[ACPI] Re: Pattern Match wake-up for wake-on-LAN NIC

[Stefan S. <se...@gm...>]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 04:27:50PM -0500, Chamara Gunaratne wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to figure out how the pattern-based wake-up in ACPI compatible 
> network devices work. I am using an Intel PRO 1000 MT card and it wakes up 
> the PC correctly for Magic Packets and IP address directed packets. How 
> does pattern matching work in ACPI and what kind of information and 
> parameters do I need to give if I need to get the PC to wake-up on a 
> specific pattern ?

ACPI has nothing to do with this. The only thing you can probably control
using ACPI is _if_ your network card will wake up the machine or if it won't.
The matching of the magic packet against the MAC etc is done by the card,
not by ACPI.
-- 
Stefan Seyfried