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[Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 09:13:50AM -0600, Christopher M. Penalver wrote:
> Dear Ubuntu Kernel Team:
> 
> Hello. I am contacting you to inquire about bug
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1063804 . The
> original reporter has identified a fix for the issue in the mainline
> kernel, going from version v3.7-rc3 to v3.7-rc4.
> 
> As no procedure currently exists for those not familiar with reverse
> mainline kernel commit bisecting at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection , and the bug is Status
> Confirmed, would you like to see the Status changed to Triaged?
> 
> This report is not the only one where the next step would be a reverse
> mainline kernel commit bisect (ex.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1074349 ).
> However, due to the above, and because I am not familiar with how to
> do this myself, I am unable to advise others in this.

To do a reverse bisect the only thing you need to do differently is
switch the definitions of "good" and "bad". So if a commit exhibits the
problematic behavior you mark it as good, if not then you mark it as
bad.

Seth