cmd, eth: clean up miner startup API, drop noop config field

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 4b86382bd..7b8a8244e 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -336,26 +336,18 @@ func startNode(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) {
 		if err := stack.Service(&ethereum); err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Ethereum service not running: %v", err)
 		}
-		// Use a reduced number of threads if requested
-		threads := ctx.GlobalInt(utils.MinerLegacyThreadsFlag.Name)
-		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(utils.MinerThreadsFlag.Name) {
-			threads = ctx.GlobalInt(utils.MinerThreadsFlag.Name)
-		}
-		if threads > 0 {
-			type threaded interface {
-				SetThreads(threads int)
-			}
-			if th, ok := ethereum.Engine().(threaded); ok {
-				th.SetThreads(threads)
-			}
-		}
 		// Set the gas price to the limits from the CLI and start mining
 		gasprice := utils.GlobalBig(ctx, utils.MinerLegacyGasPriceFlag.Name)
 		if ctx.IsSet(utils.MinerGasPriceFlag.Name) {
 			gasprice = utils.GlobalBig(ctx, utils.MinerGasPriceFlag.Name)
 		}
 		ethereum.TxPool().SetGasPrice(gasprice)
-		if err := ethereum.StartMining(true); err != nil {
+
+		threads := ctx.GlobalInt(utils.MinerLegacyThreadsFlag.Name)
+		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(utils.MinerThreadsFlag.Name) {
+			threads = ctx.GlobalInt(utils.MinerThreadsFlag.Name)
+		}
+		if err := ethereum.StartMining(threads); err != nil {
 			utils.Fatalf("Failed to start mining: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index c9a936dd5..b9a33ffe7 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1130,12 +1130,6 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *eth.Config) {
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(CacheFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalIsSet(CacheGCFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.TrieCache = ctx.GlobalInt(CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.GlobalInt(CacheGCFlag.Name) / 100
 	}
-	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(MinerLegacyThreadsFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.MinerThreads = ctx.GlobalInt(MinerLegacyThreadsFlag.Name)
-	}
-	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(MinerThreadsFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.MinerThreads = ctx.GlobalInt(MinerThreadsFlag.Name)
-	}
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(MinerNotifyFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.MinerNotify = strings.Split(ctx.GlobalString(MinerNotifyFlag.Name), ",")
 	}