netdev - Re: [PATCH] e100: Don't enable WoL by default on Toshiba devices

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Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2015 06:53:41 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e100: Don't enable WoL by default on Toshiba devices

On Thu, 2015-01-15 at 14:40 +0100, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> On Thursday 13 November 2014, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > On Wed, 2014-11-12 at 18:18 -0500, David Miller wrote:
> > > From: Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
> > > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:47:25 +0100
> > >
> > > > Enabling WoL on some Toshiba laptops (such as Portege R100)
> causes
> > > > battery drain after shutdown (WoL is active even on battery).
> These
> > > > laptops have the WoL bit set in EEPROM ID, causing e100 driver
> to
> > > > enable WoL by default.
> > > >
> > > > Check subsystem vendor ID and if it's Toshiba, don't enable WoL
> by
> > > > default from EEPROM settings.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/110784
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
> > >
> > > Jeff, are you gonna pick this up?
> >
> > Yes, sorry I did not catch it earlier.
> 
> What happened to this patch? I don't see it in net.git or
> net-next.git 
> (checked both davem's and jkirsher's)

Sorry, I thought I had replied with a NAK on this patch after further
review of the changes.

We don't fix BIOS issues in the driver especially regarding feature
enablement like WoL.  We would end up with dozens of these kinds of fixes
if we to allow this.

You should go back to the OEM and ask for a BIOS update to resolve this or
configure udev so that ethtool disables WoL.  


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