I'm having the exact same behavior. Dell T300 server running Ubuntu 13.10. ( 3.11.0-15-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 9 18:17:04 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux)
eth0 fails, eth1 works flawlessly. 01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5722 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:165a] /var/log/kern.log:Jan 15 20:40:15 kernel: [ 78.704013] tg3 0000:01:00.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update. ethtool -i eth0 driver: tg3 version: 3.132 firmware-version: 5722-v3.08, ASFIPMI v6.02 bus-info: 0000:01:00.0 supports-statistics: yes A couple guys [here](http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=681089) having the same issue. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #681089 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=681089 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/961239 Title: 14e4:1648 Broadcom NIC (tg3) not working with DMA errors To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/961239/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs