WLAN Adapter build question

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I have an RTL8188FTV on my RP1 2 Model B, it wasn’t supported out of the box but found it easy to get and build and install drivers and very satisfied with the result. All is good.

I have a couple of questions if I may.

When Dietpi at some time in the future updates to a new kernel will I have to build the driver again?

Also, would it be possible to put the ‘driver’ somewhere in a new image if I decide to re-image the pi at some point, so it’s available at the ‘first run’ without having to connect eth0 and build again?

Some details if it might help others.

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:f179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188FTV 802.11b/g/n 1T1R 2.4G WLAN Adapter

Github Link to install the driver I did the build without adding PPA repository

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Firstly, we do not maintain or build a kernel for the RPi device. This is done directly by the RPi Foundation. This means that when the RPI developers release a new kernel, it will be immediately available on all RPI devices.

Maybe

Usually, we don’t add individual drivers.

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Thank you.

Regarding adding the driver, I was meaning myself, after I’ve downloaded the dietpi image and written to the sd card can I put the driver myself somewhere so it loads for me at first run? Is that something I can add?

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Probably best is to create a fresh new image having the driver included. Once done, you could build your own individual *.img file to be able to flash it again.

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Thank you, I’ll see if I can make that work.

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We have an imager tool that will create a compressed image. However it requires to place the SD card into another Linux box or VM.

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That would be helpful, my pc is Linux.

I found this page Make your own distribution which I think would work?

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No no this would convert your Linux desktop into DietPi. The imager is an own tool.

Just the last line would be interesting in your case.

In addition it might be needed to export 2 variables beforehand Disk-imager usage explained - #9 by Jappe

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OK, many thanks for the pointers and guidance, much appreciated.