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Updated Support for AArch64 (markdown)

JayDDee
2023-11-26 12:20:22 -05:00
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Support-for-AArch64.md

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## Status ## Status
**cpuminer-opt-23.12 is released** **cpuminer-opt-23.13 is released**
Highlights from this release:
Multiple fixes to X16R family of algorithms.
Development environment: Development environment:
* Orange Pi 5 Plus 16 GB, Rockchip 8 core CPU with AES & SHA2 * Orange Pi 5 Plus 16 GB, Rockchip 8 core CPU with AES & SHA2
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* Verthash algo is not working. * Verthash algo is not working.
* MacOS is not working natively, workaround with linux VM. * MacOS is not working natively, workaround with linux VM.
* CPU and feature detection and reporting is incomplete. * CPU and feature detection and reporting is incomplete.
* Groestl, Fugue: multiple issues not AES related, using unoptimized. * Groestl: AES mostly working but slower that unoptimized.
* Fugue: multiple issues not AES related, using unoptimized.
* Some algorithms too difficult to test with a CPU are not optimized for NEON. * Some algorithms too difficult to test with a CPU are not optimized for NEON.
Short term plan: Short term plan:
* Figure out what's going on with verthash. * Figure out what's going on with verthash.
* Groestl & Fugue AES. * Fugue AES.
Medium term: Medium term:
* Detection of ARM CPU model and architecture minor version. * Detection of ARM CPU model and architecture minor version.
* Groestl AES performance, needs a breakthrough for slow shuffles.
* Find NEON optimization opportunities that exploit it's architecture and instruction set. * Find NEON optimization opportunities that exploit it's architecture and instruction set.
* Apply lessons learned to x86_64. * Apply lessons learned to x86_64.