From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 9 10:39:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2074916A421 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 10:39:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stsp@stsp.name) Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de (einhorn.in-berlin.de [192.109.42.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A637A13C45E for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 10:39:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stsp@stsp.name) X-Envelope-From: stsp@stsp.name Received: from stsp.lan (stsp.in-vpn.de [217.197.85.96]) (authenticated bits=128) by einhorn.in-berlin.de (8.13.6/8.13.6/Debian-1) with ESMTP id l59AdIql031272 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 9 Jun 2007 12:39:19 +0200 Received: from ted.stsp.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by stsp.lan (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l59AcoJo003202; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 12:38:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stsp@stsp.name) Received: (from stsp@localhost) by ted.stsp.lan (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l59Acmeu003200; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 12:38:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stsp@stsp.name) X-Authentication-Warning: ted.stsp.lan: stsp set sender to stsp@stsp.name using -f Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 12:38:48 +0200 From: Stefan Sperling To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20070609103848.GA1465@ted.stsp.lan> Mail-Followup-To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, Edwin Mons , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <466A6DF1.3020306@edwinm.ik.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <466A6DF1.3020306@edwinm.ik.nu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang_at_IN-Berlin_e.V. on 192.109.42.8 Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, Edwin Mons Subject: Re: kern/83807: [sis] [patch] if_sis: Wake On Lan support for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:39:22 -0000 --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 11:08:01AM +0200, Edwin Mons wrote: > Will this feature ever be incorporated in mainstream FreeBSD? I'm eager= ly=20 > waiting for it to land in -CURRENT... I have no idea. I haven't got much feedback on this patch, apart from one or two people who sent me a quick thank you note :) So I have no idea how many people are actually using the patch. I know that: * if_sis and if_vr wake on lan support is very stable for me. I've been using this code for nearly 2 years now. * if_nve support has afaik never been tested (plus it's a binary blob driver and will apparently be replaced with OpenBSD's nfe driver soon.) I run a single 6.2 box here that I maintain the patch for. I'd be happy to setup a -current box to port the patch to -CURRENT. But I need to know whether it's worth doing the work. I'd like to get feedback on my patch by someone who is willing and able to help me get it into the tree. I need to know what needs to be done and/or changed to make the patch ready for mainline. There are some small bits in the patch that are incomplete, e.g. "secure on password" support. I've been thinking about simply dropping this feature because I consider it useless but ymmv. I'd also be happy to add WOL support for more chipsets. Adding support is relatively easy as long as another open source OS (e.g. Linux) supports wake on lan for a chipset and even easier if a good datasheet is available (as in case of if_sis). If anyone has a card that does wake on lan after shutdown from Linux but not after shutdown from FreeBSD with my patch applied let me know. You may need to use the ethtool utility to enable WOL on Linux. Cc'ing hackers@ in case someone there is interested in helping out. > Kind regards, > Edwin Mons --=20 stefan http://stsp.name PGP Key: 0xF59D25F0 --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGaoM45dMCc/WdJfARAkCVAJ4sGsoZllkxTMLZCcdrnllYrmVE5ACfbRhm e0VRmi3y+uMcksCsP6QX9IQ= =j6TM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh--