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Run "cpuminer --help" to see options.

### HugePages
HugePages on Linux preallocate a bunch of memory for 'a specific use', in this case, for the miner.
HugePages allow for faster memory lookups, which is very important for this miner. Enabling HugePages typically gets 10% or more performance.

#### HugePages (Linux)
To make matters complicated, there are two ways of doing this. One is `transparent_hugepages` one is `preallocated`. Even more complicated, one is sometimes faster than the other.

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