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COPYING

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-		    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
-		       Version 2, June 1991
+                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+                       Version 2, June 1991
 
- Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-     59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
  of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
-			    Preamble
+                            Preamble
 
   The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
 freedom to share and change it.  By contrast, the GNU General Public
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ software--to make sure the software is free for all its users.  This
 General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
 Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to
 using it.  (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
-the GNU Library General Public License instead.)  You can apply it to
+the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.)  You can apply it to
 your programs, too.
 
   When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
 
   The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
 modification follow.
-
-		    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+
+                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
    TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
 
   0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
     License.  (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but
     does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on
     the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
-
+
 These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole.  If
 identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
 and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent
 access to copy the source code from the same place counts as
 distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not
 compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
-
+
   4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
 except as expressly provided under this License.  Any attempt
 otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ impose that choice.
 
 This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to
 be a consequence of the rest of this License.
-
+
   8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
 certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
 original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ make exceptions for this.  Our decision will be guided by the two goals
 of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
 of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
 
-			    NO WARRANTY
+                            NO WARRANTY
 
   11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
 FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.  EXCEPT WHEN
@@ -277,9 +277,9 @@ YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
 PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
 
-		     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
-
-	    How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
+                     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
+
+            How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
 
   If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
 possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
@@ -303,17 +303,16 @@ the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
-
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 
 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
 
 If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
 when it starts in an interactive mode:
 
-    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year  name of author
+    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
     Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
     under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
@@ -336,5 +335,5 @@ necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
 This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
 proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
 consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
-library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
+library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
 Public License instead of this License.

INSTALL_LINUX

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ $ sudo apt-get install build-essential automake libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
 CentOS/Fedora:
 $ sudo yum install automake libcurl-devel openssl-devel jansson-devel gmp-devel zlib-devel numactl-devel make gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel git
 
+Make sure gcc version is above 8. It is required for c++20 support.
+
 SHA support on AMD Ryzen CPUs requires gcc version 5 or higher and
 openssl 1.1.0e or higher. Add one of the following to CFLAGS for SHA
 support depending on your CPU and compiler version:
@@ -77,7 +79,10 @@ $ ./build.sh to build on Linux or execute the following commands.
 or 
 
 $ ./autogen.sh
-$ CFLAGS="-O3 -march=native -Wall" ./configure --with-curl
+For GCC-10+:
+$ CFLAGS="-O3 -march=native -mtune=native" CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS -std=c++20 -Wno-ignored-attributes" ./configure --with-curl
+For GCC-8 && GCC-9:
+$ CFLAGS="-O3 -march=native -mtune=native" CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS -std=c++2a -fconcepts -Wno-ignored-attributes" ./configure --with-curl
 $ make -j n
 
 n is the number of threads.

INSTALL_WINDOWS

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ opened.
 Download the latest source code package of cpumuner-opt to your desired
 location. .zip or .tar.gz, your choice.
 
-https://github.com/JayDDee/cpuminer-opt/releases
+https://github.com/WyvernTKC/cpuminer-gr-avx2/releases
 
 Decompress and change to the cpuminer-opt directory.
 
@@ -140,10 +140,6 @@ This will compile for an older CPU that does not have AVX.
 
 You can find several examples in README.txt
 
-If you have a CPU with more than 64 threads and Windows 7 or higher you can enable the CPU Groups feature by adding the following to CFLAGS:
-
-"-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601"
-
 Once you have run configure successfully run the compiler with n CPU threads:
 
 $ make -j n
@@ -161,56 +157,3 @@ Command options are specific to where you mine. Refer to the pool's instructions
 Create a link to the locally compiled version of gmp.h
 
 $ ln -s $LOCAL_LIB/gmp-version/gmp.h ./gmp.h
-
-Edit configure.ac to fix lipthread package name.
-
-sed -i 's/"-lpthread"/"-lpthreadGC2"/g' configure.ac
-
-
-7. Compile
-
-you can use the default compile if you intend to use cpuminer-opt on the
-same CPU and the virtual machine supports that architecture.
-
-./build.sh
-
-Otherwise you can compile manually while setting options in CFLAGS.
-
-Some common options:
-
-To compile for a specific CPU architecture:
-
-CFLAGS="-O3 -march=znver1 -Wall" ./configure --with-curl
-
-This will compile for AMD Ryzen.
-
-You can compile more generically for a set of specific CPU features
-if you know what features you want:
-
-CFLAGS="-O3 -maes -msse4.2 -Wall" ./configure --with-curl
-
-This will compile for an older CPU that does not have AVX.
-
-You can find several examples in build-allarch.sh
-
-If you have a CPU with more than 64 threads and Windows 7 or higher you
-can enable the CPU Groups feature:
-
--D_WIN32_WINNT==0x0601
-
-Once you have run configure successfully run make with n CPU threads:
-
-make -j n
-
-Copy cpuminer.exe to the release directory, compress and copy the release
-directory to a Windows system and run cpuminer.exe from the command line.
-
-Run cpuminer
-
-In a command windows change directories to the unzipped release folder.
-to get a list of all options:
-
-cpuminer.exe --help
-
-Command options are specific to where you mine. Refer to the pool's
-instructions on how to set them.