OOPS!  the following wasn't originally from me, as the headers said;
it was from "mbell@europa.com (Max Bell)".  *sigh*

> [ sorry about the delay on this; it got bounced by majordomo as an
>   'administrative request' (due to 'subscribe's in the text, i guess),
>   and catching up on majordomo mail took back seat to catching up on
>   other things when i returned from my travels... -- cgd ]
> 
> >>Is there a mailing list I could join to hear more about these obscure driver
> >>fixes?  This is the first time the problem has been acknowledged on the
> >>i386 mailing list, though it probably effects many NetBSD/i386 users.
> >
> >Anyone who tracks -current should subscribe to at least current-users,
> >the appropriate port-* list(s), and source-changes.
> 
> I do not currently track -current since I run 1.0, but if that is the only
> way to hear about bug fixes that apply to 1.0 as well (like the com driver
> issue) I will join the related lists.  How much overlap is there between the
> -current lists and source-changes?
> 
> Max