On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 01:14:46PM -0400, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Moritz Muehlenhoff <j...@inutil.org> wrote:
> >> I don't have the slightest idea how to report a bug to the kernel
> >> upstream.
> >
> > It's a standard Bugzilla installation: http://bugzilla.kernel.org
>
> Do they mind receiving bug reports for distribution-modified kernels?
> (i.e. do I need to reproduce the problem with an unmodified upstream
> kernel first?)
The Debian kernel doesn't have excessive backports, so that's mostly
ok if you mention it explicitely.
> > While this works well for application software bugs, kernel bugs tend
> > to require hardware-specific test/feedback requests from the
> > relevant subsystem maintainer. All the Debian maintainers could
> > do is to forward mails around and inducing needless overhead and
> > delay.
>
> Ok, fair enough. Clearer documentation *would* be appreciated
> (including within reportbug) but I apologize for my earlier
> crankiness.
Could you please file an enhancement bug against reportbug?
Cheers,
Moritz
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