From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S937414AbYEBXQW (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 19:16:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932573AbYEBXQI (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 19:16:08 -0400 Received: from smtp.enter.net ([216.193.128.24]:4444 "EHLO smtp.enter.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932535AbYEBXQH (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 19:16:07 -0400 From: Daniel Hazelton To: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: How to reduce the number of open kernel bugs Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 19:15:37 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) Cc: Parag Warudkar , LKML References: <82e4877d0805020742l7d4a6ec9mc72e79aa3d242348@mail.gmail.com> <82e4877d0805021030s793835a1le0032673b0f4c6c7@mail.gmail.com> <20080502180151.GD5838@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> In-Reply-To: <20080502180151.GD5838@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200805021915.37480.dhazelton@enter.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 02 May 2008 14:01:51 Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 01:30:23PM -0400, Parag Warudkar wrote: > > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Daniel Hazelton > > wrote: This is what Adrian was pointing > > From what I forwarded it's clear that we have a bug somewhere in the > kernel. > > And the maintainer might well be right that it's not in his driver. This is something that can't be known without enough information from the person reporting the bug. From what you posted of the bugzilla entry it's unclear whether the reporter did post more than his simple description or not. However, the point is well made and I, at least, agree. (whatever that may be worth - I've never managed to finish a patch for anything without seeing the equivalent show up here later) > Which means to reassign the bug to the maintainer of the area this bug > is in. Yep. Closing it with a comment of "broken hardware" is an incorrect response. Doubly or trebly so if the bugzilla entry didn't contain enough information to even determine whether the bug was in the driver or not. DRH -- Dialup is like pissing through a pipette. Slow and excruciatingly painful.