From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
To: Matt <madmatt@bits.bris.ac.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: WOL stops working on halt
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 09:50:26 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BEAC5E2.5A301DB@zip.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0111080908260.20023-100000@bits.bris.ac.uk>
Matt wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> I have a 3c980 NIC plugged into an Abit KT7-RAID and connected together
> with a WOL cable. I can't seem to get WOL to work using the ether-wake
> utility if I power the box down with shutdown(8). The only way I can
> currently get WOL to work is if I reboot the box, then physically press
> the power button to turn it off.
As far as the driver is concerned, a shutdown and a reboot are identical,
so we need to look at external causes. Presumably Linux APM or BIOS.
> I'm loading the 3c59x.o driver using the enable_wol option, but I'm not
> currently using ACPI. Looking through the 3c59x.c code, I notice it relies
> on the box being put into a certain ACPI state. Will the ACPI code do this
> on shutdown?
The driver has no dependency on the kernel's ACPI code. It
uses a function called `acpi_set_WOL' for historical reasons.
Sorry - that wasn't a lot of help :(
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-08 17:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-08 9:16 Matt
2001-11-08 17:50 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2001-11-08 17:44 ` Tim Hockin
2001-11-08 22:10 ` Matt
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