[Bug 218579] bge(4): Wake on Lan (WoL) does not work

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218579

--- Comment #42 from Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org> ---
(In reply to Michel Marcon from comment #41)

Actually, it is not erratic at all. But your tests have confirmed why I haven't
committed it yet. There is something lacking and I haven't discovered it yet.

Here are two scenarios: Your test:

1. halt -p.
2. Machine powers off.
3. WOL wakes the machine.
4. halt -p.
5. Machine appears to reboot.

It doesn't reboot, actually. It powers off but a second later it powers back on
again. You can tell by the sound of the CPU fan.

The second scenario:

1. halt -p
2. Machine powers off.
3. WOL wakes the machine.
4. Reboot (like after an installkernel or other reason).
5. halt -p.
6. WOL wakes the macihne.
7. halt -p.
8. Machine powers off.
9. WOL will work.

The difference is the reboot in the second scenario. This suggests that
something is missing from the patch to reset a bit in a bge(4) hardware
register to not wake it a second time. This could also be an ACPI issue. (HP
and Acer ACPI rely on WMI.)

This is the reason the patch hasn't been committed yet. If you remember to do a
scheduled reboot sometime after a WOL it will appear fine.

I will commit this patch when this last bug has been resolved.

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