netdev - Re: WOL with flex filters, reflecting it in /sys

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Date:	Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:22:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Martin.Leisner@...ox.com
Cc:	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	martyleisner@...oo.com
Subject: Re: WOL with flex filters, reflecting it in /sys

From: "Leisner, Martin" <Martin.Leisner@...ox.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 13:55:03 -0700

> What I'm thinking of is a hierarchy in /sys/classes/net/<device>/wol/
> 
> wol/
>    /flex-filters
>       /0
>            data -- hex data to match
>            mask -- string of 1 and 0 -- if 1, the data is valid in the
> bit 
>                    position
>       ...
>       /n
> 	   data
>          mask
>   /wake_up_packet
>   /traditional --r/w (0/1)
>      /magic_packet
>      /arp
>      /unicast
>      /multicast
>      /broadcast
>      /phy

That's a pretty hairy interface for users to learn.  Are you
really sure this is nicer than adding this facility to ethtool? :-)
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