David Miller wrote:
From: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:51:25 -0500
The purpose of WOL is being able to turn on a system remotely, if it is
in a power-off or sleep state.
So, if the system is -on- and the interface is down and/or driver is
unloaded, are you saying WOL is a problem somehow?
Stephen is saying that if you down an interface, it should disable
that WoL functionality.
Many distros down the interface on poweroff, a state from which WOL is
often used, so we don't want this.
I guess you can argue that, like IP addresses, this WoL thing is an
attribute of the "system".
Yeah, it's definitely a system state. When the magic packet arrives,
the WOL wire on the motherboard is tickled, turning the machine on.
Jeff
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