Ken Hornstein writes:
> I've seen this for a long time.  I believe it's caused by NetBSD turning
> on the 16550 FIFO, and the BIOS not having a strong probe routine.  A hard
> reset turns off the FIFO, and the BIOS then can detect the 16550 correctly.
> 
> I suppose the only real fix would be to have NetBSD turn off the FIFO
> on shutdown.

We have shutdown hooks for just such a reason...

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