bnx2x driver crashing in RHEL 5.4 and earlier
Issue
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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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