Comment 112 for bug 160413

(In reply to comment #60)
> @Bruno: are you 100% sure that you are using the patched driver? (have you
> changed the version string to make sure that you load the correct driver?)
> If you use an initrd, you need to change the driver in it too (I ran into
> this).
I'm not using an initrd and the driver is built-in.
I'm pretty sure I didn't forget to copy the built kernel image and rerun lilo before rebooting.

Anyhow, I've just sent 2 patches which make 2 out of the 3 manual steps obsolete and hopefully would make WoL work not only for me.

The patches are at:
  http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2008/10/4/3508494
    http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2008/10/4/3508504
    http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2008/10/4/3508484

Maybe the shutdown handler in François Romieu's series will fill the missing part for shutdown I mention in the email...