1588837 - Disable WebRender on some older Intel devices

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Graphics: WebRender, enhancement)

Description

[Jeff Muizelaar [:jrmuizel]]

This is a risk mitigation that would be super nice to get into 70.

Comment 1

[Jeff Muizelaar [:jrmuizel]]

Attachment: Bug 1588837. Disable WebRender on some older Intel devices.

Comment 2

[Jeff Muizelaar [:jrmuizel]]

Comment on attachment 9101311 [details]
Bug 1588837. Disable WebRender on some older Intel devices.

Beta/Release Uplift Approval Request

• User impact if declined: We'll run WebRender on some machines where it doesn't run that great.
• Is this code covered by automated tests?: No
• Has the fix been verified in Nightly?: No
• Needs manual test from QE?: No
• If yes, steps to reproduce:
• List of other uplifts needed: None
• Risk to taking this patch: Low
• Why is the change risky/not risky? (and alternatives if risky): This just removes some device ids. It should be basically 0 risk.
• String changes made/needed:

Comment 3

[Jeff Muizelaar [:jrmuizel]]

[Tracking Requested - why for this release]: Reduce WebRender Intel risk

Comment 4

[Jeff Muizelaar [:jrmuizel]]

One of the big motivations for this is bug 1576637.

Comment 5

[Liz Henry (:lizzard) (relman/hg->git project)]

Discussed with jeff, we don't want to land this on m-c because we want to keep seeing issues from affected users in nightly.

Comment 6

[Liz Henry (:lizzard) (relman/hg->git project)]

Comment on attachment 9101311 [details]
Bug 1588837. Disable WebRender on some older Intel devices.

OK for uplift to m-r, we'd like to block WR for particular drivers.

Comment 7

[Razvan Maries]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/d9eaadd6b3bf

Comment 8

[Cristian Comorasu, QA [:ccomorasu], Releae Desktop QA - Please contact [e-mail]]

Based on comment 7, I am marking this issue as fixed.