From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 28 19:05:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0BE816A469 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:05:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 814C413C458 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:05:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from trouble.errno.com (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id lASISOQ1026767 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:28:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <474DB348.4060803@errno.com> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:28:24 -0800 From: Sam Leffler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stefan Sperling References: <20071125174204.GT1463@ted.stsp.lan> <452840.43857.qm@web38013.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20071125214850.GY1463@ted.stsp.lan> <200711281613.lASGDSui016057@fire.js.berklix.net> <20071128180618.GC22259@jack.stsp.lan> In-Reply-To: <20071128180618.GC22259@jack.stsp.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC-Rhyolite-Metrics: o.com; whitelist Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, "Julian H. Stacey" Subject: Re: How to add wake on lan support for your card 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: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:05:33 -0000 Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 05:13:28PM +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >>> Well, I hope I haven't missed anything important, but I guess >>> that's about it. >>> >> Wow ! seems like you spent a fair time assembling that lot, >> > > About 2 hours. > > >> & it'd sure be a shame if it just got dusty in mail archives, >> (OK apart from current readers who might latch it). >> > > Thanks. > > >> Maybe you could send it to doc@freebsd.org list or via send-pr & >> suggest it be swallowed as an Annex to main docs ? Seems useful. >> > > I guess the wiki would be more appropriate than the main docs. > > Maybe we should add a wiki page about wake on lan? > Reading http://wiki.freebsd.org/AboutWiki it seems that if > I created an account there and someone added me to the > ContributorsGroup for a new WakeOnLan page I would be good to go. > > Another place I could add it to is the wake on lan PR, which is at > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/83807 > > Anyway, it's not lost in any case, because it's in the archives, > and at least I know about it and can always link people there if > they want to read it (or if they ask me to add support for > their card, heheh). > I really want to see the WOL support get into the tree. I looked at it before and had some issues with ifconfig integration which is mostly why it's not already there. We're occupied with releases right now so I think the right time to get in the tree is after 7.0 goes out. Sam