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-n -1 for infinite plot creation

Open malventano opened this issue 3 years ago • 7 comments

Along with standard plot names, another tweak to be consistent with the other Clia plotters would be to allow -n -1 for infinite plot creation.

malventano avatar Aug 05 '21 18:08 malventano

-n 999999 works for me

mocksoul avatar Aug 05 '21 20:08 mocksoul

-n 999999 works for me

That works for me as well, but this issue is about being consistent with the command line inputs of other plotters. Also, -n 999999 would only run for a year, not infinitely :).

malventano avatar Aug 05 '21 20:08 malventano

It appears that the larger the -n the longer it takes to complete each plot. On my system -n 600 gives me 7 min 15 seconds but -n 800 the per plot time increased to almost 8.5 min. All else is equal on the system. Have any of you noticed on your systems?

Other than that I agree -n -1 should keep plotting indefinitely.

jayhohoho2019 avatar Aug 19 '21 06:08 jayhohoho2019

I also suggest to have -n -1 option for infinite plot, and it also interesting to find out the reason why the larger the -n the longer it takes to complete each plot.

strategist922 avatar Oct 10 '21 15:10 strategist922

It appears that the larger the -n the longer it takes to complete each plot. On my system -n 600 gives me 7 min 15 seconds but -n 800 the per plot time increased to almost 8.5 min. All else is equal on the system. Have any of you noticed on your systems?

Other than that I agree -n -1 should keep plotting indefinitely.

yep, i can confirum it too. The more plot bladebit makes the more time it takes to calculate them. After restarting it works perfectly again

mocksoul avatar Nov 21 '21 10:11 mocksoul

Are you guys sure you're not just seeing lower plot times for plots after the first one? I've let bladebit run for months on a system and saw zero change to plot speed. There are other (non-bladebit) factors that can slow a system down after a few plots.

malventano avatar Nov 26 '21 22:11 malventano

Yes. I am sure bladebit slows down after 50+ plots done. After restarting bladebit only speed recovers immidiately.

mocksoul avatar Nov 29 '21 17:11 mocksoul

this is now implemented

jmhands avatar Aug 03 '23 00:08 jmhands