kernel panic at "exception RIP: iavf_get_coalesce+43"

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Issue

  • kernel panic at "exception RIP: iavf_get_coalesce+43"
  • BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000040
  • kernel panic with traces IP: [] iavf_get_coalesce+0x2b/0x70 [iavf]
  • kernel panic: RIP: iavf_get_coalesce+0x2b/0x70 [iavf]
  • kernel panic: exception RIP: __list_del_entry+0x2d
  • Seeing below messages:
    "i40e 0000:2b:00.0: The driver for the device detected a newer version of the NVM image v1.15 than expected v1.9. Please install the most recent version of the network driver."

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • i40e/iavf driver

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