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| -rw-r--r-- | cmd/geth/main.go | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go index bdb7fad62..b955bd243 100644 --- a/cmd/geth/main.go +++ b/cmd/geth/main.go @@ -278,9 +278,12 @@ func startNode(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) { // Start auxiliary services if enabled if ctx.GlobalBool(utils.MiningEnabledFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalBool(utils.DeveloperFlag.Name) { // Mining only makes sense if a full Ethereum node is running + if ctx.GlobalBool(utils.LightModeFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalString(utils.SyncModeFlag.Name) == "light" { + utils.Fatalf("Light clients do not support mining") + } var ethereum *eth.Ethereum if err := stack.Service(ðereum); err != nil { - utils.Fatalf("ethereum service not running: %v", err) + utils.Fatalf("Ethereum service not running: %v", err) } // Use a reduced number of threads if requested if threads := ctx.GlobalInt(utils.MinerThreadsFlag.Name); threads > 0 { |