Why the NIC initialization fails with error 'netxen_nic: doorbell is disabled' ?
Issue
- The four ports from the network card in a HP Proliant Server do not get recognised.
- While loading the driver following errors are generated
Feb 1 12:19:20 HOSTNAME kernel: netxen_nic 0000:09:00.0: 2MB memory map
Feb 1 12:19:20 HOSTNAME kernel: netxen_nic: doorbell is disabled
Feb 1 12:19:20 HOSTNAME kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:09:00.0 disabled
Feb 1 12:19:20 HOSTNAME kernel: netxen_nic: probe of 0000:09:00.0 failed with error -5
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
- HP Proliant DL360 G6
- Network Interface Card (Quad port) HP NC375T
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