> > By the way, does anyone know whether I apply the Solaris8 package to > > a Solaris9 system, or I necessarily have to build a Solaris9 specific > > package? > > It's kernel code, so it is extremely unlikely to work against a > different OS release. It frequently breaks on major kernel patches.
That's correct. The problem was that IPF was accessing private kernel structures and interfaces which were not guaranteed to be stable; so for example, applying a recommended patch cluster would cause the kernel to panic when the IPF module was loaded. To avoid this, a recompile of IPF was required every time a kernel patch was applied. Work was in progress to rectify this by building public API infrastructure for IPF. What the status of this project is, only Darren can probably say. Personally, I would also be interested to know what the status of this project is. pfil hooks used to be required, but I don't believe that to be the case in the newest "Nevada" builds. Darren? _________________________________________________________________ Explore the seven wonders of the world http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+world&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE
