Hi Josh,
Sounds like a fun project. In the interest of focus, I would advise taking this discussion to another venue. The community here is centered around Intel Linux Graphics specifically. I'll ping my colleagues in the Linux Wireless Project to clarify where best to begin such a discussion.
Cheers
I'm trying to run a linux kernel without using any modules. In past, the wireless still worked when doing this. Trying with the 3.9 kernel, my 6300 ultimate-N will not work because it cannot load iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode when it wants. How do I fix this.