Interface fails to initialize properly when driver is included in initramfs

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Interface fails to initialize properly when driver is included in initramfs, and something similar to the following seen

    [    3.395536] mlx5_0: failed to initialize device: ib0 port 1 (ret = -12)
    [    3.396569] mlx5_0: couldn't register ipoib port 1; error -12
    [    3.530726] mlx5_1, 1: ipoib_intf_alloc failed -12
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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