FYI, i also tried current 1.4.x code, and it still works fine.

I've included its dmesg below.

NetBSD 1.4.2A (BRICK) #0: Sat Jun  3 15:33:23 PDT 2000
    cgd@speedy.demetriou.com:/a/src/src-1-4-branch/sys/arch/i386/compile/BRICK
cpu0: family 5 model 2 step c
cpu0: Intel Pentium (P54C) (586-class)
real mem  = 49938432
avail mem = 44670976
using 635 buffers containing 2600960 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o enabled, memory enabled
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
pchb0: Intel 82437MX Mobile System Controller (MTSC) (rev. 0x02)
pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0
pcib0: Intel 82371FB PCI-to-ISA Bridge (PIIX) (rev. 0x02)
pciide0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1: Intel 82371FB IDE controller (PIIX)
pciide0: bus-master DMA support present
pciide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <IBM-DCRA-22110>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
wd0: 2016MB, 4096 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4128768 sectors
wd0: 32-bits data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
pciide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
pciide0: secondary channel wired to compatibility mode
pciide0: secondary channel ignored (disabled)
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
Texas Instruments PCI1130 PCI-CardBus Bridge (CardBus bridge, revision 0x04) at pci0 dev 2 function 0 not configured
Texas Instruments PCI1130 PCI-CardBus Bridge (CardBus bridge, revision 0x04) at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured
vga1 at pci0 dev 3 function 0: Trident Microsystems TGUI 9660 (rev. 0xd3)
wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
isa0 at pcib0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
sb0 at isa0 port 0x220-0x237 irq 5 drq 1: dsp v3.01
audio0 at sb0: half duplex
opl at sb0 not configured
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
opms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
pcic0 at isa0 port 0x3e0-0x3e1 iomem 0xd0000-0xd3fff: using irq 3
pcic0: controller 0 (Intel 82365SL Revision 1) has sockets A and B
pcmcia0 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 0
pcmcia1 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 1
apm0 at mainbus0: Power Management spec V1.1
apm0: battery life expectancy: 100%
apm0: A/C state: on
apm0: battery charge state: high
apm0: battery life expectancy: 100%
apm0: A/C state: on
apm0: battery charge state: high
biomask 4040 netmask 4040 ttymask 504a
wscons: wskbd0 glued to wsdisplay0 (console)
boot device: wd0
root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
root file system type: ffs