> so what you are saying is....most devices don't work > out of the box? I guess I asked that question wrong. > Does solaris support plug n play devices?
Some devices work, some don't. As much as I hate to write it, truth be told, it's still a hit 'n' miss thing. Sun is big on abiding by the standards as much as possible, which means that all of the devices that adhere to the specs and standards should work. The catch is, very few devices on the consumer market today do abide by the specs and standards. The Solaris's answer to this have been revisions to various subsystems, mostly USB, as far as I can tell. For example, I've had and still have a hell of a time with my Maxtor External USB drive under Solaris 10; my external USB 2.0 hub / card reader doesn't work; and I get "timeout error retrying command" or some such (reported recently here by someone else). On Nevada snv_61 (future Solaris 11) those devices work fine. But my PalmOne still doesn't work correctly unless I specifically modify one of the driver's configuration file (scsa2usb.conf). So, hit 'n' miss. It's getting better and better though. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
