It occurred to me that Stéphane Witzmann wrote in gmane.os.netbsd.current:
> The atu driver crashes on current (kernel + userland snapshot from a few
> days ago). I also tried on a 2.1 userland with a current kernel and had the
> same results. This problem is easy to reproduce, just plug the device and
> ifconfig it. See details below :

fwiw, I get the same with my adapter:

atu0 at uhub1 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0
atu0: Atmel AT76C505A, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 2
atu0: reattaching after firmware upload
atu0: at uhub1 port 2 (addr 2) disconnected
atu0 detached
atu0 at uhub1 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0
atu0: Atmel AT76C505A, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 2
atu0: MAC address 00:04:e2:a9:ef:ec

(Using 3.99.12)

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