linux-kernel - Re: Reporting bugs and bisection

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Message-ID: <87d4oswzwf.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:26:24 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	sclark46@...thlink.net
Cc:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, jesper.juhl@...il.com,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, jeff@...zik.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Reporting bugs and bisection

Stephen Clark <sclark46@...thlink.net> writes:

> I been a linux user and have followed the LKML for a
> number of years and have yet to see
> any test plans for any submitted patches.

You haven't looked closely then. While it's not very common there 
is a non trivial number of patches who describe how they got tested
in the patch description.

-Andi
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