Oracle Sun Fire X4470 Product Notes page 42

Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Oracle VM Known Issues
Bug ID
15606277
15608084
42 Sun Fire X4470 Server Product Notes • September 2018
Description
Workaround:
For SLES 10 SP3:
Add the parameter as a boot argument to the kernel. To add the argument automatically
pci=noaer
at every boot, edit the GRUB boot loader configuration file /boot/grub/menu.lst. Add
to the kernel line of the default boot title. For example:
title SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz pci=noaer root=/dev/disk/byid/ata-
SEAGATE_ST95000NSSUN500G_0931M110L1_9SP110L1-part3 load_ramdisk=1 noresume showopts
initrd /boot/initrd
For SLES 11:
This issue has been addressed with an SLES 11 kernel update available from Novell. Refer to the
Novell Documentation Administration Guide for information on obtaining updates using YaST
Online Updater or use Novell patch finder at
m1x4_core Driver for InfiniBand Fails to Load or Defaults to Single Pin Interrupt
Issue:
InfiniBand I/O devices using the mlx4_core driver and MSI-X interrupts might cause the driver to
not load or to only load using IO-APIC interrupts.
Affected Operating System:
■ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11
Workaround:
Install the SLES 11 kernel and OFED package update available from Novell. Refer to the Novell
Documentation Administration Guide for information on obtaining updates using YaST Online
Updater or use Novell patch finder at
Error Messages Logged About Loading InfiniBand EHCA Driver
Issue:
If the OFED package group is installed, the system generates benign error messages about loading
the InfiniBand EHCA driver. The errors are logged because the supported InfiniBand I/O device does
not use the EHCA driver.
Affected Operating System:
■ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11
Workaround:
http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/
http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/
pci=noaer