From d67d0de4c49e034a129bbcd119979e8dc00edfbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "@wwwjim" Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:34:28 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] documentation: Makes it clear that BELLMAN_CUSTOM_GPU is an environment variable --- documentation/en/hardware-mining.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/en/hardware-mining.md b/documentation/en/hardware-mining.md index f5e603e75..16bffaf9c 100644 --- a/documentation/en/hardware-mining.md +++ b/documentation/en/hardware-mining.md @@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ GPUs are a must for getting **block rewards**. Here are a few that have been con ## Testing other GPUs -If you want to test a GPU that is not explicitly supported, you can use the following configuration flag: +If you want to test a GPU that is not explicitly supported, use the following global**environment variable**: ```sh BELLMAN_CUSTOM_GPU=":" ``` -Here is an example of trying a GeForce GTX 1660 ti with 1536 cores. +Here is an example of trying a GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 1536 cores. ```sh BELLMAN_CUSTOM_GPU="GeForce GTX 1660 Ti:1536" From 50716f42b0b8b874c228072f0a8c731a351265f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "@wwwjim" Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:48:52 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] documentation: makes it easy to discover the v20 proof parameters --- documentation/en/mining.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/en/mining.md b/documentation/en/mining.md index cda19dc68..3bdee87a6 100644 --- a/documentation/en/mining.md +++ b/documentation/en/mining.md @@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ Here are instructions to learn how to perform storage mining. For hardware speci It is useful to [join the Testnet](https://docs.lotu.sh/en+join-testnet) prior to attempting storage mining for the first time. -NOTE: While a miner is running, there will be many `WARN` and `ERROR` logs. +## Note: Filecoin Proof Parameters + +If you are trying to download the **Filecoin Proof Parameters** from within China, you can download them from [JDCloud CDN](https://s3.cn-south-1.jdcloud-oss.com/proof-parameters/filecoin-proof-parameters-v20-testnet.tar.gz). Once you do you will need to extract them to: + +```sh +# put the .param and .vk files in the directory below +/var/tmp/filecoin-proof-parameters +``` ## Get started