Ok, I wanted to get the latest kernel source so that I
could compile my own kernal.  Last time I did this, a few
years ago, there was simply a tarball.  Now it appears
that I have to use CVS, which I have never done before.

Well, I did this, effectively:

cvs -d $CVSROOT update -rnetbsd-BRANCH -PAd src

and that src does seam to be over 500 megs.  Is that
right?  Or did I get too much?

Sam