in the Live Mining Status area, when you click on a line for a miner you get the hashrate, difficulty, restart info and other stuff. would it be possible to add to that output any i=, p=, and w= specified or presumed? that way we can get feedback that our options were accepted and we didnt make any ...
i've set my i=l3_504 but dont expect to see optimum results. i use cgminer's quota/balanced config and not allocating 100% of the horsepower to the pool. a few percent is going to directly mine a fragile altcoin or two.
any asic stats you gather with q= should be looked at with a wary eye since many people over (and even under) clock their asic boxes.
i have 3 L3+ running at three different clock rates, depending where they are located in my home or garage (heat issues.)
i was thinking that people who bring large amounts of hashrate in a day/period are rewarded with lower fees for that period. but that would annoy the 'small guy' having to pay larger fees. so perhaps do it back-assed, those who bring a large average hashrate over a period get a "fee credit" (refund,...
bitmain/antminer does occassionally issue firmware updates for its boxes, perhaps you could inform bitmain/antminer of the issue and cross fingers?
it may at least make them aware for future boxes if nothing else.
The problem is still that this will notify you AFTER then change has occurred. You are still playing defense to recover. Warning is what you really want. Notification a week (or two) before the change happens. Probably doing both makes sense. before a major fork, new clients tend to appear on the n...