not really relevant to this thread, but does anyone know if MP will be in
1.6?  Will the sommerfeld_i386mp_1 branch get merged into release?

Perry E. Metzger said:
>
> Christian Groessler <cpg@aladdin.de> writes:
>> I did just a cvs update and compiled a kernel, which says it's
>> NetBSD 1.6A.
>>
>> So apparently the 1.6 release branch has been created.
>
> Yes. If you build off of the branch, you'll find the kernels right now
> call themselves 1.6_BETA1