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The default number of content processes is already 4 in Nightly (57), they're just rolling it progressively in case things break :)
by ronjouch 9y ago
The default number of content processes is already 4 in Nightly (57), they're just rolling it progressively in case things break :)
- 482794793792894 9y agoNo, the number of processes is already at its intended value for the near future, as of Firefox 54. The default just varies for different hardware. If you look in the Firefox settings under General -> Performance, then it says there that it's optimized for your hardware, so I'm pretty sure that's the case and not just marketing fluff. What I'm not entirely sure of, is how it's decided how many processes it uses. I think it's either largely dependent on the number of CPU cores or just straight-up that value. And then the vast majority of people has a quad-core, which is why it might seem like 4 is the default for everyone.
- ronjouch 9y agoThanks, you must be right about the "optimized for your hardware", didn't know about that feature. That being said, it's not just about CPU cores, there is some fixed number of content processes, and it was increased during the last recent months; when e10s was in infancy it was set to 1, then bumped a few times. Source: developers blogposts, and https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis/Multiple_content_processes#Release_Plan https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis/Multiple_content_proce... mentions Fx 55 is at 4 and expirements at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis/Experiments#List_of_e10s-multi_experiments https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis/Experiments#List_of_e1... mention 8