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docs: bug-bisect: rewrite to better match the other bisecting text
authorThorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Thu, 22 Aug 2024 07:35:33 +0000 (09:35 +0200)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Mon, 26 Aug 2024 21:34:51 +0000 (15:34 -0600)
commitcbbdb6c625f6415c30f5dbc9305f1d2d5b79b02f
tree45ae615a14e0df14523e91734bd236ed421fed00
parenta4931bb8b066f66786182e6d8fd5fc27f4120f71
docs: bug-bisect: rewrite to better match the other bisecting text

Rewrite the short document on bisecting kernel bugs. The new text
improves .config handling, brings a mention of 'git bisect skip', and
explains what to do after the bisection finished -- including trying a
revert to verify the result. The rewrite at the same time removes the
unrelated and outdated section on 'Devices not appearing' and replaces
some sentences about bug reporting with a pointer to the document
covering that topic in detail.

This overall brings the approach close to the one in the recently added
text Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst.
As those two texts serve a similar purpose for different audiences,
mention that document in the head of this one and outline when the
other might be the better one to follow.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Reviewed-by: Petr Tesarik <petr@tesarici.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/74dc0137dcc3e2c05648e885a7bc31ffd39a0890.1724312119.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst
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