BCM57711E NIC goes offline with error MDC/MDIO access timeout.
Issue
- bnx2x based BCM57711E NIC goes offline with following errors
bnx2x 0000:02:00.0: eth0: MDC/MDIO access timeout
bnx2x 0000:02:00.1: eth1: MDC/MDIO access timeout
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
- kernel-2.6.18-308.1.1.el5
- Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM57711E 10-Gigabit PCIe
- Broadcom 57710/57711/57712, 578XX chipsets
- bnx2x
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