Mellanox Network Driver Bug Laser Wavelength
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-signed-hwe-5.13 (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Kernel Version 5.13.0 introduced a new bug. This bug was eventually fixed on Kernel Version 5.15.20.
This Bug causes Mellanox Networking Adapters to a lot of errors, when connected over fibre.
The standard laser wavelength of this transceivers is 850nm, with this error it increases to 22560nm and invalid information on "Vendor SN" etc.
Initial change on Kernel 5.13.0 -> https:/
Final fix on this Problem -> https:/
Applying this fix to Kernel 5.13.0 solves the problem.
We wrote an article on this matter with further details (in German) -> https:/
Would it be possible to backport that fix?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-image-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-
Architecture: amd64
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Date: Fri Mar 11 10:48:08 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-11 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 20.04.4 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20220223.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-signed-
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.