bnx2x driver crashing in RHEL 5.4 and earlier

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Occasionally the bnx2x driver crashes causing a loss of connectivity

    kernel: [bnx2x_wait_ramrod:6233(eth1)]timeout polling for state c0000 on IDX [0]kernel: [bnx2x_attn_int_deasserted2:2668(eth0)]FATAL HW block attention set2 0x20
    kernel: [bnx2x_attn_int_deasserted2:2669(eth0)]driver assert       kernel: [bnx2x_panic_dump:504(eth0)]begin crash dump -----------------
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 and earlier
  • kernels prior to 2.6.18-194.el5
  • Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM57711E 10Gigabit PCIe Ethernet Adapter

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