Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs

[Alan Cox]

> 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
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