Warnings for "VPD access failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device" on busy systems on rhel-7.5

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The kernel log buffer is full of these warnings:

Jan 11 07:26:57  XXXXXX kernel: igb 0000:19:00.0: VPD access failed.  This is likely a firmware bug on this device.  Contact the card vendor for a firmware update
Jan 11 08:45:08 XXXXXX kernel: igb 0000:19:00.0: VPD access failed.  This is likely a firmware bug on this device.  Contact the card vendor for a firmware update
Jan 11 08:45:08 XXXXXX kernel: igb 0000:19:00.0: VPD access failed.  This is likely a firmware bug on this device.  Contact the card vendor for a firmware update

Environment

  • RHEL 7.5 and older

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