Cheers for the links David, but you'll note that I've commented on the blog you linked (ie, was aware of it). The zpool-12 binary linked from http://digitaldj.net/2010/11/03/zfs-zpool-v28-openindiana-b147-4k-drives-and-you/ worked perfectly on my SX11 installation. (It threw some error on b134, so it relies on some external code, to some extent.)
I'd note for those who are going to try, that that binary produces a pool of as high a version as the system supports. I was surprised that it was higher than the code for which it was compiled (ie, b147 = zpool v28). I'm currently populating a pool with a 9-wide raidz vdev of Samsung HD204UI 2TB (5400rpm, 4KB sector) and a 9-wide raidz vdev of Seagate LP ST32000542AS 2TB (5900 rpm, 4KB sector) which was created with that binary, and haven't seen any of the performance issues I've had in the past with WD EARS drives. It would be lovely if Oracle could see fit to implementing correct detection of these drives! Or, at the very least, an -o ashift=12 parameter in the zpool create function.
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