diff --git a/Compiling-from-source.md b/Compiling-from-source.md index 2747049..2b43106 100644 --- a/Compiling-from-source.md +++ b/Compiling-from-source.md @@ -51,17 +51,18 @@ Open the apropriate MSys2 terminal for your architecture from the start menu. On Ensure the correct one is used. GCC is recommended but is only avalable for x86_64 at this time. On ARM64 the only choice is Clang which has problems described in errata below. -cpuminer-opt can now be compiled on Windows, see Compiling section below. - -#### Windows integration, optional - -It's possible to run cpuminer-opt from a Windows command prompt or Powershell using DOS syntax by adding MSYS2 to the system Path environment variable, otherwise it can only run from an MSYS2 terminal. FYI: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6951938/libgmp-10-dll-is-missing - If Windows tools are preferred cpuminer-opt can be downloaded to the Windows Documents folder and accessed from MSYS2 terminal using the path `/c/users/[USER]/documents`. The MSYS2 home directory can be accessed from Windows with `C:\msys2\home\[USER]`. Notepad++ and 7zip are useful Windows programs with good support for Linux file formats. +#### Windows integration, optional + +cpuminer-opt must normally br run from the MSys command terminal. It is possible to run from a Windows command prompt or Powershell using DOS syntax by adding MSYS2 to the system Path environment variable. FYI: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6951938/libgmp-10-dll-is-missing + +cpuminer-opt can now be compiled on Windows, see Compiling cpuminer-opt below. + #### Errata + * CPU temperature and frequency reports are not supported on Windows. * Windows on ARM64 can only be compiled with Clang at this time resulting in an unstable build that may crash. * Windows on ARM64 may result in cpuminer-opt segfault when starting up. Add `-DARM_WIN_HACK` to CFLAGS to workaround it. This workaround may or may not work and may or may not be necessary.