Bug#539406: linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp: fails to load fw for 1st scsi adapter

Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp
Version: 2.6.30-2
Severity: important

Well, the firmware loading logic has been flaky on my system for a few 
releases now. I previously reported bug 527265 against 2.6.29, where the 
qla1040 firmware would not load at all, and that was resolved in a later 
2.6.29 image.

In this release (2.6.30-2) I get new/different bad behavior. My system 
has three QLA1040 cards in it. In the attached console output from the boot, 
notice that at time 23.256824, the first adapter (scsi0) is located, 
generates a stack trace trying to load firmware, and fails to initialize 
the card. (There goes my tape drive!) A little later, at 83.499957, the 
second adapter is found and this time the firmware loads fine. Ditto for 
the third adapter after that.

-- Package-specific info:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.2
Architecture: alpha

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-alpha-smp (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.24     Debian configuration management sy
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.92o      tools for generating an initramfs
ii  module-init-tools             3.4-1      tools for managing Linux kernel mo

linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp recommends no packages.

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp suggests:
ii  aboot                  1.0~pre20040408-3 Linux bootloader for the SRM conso
ii  fdutils                5.5-20060227-3    Linux floppy utilities
pn  linux-doc-2.6.30       <none>            (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  
linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp: 
false
  
linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp: 
true
  linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp: true
  linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/preinst/abort-install-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp:
  linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp: false
  
linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp:
 true
  
linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp:
 true
  
linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp:
  linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/preinst/initrd-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp:
  linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
  shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
  linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
  linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp: true
  
linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp: 
true
  linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp:
  linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp:
  linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp: 
true
  linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp: 
true
  
linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp: 
true
  
linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp: 
true
  
linux-image-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.30-1-alpha-smp:

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