Well, as you may have read , Oracle has decided that at some point very soon, we're going to lose normal regular access to the source code for OS/Net. (I.e. the Solaris kernel and supporting programs.) While I would have vastly preferred for Illumos to have a cooperative and collaborative relationship with Oracle , it appears that Oracle doesn't value this. In fact, the exact words were from the management at Oracle were as follows: Solaris is not something we outsource to others, it is not the assembly of someone else’s technology, and it is not a sustaining-only product. While I understand the need to own the technology, there are few things that could be stated that show a stronger NIH attitude than this. Its unlikely that there will ever be a way for Oracle and the greater community to have a collaborative relationship. This is a dark day for OpenSolaris -- its effectively dead now. (Its parent, Solaris, lives on however.) How unfortunate. For Oracle that is. Because
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This is an old entry I know... but was this meant for Solaris on SPARC? I have a qfe that I would very much like to be able to use as an exclusive interface for a zone.
If so, where can I get your driver?
I know this is an old posting, but I was wondering if your driver is for Solaris on SPARC? I have a V250 running Solaris 10 that I would like to be able to use a qfe card with the GLDv3 features, specifically ip-exclusive zones.
If it is for SPARC, where would I download the driver?
Thanks!
The driver in illumos works on both SPARC and x86. I don't know if the driver interfaces have changed in Solaris 11 from what is in illumos -- its quite possible that the DDI has changed and the driver won't work. You can just try it to find out.