add "dummy" interface trick to the BUGS reporting suggestions

[openocd] / BUGS

diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS
index ceb0356dda73566a6eec086b6c780408c00f3d57..abf8f7ae30bff246b82046168e9ba98d4d25c559 100644 (file)
--- a/BUGS
+++ b/BUGS
@@ -34,8 +34,15 @@ in total.
 
 @section bugscrashdump Obtaining Crash Backtraces
 
-If OpenOCD is crashing, you can use GDB to get a trace:@par
+If OpenOCD is crashing, there are two very effective things you can do to
+improve your chances of getting help on the development mailing list. 
+
+Try to reproduce the problem using the dummy JTAG interface to allow other developers to replicate
+your problem robustly and use GDB to get a trace:@par
 @code
+% OPENOCDSRC/configure --enable-dummy ...
+% openocd -f interface/dummy.cfg -f target/xxx.cfg
+=> SEGFAULT
 % gdb --args openocd ....
 (gdb) run
 (gdb) bt