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List:       netbsd-current-users
Subject:    Re: Re: Re: ex0 driver trouble in -current
From:       Feico Dillema <feico () pasta ! cs ! uit ! no>
Date:       2001-04-26 13:29:39
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On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 03:25:54PM +0200, Feico Dillema wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 05:06:21AM +0900, Masanori Kanaoka wrote:
> Hmmm, it does seem to work better. When I put the machine manually in
> standby mode (apm -S) it looses connectivity, but a keypress brings
> the network back up. Still have to test BIOS-initiated sleeps (which
> seem to be lighter standby/sleep-mode). 
Waking the machine up from BIOS initiated standby also restores
connectivity now... SO, at least it has well-defined behaviour now.
Still I'd prefer to be bale to put a machine in standby mode and be
able to login or use it remotely over the network:

> Still question remains whether
> on a desktop machine the network interface should go into power-save
> mode in the first place (and loose connectivity). Presonally, I'd
> prefer to see connectivity intact (at least for standby mode). You can
> always add ifconfig down to /etc/amd scripts if you want to...

Thanks for the patch...

Feico.

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