> Abel, I personally would find it useful for kernel bugs with different
> processors and architectures. I've had troubles installing Linux 2.6.24
> (Ubuntu 8.04) as a server AND a desktop yet so work is being done on the
> bug (or so I see). It's an Intel Celeron 2.4 GHz (quite old), but as an
> LTS, I would figure this would be top priority as the kernel literally
> panics and freezes and becomes unusable.
>
> I figured more information on my computer would be welcome to help push
> this bug further. I'm sure this is happening on other bugs as well.
>
> If machines with their encompassing information were attached to every
> bug then this welcomed information would be mandatory, but would take no
> more work than setting it up once and never touching it until you modify
> your PC or server.
right, hardware profiles can indeed be helpful. As a first step, we
will provide links between a bug and an HWDB submission; later we might
even allow links between a bug and a specific device (or even
device/driver combination) from a HWDB submission.
Brett,
> Abel, I personally would find it useful for kernel bugs with different
> processors and architectures. I've had troubles installing Linux 2.6.24
> (Ubuntu 8.04) as a server AND a desktop yet so work is being done on the
> bug (or so I see). It's an Intel Celeron 2.4 GHz (quite old), but as an
> LTS, I would figure this would be top priority as the kernel literally
> panics and freezes and becomes unusable.
>
> I figured more information on my computer would be welcome to help push
> this bug further. I'm sure this is happening on other bugs as well.
>
> If machines with their encompassing information were attached to every
> bug then this welcomed information would be mandatory, but would take no
> more work than setting it up once and never touching it until you modify
> your PC or server.
right, hardware profiles can indeed be helpful. As a first step, we
will provide links between a bug and an HWDB submission; later we might
even allow links between a bug and a specific device (or even
device/driver combination) from a HWDB submission.