phantom ECM assignments?

[ixfd64]

I was reviewing my GIMPS workload today when I noticed that I had three ECM assignments in the 8M range under Manual Testing. The thing is, I don't do ECM. Anyone have an idea how those assignments got there?

[Aramis Wyler]

Sometimes primenet misinterprets work as ECM when it's really P-1.

[cheesehead]

Originally Posted by Aramis Wyler

Sometimes primenet misinterprets work as ECM when it's really P-1.

Yes -- every P-1 factor-found report I've submitted (at least in the past couple of years) bumped my ECM count and ECM time credit, not my P-1 totals.

Originally Posted by ixfd64

I was reviewing my GIMPS workload today when I noticed that I had three ECM assignments in the 8M range under Manual Testing. The thing is, I don't do ECM. Anyone have an idea how those assignments got there?

But, but ... you're talking about assignments, not factor-found reports!

[Mr. P-1]

Originally Posted by cheesehead

Yes -- every P-1 factor-found report I've submitted (at least in the past couple of years) bumped my ECM count and ECM time credit, not my P-1 totals.[

Strange. My P-1 factors always get P-1 credit.

[cheesehead]

Originally Posted by cheesehead

Yes -- every P-1 factor-found report I've submitted (at least in the past couple of years) bumped my ECM count and ECM time credit, not my P-1 totals.

Examples:

[Thu May 20 12:26:39 2010]
P-1 found a factor in stage #1, B1=3160000.
UID: RichBWoods/Puttputt, M1502099 has a factor: 314721698358534391649, AID: 15508756AA5D67C1EB17761E4286F0C1

No factor lines found: 0
Factors found: 1
Processing result: M1502099 has a factor: 314721698358534391649, AID: 15508756AA5D67C1EB17761E4286F0C1
Insufficient information for accurate CPU credit.
For stats purposes, assuming factor was found using ECM with B1 = 50000.
CPU credit is 0.0424 GHz-days.
P-1 lines found: 0
LL lines found: 0
Mlucas lines found: 0
Glucas (G29) lines found: 0
Glucas lines found: 0
MacLucasFFTW lines found: 0
ECM lines found: 0

[Fri May 21 23:57:45 2010]
P-1 found a factor in stage #2, B1=5000000, B2=12500000.
UID: RichBWoods/Puttputt, M3321949 has a factor: 36812105208415004803823, AID: E6873DB755A8D03441AB369ECF779218

No factor lines found: 0
Factors found: 1
Processing result: M3321949 has a factor: 36812105208415004803823, AID: E6873DB755A8D03441AB369ECF779218
Insufficient information for accurate CPU credit.
For stats purposes, assuming factor was found using ECM with B1 = 50000.
CPU credit is 0.0998 GHz-days.
P-1 lines found: 0
LL lines found: 0
Mlucas lines found: 0
Glucas (G29) lines found: 0
Glucas lines found: 0
MacLucasFFTW lines found: 0
ECM lines found: 0

Both are verbatim from saved copies of my prime.log file. I occasionally add notes to, or delete redundant information from, those saved copies, but I don't think that applies to these examples.

Wasn't there a discussion about cases like these where PrimeNet skips (or skipped, in the past) the "P-1 found a factor in..." lines without using that info ("P-1 lines found: 0") to categorize the factoring method?

[Mr. P-1]

My P-1 are usually submitted automatically. I have submitted factors manually though I haven't done so for a while. I didn't notice any problems at the time. Perhaps things have changed.