[OpenIndiana-discuss] Virtualbox on hipster

[Geoff Nordli]

On 15-07-23 01:17 PM, Jim Klimov wrote:
> 23 июля 2015 г. 21:31:07 CEST, Geoff Nordli <geoffn at gnaa.net> пишет:
>> On 15-07-22 11:14 PM, Jim Klimov wrote:
>>> 23 июля 2015 г. 1:31:23 CEST, Carl Brewer <carl at bl.echidna.id.au>
>> пишет:
>>>> On 22/07/2015 3:24 PM, Jim Klimov wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Essentially, the changes are needed to have the script
>>>> install/uninstall usb drivers (you can force networking by a
>>>> touchfile).
>>>>> If you never used these - you can probably get away with default
>>>> packages.
>>>>
>>>> So if it's been "just working" for the last forever, it will
>> probably
>>>> continue to do so without breaking anything?
>>>>
>>>>> Instructions are in the readme on github project.
>>>> Thanks Jim!
>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Typos courtesy of K-9 Mail on my Samsung Android
>>>>>
>>> It depends. Over time there are changes both to script logic and to
>> ways OSes present themselves (there's half a dozen known 'standard'
>> FMRI patterns recognized in the script, and that's just for the
>> post-SVR4 distros of OpenSolaris and newer).
>>> If the script does not come to a conclusion, it aborts.
>>>
>>> So it is not granted that over time it will continue 'just working'
>> as you get new releases of both OSes and VBox. :)
>>> Jim
>>>
>> Hi Jim.
>>
>> I watch the vbox-dev list and I noticed you were working on getting
>> illumos based distros better supported, which is great, and thank you
>> for that!!!
>>
>> Does this include getting the crossbow networking module working as
>> well?   The discussion seemed to indicate that, but I am not sure.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> Sorry, no, I am not that much of a developer to desearch or fix that ;)
>
> I hope to integrate at least some of those fixes I apply to vboxconfig.sh script so I no longer have to edit the package in order to update it along with usbfilter and illumos-compatible networking drivers.
>
> Egoism and laziness are great drivers of progress, ain't they? Well, and good-heartesness helps too ;)
>
>

OK, I guess it was just wishful thinking on the crossbow side of things.

Thanks for your work with vbox and illumos!!

Geoff