You may be interested in PSARC 2009/670: "Read-Only Boot from  ZFS Snapshot".  
Here's the description from:
http://arc.opensolaris.org/caselog/PSARC/2009/670/20091208_joep.vesseur

> Allow for booting from a ZFS snapshot.  The boot image will be read-only.
> Early in boot a clone of the root is created and used to provide writable 
> storage for the system image during its lifetime.
> Upon reboot, the system image will reset to the same previous state."

This case is part of a larger "validated execution" effort.  For more info:
http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/archives/6188-Upcoming-Security-PSARC-cases.html
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