EeePC 900 vs. 900A

[Nicu Buculei]

Peter Robinson wrote:
>>>>> 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?

BTW, is a Ralink 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.

More than half year ago it was supposed to be ready for kernel 
2.6.29[1], but since then I took the "easy way" with the akmod from 
rpmfusion and didn't follow the development.

[1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121800946112830&w=2

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