NVIDIA BlueField BSP v4.12.0

Bug Fixes In This Version

Info

For an archive of bug fixes from previous releases, please see "Bug Fixes History".

Ref #

Issue Description

4454034

Description: The HBN Pod in DPF Operator attempts to use iptables-legacy, causing failures in packet filtering rules on the DPU OS.

Keywords: iptables-nft; DPU OS

Detected in version: 4.11.0

4545442

Description: During BlueField-3 BFB upgrades, mlxreg commands for ATF/UEFI/BMC/CEC version extraction may fail, resulting in version mismatch reports and upgrade verification timeouts.

Keywords: Software upgrade

Detected in version: 4.11.0

4496857

4430658

Description: DPU Arm does not boot, RShim log is empty and BL1 banner Nvidia BlueField-3 rev1 BL1 V1.0 is printed to the DPU Arm console. RShim BOOT_MODE is set to 0.

Keywords: Arm; RShim

Detected in version: 4.9.3

4507962

Description: In NIC mode, after Arm reboot, the BMC firmware and CEC versions may be missing in the host query output.

Keywords: Host; firmware

Detected in version: 4.9.3

4518296

Description: LFWP firmware upgrade fails to update BMC and CEC components due to missing firmware images in the bundle, caused by DPU Part Number detection failure.

Keywords: Firmware upgrade

Detected in version: 4.9.3

4417958

Description: GRUB menu access fails due to formatting error in /etc/grub.d/40_custom.

Keywords: GUI; GRUB

Detected in version: 4.9.1

3914629

Description: When "Force PXE" is set right before installing a BFB image via BMC RShim, BlueField PXE boot fails to boot from NET-OOB-IPV4.

Keyword: PXE boot

Reported in version: 4.7.0

4265126

Description: Enabling CONFIG_IPMI_PANIC_EVENT or CONFIG_IPMI_PANIC_STRING in the kernel causes the IPMI message handler to send panic events to the BMC, which can hang on BlueField systems.

Keywords: SEL logging; IPMI panic event

Detected in version: 4.5.0

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