Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs

Alan Cox
2007-11-13T17:32:46Z

> The other an automated set of standard pre-built bisection points so
> that testers can more easily localize a bug down to a few hundred
> commits without needing to learn how to use "git bisect" (think Ubuntu
> users).

Before that you want a flowchart or instruction list of boot options to
try. A lot of errors can be localised simply by asking the reported to
boot with things like "iommu=off", "pci=routeirq", "apci=off" etc

That takes a lot less time to run through and can be very informative.

Alan