On Tue 22/04, Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 04:43:51PM +0200, Alessandro DE LAURENZIS wrote: > > What you'd need is wol support for bge, like was done for some > other drivers. I believe your 'halt' workaround prevents bge_stop() > from being run which deliberately shuts down the card's receive logic. > The BIOS might enable WoL at system startup behind the driver's back > and it might be left enabled if bge_stop() doesn't run. > > I'd recommend getting a separate dedicated ethernet card for use > with WoL. Currently, these drivers support WOL in OpenBSD: > > nfe(4), re(4), vr(4), xl(4) > > More drivers might be added in the future but I'm not actively > working on this anymore. > > I wrote a diff for WoL support for bge(4) in 2011, see below. > For most bge chips enabling WOL might leave the machine vulnerable to > potential exploits of remote management features in the chip's firmware. > Remote management needs to be enabled for WoL to work and is probably > buggier than windows xp was at launch date (Theo was saying some of these > remote management systems embed MSDOS... Not sure if that was a joke but I > don't really want to know.) > > The bge chip version this implements WOL for should be safe > (no remote management) but I've been told this chip version is > very rare so I didn't bother committing the diff back then. > > I have no idea if this diff still applies cleanly to -current (it > probably won't) or whether it will make WoL work with your hardware. > Consider it an unsupported gift. > > Stay safe.
Hello Stefan, Your patch is still applicable to 5.4 stable (with only minor refinements), but unfortunately it doesn't change anything for this BGE chip... Do you think a PCMCIA Eth card with one of the mentioned chips could be a reasonable solution? I mean, my understanding is that the BIOS plays a role in WoL stuff, so I'm wondering if a PCMCIA will stay powered on even when the system is switched off, like the Ethernet port is supposed to be... All the best -- Alessandro DE LAURENZIS [mailto:just22....@gmail.com] LinkedIn: http://it.linkedin.com/in/delaurenzis
