Soft lockups when loading nx_nic driver

Issue

• Unable to load the nx_nic driver:

Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 10s! [modprobe:1595]
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: CPU 1:
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: Modules linked in: sg bnx2 ide_cd e1000e nx_nic(U) pcspkr cdrom shpchp serio_raw dm_snapshot dm_zero dm_mirror dm_mod lpfc scsi_transport_fc ata_piix libata cciss sd_mod scsi_mod ext3 jbd uhci_hcd ohci_hcd ehci_hcd
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: Pid: 1595, comm: modprobe Tainted: G      2.6.18-92.el5 #1
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8000c682>]  [<ffffffff8000c682>] __delay+0x8/0x10
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff81103885dcb0  EFLAGS: 00000297
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: RAX: 0000000089ab369b RBX: ffff81103fedc500 RCX: 00000000899c167a
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: RDX: 000000000000008f RSI: 000000000820233c RDI: 00000000002cc01c
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: RBP: 0000000000000006 R08: 0000000001f00000 R09: 0000000000000000
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffff81103fedc000 R12: ffffffff8014aba1
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: R13: 0000000000000286 R14: 0000000000000286 R15: 0000000000000000
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: FS:  00002b7510bbd240(0000) GS:ffff81103ff097c0(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: CR2: 00002ae22128d0a0 CR3: 0000001038834000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: 
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: Call Trace:
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff881f121b>] :nx_nic:receive_peg_ready+0xa4/0x13c
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff881f7e36>] :nx_nic:nx_start_firmware+0x359/0x385
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff881fae6e>] :nx_nic:unm_nic_probe+0xf30/0x1a88
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff80046f03>] sprintf+0x51/0x59
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff8014f559>] pci_device_probe+0x100/0x180
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff801af29b>] driver_probe_device+0x52/0xaa
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff801af3ca>] __driver_attach+0x65/0xb6
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff801af365>] __driver_attach+0x0/0xb6
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff801aecdc>] bus_for_each_dev+0x43/0x6e
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff801ae922>] bus_add_driver+0x7e/0x130
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff8014f731>] __pci_register_driver+0x4b/0x6c
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff8822d204>] :nx_nic:unm_init_module+0x204/0x22d
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff800a3dd0>] sys_init_module+0xaf/0x1e8
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel:  [<ffffffff8005d116>] system_call+0x7e/0x83
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: 
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: nx_nic[eth%d]: Receive Peg initialization not complete: 0x0.
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:1f:00.0 disabled
Aug 12 17:21:04 hostname kernel: nx_nic: probe of 0000:1f:00.0 failed with error -5