[coreboot] X60: ethernet LED still on when machine is powered off or suspended

Werner Zeh werner.zeh at gmx.net
Wed Oct 8 19:53:29 CEST 2014



Is it possible that NIC is left on due to Wake on LAN feature?
Is it enabled at all in your case?

Werner
Am 02.10.2014 um 06:45 schrieb Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli:
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 02:22:01 +0100
> The Gluglug <info at gluglug.org.uk> wrote:
>> Haven't tried it on factory.bin. Will let you know.
>>
>> i945 doesn't have ME/AMT, as far as I know.
> I remember reading about such things in intel datasheets.
>
> I remember (very vaguely) reading about the fact that i945 can have AMT,
> but that the "BIOS flash" has to be partitioned to allow that.
>
> I'm also unsure where would the AMT run, maybe in the NIC? In that case
> it may be able to fetch its firmware from a flash directly connected to
> the NIC, and it may have nothing to do with the BIOS flash, I really
> can't remember, sorry.
>
> In any case, all the lenovo i945 laptops that we have in coreboot are
> not setup for AMT.
>
> I should try to find the datasheets I was talking about, and document
> that since that question comes up way too often.
>
> Denis.
>
>




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