] I think I may have found my problem... looking at the specs for
] the Sparcbook 3 as opposed to the 3GX and 3GS it seems to
] have a Weitek p9000 as opposed to the 9100. The doco on
] the netbsd site only talks about p9100 support at present and
] doesn't mention the p9000 as yet.
] 
] If you still think it's worth pursuing, I'll see if I can catch what
] the last output is however by the looks of things this is the
] root of the problem :(

Ah, hrm.. if you can get docs on the p9000 it might just be a matter
of the correct initialization code.  Given that you see the prom
based messages, i think there might still be a way to get the
console to use that all the time instead of switching.  Ideally, tho,
you'd want the correct p9000 code in the kernel.

-=erik.