Background/smart mining. If a users' computer is plugged into a power

source, and CPU has been idle for some time, then begin mining to some
threshold (don't destroy the users' CPU).

This patch only supports windows and linux (I've only tested on Win64 and
Ubuntu).

The variables currently default to pretty conservative values (i.e. 20%
CPU mining threshold).

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
index 5442b6ac4..608f1e531 100644
--- a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
     boost::thread::attributes attrs;
     attrs.set_stack_size(THREAD_STACK_SIZE);
 
-    if(!m_core.get_miner().start(adr, static_cast<size_t>(req.threads_count), attrs))
+    if(!m_core.get_miner().start(adr, static_cast<size_t>(req.threads_count), attrs, req.do_background_mining))
     {
       res.status = "Failed, mining not started";
       LOG_PRINT_L0(res.status);
diff --git a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
index 83ef2ebd4..a26350ba9 100644
--- a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
+++ b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
@@ -500,10 +500,12 @@ namespace cryptonote
     {
       std::string miner_address;
       uint64_t    threads_count;
+      bool        do_background_mining;
 
       BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
         KV_SERIALIZE(miner_address)
         KV_SERIALIZE(threads_count)
+        KV_SERIALIZE(do_background_mining)        
       END_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
     };