Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:58:00 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: "Anne Marcel Roorda" <marcel@piglet.slowthinkers.net> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WOL question Message-ID: <2a41acea0704111458k2d8ae707j3d89577fcbb32128@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200704112113.l3BLDXUu063020@piglet.slowthinkers.net> References: <kimimeister@gmail.com> <42b497160704111336m24249f7axa8b80ba84083bd97@mail.gmail.com> <200704112113.l3BLDXUu063020@piglet.slowthinkers.net>
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On 4/11/07, Anne Marcel Roorda <marcel@piglet.slowthinkers.net> wrote: > > In message <42b497160704111336m24249f7axa8b80ba84083bd97@mail.gmail.com>, "Kimi > Ostro" writes: > > > On 10/04/07, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am hoping someone here who has more familiarity with the ACPI > > > code can enlighten me.... > > > > > > I have an internal bug filed complaining that FreeBSD disables > > > wake-on-lan on the hardware. > > > > > > Now, I would like to have explicit WOL support added into the > > > em driver, but before I even worry about that I need to understand > > > where the kernel turns this off without the driver even needed. > > > > This isnt specific to em, it also happens on other ethernet cards > > (rl(8) fxp(8)) that support WOL/MagicPacket. Might be idea to check PR > > database see if someone has same problem, maybe fix? it was nice > > installing ports/net/wol and getting a computer to fire up remotely, > > but as soon as it rebooted from FreeBSD, WOL stopped :( > > Hi, > > FreeBSD isn't disabling WOL. It needs to be enabled on shutdown > for most cards. > > I have patches for ifconfig, and the xl driver to enable WOL. > > It should be possible to add support to other drivers, but > it's different for each card. > > You should be able to find a diff against 5-stable in the archives. > Changes against -CURRENT aren't _that_ different. So, why isnt this in 6.X then? I've now had email with Nate Lawson about ACPI and think I know how to make it work properly, of course I havent yet tested the theory, if it works like it sounds then its not going to be too hard to do this. Jackhome | help
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