Comment 25 for bug 927782

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sami (miaousami) wrote : Re: include the Atheros AR8131/AR8151/AR8152/AR8161/AR8162 Ethernet driver

@Michael,
I have an AR8161 and it is working well with kernels 3.2.0-29, 3.2.0-30 and the brand new 3.2.0-31.

Moreover the meta package "linux-backports-modules-cw-3.4-precise-generic" is now available so updates should be automatic when upgrading the kernel.

Thank you guys !

#lspci -v
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1477
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
 Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
 I/O ports at d000 [size=128]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: alx
 Kernel modules: alx