Stephen Hemminger wrote:
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
It seems odd because that means you can never make a device fully deaf.
sure you can, just turn off WoL and e1000 will really shutdown (at least, I
hope :))
Auke
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