After blogging about the relationship between high resolution timers and Java RTS, a comment was posted by a reader stating that they couldn't use Java RTS 2.0 with the latest Solaris 10 update. Unfortunately that reader was correct.
At the time of the post, Sun had released Solaris 10 Update 4, while Java RTS 2.0 would only support Solaris 10 update 3. To further exacerbate the situation, once Sun releases a new version of Solaris, they do their best to encourage users to use the latest version by making it difficult (if not impossible) for them to locate previous update versions.
There is a dependency between the aforementioned high resolution timer interface and Solaris which is update specific. We're working to rectify this situation, but as the process behind Solaris is deliberately bureaucratic, this might take a while. In the interim we'll need to keep in better lock step with Solaris releases.
On November 27, Java RTS 2.0 update 1 was released: