Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:56:33 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: David Adam <zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> Cc: Georgi Iovchev <geo@pulsar.bg>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can not wake on lan after halt -p (or shutdown -p now) on releng_7 and releng_7_0 Message-ID: <20081014065633.GF14769@cdnetworks.co.kr> In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0810111033040.3065@martello.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> References: <596673353.20081006181334@pulsar.bg> <alpine.DEB.1.10.0810101119400.3065@martello.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> <20081010060013.GB99376@cdnetworks.co.kr> <alpine.DEB.1.10.0810111033040.3065@martello.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
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On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 10:53:39AM +0800, David Adam wrote: > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:41:59AM +0800, David Adam wrote: > > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Georgi Iovchev wrote: > > > > I have a shutdown problem. I have a machine with gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R > > > > motherboard. Integrated network card is Realtek 8111B. > > > > I can not wake the computer after I shutdown it from FreeBSD. > > > > It is a dualboot system - windows xp and freebsd. If I shutdown the > > > > computer from windows - later I can wake it up with magic packet. Even > > > > if i shutdown the machine on the boot menu with the power button - than > > > > later I can wake on lan. The only situation where I CANNOT wake it is > > > > when I shutdown the machine from freebsd (halt -p). > > > > > > > > First I tested with 7.0-RELEASE-p5 amd64 (RELENG_7_0) and than I > > > > upgraded to 7.1 PRERELASE amd64 (RELENG_7). I also tested with two > > > > network cards - the integrated one Realtek 8111B and another one Intel > > > > PRO1000PT PCI-E with WOL enabled. > > > > > > > > With both nics and both freebsd versions the situation is the same - > > > > after shutdown from bsd the computer is not able to wake on lan. The > > > > indication on the switch port says that after shut down there is > > > > active link. > > > > > > I have a similar problem with an Intel SR1200 Pentium 3-class system, > > > using fxp(4) cards, although I haven't yet tried the `halt -p` command. > > > > > > > fxp(4) should be taught to support WOL. Also note, not all fxp(4) > > hardwares support WOL. > > Both of the fxp(4) interfaces on my development system certainly support > WOL, so although I'm no kernel programmer I'd be more than happy to test > patches or provide developer access. > I have a bunch of fxp cards donated by andre@ so I guess I'm one of the best one that can experiment WOL capability on fxp(4). Before that expeimentation I guess I have to read documentation of E100 to write a WOL patch. These days I'm somewaht overloaded for paid work and other network drivers so I can't promise but I'll try if I manage to find spare time. -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon
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