[Regression] Intel em0 WoL fix from FreeBSD stable/15

[Phil]

Hi,

Following up on previous reports regarding the Intel em0 (82567LM-3) Wake-on-LAN breaking after a clean software shutdown on FreeBSD 14+ (previously tracked in closed GitHub issue #278: https://github.com/opnsense/src/issues/278), an upstream fix has just been merged in FreeBSD:

    FreeBSD Bug: 295443

    Commit: 46cf612d98e9 (e1000: Rework Wake-on-LAN policy and programming by Kevin Bowling, Aug 31, 2026)

    URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=295443

Since this commit fixes the PCH Sx workarounds and keeps the link powered while host wake is armed, is this patch scheduled to be included in an upcoming OPNsense release, and if so, when can we expect it?

Thank you for your amazing work on OPNsense!

Best regards

[franco]

It looks urgent, but not urgent enough to have actually met the 2 week time frame to be added to stable/15.  I'm watching the branch closely in the hope that it lands there before 26.7.5 needs to be pushed out.


Cheers,
Franco