Which is all you're supposed to get - OpenSolaris didn't exist as of Solaris 8, 
and the
opening of the code isn't retroactive to earlier releases.

Having said that, the function does exist in Solaris 8 (as you could determine 
with nm on the
appropriate binary or on /dev/ksyms on a running Solaris 8 that had the driver 
loaded),
possibly even in the same source file.  The signature (arg types, number, and 
sequence, and
return type) _may_ be the same, but for a non-DDI/DKI function, that's 
absolutely no guarantee
that there aren't other matters that might have changed as to when it's safe to 
call it, what
external variables it depends on or alters, whether any other side-effects it 
might cause or
be sensitive to have changed, etc.

Unless you are more specific about what and why you're asking, it wouldn't 
surprise me
if that's all the answer you'll ever see.
 
 
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