Changeset 34606 in vbox for trunk/doc

Timestamp:

Dec 2, 2010 1:14:46 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

svn:sync-xref-src-repo-rev:

68406

Message:

doc/manual: clean up references to Solaris variants, document that "Solaris modern" gets a SATA controller, and generally minimize the references to OpenSolaris

Location:

trunk/doc/manual/en_US

Files:

• user_BasicConcepts.xml (modified) (4 diffs)
• user_GuestAdditions.xml (modified) (4 diffs)
• user_Installation.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• user_Introduction.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• user_KnownIssues.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• user_Networking.xml (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_BasicConcepts.xml

@@ -85 +85 @@
 
         <glossentry>
-          <glossterm>Solaris 10, OpenSolaris</glossterm>
+          <glossterm>Solaris 10, Solaris 11</glossterm>
 
           <glossdef>
             <para>Fully supported (32 bits and 64 bits). Guest Additions are
-            available.</para>
+            available. Other operating systems derived from Solaris should
+            work as well. For modern Solaris variants (Solaris 10U8 and later)
+            there is a special OS type which in the "Create VM" wizard selects
+            SATA support for improved performance.</para>
           </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
@@ -771 +774 @@
     16 additional slots to attach devices to, respectively. This, however, may
     require that you run a modern guest operating system. See <xref
-    linkend="harddiskcontrollers" /> for details.</para>
+    linkend="harddiskcontrollers" /> for details. For some guest OS types, the
+    "Create VM" wizards automatically configures a SATA controller, as this
+    often results in better I/O performance and lower CPU overhead.</para>
+
 
     <para>To <emphasis role="bold">add another virtual hard disk or CD/DVD
@@ -987 +993 @@
                 serial port on your host. (On a Windows host, this will be a
                 name like <computeroutput>COM1</computeroutput>; on Linux or
-                OpenSolaris hosts, it will be a device node like
+                Solaris hosts, it will be a device node like
                 <computeroutput>/dev/ttyS0</computeroutput>). VirtualBox will
                 then simply redirect all data received from and sent to the
@@ -1011 +1017 @@
 
                     <listitem>
-                      <para>On a Mac, Linux or OpenSolaris host, a local
+                      <para>On a Mac, Linux or Solaris host, a local
                       domain socket is used instead. On Linux there are
                       various tools which can connect to a local domain socket

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_GuestAdditions.xml

@@ -70 +70 @@
             as well as accelerated video performance.</para>
 
-            <para>In addition, with Windows and recent Linux, Solaris and
-            OpenSolaris guests, if the Guest Additions are installed, you can
-            resize the virtual machine's window, and the video resolution in
+            <para>In addition, with Windows and recent Linux and Solaris
+            guests you can resize the virtual machine's window if the Guest
+            Additions are installed.  The video resolution in
             the guest will be automatically adjusted (as if you had manually
             entered an arbitrary resolution in the guest's display
@@ -869 +869 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
-          <para>OpenSolaris Nevada (Build 82 and higher; this includes
+          <para>Solaris 11 Express;</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Solaris 10 (u5 and higher);</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Solaris Nevada/SXDE/SXCE (build 82 and higher);</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>OpenSolaris (Developer Preview 2 and higher; this includes
           OpenSolaris 2008.05, 2008.11 and 2009.06);</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para>OpenSolaris Indiana (Developer Preview 2 and higher);</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Solaris 10 (u5 and higher).</para>
         </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
@@ -1085 +1089 @@
 
             <para>Here is an example of mounting the shared folder for the
-            user "jack" on OpenSolaris:</para>
+            user "jack" on Solaris:</para>
 
             <screen>$ id
@@ -1320 +1324 @@
 
         <listitem>
-          <para>Linux or Solaris/OpenSolaris guests with an X.org server
-          version 1.3 or higher<footnote>
+          <para>Linux or Solaris guests with an X.org server version 1.3 or
+          higher<footnote>
               <para>The X server version is not the same as the version of the
               entire X.org suite. You can type <computeroutput>X

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Installation.xml

@@ -847 +847 @@
 zonecfg:vboxzone&gt;exit</screen>
 
-      <para>If you are running VirtualBox 2.2.0 or above on OpenSolaris or
+      <para>If you are running VirtualBox 2.2.0 or above on Solaris 11 or
       Nevada hosts, you should add a device for
       <computeroutput>/dev/vboxusbmon</computeroutput> too, similar to what

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Introduction.xml

@@ -487 +487 @@
       <listitem>
         <para><emphasis role="bold">Solaris</emphasis> hosts (32-bit and
-        64-bit<footnote>
-            <para>Support for OpenSolaris was added with VirtualBox
-            1.6.</para>
-          </footnote>) are supported with the restrictions listed in <xref
+        64-bit) are supported with the restrictions listed in <xref
         linkend="KnownIssues" />:<itemizedlist>
             <listitem>
-              <para>OpenSolaris (2008.05 and higher, "Nevada" build 86 and
-              higher)</para>
+              <para>Solaris 11 Express (Nevada build 86 and higher,
+              OpenSolaris 2008.05 and higher)</para>
             </listitem>
 

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_KnownIssues.xml

@@ -202 +202 @@
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>USB support on OpenSolaris hosts requires version snv_124 or
-            higher. Webcams and other isochronous devices are known to have
+            <para>USB support on Solaris hosts requires kernel version snv_124
+            or higher. Webcams and other isochronous devices are known to have
             poor performance.</para>
           </listitem>

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Networking.xml

@@ -451 +451 @@
           IPFilter is also not completely supported due to technical
           restrictions of the Solaris networking subsystem. These issues would
-          be addressed in a future release of OpenSolaris.</para>
+          be addressed in a future release of Solaris 11.</para>
 
           <para>With VirtualBox 2.0.4 and above, it is possible to use