Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1031319AbWI1BDf (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:03:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1031316AbWI1BDf (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:03:35 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:59881 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1031319AbWI1BDe (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:03:34 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:03:17 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Steinbrink Cc: Martin Filip , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ayaz Abdulla Subject: Re: forcedeth - WOL [SOLVED] Message-Id: <20060927180317.478cd8f6.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20060928004053.GA3521@atjola.homenet> References: <1159379441.9024.7.camel@archon.smoula-in.net> <20060927183857.GA2963@atjola.homenet> <1159389486.8902.4.camel@archon.smoula-in.net> <20060927165704.613bf0aa.akpm@osdl.org> <20060928000447.GB2963@atjola.homenet> <20060928004053.GA3521@atjola.homenet> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.6; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2872 Lines: 80 On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:40:53 +0200 Bj__rn Steinbrink wrote: > On 2006.09.28 02:04:48 +0200, Bj__rn Steinbrink wrote: > > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > > > On 2006.09.27 16:57:04 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:38:06 +0200 > > > Martin Filip wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Bj__rn Steinbrink p____e v St 27. 09. 2006 v 20:38 +0200: > > > > > > > > > Did you check that WOL was enabled? I need to re-activate it after each > > > > > boot (I guess that's normal, not sure though). > > > > > The output of "ethtool eth0" should show: > > > > > > > > > > Supports Wake-on: g > > > > > Wake-on: g > > > > > > > > > Yes, of course :) > > > > > > > > > Also, I remember a bugzilla entry in which it was said that the MAC was > > > > > somehow reversed by the driver. I that is still the case (I can't find > > > > > the bugzilla entry right now), you might just reverse the MAC address in > > > > > your WOL packet to workaround the bug. > > > > > > > > Hey! this is really crazy :) but it works! To bo honest - I really do > > > > not know what crazy bug could cause problems like this. I thought it's > > > > NIC thing to manage all the work about WOL. I thought OS only sets NIC > > > > into "WOL mode". > > > > > > > > But seeing this - one packet for windows and one magic packet for linux > > > > driver - I really do not get it. > > > > > > > > > > Are you saying that byte-reversing the MAC address make WOL work correctly? > > > > > > What tool do you use to send the packet, and how is it being invoked? > > > > > > Do we know if this reversal *always* happens with this driver, or only > > > sometimes? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > searching bugzilla was more succesful this time (somehow bugzillas hate > > me, so I need a bunch of tries every time), the bug I meant was #6604. > > > > The bugreport says that it should work with 0.57 though (which is in > > 2.6.18 AFAICT), I'll go and see if it works for me... > > ... 5 reboots later ... > > It still breaks with 2.6.18. > > Not touching WOL from Linux at all, rebooting and turning the box off > during POST, WOL works using the real MAC address. > > Booting 2.16.17.x or 2.6.18, turning on WOL and finally shutting down > the box, I need to send the WOL packet with the MAC address reversed. > Could I re-ask these questions? Are you saying that byte-reversing the MAC address make WOL work correctly? What tool do you use to send the packet, and how is it being invoked? Do we know if this reversal *always* happens with this driver, or only sometimes? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/