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(In reply to Gian-Carlo Pascutto [:gcp] from comment #25)
> >IMHO this issue makes a great case that we need Linux aarch64 nightly/beta builds.
> 
> My understanding is that the vast majority of such systems actually use 4k pages so it is not clear it would have helped. (Not that that isn't a valid issue...)
> 
> What exact system are you on that triggered this? I understand Asahi is affected, anything else?

This specific issue should only concern Asahi, right. However:
1. Asahi / M\*s seem to be gaining popularity among technical advanced Linux users pretty fast - i.e. those users most likely to run nightly, reporting issues etc. That's why I'd be be more optimistic that it would have been spotted earlier. AFAICS the M*s are well on track to becoming the best supported Linux laptops on the market and I'm regularly surprised by how common they already are in the Linux dev bubble.
2. There are a bunch of other arm64 devices appearing lately that are attractive for Firefox nightly folks - be the Thinkpad X13s, the Raspberry Pi 5 ([who actively contribute to FF development](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1833354)), new ChromeBooks (with good upstream Linux support). But they are not covered by the official nightly.

IMO Firefox risks losing testers/contributors from a small but, compared to its size, highly valuable group - maybe the most Firefox-affine group out there. In any case, I just hope that issue will get addressed in a not too distant future :)

(In reply to Gian-Carlo Pascutto [:gcp] from comment #25)
> >IMHO this issue makes a great case that we need Linux aarch64 nightly/beta builds.
> 
> My understanding is that the vast majority of such systems actually use 4k pages so it is not clear it would have helped. (Not that that isn't a valid issue...)
> 
> What exact system are you on that triggered this? I understand Asahi is affected, anything else?

This specific issue should only concern Asahi, right. However:
1. Asahi / M\*s seem to be gaining popularity among technical advanced Linux users pretty fast - i.e. those users most likely to run nightly, reporting issues etc. That's why I'd be be more optimistic that it would have been spotted earlier. AFAICS the M*s are well on track to becoming the best supported Linux laptops on the market and I'm regularly surprised by how common they already are in the Linux dev bubble.
2. There are a bunch of other arm64 devices appearing lately that are attractive for Firefox nightly folks - be it the Thinkpad X13s, the Raspberry Pi 5 ([who's devs actively contribute to FF](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1833354)), new ChromeBooks (with good upstream Linux support). But they are all not covered by the official nightlies.

IMO Firefox risks losing testers/contributors from a small but, compared to its size, highly valuable group here - maybe the most Firefox-affine group out there. In any case, I just hope that issue will get addressed in a not too distant future :)