On Jul 14,  8:14am, Brian Hechinger wrote:
} 
} i remember seeing this once, a long time ago, while booting a GENERIC floppy.
} but i can't seem to get it back.

     Did you put this line in your kernel config file:

options         COM_HAYESP

As of NetBSD 1.2.1, you still need it to get the ESP code included in
the com driver.

}-- End of excerpt from Brian Hechinger