[ltp] Network card always ON

James Knott linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:22:39 -0500


Jerome Poggi wrote:
> last days I discover that whem my T42 and T41 is in sleep mode (acpi S3)
> the network card is always power on. I see it because I plug an ethernet
> cable and see the two leds blinking.
> I use 2.6.11rc5 with software suspend 2.1.7.2 and radeonstuff patch.
> 
> Did anybody see it also ?

That's normal, to allow "wake on lan", where sending a "magic packet" 
turns on the computer.  It may even work, when the computer is turned off.