[Intel-wired-lan] ixgbe: "Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0xFFFFFFFF"

Ben Greear greearb at candelatech.com
Sat Jan 25 05:45:24 UTC 2020


I don't even know how to update firmware on the 10G NIC.

It happened once, reboot made the problem go away, so it's mostly
just a curiosity at this point.

Thanks,
Ben

On 01/24/2020 04:55 PM, Fujinaka, Todd wrote:
> Was the firmware updated or edited somehow?
>
> Or is this a card that's been running and started randomly generating errors?
>
> Todd Fujinaka
> Software Application Engineer
> Datacenter Engineering Group
> Intel Corporation
> todd.fujinaka at intel.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces at osuosl.org> On Behalf Of Ben Greear
> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2020 11:31 AM
> To: intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] ixgbe: "Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0xFFFFFFFF"
>
> Hello,
>
> Anyone know what this problem means?
>
> # dmesg|grep ixg
> [    3.840480] ixgbe: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver - version 5.1.0-k
> [    3.840481] ixgbe: Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Intel Corporation.
> [    4.535677] ixgbe 0000:01:00.0: Multiqueue Enabled: Rx Queue count = 8, Tx Queue count = 8 XDP Queue count = 0
> [    4.633347] ixgbe 0000:01:00.0: 31.504 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth (8 GT/s x4 link)
> [    4.745337] ixgbe 0000:01:00.0: MAC: 4, PHY: 0, PBA No: H86377-005
> [    4.745338] ixgbe 0000:01:00.0: 9c:69:b4:60:e4:a6
> [    4.904379] ixgbe 0000:01:00.0: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit Network Connection
> [    4.904413] libphy: ixgbe-mdio: probed
> [    5.610158] ixgbe 0000:01:00.1: Multiqueue Enabled: Rx Queue count = 8, Tx Queue count = 8 XDP Queue count = 0
> [    5.709523] ixgbe 0000:01:00.1: 31.504 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth (8 GT/s x4 link)
> [    5.823067] ixgbe 0000:01:00.1: MAC: 4, PHY: 0, PBA No: H86377-005
> [    5.823071] ixgbe 0000:01:00.1: 9c:69:b4:60:e4:a7
> [    5.986413] ixgbe 0000:01:00.1: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit Network Connection
> [    5.986444] libphy: ixgbe-mdio: probed
> [    5.987671] ixgbe 0000:01:00.0 enp1s0f0: renamed from eth0
> [    5.995744] ixgbe 0000:01:00.1 enp1s0f1: renamed from eth1
> [   10.086982] ixgbe 0000:01:00.0 eth2: renamed from enp1s0f0
> [   10.098434] ixgbe 0000:01:00.1 eth3: renamed from enp1s0f1
> [   30.868089] ixgbe 0000:01:00.0: registered PHC device on eth2
> [   31.327796] ixgbe 0000:01:00.1: registered PHC device on eth3
> [   47.567801] ixgbe 0000:01:00.0: Adapter removed
> [   47.571172] ixgbe 0000:01:00.0: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0xFFFFFFFF
> [   47.571188] ixgbe 0000:01:00.0: Firmware recovery mode detected. Limiting functionality. Refer to the Intel(R) Ethernet Adapters and Devices User Guide for
> details on firmware recovery mode.
> [   47.588245] ixgbe 0000:01:00.0: removed PHC on eth2
> [   48.056546] ixgbe 0000:01:00.1: Adapter removed
> [   48.059916] ixgbe 0000:01:00.1: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0xFFFFFFFF
> [   48.059932] ixgbe 0000:01:00.1: Firmware recovery mode detected. Limiting functionality. Refer to the Intel(R) Ethernet Adapters and Devices User Guide for
> details on firmware recovery mode.
> [   48.076589] ixgbe 0000:01:00.1: removed PHC on eth3
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>

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Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com


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