Why the interface corresponding to Mellanox card did not came up at reboot ?

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Issue

  • The interface did not came and the corresponding Mellanox card is not seen in lspci output.
  • Below are the logs and error at the time of booting.
 kernel: mlx4_en: Mellanox ConnectX HCA Ethernet driver v1.4.2.2 (Nov 2009)
 kernel: mlx4_en 0000:07:00.0: Activating port:1
 kernel: mlx4_en: 0000:07:00.0: Port 1: Using 5 TX rings
 kernel: mlx4_en: 0000:07:00.0: Port 1: Using 9 RX rings
 kernel: mlx4_en 0000:07:00.0: Activating port:2
 kernel: mlx4_en: 0000:07:00.0: Port 2: Using 5 TX rings
 kernel: mlx4_en: 0000:07:00.0: Port 2: Using 9 RX rings
[...]
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0: Internal error detected:
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[00]: 00309cab
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[01]: 00000000
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[02]: 20080258
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[03]: 00000000
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[04]: 00309c78
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[05]: 82000004
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[06]: 1df54000
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[07]: 003bff90
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[08]: 000fb8dd
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[09]: 00000001
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[0a]: 00b00190
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[0b]: 00000000
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[0c]: 00000000
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[0d]: 00000000
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[0e]: 00000000
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0:   buf[0f]: 00000000
 kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:07:00.0 disabled
 kernel: mlx4_core: Initializing 0000:07:00.0
[...]
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0: command 0x7 failed: fw status = 0x1
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0: INIT_HCA returns -5
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0: INIT_HCA command failed, aborting.
 kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:07:00.0 disabled
 kernel: mlx4_core 0000:07:00.0: Reset failed (-5)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6
  • Mellanox network interface card.

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