[quote=“kingofl337, post: 12809, member: 6032”]Does anyone know how DaveO incorporated the 8161 driver into the kernel? I’d like to learn how for future use.

All the examples I’ve found are to build a module, instead of incorporating it into the kernel image.[/quote]

Found some notes on how we did it. I will just paste them here. It has been a long time since this was done so hopefully these still help. Looks like you will need to find a new location to download the add-alx-next-20120228 patch.

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Compile kernel with ar8161 support

$ cd /usr/src

$ wget [B][url]http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.5.4.tar.bz2[/url][/B]

$ sudo tar -xf linux-3.5.4.tar.bz2

$ cd linux-3.5.4

$ wget [B][url]http://bombadil.infradead.org/~mcgrof/2012/02/28/add-alx-next-20120228.patch[/url][/B]

$ sudo patch -p1 < add-alx-next-20120228.patch

$ sudo cp /opt/fog-setup/fog_0.32/kernel/kitchensink.config .config

$ sudo make menuconfig

Enable alx driver: Device Drivers > Network device support > Ethernet driver support > Atheros ALX Gigabit Ethernet support

$ sudo make bzImage

Resources used:

[B][url]http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1513700[/url][/B]

[B][url]http://askubuntu.com/questions/165192/how-do-i-install-drivers-for-the-atheros-ar8161-ethernet-controller[/url][/B]

[B][url]http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-931478.html[/url][/B]

We were having issues with new laptops that use the Atheros 8161 Ethernet controller so we have compiled the compat-drivers (alx) with Kernel version 3.5.4-kitchensink. Here is a link to the download for anyone that needs it: [URL=‘http://davidouwinga.com/bzImage.zip’]http://www.davidouwinga.com/bzImage.zip[/URL]
You will need to extract the zip file and move the bzImage file to /tftpboot/fog/kernel/ as root