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linux-source-2.6.22 package

  1. Bug #160413
  2. Comment #90

Comment 90 for bug 160413

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In , mjnichol (mjnichol-linux-kernel-bugs) wrote :

Someone on the Ubuntu forum discovered that if you avoid bringing down the network interface when you shutdown, then WOL works perfectly. I have confirmed this.

For Ubuntu, he suggested removing the -i option from the halt and reboot commands in the appropriate scripts that are called on shutdown

For Fedora, if I edit /etc/rc5.d/S10network so that ifdown is not called on eth0 (the r8169 device on my P35 motherboard), then WOL works for me.

So, it seems that there's a bug in the part of the driver that is called when the interface is brought down that is either wiping out the WOL setting or somehow resetting the device such that the WOL functionality gets disabled. Hope this helps you figure out what is wrong with the driver.