Re: [Suspend-devel] Suspend and wake on lan

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

Hi,

On Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:50, Rob Walker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having some trouble getting wake on lan to work after the computer is 
> suspended.  Wake on Lan works if I shut down the computer normally (i.e. it 
> powers up again when I send the magic packet), but doesn't wake up when I 
> suspend the computer to disk and then send the magic packet.  I ensure that 
> wake on lan is enabled before suspending by running `ethtool -s eth0 wol g`.
> 
> The computer is an AMD Athlon, using a Gigabyte GA-71X motherboard with VIA 
> KT400 chipset.
> The on board network chip is a RealTek RTL8139, using the 8139too driver.
> 
> I've tried the kernel from debian testing (2.6.18) and a hand built 2.6.19.1 
> kernel, both with the same results.  
> 
> I've tried uswsusp and the in-kernel suspend, again both with the same 
> results.
> 
> Can you help?

Hm, not really, but I think the 8139too's suspend routine does something
that disables WOL.

Please try to contact the author/maintianer of the driver.

Greetings,
Rafael


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