Re: [PATCH 2/4] doc-rst: admin-guide: move bug bisect to a separate file

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Em Mon, 7 Nov 2016 16:55:26 -0700
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> escreveu:

> On Mon,  7 Nov 2016 17:03:17 -0200
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Better organize the admin guide documentation by moving the
> > bug bisect to a separate file.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst  | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  Documentation/admin-guide/bug-hunting.rst | 74 -----------------------------
> >  Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst       |  1 +
> >  3 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..5682d742017c
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst
> > @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
> > +Bisecting a bug
> > ++++++++++++++++
> > +
> > +Last updated: 28 October 2016  
> 
> So I wonder if we really need lines like that?  That's what Git is for,
> especially since people often don't update the "last updated" lines...:)

Yeah, I guess we could strip those last updated on ReST files.

> 
> > +Introduction
> > +============
> > +
> > +Always try the latest kernel from kernel.org and build from source. If you are
> > +not confident in doing that please report the bug to your distribution vendor
> > +instead of to a kernel developer.
> > +
> > +Finding bugs is not always easy. Have a go though. If you can't find it don't
> > +give up. Report as much as you have found to the relevant maintainer. See
> > +MAINTAINERS for who that is for the subsystem you have worked on.
> > +
> > +Before you submit a bug report read
> > +:ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst <reportingbugs>`.
> > +
> > +Devices not appearing
> > +=====================
> > +
> > +Often this is caused by udev/systemd. Check that first before blaming it
> > +on the kernel.  
> 
> A proper document should, of course, tell the poor user just how they are
> supposed to do that.  

Agreed. Well, we could add some notes here explaining more about
device probing, sysfs (and perhaps lspci), but maybe there's something
already explained on on the remaining docs.

> Anyway, I've applied the set of four.  I'm still not sure about keeping
> some of that stuff around, but the result is clearly better than what we
> had before.

Thanks! Yeah, we can improve the remaining issues later.

> One quick request: could you copy me on the 0/n cover letter when you do a
> series like this?  As it is, I get the patches, but have to go digging
> through the list for the cover.

Ok, I'll do it.

Regards,
Mauro
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