On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:44:13 -0800
Auke Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > It doesn't seem like a good idea for a network device to wake the system
> > if it is down.
> 
> before suspend existed this was the only useful case for WoL. Why does it not 
> seem a 
> good idea to wake up a machine that was shutdown (and thus the interface 
> `downed`) ?
> 
> Auke

Interestingly it looks like e100 is one of the ones that only wakes from 
suspend (not when down).


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