Kernel 3.2 bug reporting

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I’ve installed kernel 3.2 from the kernel repo ( Index of /repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/standard ) and was bitten by the Intel IOMMU bug that prevents me from booting, see this Phoronix article for details:
[Phoronix] Did Your System Take A Dive With Linux 3.2?](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAzNzk)

It’s easy to bypass it with intel_iommu=off, that’s not an issue (though I lose virtualization and that is an issue, fortunately not a big one). What I’m interested in is where does one report bugs like this? I don’t exactly feel like writing to the LKML :slight_smile: . Shall I fill a bug here in OpenSuse, or shall I let it drop as they probably know that already given that there was the Phoronix article?

I haven’t found a LKML post nor OpenSuse bug for this issue.

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On 01/07/2012 12:36 PM, tmoravec wrote:
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> What I’m interested in is where does one report bugs like
> this? I don’t exactly feel like writing to the LKML :).

begin here http://tinyurl.com/nzhq7j and the whole process is explained…

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So you think I should fill the bug for OpenSuse? Okay, I just wanted someone more experienced to tell me to do that :slight_smile: . Thanks.

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As you point to an article that describes the bug, I would think that it is known upstream. What is the use of filing a bug after it is recognised as a bug?

But you could of course try to find out if there is a bugfile and what the status is at https://bugzilla.kernel.org/

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Oh, I didn’t know about bugzilla.kernel.org. However it doesn’t work, it fails with a database error. Who knows for how long it doesn’t work, it has probably been some time, because Google fails to find any bugreport related to this problem too.

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Yes, it seems tthat the database is not running. But I doubt that structural. The website is too important for that.

I do not know if Google searches there, after all you need to subscribe.

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On 01/07/2012 08:16 AM, hcvv wrote:
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> tmoravec;2427524 Wrote:
>> Oh, I didn’t know about bugzilla.kernel.org. However it doesn’t work, it
>> fails with a database error. Who knows for how long it doesn’t work, it
>> has probably been some time, because Google fails to find any bugreport
>> related to this problem too.
> Yes, it seems tthat the database is not running. But I doubt that
> structural. The website is too important for that.
>
> I do not know if Google searches there, after all you need to
> subscribe.

Since the break in at kernel.org, bugzilla.kernel.org has been off line. I’m not
sure when it will be up. In its absence, describing a bug on
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org is the accepted and approved way to report any bugs.