Reporting bugs?

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Ged Haywood wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
>
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure this should be in the FAQ
>
> It's already in the FAQ (Troubleshooting, question 1), I was just
> trying to improve the answer.
>
> 73,
> Ged.
>
> > > ... I think you could have edited out some of the less relevant
> > > PCI details but I'm never really sure what's completely irrelevant
> > > and what could possibly be useful for diagnosing problems.
> > >
> > > Could we have a consensus on that fromt the developers for future
> > > reference?  I'd like to see it in the FAQ.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Q: How do I report a bug?
>
> A:First make sure that it's a bug that hasn't yet been fixed. Try
> using a recent stable kernel, the most current one if possible, to see
> if the bug is still "alive". If it's fixed already, keep using that
> kernel! Otherwise, once you've verified that the bug is still munching
> away, post a good description of it to the right Linux-USB mailing
> list.
>
> In addition to the information required in
> /usr/src/linux/REPORTING-BUGS, it also helps enormously if you provide
> the output of /proc/bus/usb/devices. If you are having problems with
> your host controller being recognised, it helps to have the output of
> lspci -v. [snip]
>

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