Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:22:59 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] sleepy linux |
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Pavel Machek wrote: > > Yep... for the first version, I'll be very happy if it autosleeps when > I'm traveling by bus or something. Working with ethernet plugged in is > quite a distant goal. > > (But I guess some cleverness could be done on the router or > something. Automagically converting "interesting" packets into WoL > enabled ones, or...?) > Pavel
You've just eliminated 90%+ of the available Ethernet infrastructure.
However, there may be Ethernet controllers which can do something smart with incoming packets, and perhaps more importantly, we can always write a spec and try to push it to Intel, Broadcom, Realtek and Nvidia.
-hpa
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