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Date:      Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:38:21 +0100
From:      gregoryd.freebsd@free.fr
To:        Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: presenting WOL to the user (was: Re: How to add wake on lan support for your card)
Message-ID:  <1196332701.474e969d61155@imp.free.fr>
In-Reply-To: <20071129101039.GE1513@ted.stsp.lan>
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> <474DB348.4060803@errno.com> <20071128184545.GD22259@jack.stsp.lan> <20071129101039.GE1513@ted.stsp.lan>

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Quoting Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>:

>flags=XXXX<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,WOLMAGIC,WOLLINK,WOLUCAST,WOLBCAST,WOLMCAST>
> mtu 1500
>
> Would that be better?

IMHO, too much info packed in here, making reading difficult.

> Has anyone got better ideas?

What if there was a single line added, right after status for instance:

wol: (magic) unicast link multicast

The line mentions all wol options available, and shows the event triggering the
wake-up between brackets. Or between <> (whatever). Or even in upper case:

wol: MAGIC unicast link


gregory




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