Why the Broadcom NIC print the "PTP initialization failed" error log?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The NIC will show "PTP initialization failed" error during initialization in dmesg:
[    2.101311] bnxt_en 0000:12:00.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): PTP initialization failed.
[    2.253021] bnxt_en 0000:12:00.1 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): PTP initialization failed.
[    2.298159] bnxt_en 0000:13:00.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): PTP initialization failed.
[    2.346278] bnxt_en 0000:13:00.1 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): PTP initialization failed.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9
  • Before kernel-4.18.0-553.el8_10.x86_64
  • Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM57412 NetXtreme-E 10Gb

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