On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> epiq wrote:
> > How i can use Suspend and Wake-on-LAN features in my Opensolaris?
> > I can?t find this features in gnome power management utility.
> > epiq at tagra:~# uname -a
> > SunOS tagra 5.11 snv_101b i86pc i386 i86pc
> >
> My understanding for now is that it requires custom support in the
> device drivers, and BIOS. I don't know which drivers support
> Wake-On-LAN right now. To set it up properly may require additional
> support in your network infrastructure (such as system that can send
> wake-up packets on the same ethernet segment). Unless you already have
> it working with other systems on your network, I would discourage (for
> now) you from trying to use it with OpenSolaris.
>
> -- Garrett
Magic packet WOL *may* work on some drivers if enabled by BIOS. It
does seem to work on e1000g drivers, and used to work on bge (the
driver changed somewhere between snv88 and snv97 to cause it to stop
working, but I havn't chased this down yet). Results may vary, but
there will not be a knob of any kind in OpenSolaris. If you have
enabled WOL in the BIOS and it doesn't work (Magic Packet only), you
may file a low-priority bug against MP-WOL for that driver.
Interesting packet WOL is not supported of any sorts, as it requires
driver changes and an API to enable/configure it (under consideration,
but currently a low-priority item). Note also, for there to be a knob
in OpenSolaris (GPM or elsewhere), this would also require this API.
---- Randy
