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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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+Gather information
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+------------------
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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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+The most important information in a bug report is how to reproduce the
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+bug. This includes system information, and (most importantly)
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+step-by-step instructions for how a user can trigger the bug.
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-If it occurs repeatably try and describe how to recreate it. That is worth
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-even more than the oops itself.
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+If the failure includes an "OOPS:", take a picture of the screen, capture
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+a netconsole trace, or type the message from your screen into the bug
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+report. Please read "Documentation/oops-tracing.txt" before posting your
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+bug report. This explains what you should do with the "Oops" information
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+to make it useful to the recipient.
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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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+This is a suggested format for a bug report sent via email or bugzilla.
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+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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+information they're really interested in. If some information is not
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+relevant to your bug, feel free to exclude 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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