Kernel requires db3?

[Nathan Dabney <smurf@osdlab.org>]

make bzImage on 2.4.2-ac17:

make[5]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.4.2-ac17-lat/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm'
if [ -e "/usr/include/db3/db_185.h" ]; then             \
        echo "#include <db3/db_185.h>" > aicdb.h;       \
elif [ -e "/usr/include/db/db_185.h" ]; then            \
        echo "#include <db/db_185.h>" >aicdb.h  ;       \
else                                                    \
        echo "*** Install db3 development libraries";   \
fi
*** Install db3 development libraries
gcc -I/usr/include -ldb aicasm_gram.c aicasm_scan.c aicasm.c aicasm_symbol.c -o aicasm
aicasm_gram.y:1443: warning: type mismatch with previous implicit declaration
/usr/share/bison/bison.simple:643: warning: previous implicit declaration of `yyerror'
aicasm_gram.y:1443: warning: `yyerror' was previously implicitly declared to return `int'
aicasm_symbol.c:37: aicdb.h: No such file or directory
make[5]: *** [aicasm] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.4.2-ac17-lat/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm'
make[4]: *** [aicasm/aicasm] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.4.2-ac17-lat/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx'
make[3]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.4.2-ac17-lat/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx'
make[2]: *** [_subdir_aic7xxx] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.4.2-ac17-lat/drivers/scsi'
make[1]: *** [_subdir_scsi] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.4.2-ac17-lat/drivers'
make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2

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bad... Am I just missing something?

Thoughts?  I checked the archives and there was discussion for including db3 in debian, any update on the progress?

-Nathan