software question 25.11

[crash893]

1) I noticed that work is automatically assigned to a tread. rather than queued up for the next available worker thread.

If one thread were to run out would it automatically correct and pull queued work from a different thread?



2) is there anyway to only report findings and not take on new work? I'm in the process of retiring a machine but I have enough time to let this thing finish one more number but i don't want to get a new number assigned when i turn back on primenet reporting.

thanks

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by crash893

2) is there anyway to only report findings and not take on new work? I'm in the process of retiring a machine but I have enough time to let this thing finish one more number but i don't want to get a new number assigned when i turn back on primenet reporting.

NoMoreWork=1
in Prime.txt
http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=87118

[ATH]

or
MaxExponents=0
in prime.txt

and maybe also DaysOfWork=0 works.

[Mini-Geek]

Originally Posted by crash893

1) I noticed that work is automatically assigned to a tread. rather than queued up for the next available worker thread.

If one thread were to run out would it automatically correct and pull queued work from a different thread?

AFAIK there's no way to do that.

Originally Posted by crash893

2) is there anyway to only report findings and not take on new work? I'm in the process of retiring a machine but I have enough time to let this thing finish one more number but i don't want to get a new number assigned when i turn back on primenet reporting.

Advanced > Quit GIMPS > Yes will finish the current assignments and report them without getting more work. (I think this is equivalent to NoMoreWork=1)