Open Bug 772617 Opened 12 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Add "Driver Date" to the "App Notes" in the crash reports

Categories

(Core :: Graphics, enhancement)

Product:
Core
Component:
Graphics
Type:
enhancement

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(Reporter: bugs, Unassigned)

Details

Please add "Driver Date" to the "App Notes" in the crash reports.

Example:
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/a8d44407-8290-42ea-8c18-f685c2120710

Now:
AdapterVendorID: 10de, AdapterDeviceID: 0392, AdapterDriverVersion: 6.14.12.9053

Should be:
AdapterVendorID: 10de, AdapterDeviceID: 0392, AdapterDriverVersion: 6.14.12.9053, DriverDate: yyyy-mm-dd

Reason:
To identify faster old graphics drivers.

Thanks
Socorro displays what the Firefox code writes in App Notes.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: General → Graphics
Ever confirmed: true
Product: Socorro → Core
The driver date that we get on Windows is often a bogus old date that doesn't match the date when the actual driver version was released. That's why we didn't particularly want to have it. Do you know some information about when the Driver Date provides accurate info?
I asked Tamas Miklos (founder of AIDA32/64) and he wrote me:

"AIDA64 uses the SetupDi API to gather such information."

I found this article from Microsoft about it:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259695

Could this be helpful ?
Severity: normal → S3
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