// create miner creates new miners based on device type and algorithm/miner path
public static Miner CreateMiner(ComputeDevice device, Algorithm algorithm)
{
var minerPath = MinerPaths.GetOptimizedMinerPath(device, algorithm);
if (minerPath != MinerPaths.NONE)
{
return(CreateMiner(device.DeviceType, minerPath));
}
return(null);
}
// this will not check Ethminer path
private static bool IsSameBinPath(ComputeDevice a, ComputeDevice b)
{
// same group uses same Miner class and therefore same binary path for same algorithm
bool sameGroup = a.DeviceGroupType == b.DeviceGroupType;
if (!sameGroup)
{
var a_algoType = a.MostProfitableAlgorithm.NiceHashID;
var b_algoType = b.MostProfitableAlgorithm.NiceHashID;
// a and b algorithm settings should be the same if we call this function
return(MinerPaths.GetOptimizedMinerPath(a_algoType, a.DeviceType, a.DeviceGroupType, a.Codename, a.IsOptimizedVersion)
== MinerPaths.GetOptimizedMinerPath(b_algoType, b.DeviceType, b.DeviceGroupType, b.Codename, b.IsOptimizedVersion));
}
return(true);
}
