FAM-2 ( was Re: [indiana-discuss] Indiana Problem Statement )

[Alberto Ruiz]

2007/7/2, Tim Foster <Tim.Foster at sun.com>:
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> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/documents/problem_statement/
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> timf at haiiro[884] top
> The command "top" has is unavailable or has different
> syntax in OpenSolaris.
> You might want to use the following instead -
> Example: prstat 1
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> see the prstat(1m) man page for more information.
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> A gross hack, and doesn't work if people run /usr/bin/tar, for example,
> but it that enough, or do we require people put /usr/gnu or /usr/sfw/ in
> their paths and be done with it ?


 That's cool! Maybe we can figure out how to handle those corner cases not
supported yet. But it's a good start indeed.

I prefer the idea of a GNU zone, _iff_ there could be seamless desktop
> integration with the zone, so at desktop session startup time, the user
> actually gets presented a VNC session into a zone that's configured
> appropriately to provide that GNU-like environment, rather than a
> Solaris environment.


I think that approach is over complex. A zone for that purposes would be
only useful, if you don't need to know that there is a zone at all. Tricking
with VNC would be only transparent on the surface, but when people dives
into the system, they will realize that there is something wrong. However, I
don't know the zone technology too much, just played with it, maybe we can
figure out something else.

I believe that would keep everyone happy - then at installtime, you
> should be able to choose whether you want Solaris installed as the main
> userland personality, with a GNU zone, or the other way around.


I like that idea. A kind of "profile" thing.

I'm interested in how we could plan to solve this problem.
>
>         cheers,
>                         tim
>
> [ I looked at this sort of stuff a year ago, with a slightly different
> gross hack,
>
> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/approach-discuss/2006-July/000186.html- never really took the idea any further ]
>
> --
> Tim Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc, Solaris Engineering Ops
> http://blogs.sun.com/timf
>
>


-- 
Un saludo,
Alberto Ruiz
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