On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Moritz Muehlenhoff <[email protected]> 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?) > 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. Since the ath5k problem seems to have come back with a vengeance, I will see about taking it to upstream, but not until next week - I'm at a conference right now. zw -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
