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1[Some of this is taken from Frohwalt Egerer's original linux-kernel FAQ]
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3 What follows is a suggested procedure for reporting Linux bugs. You
4aren't obliged to use the bug reporting format, it is provided as a guide
5to the kind of information that can be useful to developers - no more.
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7 If the failure includes an "OOPS:" type message in your log or on
8screen please read "Documentation/oops-tracing.txt" before posting your
9bug report. This explains what you should do with the "Oops" information
10to make it useful to the recipient.
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9dcbb32f 12 Send the output to the maintainer of the kernel area that seems to
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13be involved with the problem, and cc the relevant mailing list. Don't
14worry too much about getting the wrong person. If you are unsure send it
15to the person responsible for the code relevant to what you were doing.
16If it occurs repeatably try and describe how to recreate it. That is
17worth even more than the oops itself. The list of maintainers and
18mailing lists is in the MAINTAINERS file in this directory.
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20 If it is a security bug, please copy the Security Contact listed
21in the MAINTAINERS file. They can help coordinate bugfix and disclosure.
9dcbb32f 22See Documentation/SecurityBugs for more information.
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24 If you are totally stumped as to whom to send the report, send it to
25linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. (For more information on the linux-kernel
26mailing list see http://www.tux.org/lkml/).
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28This is a suggested format for a bug report sent to the Linux kernel mailing
29list. Having a standardized bug report form makes it easier for you not to
30overlook things, and easier for the developers to find the pieces of
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31information they're really interested in. Don't feel you have to follow it.
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33 First run the ver_linux script included as scripts/ver_linux, which
34reports the version of some important subsystems. Run this script with
35the command "sh scripts/ver_linux".
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37Use that information to fill in all fields of the bug report form, and
38post it to the mailing list with a subject of "PROBLEM: <one line
9dcbb32f 39summary from [1.]>" for easy identification by the developers.
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9dcbb32f 41[1.] One line summary of the problem:
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42[2.] Full description of the problem/report:
43[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
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44[4.] Kernel information
45[4.1.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):
46[4.2.] Kernel .config file:
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47[5.] Most recent kernel version which did not have the bug:
48[6.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information
1da177e4 49 resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt)
30e835e3 50[7.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the
1da177e4 51 problem (if possible)
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52[8.] Environment
53[8.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)
54[8.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):
55[8.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):
56[8.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem)
57[8.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)
58[8.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)
59[8.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
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60 (please look in /proc and include all information that you
61 think to be relevant):
62[X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds:
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65Thank you