Description of problem: Using cauldron shows errors in dmesg about every second. I'm also having other system performance issues that may or may not be related: 25973.544870] ixgbe 0000:29:00.0: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0x00598040 [25973.673123] ixgbe 0000:29:00.1: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0x00598040 [25975.592857] ixgbe 0000:29:00.0: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0x00598040 [25975.720839] ixgbe 0000:29:00.1: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0x00598040 [25977.640820] ixgbe 0000:29:00.0: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0x00598040 [25977.768839] ixgbe 0000:29:00.1: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0x00598040 [25979.688785] ixgbe 0000:29:00.0: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0x00598040 [25979.816779] ixgbe 0000:29:00.1: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0x00598040 [25981.736773] ixgbe 0000:29:00.0: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0x00598040 [25981.865167] ixgbe 0000:29:00.1: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0x00598040 [25983.785723] ixgbe 0000:29:00.0: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0x00598040 Note: I have working network access at 10G (only tried using 1 port), but don't know if the other basic features are working. I think the traditional installer is a non-issue here, strictly an issue of how to fix warnings/performance on the running system. Is building a dkms package for the Intel supplied ixgbe driver the correct approach, here? https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/14687/Intel-Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCIe-Intel-10-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Connections-Under-Linux- Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot up system 2. Use networking 3. Check dmesg
CC: (none) => friAssignee: bugsquad => kernel
There is probably something wrong with the firmware on that card. What system is this ? is it brand server/workstation like dell, hp, ... If so... check if they have released firmware updates for it. If it's a standalone card, check if there is new firmware on intel download pages. First after that would I be checking driver issues... I myself use both an X540-AT2 and an X520 without errors...
and does the network still work even with theese errors ? I see the intel download driver does not have the code bits that report firmware errors at all even if they added it to the kernel.org linux driver here: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/59dd45d550c518a2c297b2888f194633cb8e5700 I wonder if we should turn that error spamming into a debug-only error logging
also please provide logs, either dmesg or journal so we can se if there is any early bootup errors showing up