Ubuntu 20.04 HWE Kernel refuses to boot Intel E810-XXV NIC

[Philipp Albrecht]

Hi!

We are using Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS on 20 Dell PowerEdge R650 systems.

The systems are equipped with "Intel(R) Ethernet 25G 2P E810-XXV Adapter" network cards.
When using the 5.4 kernel (specifically we tested kernel 5.4.0-125-generic) the network card is working without issues.

When using the HWE kernel (specifically we tested kernel 5.15.0-47-generic) the system will only boot when the NIC has not been configured using netplan.
After configuring (and therefore enabling) the NIC in netplan, the system will hang at "Wait for network to be configured".

After waiting for some time other error messages also are being shown:
"INFO: task kworker xyz blocked for more than 120 seconds. Not tainted 5.15.0-46-generic"
Same for task systemd-network and systemd-udevd.

The NIC is using "ice" kernel driver:
root@metal020:/home/philippalbrecht# dmesg | grep -i ethernet
[ 5.085905] ice: Intel(R) Ethernet Connection E800 Series Linux Driver - version 0.8.1-k

I suspect there have been changes performed in that particular driver between 5.4 and 5.15 release.

If additional information is required I am happy to provide.

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[Trent Lloyd (lathiat)]

It would be great if you can do the following:
(1) Upload a copy of /etc/netplan

(2) Find out where it's stuck. Preferably generate and attach a kernel crashdump (https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/kernel-crash-dump) or perhaps the hung_task_panic=1 kernel option will cause it to print out where it's stuck if you can capture the full console history?

(3) Test the v5.19.5 Mainline build to see if that works as there have been a lot of ice driver fixes after 5.15 and would be good to know if this one is already fixed or not

Details: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds
Download: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.19.5/amd64/

Download and install these two files should suffice:
https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.19.5/amd64/linux-image-unsigned-5.19.5-051905-generic_5.19.5-051905.202208291036_amd64.deb
https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.19.5/amd64/linux-modules-5.19.5-051905-generic_5.19.5-051905.202208291036_amd64.deb

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[Trent Lloyd (lathiat)]

A bunch of fixes for this card have gone in. I'd make sure you are using the 5.15 HWE kernel on focal if anyone has issues with this card.

[Florian Klemenz (klelifo)]

I can confirm the issue.

Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS on DELL PowerEdge R650
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5.4.0-147-generic -> working
5.15.0-71-generic -> hangs at boot at "Starting Network Name Resolution..."