> i saw this while booting a generic kernel recently.  we
   > should fix it.  :-)
   
   Just a point of reference: My SS5 with a cg6 running Solaris 2.5.1
   (non-negotiable) does the same thing when running nvi 1.79 on the
   `sun' console. So, it's not just a NetBSD thing. A fix to nvi
   (rather than working around it in the kernel) is probably preferable.

perhaps...

i'm interested in what the cause is, and then we can go about
fixing it.. or not.