Closed Bug 1271755 Opened 9 years ago Closed 8 years ago

[meta] Require SSE2 to run Firefox on Windows

Categories

(Core :: General, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
General
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
relnote-firefox --- 49+

People

(Reporter: gps, Assigned: benjamin)

References

Details

(Keywords: meta)

Per https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.platform/dZC39mj5V-s/DsLWlrwLAQAJ Firefox will be dropping support for running on processors without SSE (possibly SSE2) support. This bug tracks everything needed to make that happen.
Depends on: 1271759
Depends on: 1271761
Depends on: 1271762
Depends on: 1271794
Clarification/decision: we are going to require SSE2. I'm tracking.
Assignee: nobody → benjamin
Summary: [meta] Require SSE to run Firefox → [meta] Require SSE2 to run Firefox
Blocks: 1266195
Blocks: 1266791
Depends on: 1273603
Depends on: 1273625
No longer blocks: 1266791
Blocks: 1157635
Summary: [meta] Require SSE2 to run Firefox → [meta] Require SSE2 to run Firefox on Windows
No longer depends on: 1274196
No longer depends on: 1273603
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Relnote 49+ added "SSE2 processor support is now required on Windows"
relnote-firefox: --- → 49+
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