Can't see some NICs at boot with message, "hv_vmbus: probe failed for device"

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Issue

  • Can't see some NICs at boot with message, "hv_vmbus: probe failed for device".

Sample log on RHEL7:

kernel: hv_netvsc vmbus_16: net device safe to remove
kernel: hv_netvsc vmbus_16 (unregistered net_device): unable to add netvsc device (ret -110)
kernel: hv_vmbus: probe failed for device vmbus_16 (-110)
kernel: hv_netvsc: probe of vmbus_16 failed with error -110

Sample log on RHEL6:

kernel: hv_netvsc vmbus_0_15: eth0: timeout before we got a set response...
kernel: hv_netvsc vmbus_0_15: eth0: unable to open device (ret -110).

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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