From: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:51:25 -0500
> The purpose of WOL is being able to turn on a system remotely, if it is > in a power-off or sleep state. > > So, if the system is -on- and the interface is down and/or driver is > unloaded, are you saying WOL is a problem somehow? Stephen is saying that if you down an interface, it should disable that WoL functionality. I guess you can argue that, like IP addresses, this WoL thing is an attribute of the "system". - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html