This bug has been copied from bug #557974 and has been proposed to be backported to 5.4 z-stream (EUS).
Created attachment 389843 [details] rhel54z-e1000e-wol.patch Proposed patch against 5.4.z. I should have test results shortly.
Tested against 2.6.18-164.12.1.el5 and the attached patch works well.
in 2.6.18-164.13.1.el5
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html