1) Edwards ECM curves. Given a reasonable amount of memory, Edwards ECM curves are roughly
10% faster than Montgomery ECM curves used in all earlier prime95 versions.
2) Added support for running ECM stage 2 given a resume file from GMP-ECM. Especially useful
when GMP-ECM uses a GPU to run ECM stage 1. Syntax for worktodo entries are:
ECMSTAGE2=k,b,n,c,filename[,B2-or-zero][,skip_curves][,num_curves][,"known-factors"]
ECMSTAGE2N=filename[,B2-or-zero][,skip_curves][,num_curves][,"known-factors"]
3) New timestamp options in undoc.txt.
4) Manual communication menu choice will also start proof uploads.
5) From the Test/Primenet... dialog box, turning on Use Primenet will bring up the Test/Worker
Windows... dialog box to allow changing work preferences prior to contacting the PrimeNet server.
6) The P-1 and ECM stage 2 vs. stage 1 runtime estimate used for optimal B2 calculations is now
compared to the actual so that future estimates will hopefully more accurate.
7) Advanced/Test now creates a PRP worktodo.txt entry for large exponents. |
