[Fx] -[BlueFyre]- 2004-05-28 [Trunk/Win32 .:. O2/G7/GL/SSE]

[BlueFyre]

These are all Trunk Builds.

I built Mozilla Firefox from CVS with MSVC++ .NET 2003 using some optimisations.

Optimised for Athlon XP and some newer Durons with SSE (-O2 -G7 -GL -arch:SSE):
http://pryan.org/firefox/BlueFyre/Firef ... GL-SSE.zip (~6.70MB - zip)
http://pryan.org/firefox/BlueFyre/Firef ... -GL-SSE.7z (~4.80MB - 7z)
The above build will work on systems that support the SSE instruction set ONLY.

[Note] Extracting will make a folder named Firefox

checkout start: Fri May 28 06:39:56 PDT 2004

I should note that I can't guarantee that these builds will work with Windows 95 (Microsoft has removed Windows 95 as a target platform on their .NET 2003 version of development tools), but they will work with Windows 98/NT4 or better, and probably on Windows 95 too.

You can find a copy of these builds (and my older builds) on pryan's mirror:
http://pryan.org/firefox/BlueFyre

My .mozconfig is as follows:

. $topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfig
ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --enable-optimize="-O2 -G7 -GL -arch:SSE"
ac_add_options --enable-static
ac_add_options --disable-shared

My builds have the following preference set:
pref("general.useragent.vendorComment", "BlueFyre");

I've included a copy of my .mozconfig in the build folder itself.
For more on what the optimisation switches do see this link:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us ... _.2f.o.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us ... _.2f.g.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us ... ecture.asp

[Note] Using scragz's unofficial branding (http://scragz.com/tech/mozilla/firefox- ... anding.php)

[Carson]

So this will be my first Vancouver build here in Vancouver. I have it up and running now, and next I'll install my usual 50 extensions or so.

I usually choose SSE2, and I have a Celeron 1.7. Is your optimization fairly wrong or pretty close for me? Plus, what will I notice with SSE instead of my usual SSE2?

Thanks. (BTW, I downloaded the Zip, after the other one (tried 2) gave me a screenful of code instead of a download.)

[BlueFyre]

Yeah it gives me a screenfull of code also.. you just have to right click and save link as...

Also I beleive if you use a build that your system supports can work fine for you... (Pretty sure your system can handle it) I also have a Pentium 4 1.5ghz running the build .... Also AdBlock that has been unofficially patched seems to work fine for me (revision 6 of the patch http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=78895 )

[Carson]

OK, so far so good. I'll test without AdBlock for awhile, becuz I'm finding the original anti-ad code seems to work as well. I'm keen to try your build with my usual huge array of extensions, and see how well it works; speed and so on.

It's being tested here on Nelson Street, 2 blocks from Stanley Park. I'm 57.

[BlueFyre]

lol sry I live in White Rock

[Carson]

Okey-dokey, your White Rock build is working just fine here in Rain City. I've got 40 extensions including TBE on it, and it's nice and smooth. I haven't done a lot yet except lots of restarts and just a bit of "real" use, but this seems like a good build. I'll be using it a lot more tomorrow.

--Congratulations for good work, and thanks!

[Carson]

I've used this BlueFyre quite a bit today. For anyone wanting to try a new name (a pretty name, too), try it alongside your Stipe or Moox builds, and see what you think--I recommend it.

I think the last other Canadian build I tried was Sleddog's, from 4,000 miles across the country. Is it a Canadian characteristic to use evocative names? (But I like the single-syllable names too.)

Housekeep Seal of Approval goes [[ HERE ]] . Thanks, BlueFyre.