Comment 7 for bug 1196496

Hello Joseph,
to your question in #4,here is a list for interfaces that could be found in ifconfig
for kernel 3.5.0-23: lo/wlan0
for kernel 3.5.0-34: eth0/lo/wlan0/wmx0
for kernel 3.8.0-25: eth0/lo/wlan0/wmx0
for kernel 3.8.13: lo/wlan0/wmx0
for kernel 3.10.0-rc7: lo/wlan0/wmx0

and in nm-tools:
for kernel 3.5.0-23: wlan0
for kernel 3.5.0-34: wmx0/eth0/wlan0
for kernel 3.8.0-25: wmx0/eth0/wlan0
for kernel 3.8.13: wmx0/wlan0
for kernel 3.10.0-rc7: wmx0/wlan0

In both 3.5.0-34 and 3.8.0-25 kernel, wmx0 was listed as a wired device.
When eth0 was gone, the wired network is not working.

Note: alx driver for AR8162 is not in 3.5.0-23, therefore there is no eth0 output from it.

And to your question in #5
0. With 3.8.13 / 3.10.0-rc7, no.
1. With 3.8.13, after disabling the Wifi with hotkeys and rebooted, AR8162 did not appears in ifconfig -a
2. The BootDmesg.txt here is for kernel 3.5.0-34, therefore alx could be found in it, but it can't be found with 3.8.13
3. No link light for AR8162 on this system (201203-10656)

Please find attachment for complete ifconfig/nm-tool output with those kernels listed above.
Also the complete syslog.