EeePC 900 vs. 900A

[Peter Robinson]

>>>> I'm not sure of the differences between the 900 and the 900a but the
>>>> 901 doesn't have wifi out of the box but the driver in rpmfusion works
>>>> well.
>>>
>>> Realtek 802.11n chip?
>>
>> Something like that. Its something like the rt2860 driver. I think it
>> has crappy stuff like stuff in /etc
>
> That's the one.
> Supposedly the driver is under a rewrite to be included in the upstream
> kernel, but I am not aware about the current status.

Its been in a rewrite state for ages with what seems like no real
progress. I read somewhere the USB variant would be done first but
that hasn't seemed to materialise yet.

Peter