> I have a system whose motherboard (Supermicro X5DP8-G2) comes > with a builtin Intel PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter > (82546EB). The system is running RedHat Linux kernel 2.4.18 > and the NIC driver is e1000 version 4.4.12. Get the update driver from sf.net/projects/e1000. 5.2.20 is the current version. There have been some WoL bug fixes since 4.4.12. > I am wondering if it is possible to disable WOL on this NIC. > From looking at the driver code, it's clear that the function > e1000_suspend() is the one that sets up the NIC for what it > should do in response to a WOL event. The driver writes WUC > and WUFC registers with a 0 and then calls > pci_enable_wake() for state 3 and 4 with a 0. However, this > does not seem to disable WOL. Namely, even if I force > execution of this code path, once the system shuts down and a > magic packet is sent to the NIC, the system will come up again. Use "ethtool -s eth<X> wol d" to disable wakeup on this interface. Looks like the EEPROM for this LOM is programmed to enable WoL on power-up. Verify with ethtool eth<x>. -scott - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
