Unfortunately rt2860-firmware does not include the RT2860STA.dat file that the Eee wireless drivers need to function. rt2860 includes this file.
The Ralink drivers are a mess. *sigh* On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Jan Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >
