[01:23] <zul> heylo
[02:29] <psusi> why can I never get the latest snapshot patches to apply to the latest stable release from kernel.org?
[02:31] <crimsun> 15-git12 to 15.1 ?
[02:31] <psusi> yea
[02:31] <crimsun> well, no doubt 15-git12 already has the backported parts in 15.1
[02:33] <psusi> well what did they diff against to get the 15-git12 patch?  that's what I should be applying it to
[02:33] <crimsun> 15
[02:35] <psusi> how annoying.... you'd think if they only provide the latest snapshot as a diff, it would be a diff against the latest stable
[02:38] <crimsun> it used to be listed as usch
[02:38] <zul> BenC: new crack for you
[02:46] <psusi> thank god... finally got all the patches on... now hopefully it compiles this time
[12:42] <mjg59> BenC: Can we grab http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi4asus/ ?
[02:58] <zul> helo
[03:10] <chmj> hey zul 
[04:41] <zul> BenC: did you do a pull yet?
[09:12] <Abecedarian> Hello.  By any chance could somebody here answer a few questions on booting and the linux kernel, particularly as it relates to having a linux kernel loads modules and executse the linuxrc?
[09:19] <Abecedarian> Okay, I guess that I
[09:20] <Abecedarian> Okay, I guess that I'll assume that this is the wrong place to ask about booting and the kernel's ability to run a linuxrc script.  If anybody with the proper expertise comes back and reads that, *please* message me.
[09:28] <crimsun> Abecedarian: ...linuxrc?
[09:38] <Abecedarian> Yeah.
[09:39] <Abecedarian> I've read that it is a script that a kernel can run immediately after loading.
[09:40] <Abecedarian> So if you stick the kernel on a bootable cd with the proper linuxrc script, it might be able to run the linuxrc script which tells it to load modules/drivers, scan for usb devices, and then change root over to them.
[09:40] <Abecedarian> The two guides that I've been using are http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-fireboot.html and http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t269145.html ...
[10:00] <zul> you might want to check the linux from scratch site
[10:01] <Abecedarian> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ ...  Thanks!
[10:09] <Abecedarian> zul:  Thank you very much for your advice!
[10:09] <Abecedarian> Is there any Ubuntu-specific documentation that are a must-read?
[10:20] <crimsun> you probably want to keep current with udev
[10:20] <crimsun> cf. Scott's post to ubuntu-devel-announce regarding hardwareactivation and udev [replacing hotplug] 
[10:22] <Abecedarian> ?
[10:22] <crimsun> regarding scanning for devices, etc.