Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 14:43:25 -0800 From: Paul A Scott <Pscott@cue.net> To: 'Dag-Erling Smorgrav' <des@ofug.org>, Paul A Scott <Pscott@cue.net> Cc: 'Bill Fumerola' <billf@mu.org>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: kern/24958: Fatal trap 12 in kernel mode (swapper) on Compaq Presario Message-ID: <25A4EF0A05A5D211AFE500A0C9932D743CC83D@MAILX>
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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C092E9.B6CF0630 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > It's *our* bug database. We reserve the right to close > any bug report which we don't consider useful. Fair enough, but not being able to boot beyond probing the parallel port on a current generation machine is a critical problem and I don't see how you can consider reporting the problem anything but useful. > Your bug reports were, as I already told you, barely > a step above "it doesn't work". You did not consult > the mailing lists nor the FAQ before submitting your > reports. I can add additional information at any time. It's a good bet I didn't read the FAQ about kernel traps; but hey, I was a little intimidated by the title, "For Serious FreeBSD Hackers Only," and figured it wasn't for me. I therefore never saw the preliminary steps, which I will now take. Beyond that, what makes you so certain in the context of the original problem report that I didn't check the mailing lists? There are two simple possibilities, 1) the solution is there already, and 2) you monitor the lists and haven't seen anything about this appear. So, you either know there's a solution or you know there's NOT a solution. Therefore, either enter the solution in the bug report and close it, or keep it open and wait for me to provide better information. Regardless of what you, et al, intend the gnats data base to accomplish, it remains a fact that it is a useful tool for others to search for problems and solutions. Ignoring that fact is counter-productive. Paul ------_=_NextPart_001_01C092E9.B6CF0630 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: kern/24958: Fatal trap 12 in kernel mode (swapper) on Compaq Presario</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2>> It's *our* bug database. We reserve the right to close </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> any bug report which we don't consider useful. </FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Fair enough, but not being able to boot beyond probing</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>the parallel port on a current generation machine is a </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>critical problem and I don't see how you can consider</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>reporting the problem anything but useful.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>> Your bug reports were, as I already told you, barely</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> a step above "it doesn't work". You did not consult</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the mailing lists nor the FAQ before submitting your</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> reports.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>I can add additional information at any time. It's a</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>good bet I didn't read the FAQ about kernel traps;</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>but hey, I was a little intimidated by the title, </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>"For Serious FreeBSD Hackers Only," and figured it</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>wasn't for me. I therefore never saw the preliminary</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>steps, which I will now take.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Beyond that, what makes you so certain in the context</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>of the original problem report that I didn't check the</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>mailing lists? There are two simple possibilities, </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>1) the solution is there already, and 2) you monitor </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>the lists and haven't seen anything about this appear.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>So, you either know there's a solution or you know </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>there's NOT a solution. Therefore, either enter the</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>solution in the bug report and close it, or keep it</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>open and wait for me to provide better information.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Regardless of what you, et al, intend the gnats data</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>base to accomplish, it remains a fact that it is a </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>useful tool for others to search for problems and</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>solutions. Ignoring that fact is counter-productive.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Paul</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C092E9.B6CF0630-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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