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

Rafael J. Wysocki
2007-01-10T20:59:41Z

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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