Add a sub-heading, and emphasize reproducibility. Suggest taking a picture of the oops message. (Did no one have cameras in 2006?) Signed-off-by: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- REPORTING-BUGS | 26 ++++++++++++++------------ 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/REPORTING-BUGS b/REPORTING-BUGS index 6ed518b..f86e500 100644 --- a/REPORTING-BUGS +++ b/REPORTING-BUGS @@ -44,22 +44,24 @@ http://www.tux.org/lkml/). [Some of this is taken from Frohwalt Egerer's original linux-kernel FAQ] -What follows is a suggested procedure for reporting Linux bugs. You aren't -obliged to use the bug reporting format, it is provided as a guide to the -kind of information that can be useful to developers - no more. +Gather information +------------------ -If the failure includes an "OOPS:" type message in your log or on screen -please read "Documentation/oops-tracing.txt" before posting your bug -report. This explains what you should do with the "Oops" information to -make it useful to the recipient. +The most important information in a bug report is how to reproduce the +bug. This includes system information, and (most importantly) +step-by-step instructions for how a user can trigger the bug. -If it occurs repeatably try and describe how to recreate it. That is worth -even more than the oops itself. +If the failure includes an "OOPS:", take a picture of the screen, capture +a netconsole trace, or type the message from your screen into the bug +report. Please read "Documentation/oops-tracing.txt" before posting your +bug report. This explains what you should do with the "Oops" information +to make it useful to the recipient. -This is a suggested format for a bug report sent to the Linux kernel mailing -list. Having a standardized bug report form makes it easier for you not to +This is a suggested format for a bug report sent via email or bugzilla. +Having a standardized bug report form makes it easier for you not to overlook things, and easier for the developers to find the pieces of -information they're really interested in. Don't feel you have to follow it. +information they're really interested in. If some information is not +relevant to your bug, feel free to exclude it. First run the ver_linux script included as scripts/ver_linux, which reports the version of some important subsystems. Run this script with -- 1.7.9 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
