Bug#464191: Sound broken with linux-image-2.6.24-1-686

["Mikko Nurminen" <mikko.i.nurminen@gmail.com>]

I am also left with a mute laptop, a HP 6100 with ESS Technology
ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 12) sound chip. Matěj Laitl seems to be spot in
his post since in I found this in Debian kernel changelog :

linux-2.6  (2.6.23-1) unstable; urgency=low
...
* Remove binary only firmwares for:
...
 - ESS Allegro/Maestro3
...

While I understand and support the whole "up yours, binary only
firmwares" view, I also do like having sound. Is there any chance of
getting the needed firmware in kernel or as a module in Debian.
Package alsa-firmware-loaders doesn't seem to handle a module for
these chips.

Cheerio,
Mikko Nurminen