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Why does compiling the "alx" driver from "compat-wireless" fail?

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Trying to compile the compat-wireless-2012-09-25 driver module, without success.

scrips/driver-select alx ; works

make ; fails -
scripts/Makefile.build:44 ~/sourcecode/compat-wireless-2012-09-25.2/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/Makefile: No such file or directory

make[4]: ** No rule to make target '~/sourcecode/compat-wireless-2012-09-25.2/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/Makefile'. Stop.

[snip]

make: * [modules] Error 2

Device is Atheros AR8161 wired ethernet in a Dell Vostro 3460.

I'd be very grateful for assistance in getting this to compile.

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answered 2 Years ago ainbby · Accepted Answer

The alx drivers are a "patch" in compat-wireless instead of being in the main tree. This means that you need to download a compat-wireless archive with the -pc suffix to be able to build them.

Try http://linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2012-09-25-pc.tar.bz2 and it should work.