[PKGBUILD] Athlon XP Optimized firefox (Deer Park)

xerverius · 2005-06-17 18:35:47

I found a very fast, AMD optimized, Deep Park build for linux, so i create a small pkgbuild for it.

pkgname=swiftfox
pkgver=1.0+
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Standalone web browser from mozilla.org, optimized for Duron, Athlon XP and Sempron CPU's"
depends=('gtk2' 'libidl2' 'zip')
conflicts=('mozilla-firefox')
url="http://www.getswiftfox.com/"
source=(http://getswiftfox.com/builds/trunk/swiftfox.en-US.linux-athlon-xp.tar.bz2)

build(){
  #Create install dirs
  mkdir $startdir/pkg/opt/
  mkdir $startdir/pkg/sbin/

  #Move swiftfox to firefox directory
  mv $startdir/src/swiftfox $startdir/pkg/opt/firefox

  #Create symbolic links
  cd $startdir/pkg/sbin
  ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox firefox
}

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phrakture · 2005-06-17 19:10:33

xerverius wrote:

I found a very fast, AMD optimized, Deep Park build for linux, so i create a small pkgbuild for it.

so, can you benchmark it against the current arch firefox...

I highly doubt you're going to see anything over 1 to 2 tenths of a second performance difference

codergeek42 · 2005-06-17 22:28:29

Can't you just use ABS to recompile whatever you need with specific optimizations?

cactus · 2005-06-17 22:34:13

looks like swiftfox is just compiling the trunk with -O3, -march=athlon-xp, SSE, MMX, and 3dnow

PS. I bet he could squeeze a few more google ads on his page if he tried..

phrakture · 2005-06-17 22:36:50

cactus wrote:

looks like swiftfox is just compiling the trunk with -O3, -march=athlon-xp, SSE, MMX, and 3dnow

yeah, check the mozconfig for all the settings too - doesn't look that special it's just binary (firefox takes so long to compile)

phrakture · 2005-06-17 22:37:41

codergeek42 wrote:

Can't you just use ABS to recompile whatever you need with specific optimizations?

yeah, and if you use srcpac it will rebuild from src on a pacman update too (!!) - srcpac remembers what was built from src

iBertus · 2005-06-17 22:55:48

hmm.. i think i'll stick with arch packaged firefox. seems like it's plenty fast on my Athlon XP 3200+.

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