Bug#653179: [rt2x00-users] Fwd: linux-image-3.1.0-1-amd64: Can't switch off WoW option of RT5390 wi-fi card, notebook wakes on wi-fi activity
On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:39:03 +0400
pol kh <kh3095@yandex.ru> wrote:
> 05.01.2012, 18:46, "Jakub Kicinski" <kubakici@wp.pl>:
> > On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:48:32 +0400
> > pol kh <kh3095@yandex.ru> wrote:
> >
> >> Well, I tried the following:
> >>
> >> 1. Installed back preinstalled version of Windows 7 and gave my notebook to guarantee service. They returned it in one day, saying that WoW option were enabled. As I wrote earlier WoW can be managed under Win7 (in properties of Ralink card).
> >>
> >> 2. I had flashed cracked version of BIOS with unlocked advanced menus. Then I disable Wake on PME (PCI Power Management Enable wake up events). Well, now my notebook do not wakes (and from power off).
> >>
> >> Maybe installed version of Ralink card is a special modification for HP, or it is capable with some ACPI management?
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> kh
> >>
> >> 29.12.2011, 00:14, "Ivo Van Doorn" <ivdoorn@gmail.com>:
> >>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Gertjan van Wingerde
> >>> <gwingerde@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> On 12/28/11 08:56, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Am Sonntag, 25. Dezember 2011, 09:07:42 schrieb pol kh:
> >>>>>> I'd like to be able to manage WoW option on Ralink 5390 on my HP Pavilion
> >>>>>> dv6-6030er. WoW is enabled by default in BIOS, which is locked by vendor.
> >>>>>> So I can't switch it off. Using ethtool doesn't help, because driver can't
> >>>>>> hanlder with WoW. My notebook wakes on wi-fi activity when I'd like it to
> >>>>>> be asleep. I had sent a bug report to Debian GNU/Linux maintainers and got
> >>>>>> the following answer (below my bug report is attached):
> >>>>> this sounds really strange :). Unfortunately nobody is working on WoW support
> >>>>> for rt2x00 currently.
> >>>>>> Ivo, Gertjan, do we have any information yet how WoW for the ralink devices
> >>>>> is supposed to work? Since the WoW framework was already merged AFAIK it might
> >>>>> be a trivial thing to add ...
> >>>> No, I've never seen any information about this.
> >>>>
> >>>> A quick look at the Ralink legacy drivers also reveal that these do not
> >>>> contain any code for this, so it will be difficult to add support for
> >>>> this in rt2x00.
> >>> Even the specsheets don't contain any reference about WoW, so I really
> >>> can't say anything about it either.
> >>>
> >>> Ivo
> >
> > Please do not top-post.
> >
> > I took a quick glance at suspend code and it seems that rt2800pci is
> > not disabling radio before suspend. Am I right? Have you tried taking
> > interface down before suspend?
> >
> > -- Kuba
>
> OK, sorry!
>
> I haven't tried to take interface down before suspend or power off. I'll flash BIOS back and do some experiments next 2-5 days. Is there any other way to examine the question?
Actually I realized that what I just said was a nonsense and that
probably won't help you at all. I'll spend rest of the day sitting
quietly in the corner ;)
-- Kuba
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