Why the NIC initialization fails with error 'netxen_nic: doorbell is disabled' ?

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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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