> > I'd think this could be in the form of some new dladm link properties --
 > > e.g., we already have a "powermode" property for WiFi.  If we really need
 > > to allow arbitrary WoL packets to be specified (rather than just having
 > > the user choose between a few well-known magic packet types), then the
 > > existing link property mechanism won't be sufficient.
 > 
 > It's typically implemented as a set of mask-and-compare arrays, so you
 > can set more or less arbitrary packets of interest.

But do most need that level of flexibility?  I would've expected a few
common magic packet types that we could enumerate by name as possible
values for a link property.

--
meem

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