Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: forcedeth - WOL [SOLVED] | From | Martin Filip <> | Date | Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:37:45 +0200 |
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> > > I just took a peek at the code. > > > > > > The version on bugzilla (last attachment, comment #22), which was > > > reported to work correctly, has the MAC address reversal hardcoded. > > > The driver in 2.6.18 has some logic to detect if it should reverse the > > > MAC address. So it looks like a hardware oddity/bug that the driver > > > wants to fix but fails. I'll see what happens if I force address > > > reversal and if I can decipher anything, but probably someone else will > > > have to cast the runes... > > > > OK, please excuse me wasting your time, it's late over here... I've > > actually been looking at Linus' git tree (pulled yesterday) while > > writing that mail, not 2.6.18. > > 2.6.18 does _not_ contain the address reversal detection. > > Using the git tree instead of 2.6.18 WOL works as expected, without > > having to reverse the MAC address. > > > > hm, OK, thanks. Ayaz, do you think 5070d3408405ae1941f259acac7a9882045c3be4 is > a suitable thing for 2.6.18.x? Hi,
you never sleep guys, do you :) I've just tried patch from bugzilla. (here is version twaked to be usable with 2.6.18 http://www.smoula.net/download/forcedeth.c) and it looks like it's working correctly with correct ordered MAC.
-- Martin Filip e-mail: nexus@smoula.net ICQ#: 31531391 jabber: nexus@smoula.net www: http://www.smoula.net
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