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