In some cases, particularly with xmrig, the power usage is very low, typically lower than the minimum configurable on the card.
For example:
model, min, actual
1080Ti, 125, 96
1070Ti, 90, 61
Minotaur makes switching decisions based on the value in the calibration file, but if the value in the calibration file is below the minimum (e.g. manually edited to be accurate because calibration can't calibrate below minimum), what happens at runtime is that minotaur fails to set the power limit.
When it encounters this situation, minotaur should apply the minimum settable value instead of erroring out, but still use the power limit value configured in the calibration file for switching decisions.
In some cases, particularly with xmrig, the power usage is very low, typically lower than the minimum configurable on the card.
For example: model, min, actual 1080Ti, 125, 96 1070Ti, 90, 61
Minotaur makes switching decisions based on the value in the calibration file, but if the value in the calibration file is below the minimum (e.g. manually edited to be accurate because calibration can't calibrate below minimum), what happens at runtime is that minotaur fails to set the power limit.
When it encounters this situation, minotaur should apply the minimum settable value instead of erroring out, but still use the power limit value configured in the calibration file for switching decisions.