conflicts with exists WinRing0 driver service.
• #1425 Fixed crash on first generation Zen CPUs (MSR mod accidentally enable Opcache), additionally now you can disable Opcache and enable MSR mod via config "wrmsr": ["0xc0011020:0x0", "0xc0011021:0x60", "0xc0011022:0x510000", "0xc001102b:0x1808cc16"],.
• Added advanced usage for wrmsr option, for example: "wrmsr": ["0x1a4:0x6"], (Intel) and "wrmsr": ["0xc0011020:0x0", "0xc0011021:0x40:0xffffffffffffffdf", "0xc0011022:0x510000", "0xc001102b:0x1808cc16"], (Ryzen).
• Added new config option "verbose" and command line option --verbose.

v5.3.0

• #1414 Added native MSR support for Windows, by using signed WinRing0 driver (© 2007-2009 OpenLibSys.org).
• Added new MSR documentation.
• #1418 Increased stratum send buffer size.

v5.2.1

• #1408 Added RandomX boost script for Linux (if you don't like run miner with root privileges).
• Added support for AMD Ryzen MSR registers (Linux only).
• Fixed command line option --randomx-wrmsr option without parameters.

v5.2.0

• #1388 Added 1GB huge pages support for Linux.
  • Added new option 1gb-pages in randomx object with command line equivalent --randomx-1gb-pages.
  • Added automatic huge pages configuration on Linux if use the miner with root privileges.
• Added automatic Intel prefetchers configuration on Linux.
  • Added new option wrmsr in randomx object with command line equivalent --randomx-wrmsr=6.
• #1396 #1401 New performance optimizations for Ryzen CPUs.
• #1385 Added max-threads-hint option support for RandomX dataset initialization threads.
• #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.

v5.1.1

• #1365 Fixed various system response/stability issues.
  • Added new CPU option yield and command line equivalent --cpu-no-yield.
• #1363 Fixed wrong priority of main miner thread.

v5.1.0

• #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.
• #1307 Fixed mining resume after donation round for pools with self-select feature.
• #1318 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.

v5.0.1

• #1234 Fixed compatibility with some AMD GPUs.
• #1284 Fixed build without RandomX.
• #1285 Added command line options --cuda-bfactor-hint and --cuda-bsleep-hint.
• #1290 Fixed 32-bit ARM compilation.

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, for convenient, 3 in 1 downloads with recent CUDA version also provided.

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 available separately.

• #1272 Optimized hashrate calculation.
• #1263 Added new option dataset_host for NVIDIA GPUs with less than 4 GB memory (RandomX only).
• #1068 Added support for self-select stratum protocol extension.
• #1227 Added new algorithm rx/arq, RandomX variant for upcoming ArQmA fork.
• #808 Added experimental support for persistent memory for CPU mining threads.
• #1221 Improved RandomX dataset memory usage and initialization speed for NUMA machines.
• #1175 Fixed support for systems where total count of NUMA nodes not equal usable nodes count.
• Added config option cpu/max-threads-hint and command line option --cpu-max-threads-hint.
• #1185 Added JIT compiler for RandomX on ARMv8.
• Improved API endpoint GET /2/backends and added support for this endpoint to workers.xmrig.info.
• Added command line option --no-cpu to disable CPU backend.
• Added OpenCL specific command line options: --opencl, --opencl-devices, --opencl-platform, --opencl-loader and --opencl-no-cache.
• Added CUDA specific command line options: --cuda, --cuda-loader and --no-nvml.
• Removed command line option --http-enabled, HTTP API enabled automatically if any other --http-* option provided.
• #1172 Added OpenCL mining backend.
  • #268 #270 #271 #273 #274 #1171 Added RandomX support for OpenCL, thanks @SChernykh.
• Algorithm cn/wow removed, as no longer alive.

Previous versions

doc/CHANGELOG_OLD.md