>how do i tell if my Hayes ESP card is getting recognized by the kernel??
>i've got the options COM_HAYESP line in my config file, but after looking
>through com.c i don't get any of the messages that should be printed out
>for an ESP card.  FYI: this is a version 2 ESP card.

Are you sure you made the kernel you built the kernel you booted from
after building it? :-)

You should very clearly see a line saying the ESP was found:

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 :
Apr 21 21:46:51 MindBender /netbsd: com0 at isa0 port 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 9: ESP, 1024 byte fifo
Apr 21 21:46:51 MindBender /netbsd: com1 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
Apr 21 21:46:51 MindBender /netbsd: com2 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
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