hw_enable_wol(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 hw_enable_wol(9) 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the page is literally called hw_enable_wol — yes, that's the Wake-on-LAN one, the function that lets your NIC wake the whole machine up from sleep like it's the main character finally getting out of bed 🛌✨

✨ NAME ✨

hw_enable_wol — enable Wake-on-LAN 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void hw_enable_wol (struct ksz_hw *hw , u32 wol_enable , const u8
*net_addr );

no cap, that's the whole signature. three args, zero return value, she's a void queen 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — the hardware instance, like, the actual device we're doing all this on 💅
  • wol_enable — the Wake-on-LAN settings. this is the whole vibe check of how she's gonna wake up ⭐
  • net_addr — the IPv4 address that's assigned to the device 🦋

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so this routine is the one you call when you wanna enable Wake-on-LAN, and it does it depending on your driver settings — so the options you configured are lowkey the ones calling the shots here. it's giving "respect the config, periodt" 🔥

that's genuinely it. no drama, no hidden plot twists, she just turns the thing on 🌈

heads up bestie: the exact behaviour follows whatever your driver settings say, so don't come for me if it doesn't do the thing you imagined — check your settings first 💀

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ksz884x.c — that's the homegirl's whole house 🏠 plus, bestie, brace yourself, there's a whole squad of related manpages and I'm listing every single one because I would never do you dirty like that 😭

like, that's the whole friend group, and they all ate 💅✨

okay and for the cute sign-off: this little beauty ships out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel, stamped October 2026 — so mark your calendars bestie, she's timeless 🎀🦋💖

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