The new nightly (20201030213850) with this fixed is out. -Jeff
On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 4:25 PM Jeff Muizelaar <jmuizel...@mozilla.com> wrote: > > Note: there was a major performance regression that happened in > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1642308. It is being > backed out, but any testing done on 20201030034830 until the next > nightly isn't going to be useful. > > -Jeff > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 4:20 PM Jim Mathies <jmath...@mozilla.com> wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > tl/dr; Help us by testing WebRender software fallback, and file bugs > > against the meta 'sw-wr-dogfood'. > > > > WebRender Software Fallback is a project involving the development of a > > software (vs. accelerated) backend for WebRender. Its purpose is to replace > > the old graphics pipelines on platforms where we suffer from various > > stability issues revolving around driver issues, missing rendering > > features, and as a target for the long tail of hardware that doesn't show > > up in our release population in significant numbers. We plan to ship this > > new backend to targeted devices and drivers on various platforms in 2021. > > > > Today we are kicking off a dog fooding phase to accumulate bug reports for > > issues and Firefox profiler profiles for performance issues. If you're > > interested in helping please continue reading! > > > > If you are currently running Nightly, please try temporarily enabling > > software fallback and comparing it to your regular browsing experience. > > > > During testing if you - > > > > 1) Run into stability issues, we'd appreciate bug reports with crash > > signatures. > > > > 2) Notice painting glitches or errors, we'd appreciate bug reports with > > screenshots. > > > > 3) Detect noticeable performance issues with page interaction and scrolling > > that normally don't occur, we'd appreciate bug reports with Firefox > > profiles. > > > > We're interested in reports from users who currently qualify for one of the > > WebRender accelerated backends as well as from users who do not. If your > > device currently defaults to one of the older graphics pipelines (in > > particular, Basic Layers) we're very interested in hearing about your > > experience with software fallback. You can identify your default backend by > > checking about:support's Graphics section. > > > > To switch to using software fallback, flip the following prefs - > > > > gfx.webrender.all = true > > gfx.webrender.software = true > > > > The first pref change ensures WebRender is enabled. The second pref > > switches WebRender to use the software fallback backend. > > > > Once you have finished testing, reset both of these preferences to their > > defaults to reset to your default graphics backend. We'd like to ask that > > you run with software fallback for as long as you are comfortable using it > > and report any issues you come across via Bugzilla. File bugs under Core : > > Graphics : WebRender [1] and please block any bugs filed against the meta > > bug 'sw-wr-dogfood' [2] so that the Graphics team can find and triage them. > > > > Thanks for the help! > > Platform Graphics Team > > > > [1] > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Core&component=Graphics%3A%20WebRender > > [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=sw-wr-dogfood > > _______________________________________________ > > dev-platform mailing list > > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
