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I booted Linux 292,612 times

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And it only took 21 hours. Linux 6.4 has a bug where it hangs on boot, but probably only 1 in 1000 boots (and rarer if using Intel hardware for some reason). It’s surprising to me that no one…

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Dev Boots Linux 292,612 Times to Find Kernel Bug - Slashdot

Long-time Slashdot reader waspleg shared this story from Hot Hardware: Red Hat Linux developer Richard WM Jones has shared an eyebrow raising tale of Linux bug hunting. Jones noticed that Linux 6.4 has a bug which means it will hang on boot about 1 in 1,000 times. Jones set out to pinpoint the bug,...