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Date:      Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:03:14 -0700
From:      Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com>
To:        Matthew Hagerty <matthew@digitalstratum.com>
Cc:        Jack F Vogel <jfv@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Tracing Wake on Lan problem?
Message-ID:  <20090812190314.GA55129@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <4A818B0E.7090609@digitalstratum.com>
References:  <4A80EBA6.40908@digitalstratum.com> <06A3B5AF-D3DA-4446-84EF-93314B2EA636@gid.co.uk> <4A818B0E.7090609@digitalstratum.com>

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On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:15:26AM -0400, Matthew Hagerty wrote:
> Bob Bishop wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >On 11 Aug 2009, at 04:55, Matthew Hagerty wrote:
> >
> >>I'm trying to get the Wake on Lan feature working on a 7.2-release 
> >>box. [etc]
> >
> >You may need to turn WoL on in the BIOS, have a look in the same place 
> >as the LAN boot settings.
> >
> >-- 
> >Bob Bishop
> >rb@gid.co.uk
> I guess I assumed that, since the WoL works with my Intel Pro/100 NIC, 
> that the APCI and wake-up settings in the BIOS were set correctly.  It 
> is only when I try the Pro/1000 that I'm having problems; and it seems 
> to be a driver or config issue.
> 

em(4) implemented WOL in its own way so it may work on some models.
Last time I tried it on my T400 it didn't work. Quick reading the
code shows a couple of required things are still missing in
em(4). Probably Jack knows when it could be done.(CCed)



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