"Cannot issue commands" messages and hang when initialising be2net NIC
Issue
- When network interfaces are brought online during boot, the system hangs while bringing up eth0/em1 or similar. The following messages are printed to the console:
be2net 0000:04:00.0: Error in Card Detected! Cannot issue commands
be2net 0000:04:00.0: Error in Card Detected! Cannot issue commands
- The console may then show a hung task, blocked for more than 120 seconds. The call trace is:
__mutex_lock_slowpath
linkwatch_event
mutex_lock
rtnl_lock
linkwatch_event
worker_thread
autoremove_wake_function
worker_thread
kthread
child_rip
kthread
child_rep
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
- HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8
- HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB FlexLOM (Emulex, be2net)
- HP LPe1205A-HP 8Gb FC HBA (Emulex, lpfc)
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