Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:39:39 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Krishna Kumar <krishna.ramdass@gmail.com>, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WOL suport in Broadcom 5721 (57XX) Message-ID: <476805DB.6020408@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <476673A6.8050306@yandex.ru> References: <8c1eada80712170043w216b36b7gb5de6a149b952604@mail.gmail.com> <476673A6.8050306@yandex.ru>
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Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
> Krishna Kumar wrote:
>> Is this in the list of todo's??
>> Can this feature not be supported due to design issues?
>> Is somebody trying this out somewhere?
>> Please do copy me on the reply as I am not subscribed to the list.
>
> Look into freebsd-hackers@ mail archive. In the previous month there
> was a discussion about WOL support. Look to topics:
> 1. FreeBSD WOL sis on
> 2. How to add wake on lan support for your card
>
> And as i remember, Sam Leffer has made some work for WOL support.
>
All I did was add the trivial ifconfig knobs. Stefan Sperling was doing
the heavy lifting of making the various drivers WOL aware.
Jack Vogel indicated em already has the necessary support in the driver
so hooking it up shouldn't be a big deal. Broadcom devices are another
matter.
Sam
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