Bug#1123591: reportbug: Kernel 6.17.11 "ixgbe"-driver broken (OEM Intel X540-AT2 card)

[Radostin Dimitrov <radostin.m.dimitrov@gmail.com>]

Hello, Bastian, Guys,

I followed your instructions to the letter and did the test without the nvidia driver (results attached, as requested).

Same unpredictable behaviour - sometimes the NIC would work for like 5 mins, other times for 20 mins (before detaching itself with "Adapter firmware error").

It works on Windows, hence I isolated this from being a hardware fault. As mentioned, it's been working for several years without issues.

On the UEFI topic - I am monitoring MSI's mobo page for upcoming updates. But you're wrong about the model - I am on "Edge Ti WiFi", not "Tomahawk",

if that would make a difference, of course. Let me know if you need further details and if I need to do other tests.

Thanks & Cheers ! 

On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> wrote:

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 07:35:44PM +0200, Radostin Dimitrov wrote:
> >> ipv6.disable=1 is unsupported.

I still see this,

> >> > ** Tainted: OE (12288)
> >> >  * externally-built ("out-of-tree") module was loaded
> >> >  * unsigned module was loaded
> >> You have proprietary modules loaded.  Does it also fail without?

And nvidia loaded.

Anyway, please update the firmware.
https://de.msi.com/Motherboard/MAG-X870E-TOMAHAWK-WIFI/support shows
2.A91, while your system reports 1.A61.

You've run into broken firmware, I would say.  The whole network card
does not get any memory for the queues assigned:

> [    0.265921] pci 0000:04:04.0: bridge window [mem size 0x00900000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265922] pci 0000:04:04.0: bridge window [mem size 0x00900000 64bit pref]: failed to assign
> [    0.265923] pci 0000:04:04.0: bridge window [mem size 0x00900000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265924] pci 0000:04:04.0: bridge window [mem size 0x00900000 64bit pref]: failed to assign
> [    0.265926] pci 0000:04:00.0: PCI bridge to [bus 05]
> [    0.265936] pci 0000:06:00.0: BAR 0 [mem size 0x00200000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265937] pci 0000:06:00.0: BAR 0 [mem size 0x00200000 64bit pref]: failed to assign
> [    0.265938] pci 0000:06:00.1: BAR 0 [mem size 0x00200000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265939] pci 0000:06:00.1: BAR 0 [mem size 0x00200000 64bit pref]: failed to assign
> [    0.265940] pci 0000:06:00.0: BAR 4 [mem size 0x00004000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265941] pci 0000:06:00.0: BAR 4 [mem size 0x00004000 64bit pref]: failed to assign
> [    0.265942] pci 0000:06:00.0: VF BAR 0 [mem size 0x00100000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265943] pci 0000:06:00.0: VF BAR 0 [mem size 0x00100000 64bit pref]: failed to assign
> [    0.265944] pci 0000:06:00.0: VF BAR 3 [mem size 0x00100000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265945] pci 0000:06:00.0: VF BAR 3 [mem size 0x00100000 64bit pref]: failed to assign
> [    0.265946] pci 0000:06:00.1: BAR 4 [mem size 0x00004000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265947] pci 0000:06:00.1: BAR 4 [mem size 0x00004000 64bit pref]: failed to assign
> [    0.265948] pci 0000:06:00.1: VF BAR 0 [mem size 0x00100000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265949] pci 0000:06:00.1: VF BAR 0 [mem size 0x00100000 64bit pref]: failed to assign
> [    0.265950] pci 0000:06:00.1: VF BAR 3 [mem size 0x00100000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265951] pci 0000:06:00.1: VF BAR 3 [mem size 0x00100000 64bit pref]: failed to assign
> [    0.265952] pci 0000:06:00.0: BAR 0 [mem size 0x00200000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265953] pci 0000:06:00.0: BAR 0 [mem size 0x00200000 64bit pref]: failed to assign
> [    0.265954] pci 0000:06:00.1: BAR 0 [mem size 0x00200000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265955] pci 0000:06:00.1: BAR 0 [mem size 0x00200000 64bit pref]: failed to assign
> [    0.265956] pci 0000:06:00.0: BAR 4 [mem size 0x00004000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265957] pci 0000:06:00.0: BAR 4 [mem size 0x00004000 64bit pref]: failed to assign
> [    0.265958] pci 0000:06:00.1: BAR 4 [mem size 0x00004000 64bit pref]: can't assign; no space
> [    0.265959] pci 0000:06:00.1: BAR 4 [mem size 0x00004000 64bit pref]: failed to assign

Bastian

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