Can I request you guys to come out with some more 3dnow builds please? The last one by Moox was really good... but had to give it up as it did not support Java.
Thanks.
3dNow! Builds
-
TheFakeIdea
- Posts: 17
- Joined: September 4th, 2003, 7:51 am
-
avih
- Posts: 347
- Joined: December 30th, 2002, 2:36 pm
- Contact:
-
laszlo
- Posts: 5225
- Joined: November 4th, 2002, 6:13 pm
- Location: .de
- Contact:
TheFakeIdea wrote:Mook wrote:To get support with Java, you need to use MSVC instead of gcc. However, only gcc has automatic 3DNow! (AMD-specific) optimizations.
So <abbr title="as far as I know">AFAIK</abbr> this is not possible.
Uh, THIS has been done.
I am currently using one of his builds
No, it hasn't. moox' builds are good, but they don't support Java (which is not the same as JavaScript), which makes them unusable for anyone who wants or needs Java. Unless somebody finds a miraculous workaround for gcc's incompatibility with Sun's JRE this situation won't change. That's what Mook was talking about.
-
mmoy
- Posts: 5030
- Joined: February 17th, 2004, 9:05 pm
- Location: New Hampshire
- Contact:
I don't think that moox has done anything with reviving GCC builds lately. We talked about this a while ago as I was interested in seeing if I could get the linkage to work by messing around with some assembler code but this was predicated on me being able to get a GCC build. I ran into problems trying to do a vanilla build and gave up on it and was hoping that someone else could get GCC working enough to get a build.
At the moment, there's more interest in MSVC++ 2005 as it does a better job with SSE and SSE2 optimization than 2003 does. I haven't been able to get this to work but others have.
At the moment, there's more interest in MSVC++ 2005 as it does a better job with SSE and SSE2 optimization than 2003 does. I haven't been able to get this to work but others have.
Dell E521 X2 5600+ MacBookPro 17'' 2.5 Ghz Penryn Dell M1330 2.0 Ghz Merom 4 GB Vista x64 Compaq r3000z AMD 64 3200+ (Win 32/64) PowerMac G5 1.8 Ghz MMOY-1.5 (OSX 10) Inspiron 8500, 4100, 4000, Dimension 2300 MacBook Pro 2.2 Ghz HP E6600 HP X2 4400+
-
moox
- Posts: 923
- Joined: February 29th, 2004, 1:07 am
- Location: Wish I were in Alaska...
sasquatch wrote:Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't it about 50/50 for GCC at one time?
Yes, but the majority of those who were using GCC have stopped building or migrated to MSVC++. My guess is that it is easier to make optimized builds that will work across more platforms under MSVC++ than simply making a bunch of highly specialized builds for each platform under GCC. I have been toying with it again and if I produce anything useful I will announce it.
Plus, Java support under MSVC++ - GCC simply does not have that!
-
moox
- Posts: 923
- Joined: February 29th, 2004, 1:07 am
- Location: Wish I were in Alaska...
sasquatch wrote:Well, that said, where can one find the latest directions on "How to Build"?
Thanks.
The official take:
http://www.mozilla.org/build/win32.html
These destructions are more or less the 'standard' when it comes to GCC:
http://gemal.dk/mozilla/build.html
'Nother good thread:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... ight=mingw
Ditto:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=19875
Ditto:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... mize+mingw
===============================
Interesting reference:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... ight=mingw
Ditto:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... ight=mingw
Ditto:
http://daihard.home.comcast.net/firefox/index.html
