* Bryan Allen (bda at mirrorshades.net) wrote: > +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > | On 2008-09-25 13:21:58, Ross Becker wrote: > | > | Has Solaris Express Developer Edition been rolled into OpenSolaris? > > SXDE has Gone Away. OpenSolaris has (nominally) replaced it. > > | Is there someplace that documents differences between > | OpenSolaris & Solaris Express? > > Probably, but I don't know off the top of my head. > > The primary difference, now, is that OpenSolaris uses the Image > Packaging System for package management, and integrates system > with IPS/ZFS (see beadm). > > Solaris Express also contains closed drivers and other code which > is not freely redistributable. > > Both OpenSolaris and SXCE now support zfsroot, which until > recently was another major difference. > > | Areca for example told > | me you couldn't load 3rd party drivers on OpenSolaris, and you > | need Solaris Express for that. > > That is incorrect. If their drivers are built properly, they > should (probably) work on any Solaris. The only reason I can > think this would be the case is if their driver requires some > closed code. OpenSolaris does not contain anything closed, so in > that case SXCE would be needed.
Actually, what they probably mean is that there isn't any mechanism in OpenSolaris (the distro) to load 3rd party drivers at install time like the ITU mechanism in S10 and SXCE. In that respect, they are correct. We're aware of the need but just haven't gotten to this yet. Cheers, -- Glenn
