kerneloops in Ubuntu

[Arjan van de Ven]

Amit Kucheria wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Arjan van de Ven <arjan at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
>> For option 1 I would like to request that at least it is possible to map
>> the report to the Ubuntu distro (I do the same for other distros); if worse
>> comes to worse I can then just filter them out ;)
>> (and I can make per distro reports for use by the distro maintainers for
>> their
>> own quality assessment).
> 
> What mechanism do other distros use to differentiate the report? I
> don't see any command-line option or config file option in kerneloops
> to tag-on the distro name.

in the git version there's methods for this.
however until now, all distros had some distinct marker in their kernel version string
(fc9, mdk etc) that I use map to a distro

> 
>> Given that Ubuntu used to deviate quite a bit from mainline, especially
>> in terms of drivers, the other request I have is that I get a named
>> contact that I can bug to get bugs fixed in out-of-tree drivers. (I
>> have that for other distros too which include non-mainline drivers)
> 
> Typically, kernel-team at lists.ubuntu.com would be our preferred email
> address for this since it is guaranteed to be looked at by atleast one
> of the kernel developers and avoids human factors such as holidays,
> sickness, change of jobs, etc. :)

as long as someone is listening to it, I'm fine with that.
>> The nightmare scenario is that all of the top reports are in external
>> drivers in the Ubuntu kernel, but nobody will ever fix them; that would
>> render kerneloops.org useless (and will eventually lead to me filtering
> 
> We share that concern.

will the Ubuntu ecosystem help fix such driver issues? specifically, if I send
mail with a hot report to kernel-team at lists.ubuntu.com as you suggest, will
that lead to some action that will lead to a fixed kernel getting out at some point?