From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Seth Forshee Subject: bnxt_en fails to initialize MAC address in Oracle cloud Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 09:58:19 -0500 Message-ID: <20180904145819.GD4251@ubuntu-xps13> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Michael Chan Return-path: Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:36173 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726172AbeIDTXu (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2018 15:23:50 -0400 Received: from mail-yw1-f72.google.com ([209.85.161.72]) by youngberry.canonical.com with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1fxCmc-0006X7-TR for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2018 14:58:22 +0000 Received: by mail-yw1-f72.google.com with SMTP id 1-v6so2866488ywd.9 for ; Tue, 04 Sep 2018 07:58:22 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: We got a bug report against Ubuntu about networking failing to come up in the Oracle cloud: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790652 This is with a kernel based on 4.18.5, and it has also been seen with a 4.17-based kernel. I'm not currently aware of any working kernel version. The driver seems to be getting an error response from the firmware when trying to set the MAC address. [ 2.437420] Broadcom NetXtreme-C/E driver bnxt_en v1.9.1 [ 2.449820] bnxt_en 0000:00:03.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): hwrm req_type 0xf seq id 0x5 error 0xffff [ 2.455610] bnxt_en 0000:00:03.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): VF MAC address 00:00:17:02:05:d0 not approved by the PF [ 2.461443] bnxt_en 0000:00:03.0: Unable to initialize mac address. [ 2.483531] bnxt_en: probe of 0000:00:03.0 failed with error -99 Let me know if there's more information you need, and we'll try to get it for you. Thanks, Seth