[Hampshire] is it time to get rid of my advansys scsi contro…

I decided to install the latest kernel (2.6.30-1-amd64) on my system, on installation I got the following errors

Setting up linux-image-2.6.30-1-amd64
(2.6.30-1) ... Running
depmod. Running
update-initramfs. update-initramfs:
Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64

W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/advansys/38C1600.bin for
module advansys

W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/advansys/38C0800.bin for
module advansys

W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/advansys/3550.bin for module advansys

W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/advansys/mcode.bin for module
advansys

and it won't boot - with messages saying it cannot find those
firmware modules. I've tried googling for a solution without
success.

I also installed the linux-headers package but am not sure how to
compile those missing firmware modules for a non-running kernel

This isn't the first time I've had problems with this card on a kernel
upgrade, there was a 'simple' solution on one occasion (edit the config
to enable the advansys module and re-compile the kernel)

Looking at the config-2.6.30-1-amd64 I see this line

CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y

is this what is causing the problem?

there is a line

CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSY=m

and /lib/modules/......./drivers/scsi contains advansys.ko but nothing
in /lib/firmware

any suggestions welcome, perhaps the time has come to ditch my Epson
GT-7000 scanner which has used the advansys card for quite a few years
now. I don't use the scanner all that much anyway and lots of usb
scanners are now supported (for example the Epsom V350 at £100ish)


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John Lewis
using Debian Sid with windowmaker for a nicer desktop