>>>>> "Scott" == Bailey, Scott <scott.bailey@xxxxxxx> writes: Scott> I've been worrying around the edges of this problem for months Scott> without really feeling that I understand it but I have formed Scott> enough suspicions to make this quasi-informed plea for Scott> help... :-) Scott> I manage an Alphaserver 4100/466 with 3 processors running Scott> Debian testing/unstable (presently with kernel built from Scott> Debian's linux-source-2.6.16-12 package). It is equipped with 3 Scott> KZPBA (single-ended) SCSI controllers, for which I use the Scott> qla1280 driver with ISP1040 support enabled. (I was never so Scott> happy as when this support was introduced and I could say Scott> good-bye to kernel 2.4 and the sort-of-not-really-supported Scott> Feral driver.) Scott, I think there are some problems with the 1040 support in general, at least on Alpha as you're not the only one who have seen problems there. Christoph did the 1020/1040 support so I am going to blame him for it :) I have zero knowledge about those cards so there isn't much I can do to help. Regards, Jes - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html