Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 28 May 2006 22:44:02 -0600 | From | "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <> | Subject | Re: How to check if kernel sources are installed on a system? |
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Lee,
On Sun, 28 May 2006, Lee Revell wrote:
> > Debugging. When a new Linux user files a "no sound" ALSA bug report I > need to find out whether they have any known broken options enabled, > like USB bandwidth checking or the OSS USB midi/audio drivers. If we > have to go back and forth figuring out which distro they have and where > the config is they are that much more likely to give up and go back to > Windows. >
Bug reports is another advantage that I found with the autoconf approach to building kernel modules (previous cited): automatic generation of bug reports containing full configuration information using a send-pr script generated by the 'configure' script.
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