From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.22-rc4-git6] forcedeth: use unicast receive mode for WoL Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:15:26 -0400 Message-ID: <4679B50E.7080605@garzik.org> References: <20070614131638.1a5cef4c@mann-lx.eng.vmware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton To: Tim Mann Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:45622 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757335AbXFTXP2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:15:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070614131638.1a5cef4c@mann-lx.eng.vmware.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Tim Mann wrote: > I happened to notice that a system with an NVidia NIC using the > forcedeth driver won't wake-on-LAN if the interface was in promiscuous > mode when you power off. By experiment, it looks like > the hardware needs to have NvRegPacketFilterFlags set to > NVREG_PFF_ALWAYS|NVREG_PFF_MYADDR (i.e., receive unicast packets to my > address) in order for WoL to work. > > Jeff Garzik writes: "NVIDIA says the patch looks OK." I didn't venture > to insert a signed-off-by line with his name on it, though. > > Signed-off-by: Tim Mann applied to #upstream-fixes (2.6.22)