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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:13:07 -0700 From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> To: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, martin.wilck@...fujitsu.com, john.r.fastabend@...el.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6] ixgbe: only enable WoL for magic packet by default On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 07:41, Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net> wrote: > Martin Wilck <martin.wilck@...fujitsu.com> reported that systems using > the ixgbe-driver that were capable of WoL were rebooting almost as soon > as they were shut down. This is because the default WoL settings > enabled magic packet, broadcast, unicast, and multicast. > > Other Intel devices seem to use the stored eeprom value for initial WoL > capabilities. The 82578DM (e1000e) and 82576 (igb) the devices I looked > at had only the magic packet enabled in the eeprom, so that seems > appropriate on ixgbe-based devices as well. I set the WoL options on my > 82578DM to be the same default as the ixgbe devices (umbg) and saw the > same as Martin -- almost as soon as my box shutdown, it booted again. > > This patch changes the default to only be the magic packet. This is the > same as the default for most Intel and non-Intel hardware currently > upstream. > > Signed-off-by: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net> > CC: Martin Wilck <martin.wilck@...fujitsu.com> > Thanks Andy! I have added the patch to my queue. -- Cheers, Jeff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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