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Diffstat (limited to 'REPORTING-BUGS')
| -rw-r--r-- | REPORTING-BUGS | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/REPORTING-BUGS b/REPORTING-BUGS index 224c34741d32..f9da827a0c18 100644 --- a/REPORTING-BUGS +++ b/REPORTING-BUGS | |||
| @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ screen please read "Documentation/oops-tracing.txt" before posting your | |||
| 9 | bug report. This explains what you should do with the "Oops" information | 9 | bug report. This explains what you should do with the "Oops" information |
| 10 | to make it useful to the recipient. | 10 | to make it useful to the recipient. |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Send the output the maintainer of the kernel area that seems to | 12 | Send the output to the maintainer of the kernel area that seems to |
| 13 | be involved with the problem. Don't worry too much about getting the | 13 | be involved with the problem. Don't worry too much about getting the |
| 14 | wrong person. If you are unsure send it to the person responsible for the | 14 | wrong person. If you are unsure send it to the person responsible for the |
| 15 | code relevant to what you were doing. If it occurs repeatably try and | 15 | code relevant to what you were doing. If it occurs repeatably try and |
| @@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ The list of maintainers is in the MAINTAINERS file in this directory. | |||
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 19 | If it is a security bug, please copy the Security Contact listed | 19 | If it is a security bug, please copy the Security Contact listed |
| 20 | in the MAINTAINERS file. They can help coordinate bugfix and disclosure. | 20 | in the MAINTAINERS file. They can help coordinate bugfix and disclosure. |
| 21 | See Documentation/SecurityBugs for more infomation. | 21 | See Documentation/SecurityBugs for more information. |
| 22 | 22 | ||
| 23 | If you are totally stumped as to whom to send the report, send it to | 23 | If you are totally stumped as to whom to send the report, send it to |
| 24 | linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. (For more information on the linux-kernel | 24 | linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. (For more information on the linux-kernel |
| 25 | mailing list see http://www.tux.org/lkml/). | 25 | mailing list see http://www.tux.org/lkml/). |
| 26 | 26 | ||
| 27 | This is a suggested format for a bug report sent to the Linux kernel mailing | 27 | This is a suggested format for a bug report sent to the Linux kernel mailing |
| 28 | list. Having a standardized bug report form makes it easier for you not to | 28 | list. Having a standardized bug report form makes it easier for you not to |
| 29 | overlook things, and easier for the developers to find the pieces of | 29 | overlook things, and easier for the developers to find the pieces of |
| 30 | information they're really interested in. Don't feel you have to follow it. | 30 | information they're really interested in. Don't feel you have to follow it. |
| 31 | 31 | ||
| 32 | First run the ver_linux script included as scripts/ver_linux, which | 32 | First run the ver_linux script included as scripts/ver_linux, which |
| @@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ the command "sh scripts/ver_linux". | |||
| 35 | 35 | ||
| 36 | Use that information to fill in all fields of the bug report form, and | 36 | Use that information to fill in all fields of the bug report form, and |
| 37 | post it to the mailing list with a subject of "PROBLEM: <one line | 37 | post it to the mailing list with a subject of "PROBLEM: <one line |
| 38 | summary from [1.]>" for easy identification by the developers | 38 | summary from [1.]>" for easy identification by the developers. |
| 39 | 39 | ||
| 40 | [1.] One line summary of the problem: | 40 | [1.] One line summary of the problem: |
| 41 | [2.] Full description of the problem/report: | 41 | [2.] Full description of the problem/report: |
| 42 | [3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel): | 42 | [3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel): |
| 43 | [4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version): | 43 | [4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version): |