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List:       linux-usb-users
Subject:    Re: [Linux-usb-users] USB mass storage driver for Sony handycam DCR
From:       "Stephen J. Gowdy" <gowdy () slac ! stanford ! edu>
Date:       2004-03-17 17:55:43
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0403170953440.4528 () localhost
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A "bug" is something they don't understand. The FAQ says;

"In addition to the information required in /usr/src/linux/REPORTING-BUGS"

which says;

"[7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)"

so I don't understand your point. Anyway, I'll look forward to your
concrete suggestion for updates to the FAQ.

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Ged Haywood wrote:

> Hi Stepehen,
>
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
>
> > The question you pointed at was how to report bugs. Why is this case
> > relevant to that question?
>
> It isn't.  But the answer could be relevant to a lot more questions
> and could provide more helpful guidance.
>
> Firstly the output of lspci -v gives a lot of detail that is not
> relevant to USB.  I was just thinking of something which would say
> what is relevant and what isn't.
>
> Secondly we often see people _answering_ questions with a request to
> send the output of lspci -v and if the question in the FAQ were more
> broadly scoped a lot of that could be avoided.
>
> Thirdly when people ask questions on the list they often won't have
> any way of knowing whether the problem they're seeing is a 'bug' or
> not so there's reason to ask if the bugs section will have been read.
>
> Fourthly, what's a 'bug'?  Problem in the driver?  The kernel?
> The firmware?  The USB specification? ...
>
> 73,
> Ged.
>

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