Holger Macht wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently looking for a place to integrate Wake On LAN > capabilities/enablement. As a logical result, NetworkManager came to my > mind. > > When talking about Wake On LAN, I'm talking about the functionality > ethtool provides, and about the network drivers which implement ethtool > support. I've already created a proof-of-concept patch. The current work > is based on NetworkManager-0.6.5, just because it's the most recent stable > release. > > I've added three new D-Bus methods: > > getWakeOnLanEnabled > getWakeOnLanSupported > setWakeOnLanEnabled > > So this mail is not a "please commit", but rather a question if it makes > sense to integrate into NetworkManager at all. The other possibility would > be to add to HAL if it doesn't fit into the NetworkManager concept. > > Comments? > > - Holger
I won't comment on the patch itself (I haven't looked it over yet here) but I am wondering exactly what you mean - assuming the laptop is asleep/off NM won't be running/active to catch the WOL signal - or is this supposed to send it to another machine? I admit I am not familiar with the ethtool and what it does wrt WOL (and only have 1 machine that support WOL afaik) but I would think this is something that would be more suited for hal, or a persons bios (in fact, as far as I knew, it has to be enabled in bios - but I know I am not the most knowledgeable person, and I am always willing to learn!) _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
