WARNING: bnxtnet: uplink_rxq_alloc_with_attr:579: [vmnic# : 0x4522582b4000] Failed...unsupported feature 0x40

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Below warning is seen repeatedly in vmkernel.log

WARNING: bnxtnet: uplink_rxq_alloc_with_attr:579: [vmnic# : 0x4522582b4000] Failed...unsupported feature 0x40

Environment

7.x

Cause

The bnxtnet driver does not support allocating queue with feature VMK_UPLINK_QUEUE_FEAT_LATENCY.  There is no performance impact just the message spam in the kernel log.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in esxi patch 7.0 P10 (ESXi 7.0U3v 24723872).