Re: startup options
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 02:52:21PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: > Stefan Sperling wrote: > > That page pretty much summarises the state of affairs, yes. > > > > Basically, you need a VIA-based ethernet card card (vr driver) > > and -CURRENT, or a vr card with 7.0 and patches from here: > > http://www.stsp.name/wol/FreeBSD-8-CURRENT-wol-backported-to-7.0/ > > All of those. Except the patch for pxe.c, that's there by accident. > > > > If you don't have a vr card, you will likely need to do some > > hacking. Follow the links from the wiki page for more information. > > > > > trouble% cd sys/dev/ > trouble% grep -l IFCAP_WOL */*.c > age/if_age.c > jme/if_jme.c > re/if_re.c > stge/if_stge.c > vr/if_vr.c > > So 5 drivers right now support WOL. Jack said em had support a while > back but he seems to have not hooked it up. Nice! I'll update the wiki page accordingly. What's with if_sis? Isn't it in yet because my patch only supports the NatSemi variant? (I have no idea whether the other variants work alike or not.) Stefan ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: startup options
Stefan Sperling wrote: On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:00:25PM +0100, Vincent Hoffman wrote: Chuck Robey wrote: I was wondering if it was possible, with a machine that has about 2 year old dual AMD64 processors and an up-to-date AMI BIOS, to get the machine to be able to start up from a power shutdown, after some sort of a network signal? If it might be possible, could you maybe put me onto the path of whatever info there might be on that subject? Wake on LAN is I believe a work in progress. http://wiki.freebsd.org/WakeOnLan its not an area I have much knowledge of though so other might be able to help more. That page pretty much summarises the state of affairs, yes. Basically, you need a VIA-based ethernet card card (vr driver) and -CURRENT, or a vr card with 7.0 and patches from here: http://www.stsp.name/wol/FreeBSD-8-CURRENT-wol-backported-to-7.0/ All of those. Except the patch for pxe.c, that's there by accident. If you don't have a vr card, you will likely need to do some hacking. Follow the links from the wiki page for more information. trouble% cd sys/dev/ trouble% grep -l IFCAP_WOL */*.c age/if_age.c jme/if_jme.c re/if_re.c stge/if_stge.c vr/if_vr.c So 5 drivers right now support WOL. Jack said em had support a while back but he seems to have not hooked it up. Sam ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: startup options
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:00:25PM +0100, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > Chuck Robey wrote: > > I was wondering if it was possible, with a machine that has about 2 > > year old > > dual AMD64 processors and an up-to-date AMI BIOS, to get the machine > > to be able > > to start up from a power shutdown, after some sort of a network signal? > > > > If it might be possible, could you maybe put me onto the path of > > whatever info > > there might be on that subject? > Wake on LAN is I believe a work in progress. > http://wiki.freebsd.org/WakeOnLan > its not an area I have much knowledge of though so other might be able > to help more. That page pretty much summarises the state of affairs, yes. Basically, you need a VIA-based ethernet card card (vr driver) and -CURRENT, or a vr card with 7.0 and patches from here: http://www.stsp.name/wol/FreeBSD-8-CURRENT-wol-backported-to-7.0/ All of those. Except the patch for pxe.c, that's there by accident. If you don't have a vr card, you will likely need to do some hacking. Follow the links from the wiki page for more information. Stefan ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: startup options
Chuck Robey wrote: > I was wondering if it was possible, with a machine that has about 2 > year old > dual AMD64 processors and an up-to-date AMI BIOS, to get the machine > to be able > to start up from a power shutdown, after some sort of a network signal? > > If it might be possible, could you maybe put me onto the path of > whatever info > there might be on that subject? Wake on LAN is I believe a work in progress. http://wiki.freebsd.org/WakeOnLan its not an area I have much knowledge of though so other might be able to help more. Vince ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
