kern/83807: [sis] [patch] if_sis: Wake On Lan support for FreeBSD

[Edwin Mons]

The following reply was made to PR kern/83807; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Edwin Mons <freebsd at edwinm.ik.nu>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, Edwin Mons <freebsd at edwinm.ik.nu>, 
 freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: kern/83807: [sis] [patch] if_sis: Wake On Lan support for	FreeBSD
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:07:39 +0200

 Stefan Sperling wrote:
 > On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 11:08:01AM +0200, Edwin Mons wrote:
 >   
 >>  Will this feature ever be incorporated in mainstream FreeBSD?  I'm eagerly 
 >>  waiting for it to land in -CURRENT...
 >>     
 >
 > I have no idea.
 >
 > I haven't got much feedback on this patch, apart from one
 > or two people who sent me a quick thank you note :)
 >
 > So I have no idea how many people are actually using the patch.
 >
 > I know that:
 >
 > 	* if_sis and if_vr wake on lan support is very stable for me.
 > 	  I've been using this code for nearly 2 years now.
 >
 > 	* if_nve support has afaik never been tested (plus
 > 	  it's a binary blob driver and will apparently be
 > 	  replaced with OpenBSD's nfe driver soon.)
 >
 > I run a single 6.2 box here that I maintain the patch for.
 > I'd be happy to setup a -current box to port the patch to -CURRENT.
 >   
 
 I currently have one -CURRENT machine, and several 6.2-STABLE machines.  
 For at least two of them (the -CURRENT and an x86 -STABLE machine) I'd 
 really like to have WoL support, as these are my workstation and a home 
 server, both of them really do not need to be on all the time, but I 
 want to be able to reach them when I need a file from them when I'm 
 elsewhere.
 > I'd also be happy to add WOL support for more chipsets.
 > Adding support is relatively easy as long as another open source
 > OS (e.g. Linux) supports wake on lan for a chipset and even easier
 > if a good datasheet is available (as in case of if_sis).
 >   
 
 I usually use either if_em or if_xl chipsets, so I hoped landing this 
 code in at least -CURRENT (should go there first, I guess) would result 
 in more chipsets supported ;)
 
 > If anyone has a card that does wake on lan after shutdown from Linux
 > but not after shutdown from FreeBSD with my patch applied let me know.
 > You may need to use the ethtool utility to enable WOL on Linux.
 >   
 
 I don't run Linux on either machine.  Perhaps I could do some tests on 
 my workstation with a CD-based linux distribution.
 
 Edwin