Linked by Robert Escue on Wed 4th Jun 2008 05:06 UTC
Let's take a closer look at OpenSolaris, particularly its use of ZFS, network problems that people have reported, the use of bash, and differences between OpenSolaris and Solaris and Solaris Express. Note: This is the latest article in our OSNews Article Contest.
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Member since:2008-06-05
"I also can't locate Fibre Channel drivers for Emulex HBA I have in workstation. With Solaris "proper" it just worked all the time.
It likely isn't redistributable. Sun was unable to secure agreements for many vendors that allow free, unlimited, redistribution of certain components. "
So what happens to users of that hardware when OpenSolaris gets released as Solaris 11? Will users that followed the HCL, as Mr. Escue suggested, be left out in the cold or will binary drivers get bundled into Solaris 11?
Member since:2005-07-08
More than likely OpenSolaris will not get FC drivers simply because it is targeted at desktop as opposed to Enterprise users. Solaris 11 will most definitely have them, along with SCSI and iSCSI support. But this is all speculation at this point because Sun could change direction tomorrow.
RE[3]: What's missing
by binarycrusader on Sat 7th Jun 2008 23:17
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Member since:2005-07-06
"[q]I also can't locate Fibre Channel drivers for Emulex HBA I have in workstation. With Solaris "proper" it just worked all the time.
It likely isn't redistributable. Sun was unable to secure agreements for many vendors that allow free, unlimited, redistribution of certain components. "
So what happens to users of that hardware when OpenSolaris gets released as Solaris 11? Will users that followed the HCL, as Mr. Escue suggested, be left out in the cold or will binary drivers get bundled into Solaris 11? [/q]
Sun will be providing alternate network repositories that allow access to non-redistributable resources.
In addition, the long-term support version of OpenSolaris will likely have additional options that are not currently available.
However, only Sun knows what they will do for certain.
I would encourage you to post about this issue on opensolaris-discuss.
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2005-07-06
It likely isn't redistributable. Sun was unable to secure agreements for many vendors that allow free, unlimited, redistribution of certain components.
One of the key goals of the new OpenSolaris distribution was that anyone could redistribute it in any way.