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keputnam Send message Joined: 31 Mar 05 Posts: 20 Credit: 133,293 RAC: 5 |
I really do but I refuse to let a project determine how much resource it gets I've got an app_config.xml file that sets a limit of four cores when it starts BURP even says "Running four CPUs" But it actually uses 8! maybe I'll check back in a while to see if you take care if this, maybe not But for now.I'm outta here ![]() ![]() |
![]() Project donor Send message Joined: 11 Apr 05 Posts: 403 Credit: 2,189,214 RAC: 7 |
Hm, that's strange. Can you post the app_config again here? I doubt the manager version 7.12.1 you use simply ignores the settings, but could be. Maybe it just needs a little tweak. Life is Science, and Science rules. To the universe and beyond Proud member of BOINC@Heidelberg My BOINC-Stats ![]() |
keputnam Send message Joined: 31 Mar 05 Posts: 20 Credit: 133,293 RAC: 5 |
<app_config> <app> <name>blender</name> <max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent> </app> <app_version> <app_name>blender</app_name> <cmdline>nthreads 4</cmdline> <avg_ncpus>4</avg_ncpus> <plan_class>mt</plan_class> </app_version> </app_config> ![]() ![]() |
![]() Volunteer moderator Project administrator ![]() Send message Joined: 16 Jun 04 Posts: 4571 Credit: 2,100,463 RAC: 8 |
That commandline looks a bit odd - did it get eaten by the forum? (also doesn't BOINC already add the threadcount to the commandline automatically with the current plan class?) If you post a link to a completed result you can check towards the very top how many cores it was launched with. Check the number following the small "-t" parameter. That is the thread-count (in this case 32): Executing blender.exe -noaudio --factory-startup -y -b in -P clirender.py -- -F PNG -T 16 -t 32 -f 18 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 Just assuming that you want to set this specifically for one app, otherwise it is much easier to set the overall CPU limit for BOINC. |
keputnam Send message Joined: 31 Mar 05 Posts: 20 Credit: 133,293 RAC: 5 |
Executing blender.exe -noaudio --factory-startup -y -b in -P clirender.py -- -F PNG -T 16 -t 1 -f 222 0.79976565 0.0 0.816901 0.5 As I said, BOINC Monitor said "running 2 CPUs" But resource Monitor showed 8 CPUs in use by Blenderc and only this WU and three others were running on my MT Hex core system,(I limit BOINC as a whole to 11 "CPUs") |
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<app_config> Hm, Janus could be right. While older BOINC version doesn't seem to have a problem with it (my client version always worked with this config, the new one might be quite stricter. Try change it to <cmdline>-- nthreads 4</cmdline> or <cmdline>- nthreads 4</cmdline> and see what it does. Not quite sure at the moment show the syntax should look like. I can't check it, don't want to change my client version right now since it's running WUs without checkpoints. ;-) Life is Science, and Science rules. To the universe and beyond Proud member of BOINC@Heidelberg My BOINC-Stats ![]() |
mmonnin Send message Joined: 21 Mar 17 Posts: 22 Credit: 636,321 RAC: 3,759 |
Per BOINC WIki it should be: <cmdline>--nthreads 7</cmdline> https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration |
keputnam Send message Joined: 31 Mar 05 Posts: 20 Credit: 133,293 RAC: 5 |
OK, changes made waiting for WU to become available ![]() ![]() |
keputnam Send message Joined: 31 Mar 05 Posts: 20 Credit: 133,293 RAC: 5 |
That was it Thanks for the assistance,guys Running on only three cores as planned |