Kernel PCI Scan Bug - No feedback 8 days after bug submittal(reposted with newlines)

[Charles Butterfield]

"Kam Leo" <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:f84880b00611141641v70006c7en7392000ef3f9f172 at mail.gmail.com...
> On 11/14/06, Charles Butterfield <charles.butterfield at nextcentury.com> 
> wrote:
>> I've had what seems like a fairly serious kernel bug related to PCI
>> scanning open for over a week, with no hint that anybody has read it,
>> triaged it, etc.  Some feedback would sure be nice.  I'm posting this
>> on the email list, since I'm not really sure how else to get developers
>> to notice the formal bug report.
>>
>> History:
>>
>> Nov 3 -- I reported a problem with Xorg not finding my video card on
>> this email list(subject "FC6 - X server can't start - embedded ATI Rage
>> XL AGP - Dell PowerEdge 700").  Got a few posted responses (thanks!).
>>
>> Nov 5 -- Submitted bug report
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214050
>>
>> Nov 6 -- After further debugging, I realized the problem is a kernel
>> problem.  I changed the title and component to indicate such.
>>
>> Nov 14 -- So far, no response of any sort to the submitted bug #214050.
>> Still classified as NEW, no indication that anyone is doing anything,
>> such as notifying the upstream folks, etc. (I started to notify the
>> upstream kernel folks myself, but stopped when I read the notice to not
>> submit bug reports that came from an existing distro).
>>
>> Problem Summary:
>>
>> In the kernel used by FC6, there is a PCI scan/enumeration bug that
>> manifests itself on some machines (like mine) as a mismatch between the
>> contents of /proc/bus/pci/devices (e.g. 14 devices) and the nodes in
>> /proc/bus/pci/xx/* (e.g. 15 devices).  Clearly this could cause numerous
>> problems.  In my case it causes Xorg to fail to find my video card.
>> YMMV
>>
>> This problem did not exist in the kernels used by FC5 (or at least did
>> not manifest on my system).
>>
>> Regards
>> -- Charlie B
>>
>> -----------------------------------
>> Charles Butterfield, Chief Engineer
>> Next Century Corporation
>>
>
> Try the fedora developers mailing list or post your bug on Xorg's bug
> database. David Jones is about the only developer to post here on a
> regular basis. Your chances of getting an Xorg developer to respond
> from this list is very close to zero.

Okay, thanks for the clarification.  Two comments:
1) I didn't post to the developers group originally, because of the 
following warning in the list description:
        This list is only for discussion of development issues in the Fedora 
Project.
        THIS IS NOT A SUPPORT LIST. THIS LIST IS FOR CORE DEVELOPMENT 
DISCUSSION ONLY.
    Sounds like I misinterpreted it, will repost to that list as well.
2) The bug is a kernel bug, not an Xorg bug.  It causes Xorg to fail (and 
presumably other applications).