[CentOS] Eth1 problem on CentOS-6.3

Wed Aug 15 13:06:03 UTC 2012
James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca>

Having replaced the suspect card and rebooted the host I see these
messages in /var/log/messages repeated over and over:

Aug 15 07:17:10 vhost01 ntpd[2044]: Listening on interface #62 eth1,
fe80::20a:cdff:fe1d:32e7#123 Enabled
Aug 15 07:17:10 vhost01 ntpd[2044]: Listening on interface #63 eth1,
192.168.216.41#123 Enabled
Aug 15 07:19:41 vhost01 lldpad[1836]: evb_ifdown:port eth1 remove failed
Aug 15 07:19:41 vhost01 lldpad[1836]: evb_ifdown:port eth1 remove failed
Aug 15 07:19:41 vhost01 lldpad[1836]: evb_ifdown:port eth1 remove failed
Aug 15 07:19:43 vhost01 ntpd[2044]: Deleting interface #62 eth1,
fe80::20a:cdff:fe1d:32e7#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0,
dropped=0, active_time=153 secs
Aug 15 07:19:43 vhost01 ntpd[2044]: Deleting interface #63 eth1,
192.168.216.41#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0,
active_time=153 secs
Aug 15 07:20:13 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1:
RTL8168d/8111d at 0xffffc9001258c000, 00:0a:cd:1d:32:e7, XID 081000c0
IRQ 30
Aug 15 07:20:13 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: jumbo
features [frames: 9200 bytes, tx checksumming: ko]
Aug 15 07:20:14 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: invalid
firwmare
Aug 15 07:20:14 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: unable to
load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw (-22)
Aug 15 07:20:14 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down
Aug 15 07:20:14 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down
Aug 15 07:20:14 vhost01 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not
ready
Aug 15 07:20:16 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up
Aug 15 07:20:16 vhost01 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link
becomes ready
Aug 15 07:20:20 vhost01 ntpd[2044]: Listening on interface #64 eth1,
fe80::20a:cdff:fe1d:32e7#123 Enabled
Aug 15 07:20:20 vhost01 ntpd[2044]: Listening on interface #65 eth1,
192.168.216.41#123 Enabled
Aug 15 07:28:14 vhost01 lldpad[1836]: evb_ifdown:port eth1 remove failed
Aug 15 07:28:14 vhost01 lldpad[1836]: evb_ifdown:port eth1 remove failed
Aug 15 07:28:14 vhost01 lldpad[1836]: evb_ifdown:port eth1 remove failed
Aug 15 07:28:16 vhost01 ntpd[2044]: Deleting interface #64 eth1,
fe80::20a:cdff:fe1d:32e7#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0,
dropped=0, active_time=476 secs
Aug 15 07:28:16 vhost01 ntpd[2044]: Deleting interface #65 eth1,
192.168.216.41#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0,
active_time=476 secs
Aug 15 07:29:27 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1:
RTL8168d/8111d at 0xffffc90012588000, 00:0a:cd:1d:32:e7, XID 081000c0
IRQ 30
Aug 15 07:29:27 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: jumbo
features [frames: 9200 bytes, tx checksumming: ko]
Aug 15 07:29:27 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: invalid
firwmare
Aug 15 07:29:27 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: unable to
load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw (-22)
Aug 15 07:29:27 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down
Aug 15 07:29:27 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down
Aug 15 07:29:27 vhost01 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not
ready
Aug 15 07:29:30 vhost01 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up
Aug 15 07:29:30 vhost01 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link
becomes ready
Aug 15 07:29:33 vhost01 ntpd[2044]: Listening on interface #66 eth1,
fe80::20a:cdff:fe1d:32e7#123 Enabled
Aug 15 07:29:33 vhost01 ntpd[2044]: Listening on interface #67 eth1,
192.168.216.41#123 Enabled
Aug 15 07:31:54 vhost01 lldpad[1836]: evb_ifdown:port eth1 remove failed
Aug 15 07:31:54 vhost01 lldpad[1836]: evb_ifdown:port eth1 remove failed
Aug 15 07:31:54 vhost01 lldpad[1836]: evb_ifdown:port eth1 remove failed
Aug 15 07:31:55 vhost01 ntpd[2044]: Deleting interface #66 eth1,
fe80::20a:cdff:fe1d:32e7#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0,
dropped=0, active_time=142 secs
Aug 15 07:31:55 vhost01 ntpd[2044]: Deleting interface #67 eth1,
192.168.216.41#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0,
active_time=142 secs


So, what is going on?  This host is the first one of two nearly
identically configured machines.  The second host does not report or
evidence any problem with its eth1.

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