Bug#690845: ethtool: incorrect WoL detection on Broadcom NX II rev < 12

2012-10-19 Thread Michael Chan
On Fri, 2012-10-19 at 02:30 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Teodor MICU reported that: > > On Broadcom NX II rev < 12 network interfaces it's not possible to activate > > WoL using 'ethtool' (it can only be done from the MBA Configuration Menu). > > > > However, even if "Pre-boot Wake On LAN" was e

Bug#690845: ethtool: incorrect WoL detection on Broadcom NX II rev < 12

2012-10-22 Thread Michael Chan
On Mon, 2012-10-22 at 10:52 +0300, Teodor MICU wrote: > 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 11) It is 5708 B1, and due to some hardware limitations, ethtool initiated WoL is not supported. Here's the code fragment in bnx2.c: if (

Bug#690845: ethtool: incorrect WoL detection on Broadcom NX II rev < 12

2012-10-22 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2012-10-22 at 15:54 -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > On Mon, 2012-10-22 at 10:52 +0300, Teodor MICU wrote: > > 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 > > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 11) > > It is 5708 B1, and due to some hardware limitations, ethtool initiated > WoL i

Bug#690845: ethtool: incorrect WoL detection on Broadcom NX II rev < 12

2012-10-22 Thread Michael Chan
On Tue, 2012-10-23 at 02:45 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Well we knew that much! Is the problem that the system firmware 'owns' > the WoL control registers so the host can't safely change them? Is it > possible to *read* the WoL configuration, if not to change it? It's a hardware problem and

Bug#690845: ethtool: incorrect WoL detection on Broadcom NX II rev < 12

2012-10-24 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2012-10-22 at 19:18 -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > On Tue, 2012-10-23 at 02:45 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > Well we knew that much! Is the problem that the system firmware 'owns' > > the WoL control registers so the host can't safely change them? Is it > > possible to *read* the WoL con