Dennis writes: > I just wanted to ask how driver development is done at Solaris? > - Do you ask hardware makers for the specs? > - Do you do reverse engineering? > - Do you look at oher drivers from Linux or BSD?
"Yes." Obviously, as is the case for all other software, licensing and IPR are important issues here. That applies to all of the cases you mention above. Also, the primitives inside the kernel are different and the design of the kernel is different. MT issues are often more interesting on Solaris than on other platforms. > Another question: How many Solaris developers are there at Sun? Why do you care? As another respondent mentioned, it's unlikely that anybody who works at Sun could talk publicly about such a thing. > Last question: I´ m looking for a real hardware raid for SAS and > SATA for Solaris. Is there anything else than Areca and HP? Adaptec > and 3ware seem not to work, according to their websits? Rather than the general-purpose opensolaris-discuss list, I think you want to use the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list for questions about SAS and SATA. See: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/device_drivers/ -- James Carlson, KISS Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
