Hi Alan,

> When I try to compile a GENERIC kernel from the current sources (or when 
> I run "make depend"),  it fails with a message that the file
>     ... /arch/amiga/dev/fas.c
> cannot be found.

Remove the next entries from the GENERIC config:
flz3sc0         at zbus0                # FastlaneZ3 scsi
scsibus*        at flz3sc0

> Usually when this happens,  I wait a week,  and try with the new sources,
> but this problem has remained for well over a week.

Michael forgot to comment this entry because he use the fastlane.

Bernd