There appears to be a special magic type of ARM device going around, it can can do BHspin v2 tasks in 1 - 2 seconds and every task validates against hosts that take hundreds or thousands of times longer to complete:(

http://universeathome.pl/universe/results.php?hostid=38724&offset=0&show_names=0&state=4&appid=

What do you guys make of this?

If nothing else the validator is not doing it's job..

I think it is validator problem.
It should by sorted for new results from now.

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Krzysztof 'krzyszp' Piszczek

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Thank you very much to stop these senless WU validating.
It was one of my Odroid XU4 wich is running since Month for Universe@Home only. I haven't changed anything and was also suprised to see what the ARM is generating.
There was 7 WUs running normal, only 1 Core was running very fast. I have no Idea why ...
At the moment the ARM is stopped with: no new Work.
maybe you can find out what happens that these Odroid ist starting these senless WUs ...

When there is an possibility to delete these senless WUs please don't hesitate to do.
An Example: http://universeathome.pl/universe/workunit.php?wuid=7169817

I appologize for that trouble ...

greetings

I *think* I found the problem or even two of them...
Firstly, validator doesn't work correctly and, what is more important, in parameter file was (my fault) a small spell mistake in name of one of variables which can cause correct exit from application immediately without error.
This bug probably make wrong results only on ARM computers and I have fixed it for next tasks.

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Krzysztof 'krzyszp' Piszczek

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What about all the download errors?

Lin-1240V2-1

5044 Universe@Home 9/30/2016 8:09:03 AM [error] MD5 check failed for universe_bh2_160803_9_10_20000_1-999999_679000
5045 Universe@Home 9/30/2016 8:09:03 AM [error] expected 61877bac4fe69388c25e46ce9a594f35, got 8e2d98ca66085d450811579c5958518b
5046 Universe@Home 9/30/2016 8:09:03 AM [error] Checksum or signature error for universe_bh2_160803_9_10_20000_1-999999_679000
5047 Universe@Home 9/30/2016 8:09:03 AM [error] MD5 check failed for universe_bh2_160803_9_10_20000_1-999999_684000
5048 Universe@Home 9/30/2016 8:09:03 AM [error] expected 1627d98f2d66bd1a9382c1f2cacb6c53, got 64ae30ef49df63871fca168c107238a4
5049 Universe@Home 9/30/2016 8:09:03 AM [error] Checksum or signature error for universe_bh2_160803_9_10_20000_1-999999_684000

Reboot/Reset don't fix problem... Seems only on Linux setups..

8-)

Thank you Krzysztof for your speedy reply & fix . Much appreciated.

All is well in the Universe once more ;)


@ Stiller Cruncher: Good luck in finding a fix.

@Tex1954: What happens if you tick the checkbox in Boinc Manager preferences called "Skip image file verification"? Of course this usually not a good idea and a proper fix would be best but in your case maybe worth a shot? It's just a last resort if no fix is found. Try it on a few tasks and see what happens.

I have cancelled some WU's, including the ones with download error.

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Krzysztof 'krzyszp' Piszczek

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Hm it seems to me U have cancled all WU's..

All are gone on all machines

Well, I don't do that and haven't had any problems with latest batch...

8-)

Thank you Krzysztof for your speedy reply & fix . Much appreciated.

All is well in the Universe once more ;)


@ Stiller Cruncher: Good luck in finding a fix.

@Tex1954: What happens if you tick the checkbox in Boinc Manager preferences called "Skip image file verification"? Of course this usually not a good idea and a proper fix would be best but in your case maybe worth a shot? It's just a last resort if no fix is found. Try it on a few tasks and see what happens.