Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:59:34 -0500 (CDT) | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: bug database braindump from the kernel summit |
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On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Manfred Spraul wrote: > > There was a lot of discussion about possible tools > > that would dig out the /proc/pci info > > I think the tools should not dig too much information out of the system. > I remember some Microsoft (win98 beta?) bugtracking software that > insisted on sending a several hundert kB long compressed blob with every > bug report. > IMHO it must be possible to file bugreports without the complete hw info > if I know that the bug isn't hw related.
Two comments -- * It's only disk space. It's better to have and not need, than need and not have. Please do give me 200kb bug reports! :) * There should be a way to allow the user to omit hw info, because the user may not want to disclose some parts of their system.
Regards,
Jeff
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