#3929 closed defect (invalid)
SUNWvboxkern driver location is not ideal
| Reported by: | gwr | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | installer | Version: | VirtualBox 2.2.0 |
| Keywords: | package | Cc: | gordon.ross@… |
| Guest type: | Solaris | Host type: | Solaris |
Description
As of 2.2.0 the SUNWvboxkern package for Solaris installs the kernel drivers here:
/platform/i86pc/kernel/misc/vbi /platform/i86pc/kernel/misc/amd64/vbi
Unless these drivers are truly platform-specific, they should instead be installed in these directories:
/usr/kernel/misc/vbi /usr/kernel/misc/amd64/vbi
Among other things, this helps reduce the size of the boot archive file on Solaris.
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
comment:2 by , 16 years ago
That's correct. Since there's no /usr/platform/*/kernel which requires changes to (Open)Solaris, we make use of /platform/i86pc/.
comment:3 by , 16 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
comment:4 by , 16 years ago
I think you may be misunderstanding the whole /platform vs /usr/platform directory structure, but I don't care enough to argue the point.
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The other supported Solaris platform is xen / i86xpv, but virtualbox cannot be used with the i86xpv platform. Installing the vbi module to a platform specific directory looks ok for me.
In cases like this a platform specific directory for kernel bits that is located on the /usr filesystem would be nice.