Hi, I?m trying to get SR-IOV working with my two port Intel 10G NIC: ix0 at pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x15ad15d9 chip=0x15ad8086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T' class = network subclass = ethernet ix1 at pci0:3:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x15ad15d9 chip=0x15ad8086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T' class = network subclass = ethernet with this iovctl config: # cat /etc/iovctl_ix1.conf PF { device: "ix1"; num_vfs: 4; } I get 4 PCI devices created: none57 at pci0:3:0:129: class=0x020000 card=0x15ad15d9 chip=0x15a88086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Ethernet Connection X552 Virtual Function' class = network subclass = ethernet none58 at pci0:3:0:131: class=0x020000 card=0x15ad15d9 chip=0x15a88086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Ethernet Connection X552 Virtual Function' class = network subclass = ethernet none59 at pci0:3:0:133: class=0x020000 card=0x15ad15d9 chip=0x15a88086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Ethernet Connection X552 Virtual Function' class = network subclass = ethernet none60 at pci0:3:0:135: class=0x020000 card=0x15ad15d9 chip=0x15a88086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Ethernet Connection X552 Virtual Function' class = network subclass = ethernet But the driver fails to attach with following errors: ixv0: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Virtual Function Network Driver> at device 0.129 on pci4 ixv0: ...reset_hw() failure: Reset Failed! ixv0: IFDI_ATTACH_PRE failed 5 device_attach: ixv0 attach returned 5 ixv0: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Virtual Function Network Driver> at device 0.131 on pci4 ixv0: ...reset_hw() failure: Reset Failed! ixv0: IFDI_ATTACH_PRE failed 5 device_attach: ixv0 attach returned 5 ixv0: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Virtual Function Network Driver> at device 0.133 on pci4 ixv0: ...reset_hw() failure: Reset Failed! ixv0: IFDI_ATTACH_PRE failed 5 device_attach: ixv0 attach returned 5 ixv0: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Virtual Function Network Driver> at device 0.135 on pci4 ixv0: ...reset_hw() failure: Reset Failed! ixv0: IFDI_ATTACH_PRE failed 5 device_attach: ixv0 attach returned 5 I?m running 12-STABLE. Is this a hardware related or possibly a driver bug? regards Michal