Array.org Netbook Repository for Ubuntu

Description

The rt2860 drivers provide wireless ethernet connectivity for the EeePC 901 and later.

Current version is v1.7.1.1

A later release of rt2860 (v1.8.0.0) is available but this version actually breaks some eeepc functionality that used to work in v1.7.

Applies to...

Models:	eeepc-1000 eeepc-1000H eeepc-1000HD? eeepc-901 eeepc-904HD?

Known Issues

• Poor connectivity when using WPA2 encrypted access points.

Changes in intrepid

Git Repository: git://git.array.org/array/ubuntu-intrepid.git

• commit 14f071e6995ef75a6b1bef2331ad8ede337ca400
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Tue Oct 14 09:11:09 2008 -0600
  

  EEEPC: Fixed rt2860 compile errors on 2.6.27 with third-party patches
  
  http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17440207/dkms-rt2860-wext_compat.patch
  http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17440214/dkms-rt2860-nd_net.patch
  

• commit 80221c3b55e213d424fd4ccc981d3869ee78828d
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Mon Oct 13 21:20:23 2008 -0600
  

  EEEPC: Restored EEEPC_SPECIAL_SETTING code, missing from v1.7.1.1
  

• commit 3a344176930bc2d1a56c25b4948d87b751327c46
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Mon Oct 13 21:17:21 2008 -0600
  

  EEEPC: Downgraded rt2860 to v1.7.1.1 (special 'eeepc version' from ralink)
  

• commit 02b2013848a8c037385249f115a8fc80ac6f81e5
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Mon Oct 13 20:54:15 2008 -0600
  

  EEEPC: Created new CONFIG_RT2860 option
  

• commit cb4cbbfe19ea63fd09f182785b098439a075d4cd
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Mon Oct 13 20:43:41 2008 -0600
  

  EEEPC: Imported wireless module rt2860 v1.8.0.0
  

Changes in hardy

Git Repository: git://git.array.org/array/ubuntu-hardy-lum.git

• commit e575d6c9dd84be1caa87f7bcd72363f4bf1d031c
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Tue Oct 14 11:05:11 2008 -0600
  

  EEEPC: Set wireless/rt2860/dkms.conf to 1.7.1.1
  

• commit b70898012ace0856246160075cc51ceae3d8d613
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Tue Oct 14 10:42:55 2008 -0600
  

  EEEPC: Upgraded rt2860 to v1.7.1.1
  

• commit d874864363a7533c09e4cdbbb57121b5e2a637b0
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Tue Oct 14 11:02:47 2008 -0600
  

  Revert "EEEPC: Upgraded rt2860 wireless lan drivers to v1.8.0.0"
  
  This reverts commit e8a215d146d5e1011700d626ffbb570f00658a75.
  

• commit 8ffa00a9f0ef69e5785d47641869428316da5706
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Mon Oct 13 14:24:12 2008 -0600
  

  EEEPC: Added dkms.conf to wireless/rt2860 module
  

• commit e8a215d146d5e1011700d626ffbb570f00658a75
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Sun Oct 5 16:06:41 2008 -0600
  

  EEEPC: Upgraded rt2860 wireless lan drivers to v1.8.0.0
  http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/2008_0918_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.8.0.0.tar.bz2
  

• commit 1cc01b68ea7cd38d10e6e1d68e46597976afc1cb
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Mon Aug 4 12:42:51 2008 -0600
  

  Patched rt2860 module to include both WPA and WEP support.
  
  The patch was discovered on the Tim Anderson's ITWriting blog:
  http://www.itwriting.com/blog/778-fixing-wi-fi-on-asus-eee-pc-901-with-linux.html
  

• commit eea5963dd880e841eced2b6f76db3934d84a5a1d
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Wed Jul 30 16:05:13 2008 -0600
  

  Instructed rt2860 to enable WPA support in module
  
  Enabled HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT and HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT options in
  the rt2860 module build. Also updated the modified Makefile so it says what
  you're supposed to do with the tools directory and the firmware image.
  

• commit 7e7deb6a418baec83b40e9c57e7a0df039c9d362
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Wed Jul 30 13:20:52 2008 -0600
  

  Cleaned up the rt2860 Makefiles
  

• commit c12e967f51287d25cbf1ab84ab7d3d55bc9d3ef3
  Author: Adam McDaniel <******@array.org>
  Date: Sat Jul 26 00:56:54 2008 -0600
  

  Imported rt2860 wireless lan drivers for eeepc 901
  
  Originally downloaded from a ratech site:
  http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/2008_0708_RT2860_Linux_STA_v1.7.0.0.tar.bz2