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* [PATCH] Minor update for REPORTING-BUGS
@ 2001-10-03 23:36 Erik Mouw
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From: Erik Mouw @ 2001-10-03 23:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux kernel mailing list; +Cc: Linus Torvalds, Alan Cox

Hi,

Now both 2.4.11-pre2 and linux-2.4.10-ac4 have support support for
/proc/sys/kernel/tainted, it's time to update REPORTING-BUGS to
reflect this change. Here is a patch for this:


Index: REPORTING-BUGS
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/erik/cvsroot/elinux/REPORTING-BUGS,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.15
diff -u -r1.1.1.15 REPORTING-BUGS
--- REPORTING-BUGS	2001/04/26 12:28:10	1.1.1.15
+++ REPORTING-BUGS	2001/10/03 23:25:44
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. (For more information on the linux-kernel
 mailing list see http://www.tux.org/lkml/).
 
+      Note that the kernel maintainers are not interested in bug
+reports that could be caused by the use of binary-only kernel
+modules. To see if your kernel has not been using binary modules, use
+"cat /proc/sys/kernel/tainted". If the output is "0", you can safely
+send your bug report to the maintainers.
+
 This is a suggested format for a bug report sent to the Linux kernel mailing 
 list. Having a standardized bug report form makes it easier  for you not to 
 overlook things, and easier for the developers to find the pieces of 


The patch should apply cleanly against 2.4.11-pre2 and 2.4.10-ac4.
Please apply.


Erik

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