The drivers are in the default arch kernel (rt2800pci), all that is missing is the firmware. I believe rt2860-firmware from AUR would be a better choice (after some fixes to the PKGBUILD).
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 4:30 AM, Sgt. Spoon <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to propose the addition of the AUR package rt2860 to the > community repo. > > It contains the wireless drivers for the rt2860 chipsets, which come > with all of Asus EEE PCs. This chipset is supported in the Arch > install media but not in an actual fresh installation. In addition, > there is no option to install it during an Arch install. > Unfortunately, this means that those of us who do not have Ethernet > connections available to us during installtime have no way of actually > getting this card to work. As the package currently has 41 votes, I > strongly recommend its inclusion in the community repo. > > If there are any TUs who would like to take this up, please do so. > This package is hardly updated so it really shouldn't be too much of a > hassle. > > Thanks in advance, > sergeantspoon >
