After conducting further research, I have concluded that you are indeed correct. My mistake. In this case, I would like to switch my recommendation to the rt2860-firmware package.
On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Jan Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > rt2860sta and rt2800pci are two different drivers both supporting the > rt2860 chipset. > > rt2800pci is the newer one, built on the same wireless subsystem as > the intel drivers. > > In fact, since the rt2860 firmware has the same license as the iwlwifi > firmware, I believe it should be included in core. > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Sgt. Spoon <[email protected]> > wrote: >> 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 >>>> >>> >> >
