Identifying the initial bug within the x86 architecture subsystem

[Dileep Sankhla]

Hello,

I am new to Linux kernel development and have a keen interest in the
x86 architecture subsystem, particularly in the areas of boot and
feature flags. Before diving into adding or changing features, I would
like to address a few existing bugs. I am good in C and have some
knowledge of assembly language.

Last night, I dedicated time to go through bugs on Bugzilla (see [1]),
considering their priorities but I could not figure out which one to
pick. While I found only a couple of bugs with the latest modification
date, I lack the same hardware as the original poster (OP) to
reproduce and fix those bugs. How can I identify the first bug in this
subsystem? Given the relatively low number of bugs, should I consider
reaching out to the maintainer of `arch/x86/boot` if I cannot find a
suitable one to fix?

P.S. I have one commit in the kernel from 2018 (see [2]) , but it was
merely addressing a `checkpatch.pl` warning.

Regards,
Dileep

[1]: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi?bug_severity=blocking&bug_severity=high&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&component=i386&component=x86-64&descending=on&longdesc=boot%2Cfeature%20flags&longdesc_type=anywordssubstr&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%20DESC%2Cbug_severity&priority=P1&priority=P2&priority=P3&product=Platform%20Specific%2FHardware&query_format=advanced&rep_platform=Intel&rep_platform=i386&rep_platform=x86-64

[2]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b79f3f68cc306637b88072804396685dc037c779