Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 836365
RHEL 6.2, bnx2x driver / netxtreme2 package broken on NetXtreme II BCM57711 10-Gigabit PCIe
Last modified: 2016-01-04 17:45:23 EST
Description of problem: RHEL 6.2 seems to have a regression in the bnx2x driver, or perhaps the problem was never fixed. The problem I'm having is described here: https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/ja/node/47669 I'm using the following hardware: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM57711 10-Gigabit PCIe When I attempt to insmod the bnx2x driver I get this in dmesg: === bnx2x: [bnx2x_leader_reset:9755(eth2)]Something bad had happen on engine 0! Aii! bnx2x: [bnx2x_open:12067(eth2)]Recovery flow hasn't been properly completed yet. Try again later. If you still see this message after a few retries then power cycle is required. === Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL 6.2, x86_64 How to reproduce: 1. Build system running RHEL 6.2 with one of these adapters. 2. Download the latest netxtrem2 package. I've tried both of these, the first from Redhat, the second directly from Broadcom: netxtreme2-7.0.36-1.x86_64.rpm netxtreme2-7.2.20-1.x86_64.rpm 3. rmmod any existing bnx2x driver, insmod the new one. 4. Run dmesg, see the error above. Notice that the NIC is unusable. ethtool shows that there is no link, ifconfig doesn't list the device as "UP."
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 836363 ***
I'm sorry, as a mere mortal I don't have access to this original bug 836363 - how can I get more details? two of my interfaces are failing like so on CentOS 6.x right now on a prod server in a faraway datacenter.. Can't even easily update linux/kernel as due to that I've lost internet connectivity because broadcom NIC doesn't initialize network. Interface works fine from Dell Lifecycle controller though.