On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 21:48 +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Simon Phipps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > >>>   
> > >>> http://blogs.sun.com/alanbur/entry/kicking_both_tyres_together_virtualbox
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Shure you cannot use the "ae" driver that comes wich SchilliX?
> > >>
> > >
> > >   Yes, Masayuki-san's ae driver should work. Forgot about that.  
> > > Indiana
> > >   does not include that since it is not yet in ON.
> >
> > Indeed, I installed ae by following the instructions in the readme and  
> > have DP2 working in VirtualBox on Mac OS X - should work for other  
> > OpenSolaris distros on other platforms as far as I can see.
> 
> The driver has a really funny backround:
> 
> A few days after the first SchilliX was out in 2005, i received a mail that
> SchilliX was not able to see the MIC in VMware. This was a Saturday.
> 
> I decided to send a mail to Masayuki-san on Saturday night before going to 
> bed.
> After I woke up on Sunday in the morning, I checked my mail and the driver 
> source was in ;-)
> 
> So the ae driver is in since SchilliX-0.2

However, it was badly broken for amd64 for VMware, so I sent another
e-mail to Masayuki-san and then he fixed it for Nexenta Alpha 5 too. :-)

It is rock solid driver these days.

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