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 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.
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Gertjan
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