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Date:      Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:45:51 +0200
From:      Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, sean connolly <connollys1@yahoo.com>
Subject:   Re: Automated kernel crash reporting system
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On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, sean connolly wrote:
>
>> Automatic reporting would end up being a mess given that panics can be
>> caused by hardware problems. Having an autoreport check if memtest was run
>> before it reports, or having it only run with -CURRENTmight be useful.

I too, disagree with this. Surely most attention would be given to the
most often recurring problems across varied hardware. If a new
-RELEASE is tagged and suddenly there is an influx of very similar
automated crash reports across a wide selection of hardware, some
conclusions can be reached.


- Sincerely,
Dan Naumov



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