System hangs at boot with error 'beiscsi_dev_probe-Failed to beiscsi_init_irqs'

Issue

• After installing the kernel 2.6.18-406.el5, system is failing to boot and shows following error messages on console. The same issue is not observed while booting up using old kernel 2.6.18-308.24.1.el5:

  GSI 32 sharing vector 0xC1 and IRQ 32
  ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:81:00.2[C] -> GSI 71 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
  be2iscsi 0000:81:00.2: setting latency timer to 64
  scsi7 : Emulex 10Gbe open-iscsi Initiator Driver
  IRQ handler type mismatch for IRQ 178
  
  Call Trace:
   [<ffffffff800bf2c4>] setup_irq+0x1b7/0x1cf
   [<ffffffff8833205d>] :be2iscsi:be_isr_msix+0x0/0x1e0
   [<ffffffff800bf38c>] request_irq+0xb0/0xd6
   [<ffffffff88331948>] :be2iscsi:beiscsi_dev_probe+0x8a4/0xc09
   [<ffffffff80166f06>] pci_device_probe+0x104/0x184
   [<ffffffff801d175a>] driver_probe_device+0x64/0xbc
   [<ffffffff801d1889>] __driver_attach+0x65/0xb6
   [<ffffffff801d1824>] __driver_attach+0x0/0xb6
   [<ffffffff801d104f>] bus_for_each_dev+0x43/0x6e
   [<ffffffff801d0c84>] bus_add_driver+0x76/0x110
   [<ffffffff80167222>] __pci_register_driver+0x51/0xa6
   [<ffffffff88345059>] :be2iscsi:beiscsi_module_init+0x59/0x97
   [<ffffffff800aa984>] sys_init_module+0xbd/0x206
   [<ffffffff8005d116>] system_call+0x7e/0x83
  
   host7: beiscsi_init_irqs-Failed toregister msix for i = 21
   host7: beiscsi_dev_probe-Failed to beiscsi_init_irqs
  (beiscsi_async_link_state_process():245):Link UP on Physical Port 0
  ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:81:00.2 disabled
  be2iscsi: probe of 0000:81:00.2 failed with error -16
  [...]
  
  IRQ handler type mismatch for IRQ 155
  [...]
   host8: beiscsi_init_irqs-Failed toregister msix for i = 10
   host8: beiscsi_dev_probe-Failed to beiscsi_init_irqs
  (beiscsi_async_link_state_process():245):Link UP on Physical Port 1
  ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:81:00.3 disabled
  be2iscsi: probe of 0000:81:00.3 failed with error -16
  NMI: IOCK error (debug interrupt?)