netdev - Re: Wake on LAN doesn't work with r8169

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Date:	Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:02:09 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Lucas Nussbaum <lucas.nussbaum@...g.fr>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Wake on LAN doesn't work with r8169

Lucas Nussbaum <lucas.nussbaum@...g.fr> :
[...]
> If I modify my shutdown script to leave the interface up, WOL works.
> This is inconvenient, because most cards have the opposite behaviour
> (WOL usually works when the interface is put down).

You have a point (assuming ethtool is used to enable WOL).

> Since the driver explicitely mentions WOL in the suspend/resume code, I
> tried that too, but couldn't get the system to wake up using WOL. (has
> this been confirmed to work?)
> 
> The r8168 driver from Realtek has the same behaviour.
> 
> Any clues?

It has been confirmed to work, see:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9512

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Ueimor
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