btw, so far, suspend *does* seem to work otherwise. I haven't tried
suspending it for long periods of time, tho.

here's the dmesg:

Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.5U (MYKERNEL) #79: Mon Jul 23 16:53:10 PDT 2001
    root@electron:/usr/src/sys/arch/hpcmips/compile/MYKERNEL
IBM WorkPad z50 2601 1AU (NEC VR4121 rev0.0 131.072MHz)
total memory = 49152 KB
avail memory = 43208 KB
using 640 buffers containing 2560 KB of memory
../../../../arch/hpcmips/vr/vr.c(296): vr_bus_reset() not implemented.
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: NEC VR4100 CPU (0xc60) Rev. 6.0 with software emulated floating point Rev. 0.0
cpu0: L1 cache: 16KB/16B instruction, 8KB/16B data, direct mapped
cpu0: No L2 cache
cpu0: install VR specific idle routine
vrip0 at mainbus0
vrbcu0 at vrip0 addr 0xb000000-0xb00001f
vrbcu0: cpu 131.072MHz, bus 32.768MHz, ram 32.768MHz
vrcmu0 at vrip0 addr 0xb000060-0xb00007f
vrgiu0 at vrip0 addr 0xb000100-0xb00011f intr 8
button0 at vrgiu0 port=1 id=12 active=low sense=edge
button2 at vrgiu0 port=2 id=16 active=low sense=edge
pwctl3 at vrgiu0 port=49 id=6 on=1
com0 at vrip0 addr 0xc000000-0xc000007 intr 9: ns16550a, working fifo
vrrtc0 at vrip0 addr 0xb0000c0-0xb0000df intr 2
vrkiu0 at vrip0 addr 0xb000180-0xb00019f intr 7
hpckbd0 at vrkiu0
wskbd0 at hpckbd0 (mux 1 ignored for console): console keyboard
vrpmu0 at vrip0 addr 0xb0000a0-0xb0000bf intr 1
vrpmu: Deadman's switch detected
vrdsu0 at vrip0 addr 0xb0000e0-0xb0000e7
vrled0 at vrip0 addr 0xb000240-0xb00024f intr 17
vrdsiu0 at vrip0 addr 0xb0001a0-0xb0001bf intr 21
wsmouse0 at vrdsiu0 mux 0
ite8181video0 at vrip0 addr 0xa000000-0xa7fffff: ITE8181 Rev.04, console
ite8181video0: framebuffer address: 0xaa000000
hpcfb0 at ite8181video0: hpcrasops 640x480 pixels, 65536 colors, 80x48 chars: multi
wsdisplay0 at hpcfb0: console (std, vt100 emulation), using wskbd0
vrisab0 at vrgiu0:ISA port 0x15000000-0x18000000 mem 0x10000000-0x14000000
isa0 at vrisab0
pcic0 at isa0 port 0x3e0-0x3e1 iomem 0x70000-0x73fff irq 589827
pcic0: controller 0 (Intel 82365SL Revision 1) has sockets A and B
pcic0: controller 1 (Intel 82365SL Revision 1) has sockets A and B
pcmcia0 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 0
pcmcia1 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 1
pcmcia at pcic0 controller 1 socket 0 not configured
pcmcia at pcic0 controller 1 socket 1 not configured
btnmgr0 at mainbus0
wskbd1 at btnmgr0 mux 1
hpcapm0 at mainbus0: pseudo power management module
apmdev0 at hpcapm0: Power Management spec V1.2
../../../../arch/hpcmips/vr/vr.c(296): vr_bus_reset() not implemented.
pcic0: using irq 589827 for socket events
ne0 at pcmcia0 function 0 port 0x15000400-0x1500040f port 0x15000410-0x1500041f
ne0: Linksys Combo EthernetCard Ethernet
ne0: Ethernet address 00:e0:98:76:12:06
wdc1 at pcmcia1 function 0 port 0x15000420-0x1500042f
wd0 at wdc1 channel 0 drive 0: <SanDisk SDCFB-128>
wd0: drive supports 1-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd0: 122 MB, 980 cyl, 8 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 250880 sectors
boot device: wd0
root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
pcmcia1: card irq 3
pcmcia1: card irq 3
pcmcia1: card irq 3
pcmcia1: card irq 3
WARNING: preposterous clock chip time
 -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
root file system type: ffs
pcmcia0: card irq 3

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