So, this time a minor update I guess, but it may improve the user experience.

Time for version 0.22  

Here are the download links:
Linux 64: Click me (v0.22)
Windows 64: Click me (v0.22)

Lets see what I have for you today:

Introduce the ability to use configuration files
Use "--use-config <fileName>" to load your configuration from file instead of from command line. This also makes maintaining multiple copies of lolMiner easier. See the example file to see how these files are written.

Use "--enable-time-print" to perpend the current local time to the statistics output
Well do not have more for that, do I? Ok: if you enable this HH:MM:SS in your local system time is printed before the stats.

Enable v0.13 thread model by "--use-alt-mine-thread"
This will enable the work handling of lolMiner-mnx 0.13 but with all the other bug fixes and improvements still enabled. This will deactivate multi-gpu support, so only the first device listed in --device will be used. By default the Nvidia CPU load fix (hotfix) is enabled, see below how to disable this. This option will brings back support for Intel devices.

New expert switch "--set-sleep-duration <number>"
This switch controls the new thread model introduced by 0.21.  It sets the time span between polling the GPUs for completed work in microseconds. Lower values may stabilize the performance, but also increase CPU load for all vendors. Setting the value to 0 will make lolMiner-mnx use one full CPU core by 100% for handling all devices. If this is used with "--use-alt-mine-thread" it will disable the Nvidia hotfix. Higher values reduce CPU load but may reduce hash rate. Default is 1000 microseconds = 1 millisecond.

[Windows] Hibernating is now prevented
lolMiner-mnx now reports Windows that it does not want Windows to switch to power save, hibernate and switching screen of automatically.

Improved thread safety
I inserted some mutex so most critical parts that are shared can now be accessed only by one thread. This should improve stability and reduce double free errors that make the miner crash.

Connecting to stratum server asia.minexpool.nl:9999
Start Mining...
Connected!
Subscribed to stratum server
New target received: 0000333333333333340000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
New job received: d1da
Authorized worker: Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.78TVTM
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### Device configuration
--platform 1                          # Insert the index of the platform you want to run on. Run lolMiner-mnx.exe --list-devices
                                      # to see all available platforms and the available devices for each platform
--device 0,1,2,3,4,5                            # Insert your devices to run the miner here. For multiple GPU pass a comma separated list, e.g.: 0,1 for using two GPUs 

--set-work-batch 2                   # Uncommend this line to set the work batch size. Default is 2 which is ideal for Nvidia customer GPUs.
                                      # For AMD GPUs try higher values, e.g. 8 or 12 to optimize performance. Higher values increase GPU memory use of lolMiner-mnx.


### Display log configuration
#--set-short-stats-interval 5         # Uncommend to set the time interval (seconds) between the short term performance output. Set 0 to disable the output.    
#--set-long-stats-interval 10         # Uncommend to set the time interval (seconds) between the long term performance output. Set 0 to disable the output.
                                      # The value will also determine the length of the benchmark mode
--enable-time-print                  # Uncommend to allow lolMiner-mnx to print the system time in HH:MM:SS format before each performance output.



### Expert parameters - handle with care
#--use-alt-mine-thread                # Enables the mine thread handling of lolMiner-mnx 0.13. This will disable multi-GPU support.
                                      # Therefore only the first number in --device is handled. The Nvidia load hotfix is enabled by default.
                  # Currently Intel devices are only working with this switch enabled.

#--set-sleep-duration 1000            # Sets the time span between polling the GPUs for completed work in microseconds. Lower values may stabilize
                                      # the performance, but also increase CPU load for all vendors. Setting the value to 0 will make lolMiner-mnx use one full
                                      # CPU core by 100% for handling all devices. If this is used with "--use-alt-mine-thread" it will disable the Nvidia hotfix.
                                      # Higher values reduce CPU load but may reduce hash speed. Default is 1000 microseconds = 1 millisecond.

Would you PLEASE stop the miner from reconnecting endlessly?
Or just implement "--retries" argument for how many times you would like it to retry, like I suggested before.
The quickest solution is to not have the miner reconnect at all and just exit so we could do something, where now the miner just stops ALL mining and waits forever for the pool to be up again, and hopefully it does.