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  1. PSA: you want to report a #LinuxKernel regression you encountered when switching from a distribution's #kernel to a newer one that is vanilla or close to it?

    Then you want to check if a vanilla build of the #Linux version the working distro's #kernel is based on actually works, as the latter might only work due to some modification the downstream vendor applied.

    This is one reason[1] why docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/ve (screenshotted) tells you to do that. A recent discussion (lore.kernel.org/all/2026092511 ) shows that this is not a theoretical precaution: something worked with Ubuntu's kernel but not with a vanilla build from the same series because Canonical applied a patch that one of the upstream developers called a "horrible hack that is never going to be applied [upsteam]".

    [1] The other reason: "verify if the .config localmodconfig created actually creates a working kernel, as you otherwise will only start to suspect problems in that area midway through the bisection – and by that point will have wasted a lot of time".

  2. PSA: you want to report a #LinuxKernel regression you encountered when switching from a distribution's #kernel to a newer one that is vanilla or close to it?

    Then you want to check if a vanilla build of the #Linux version the working distro's #kernel is based on actually works, as the latter might only work due to some modification the downstream vendor applied.

    This is one reason[1] why docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/ve (screenshotted) tells you to do that. A recent discussion (lore.kernel.org/all/2026092511 ) shows that this is not a theoretical precaution: something worked with Ubuntu's kernel but not with a vanilla build from the same series because Canonical applied a patch that one of the upstream developers called a "horrible hack that is never going to be applied [upsteam]".

    [1] The other reason: "verify if the .config localmodconfig created actually creates a working kernel, as you otherwise will only start to suspect problems in that area midway through the bisection – and by that point will have wasted a lot of time".

  3. PSA: you want to report a #LinuxKernel regression you encountered when switching from a distribution's #kernel to a newer one that is vanilla or close to it?

    Then you want to check if a vanilla build of the #Linux version the working distro's #kernel is based on actually works, as the latter might only work due to some modification the downstream vendor applied.

    This is one reason[1] why docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/ve (screenshotted) tells you to do that. A recent discussion (lore.kernel.org/all/2026092511 ) shows that this is not a theoretical precaution: something worked with Ubuntu's kernel but not with a vanilla build from the same series because Canonical applied a patch that one of the upstream developers called a "horrible hack that is never going to be applied [upsteam]".

    [1] The other reason: "verify if the .config localmodconfig created actually creates a working kernel, as you otherwise will only start to suspect problems in that area midway through the bisection – and by that point will have wasted a lot of time".

  4. PSA: you want to report a #LinuxKernel regression you encountered when switching from a distribution's #kernel to a newer one that is vanilla or close to it?

    Then you want to check if a vanilla build of the #Linux version the working distro's #kernel is based on actually works, as the latter might only work due to some modification the downstream vendor applied.

    This is one reason[1] why docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/ve (screenshotted) tells you to do that. A recent discussion (lore.kernel.org/all/2026092511 ) shows that this is not a theoretical precaution: something worked with Ubuntu's kernel but not with a vanilla build from the same series because Canonical applied a patch that one of the upstream developers called a "horrible hack that is never going to be applied [upsteam]".

    [1] The other reason: "verify if the .config localmodconfig created actually creates a working kernel, as you otherwise will only start to suspect problems in that area midway through the bisection – and by that point will have wasted a lot of time".

  5. PSA: you want to report a regression you encountered when switching from a distribution's to a newer one that is vanilla or close to it?

    Then you want to check if a vanilla build of the version the working distro's is based on actually works, as the latter might only work due to some modification the downstream vendor applied.

    This is one reason[1] why docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/ve (screenshotted) tells you to do that. A recent discussion (lore.kernel.org/all/2026092511 ) shows that this is not a theoretical precaution: something worked with Ubuntu's kernel but not with a vanilla build from the same series because Canonical applied a patch that one of the upstream developers called a "horrible hack that is never going to be applied [upsteam]".

    [1] The other reason: "verify if the .config localmodconfig created actually creates a working kernel, as you otherwise will only start to suspect problems in that area midway through the bisection – and by that point will have wasted a lot of time".