This is the dmesg line with 4.15.0-34-generic (machine with 24 logical cores).
[ 3.743484] i40e 0000:67:00.0: Features: PF-id[0] VFs: 32 VSIs: 66 QP: 24 RSS FD_ATR FD_SB NTUPLE DCB VxLAN Geneve PTP VEPA I already tried it with mainline kernel 4.19-rc5, I have the same problems with this kernel version (but I won't add the tag yet, as this is not the latest v4.19 (rc6)). I also reported the bug to the "Intel Ethernet Drivers and Utilities" project: https://sourceforge.net/p/e1000/bugs/627/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1779756 Title: Intel XL710 - i40e driver does not work with kernel 4.15 (Ubuntu 18.04) Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in linux source package in Bionic: Triaged Bug description: Today Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Enablement Stacks has moved from the Kernel 4.13 to the Kernel 4.15.0-24-generic. On a "Dell PowerEdge R330" server with a network adapter "Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2" (driver i40e) the network card no longer works and permanently displays these three lines : [ 98.012098] i40e 0000:01:00.0 enp1s0f0: tx_timeout: VSI_seid: 388, Q 8, NTC: 0x0, HWB: 0x0, NTU: 0x1, TAIL: 0x1, INT: 0x1 [ 98.012119] i40e 0000:01:00.0 enp1s0f0: tx_timeout recovery level 11, hung_queue 8 [ 98.012125] i40e 0000:01:00.0 enp1s0f0: tx_timeout recovery unsuccessful To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1779756/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp