From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-mm1 tg3 wake-on-lan oddity...
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:50:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <31913.1196200239@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:34:57 PST." <1196199297.7323.10.camel@dell>
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On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:34:57 PST, Michael Chan said:
> Ideally, the BIOS should modify the NVRAM's setting when it is changed.
> We will talk to Dell to get their opinion on this as this is very
> confusing to the user.
That would certainly explain what I'm seeing, and I can certainly wait
if the answer is indeed "Buggy BIOS, fixed in D820 A08 or A09 or whenever".
(If Dell cares, I'm at BIOS A07 already).
In the meantime, I just stuck an 'ethtool -s eth0 wol d' in /etc/rc.local
until a proper fix shows up.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-27 21:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-27 9:35 2.6.23-mm1 tg3 wake-on-lan oddity Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-11-27 16:04 ` Michael Chan
2007-11-27 19:51 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-11-27 21:34 ` Michael Chan
2007-11-27 21:50 ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
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