From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 2 04:49:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 795A81065684 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 04:49:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E9658FC24 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 04:49:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDSK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m324n98P022336; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 21:49:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Kent Hauser" , "Jerry McAllister" Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 20:50:09 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 In-Reply-To: <6004effe0803311648w6c592cf7s2737cffda13707f9@mail.gmail.com> Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:49:10 -0700 (PDT) Cc: Walker , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Wake-on-LAN and the em driver (freebsd 7.x) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:49:11 -0000 -----Original Message----- From: Kent Hauser [mailto:kent@khauser.net] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:49 PM To: Jerry McAllister Cc: Ted Mittelstaedt; Walker; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wake-on-LAN and the em driver (freebsd 7.x) >You comments got me to thinking, I have tossed all my old PC/AT, W98, etc >systems a while back (along with my old Foghat 8-tracks -- yes I cruised to >Fool for the City on 8-track), but I still had a W98SE boot CD -- and >amazingly enough it worked. And it recognized my flash drive as B: no problem. >So step 1 complete. >Now I seem to have run up against a FreeBSD 7.x ACPI bug. Now that WOL is >turned on, if I "halt -p", I get the HUB LED to come back on -- but I can't >wake the machine. However, if I pull the power on the box & plug it back in, I >can WOL the machine fine. Everything is fine when booted in XP. >Any thoughts on this one? I assumed you checked to see if there's a firmware update for your card and if so, applied it? Here is what I would do if I was in your shoes. First I would file a PR and make it as complete as possible. Second I would explore using different model network cards if you have the slots for them. Life is too short to wait around for the developers to fix a driver bug. As much as I am pro FreeBSD even I've been bit by network adapter driver bugs, and been forced to disable or abandon NICs that worked nicely under Windows in a system. And, having a stable network adapter is in my opinion pretty much a requirement for a FreeBSD system. Ted