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ne1000 0.8.3-7vmw.650.2.50.8294253 driver on Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter results in a PSOD

upgrade one of our server from Esxi 6.5 U1 to 6.5U2. this server is equiped with some PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapters , and those using ne1000 driver. during the next boot, it gives a purple screen. i noticed the problem occurs right after it loads ne1000, and the ne1000 driver is updated to 0.8.3-7vmw.650.2.50.8294253, i belive this new driver is the cause of this problem.

this is the information of NICs from this server (MAC is masked)

esxcli network nic list

Name    PCI Device    Driver  Admin Status  Link Status  Speed  Duplex  MAC Address         MTU  Description

------  ------------  ------  ------------  -----------  -----  ------  -----------------  ----  ---------------------------------------------------------

vmnic0  0000:0a:00.0  e1000e  Up            Up             100  Full    xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  1500  Intel Corporation 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller

vmnic1  0000:0a:00.1  e1000e  Up            Down             0  Half    xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  1500  Intel Corporation 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller

vmnic2  0000:05:00.0  ne1000  Up            Down             0  Half    xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  1500  Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter

vmnic3  0000:05:00.1  ne1000  Up            Down             0  Half    xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  1500  Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter

vmnic4  0000:04:00.0  ne1000  Up            Down             0  Half    xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  1500  Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter

vmnic5  0000:04:00.1  ne1000  Up            Down             0  Half    xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  1500  Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter

vmnic6  0000:03:00.0  ne1000  Up            Down             0  Half    xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  1500  Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter

vmnic7  0000:03:00.1  ne1000  Up            Down             0  Half    xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  1500  Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter

vmnic8  0000:02:00.0  ne1000  Up            Down             0  Half    xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  1500  Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter

vmnic9  0000:02:00.1  ne1000  Up            Down             0  Half    xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  1500  Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter

by the way , those nics are working fine with

0.8.0-16vmw.650.1.26.5969303

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