Thanks for everyone's help. After capturing the bootup log for different kernels using a serial console, it was clear that the AMD64 2.6.22 and 2.6.24 kernels were choking while allocating resources for the pci busses. One of the symptoms (MAC address of FF:FF ... for one of the internet controllers) match one fixed by a bios update. My motherboard bios was 1.01 with the most recent one being 1.05. Updating to the most recent motherboard bios, fixed the problem.
Some AMD86 related change between kernels 2.6.20 and 2.6.22 interacted badly with the 1.01 bios on the Thunder K8WE (S2895) board. It seems to be ACPI related. It many effected the PCI-100 and PCI-X 64bit connectors plus one of the internet controllers. Nick -----Original Message----- From: nicholas materer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 6:15 PM To: 'Peter Yorke'; debian-amd64@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: 3w_9xxx drive/lenny kernel/AMD64 Problem It looks like my problem is AMD64 specific. The debian-LennyBeta2-i386-netinst.iso install image recognizes the card correctly. However, the debian-LennyBeta2-amd64-netinst.iso install image has the same problems that I have with booting my system after upgrading the kernel to the 2.6.24 or 2.6.20 version. In addition, I do not think that this problem is due to the 3w_9xxx driver. I updated to the firmware on my card to the latest version with no success. I complied latest the driver from the 3ware web site - some problem. I also complied the driver from the 2.6.18 kernel source (had to make two trivial patches due to a change in the scatterlist structure). They all failed with the same errors - PCI Parity Error, PCI Abort and Controller Queue Error. These error are printed from the routine twa_decode_bits in the driver - "This function will print readable messages from status register errors". I guess I have an AMD64 specific regression affecting the PCI-X buss on my Thunder K8WE board. I guess that I need to boot off a non-raid boot disk and collect the system log with both a i386 and an AMD64 system. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]