netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] alx: add disable

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Date:   Wed, 9 May 2018 10:40:13 +0800
From:   AceLan Kao <acelan.kao@...onical.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, James Cliburn <jcliburn@...il.com>,
        Chris Snook <chris.snook@...il.com>, rakesh@...era.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Emily Chien <emily.chien@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] alx: add disable_wol paramenter

Hi,

I didn't get any response around one month.
I'm still here hoping you can consider accepting the WoL patch.

Without that patch, people have no chance to bump into the issue and
have no chance to fix it.
Moreover, it leads to the dkms package be spreaded around, and it'll
become a more annoying issue when UEFI secure boot is enabled[1].
Please re-consider it to enable WoL again and set it to disable by default,
so that we/user have a chance to examine the feature and have a chance
to find out a read fix for it.
Thanks.

1. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61651

Best regards,
AceLan Kao.

2018-04-24 11:45 GMT+08:00 AceLan Kao <acelan.kao@...onical.com>:
> Hi,
>
> May I know the final decision of this patch?
> Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
> AceLan Kao.
>
> 2018-04-10 10:40 GMT+08:00 AceLan Kao <acelan.kao@...onical.com>:
>> The problem is I don't have a machine with that wakeup issue, and I
>> need WoL feature.
>> Instead of spreading "alx with WoL" dkms package everywhere, I would
>> like to see it's supported in the driver and is disabled by default.
>>
>> Moreover, the wakeup issue may come from old Atheros chips, or result
>> from buggy BIOS.
>> With the WoL has been removed from the driver, no one will report
>> issue about that, and we don't have any chance to find a fix for it.
>>
>> Adding this feature back is not covering a paper on the issue, it
>> makes people have a chance to examine this feature.
>>
>> 2018-04-09 22:50 GMT+08:00 David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:
>>> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
>>> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 14:39:10 +0200
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 07:35:14PM +0800, AceLan Kao wrote:
>>>>> The WoL feature was reported broken and will lead to
>>>>> the system resume immediately after suspending.
>>>>> This symptom is not happening on every system, so adding
>>>>> disable_wol option and disable WoL by default to prevent the issue from
>>>>> happening again.
>>>>
>>>>>  const char alx_drv_name[] = "alx";
>>>>>
>>>>> +/* disable WoL by default */
>>>>> +bool disable_wol = 1;
>>>>> +module_param(disable_wol, bool, 0);
>>>>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_wol, "Disable Wake on Lan feature");
>>>>> +
>>>>
>>>> Hi AceLan
>>>>
>>>> This seems like you are papering over the cracks. And module
>>>> parameters are not liked.
>>>>
>>>> Please try to find the real problem.
>>>
>>> Agreed.