> >>Essentially take anything from Solaris 8 and run it on Solaris 9 or 10 >>or Solaris Express or Solaris Express Community Release and just don't >>expect kernel modules or drivers to all "just work" but almost >>everything else will. > > Uhm, kernel modules and drivers, if DDI/DDK compliant, should also > "just work". >
You ever try to restore a Lotus Domino server on Solaris 10 from a backup? The kernel modules are a real pain and they don't "just work" despite just working on Solaris 7 and Solaris 8. Thankfully Domino 6.x is better than 5 in this regard but does not exist for Solaris x86 at all. Looks like IBM would rather watch Domino on Linux and Solaris x86 users can go rot. In any case, the real issue is this "DDI/DDK compliant" part. How many vendors really care? How many are so accustommed to the Linux world now that they create things for specific kernel versions and then lock you down? Regardless, there are things that don't "just work". dc _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
