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Sometimes it is depressing

Posted Jun 12, 2008 1:28 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104)
In reply to: Sometimes it is depressing by mikov
Parent article: Andrew Morton on kernel development

Bisecting bugs doesn't require deep knowledge. It requires a fast computer and some time to test kernels for the problem. And you keep the computer after you're done :-)

I realize that the problem you have with USB 2.0 is not bisectable, but many other problems are.

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Posted Jun 12, 2008 12:13 UTC (Thu) by ekj (subscriber, #1524) [Link]

That is only true if:

a) You've got a simple test that -always- reproduces the bug on one kernel.

b) You're aware of atleast one kernel where the bug does NOT happen.

Most of the (suspected!) kernel-bugs I've run into in my years of running Linux (since 1.2.13)
has fulfilled neither of these 2.