Solved: E810 NIC in Centos 7.9 Dell R440 spews error unless both ports have link

I shut the interface on my switch (Arista 25G) going to p2p2, then a few seconds later these start spewing until I “no shut” the interface on the switch: 

[ 1236.742124] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: A parallel fault was detected.
[ 1236.742203] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: Possible Solution: Check link partner connection and configuration.
[ 1236.742294] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: Port Number: 1.
[ 1236.842319] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: A parallel fault was detected.
[ 1236.842391] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: Possible Solution: Check link partner connection and configuration.
[ 1236.842482] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: Port Number: 1.
[ 1236.943533] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: A parallel fault was detected.
[ 1236.943600] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: Possible Solution: Check link partner connection and configuration.
[ 1236.943689] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: Port Number: 1.
[ 1237.041849] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: A parallel fault was detected.
[ 1237.041919] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: Possible Solution: Check link partner connection and configuration.
[ 1237.042009] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: Port Number: 1.
[ 1237.143072] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: A parallel fault was detected.
[ 1237.143138] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: Possible Solution: Check link partner connection and configuration.
[ 1237.143228] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: Port Number: 1.
[ 1237.242320] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: A parallel fault was detected.
[ 1237.242390] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: Possible Solution: Check link partner connection and configuration.
[ 1237.242480] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: Port Number: 1.
[ 1239.242239] ice 0000:3b:00.1 p2p2: NIC Link is up 25 Gbps Full Duplex, Requested FEC: RS-FEC, Negotiated FEC: RS-FEC, Autoneg Advertised: Off, Autoneg Negotiated: False, Flow Control: None

Either port will do this, so how can I use these cards with single SFP setup?

 

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