Recent content by equinox

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    some X520 NICs cause CPU USB to stop working once kernel loaded

    Well, sparing more back and forth, I fixed the issue! I first began by downloading version 29.0 of the intel preboot utility. After compiling the included driver (which required gcc-12, gcc and make) and running the utility (which i did on a live Ubuntu 20.04 without issue), I used it to...
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    some X520 NICs cause CPU USB to stop working once kernel loaded

    Something small that I could use help with as well, related to this, is how best to interact with / program the firmware on such cards. I have seen much online about an intel tool (that seems to only run on windows?) but also people talking about using ethtool or other such "userland" utilities...
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    some X520 NICs cause CPU USB to stop working once kernel loaded

    Hello everyone, my first post here after years of reading the main site :) I have encountered a truly baffling issue on my new server setup: The setup: I have two "virtually identical" servers, each with a Supermicro H12SSL-I motherboard, AMD Epyc 7302P, 128GB SKHynix RAM, and crucially, two...