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authorAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>2005-08-05 11:59:32 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2005-08-05 12:22:37 -0700
commit30e835e36648b15fb80797ace0a0e2afcf97618d (patch)
tree93bfc6b0813579b8810fd4ae49b2693ed8bcbedb
parenta866a5f4eab10080ca25785fcf53ad67cde28bed (diff)
[PATCH] REPORTING-BUGS: track regressions
Add a new record to the REPORTING-BUGS template: "Most recent kernel version which did not have the bug:". So we can spot regressions more easily. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-rw-r--r--REPORTING-BUGS21
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/REPORTING-BUGS b/REPORTING-BUGS
index 2045eaea2d9..224c34741d3 100644
--- a/REPORTING-BUGS
+++ b/REPORTING-BUGS
@@ -41,18 +41,19 @@ summary from [1.]>" for easy identification by the developers
[2.] Full description of the problem/report:
[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
[4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):
-[5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information
+[5.] Most recent kernel version which did not have the bug:
+[6.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information
resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt)
-[6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the
+[7.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the
problem (if possible)
-[7.] Environment
-[7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)
-[7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):
-[7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):
-[7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem)
-[7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)
-[7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)
-[7.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
+[8.] Environment
+[8.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)
+[8.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):
+[8.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):
+[8.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem)
+[8.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)
+[8.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)
+[8.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
(please look in /proc and include all information that you
think to be relevant):
[X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds: