Discussion related to cado-nfs

[Emmanuel Thomé <Emmanuel.Thome@inria.fr>]

On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 01:24:04PM +0000, Ed Hall wrote:
> Dear Emmanuel, 
>  
> Thank you for your quick reply. 
>  
> I'm posting the original poly, snfs params and the latest snapshot, since 
> many alterations have been made to the snapshots along the way. 
>  
> I tried to swap the strategy by a client call and it was not accepted.  Do 
> I need to restart the server to do this? It would take a while to filter 
> through to the assigned WUs: 
> ------------------------------ 
> $ ./cado-nfs-client.py --clientid=test --single --bindir=build/$HOSTNAME/ 
> --override t 6 --adjust-strategy 0 --server=http://math99.local:13573 
> Usage: cado-nfs-client.py [options] 
>  
> cado-nfs-client.py: error: no such option: --adjust-strategy 

You should rather use:

    --override adjust-strategy 0

Yes, the way --override works (when it works...) is quirky.


E.


>  
> ------------------------------- 
> }}}}}}}}}} Original polynomial: 
> ------------------------------- 
> n: 
> 481656163308412765403614651218708598794359189399756146690661073869112900839012131985010061499036900388686771640446175627690737806643304133900246206450098561588920335412290847983165259494228429323278741
>  
> skew: 2.592 
> c8: 81 
> c7: 810 
> c6: 1890 
> c5: -5400 
> c4: -28800 
> c3: -27000 
> c2: 36000 
> c1: 60000 
> c0: 10000 
> Y1: 43046721000000000000000 
> Y0: -10000000000000000617673396283947 
> --------------------------------- 
> }}}}}}}}}} snfs params file: 
> --------------------------------- 
> ########################################################################### 
> #     Parameter file for Cado-NFS 
> ########################################################################### 
> # See params/params.c90 for an example which contains some documentation. 
>  
> ########################################################################### 
> # General parameters 
> ########################################################################### 
>  
> name = hcn10+3_930 
> N = 
> 481656163308412765403614651218708598794359189399756146690661073869112900839012131985010061499036900388686771640446175627690737806643304133900246206450098561588920335412290847983165259494228429323278741
>  
>  
> ########################################################################### 
> # Polynomial selection 
> ########################################################################### 
>  
> tasks.polyselect.admin = 0 
> tasks.polyselect.admax = 0 
> tasks.polyselect.adrange = 0 
> tasks.polyselect.import = 10+3_930.poly 
>  
> ########################################################################### 
> # Sieve 
> ########################################################################### 
>  
> tasks.I = 15 
> tasks.qmin = 1000000 
> tasks.lim0 = 536000000 
> tasks.lim1 = 536000000 
> tasks.lpb0 = 32 
> tasks.lpb1 = 32 
> tasks.sieve.mfb0 = 64 
> tasks.sieve.mfb1 = 94 
> tasks.sieve.lambda0 = 2.8 
> tasks.sieve.lambda1 = 2.8 
> tasks.sieve.ncurves0 = 12 
> tasks.sieve.ncurves1 = 8 
> tasks.sieve.qrange = 5000 
> tasks.sieve.sqside = 1 
> tasks.sieve.rels_wanted = 200000000 
>  
> ########################################################################### 
> # Filtering 
> ########################################################################### 
>  
> tasks.filter.purge.keep = 160 
> tasks.filter.target_density = 170.0 
>  
> ########################################################################### 
> # Linear algebra 
> ########################################################################### 
>  
> tasks.linalg.bwc.interval = 1000 
> tasks.linalg.bwc.interleaving = 0 
> tasks.linalg.m = 64 
> tasks.linalg.n = 64 
>  
> ########################################################################### 
> # Characters 
> ########################################################################### 
>  
> tasks.linalg.characters.nchar = 50 
> -------------------------------- 
> }}}}}}}}}} Latest snapshot: 
> --------------------------------- 
> N = 
> 481656163308412765403614651218708598794359189399756146690661073869112900839012131985010061499036900388686771640446175627690737806643304133900246206450098561588920335412290847983165259494228429323278741
>  
> name = hcn10+3_930 
> server.port = 13573 
> server.ssl = no 
> server.whitelist = 1.1.1.98,1.1.1.99,192.168.0.0/24 
> slaves.basepath = /home/math99/Math/snfsTesting/10+3_930/client 
> tasks.I = 15 
> tasks.execpath = /home/math99/Math/cado-nfs/build/math99 
> tasks.lim0 = 536000000 
> tasks.lim1 = 536000000 
> tasks.lpb0 = 32 
> tasks.lpb1 = 32 
> tasks.qmin = 1000000 
> tasks.threads = 24 
> tasks.workdir = /home/math99/Math/snfsTesting/10+3_930 
> tasks.filter.target_density = 170.0 
> tasks.filter.purge.keep = 160 
> tasks.linalg.m = 64 
> tasks.linalg.n = 64 
> tasks.linalg.bwc.cpubinding = 
> /home/math99/Math/cado-nfs/parameters/misc/cpubinding.conf 
> tasks.linalg.bwc.interleaving = 0 
> tasks.linalg.bwc.interval = 1000 
> tasks.linalg.bwc.threads = 12 
> tasks.linalg.characters.nchar = 50 
> tasks.polyselect.admax = 0 
> tasks.polyselect.admin = 0 
> tasks.polyselect.adrange = 0 
> tasks.polyselect.import = 10+3_930.poly 
> tasks.polyselect.threads = 2 
> tasks.sieve.adjust_strategy = 2 
> tasks.sieve.mfb0 = 64 
> tasks.sieve.mfb1 = 94 
> tasks.sieve.ncurves0 = 20 
> tasks.sieve.ncurves1 = 20 
> tasks.sieve.qrange = 2000 
> tasks.sieve.rels_wanted = 700000000 
> tasks.sieve.sqside = 1 
> tasks.sieve.las.threads = 2 
> tasks.sqrt.threads = 8 
> ------------------------------------ 
>  
> I'm building commit dc9309189 currently and will have some files in a bit. 
>  
> Thanks for all the work. 
>  
> Sincerely, 
> Edwin Hall