Control: forcemerge 149564 1149790
Hi Rudolph,
On Sat, Oct 03, 2026 at 08:25:43AM +0200, Rudolph Bott wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 6.12.111-1
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> we have a bunch of exactly similar systems which were upgraded to the latest
> Debian Linux security patch (6.12.111+deb13). Since then we are
> observing NIC failures (bnxt_en) every few hours. It occurs both on
> systems under load and also on completely idle systems.
>
> The systems are using dual port "BCM57414 NetXtreme-E 10Gb/25Gb RDMA
> Ethernet Controller" and at some point one of the ports dies and several
> hours later the other port.
>
> Since these are Dell PowerEdge R6615 servers we have tried updating host
> firmware to the latest versions (including NIC, BIOS etc.) but that did
> not change anything (we now have a mix of different versions across the
> fleet, but all behave the same). What did help: downgrading the kernel
> to 6.12.107+deb13. Systems with the older kernel release are working
> stable.
>
> The problems usually start with messages like theese:
> kernel: bnxt_en 0000:c3:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT
> domain=0x000b address=0xf68cc000 flags=0x0000]
> kernel: bnxt_en 0000:c3:00.0 linkA: Abandoning msg {0x23 0x1335} len: 0 due
> to firmware status: 0x2000001
> kernel: bnxt_en 0000:c3:00.0 linkA: Abandoning msg {0xb4 0x1336} len: 0 due
> to firmware status: 0x2000001
> kernel: bnxt_en 0000:c3:00.0 linkA: hwrm req_type 0x23 seq id 0x1337 error 0xf
> kernel: bnxt_en 0000:c3:00.0 linkA: hwrm req_type 0xb4 seq id 0x1338 error 0xf
> kernel: bnxt_en 0000:c3:00.0 linkA: Abandoning msg {0x23 0x133e} len: 0 due
> to firmware status: 0x2000001
> kernel: bnxt_en 0000:c3:00.0 linkA: Abandoning msg {0xb4 0x133f} len: 0 due
> to firmware status: 0x2000001
>
> A complete log from one system is attached, as well as CPU/platform
> information. Also the entire boot log (from the affected kernel).
This is the same as #149564, so merging.
It would be great if you can check as well https://bugs.debian.org/1149564#42
Regards,
Salvatore
