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Date:      Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:08:05 -0000
From:      Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com>
To:        Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>,  svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r346441 - in head/sys/modules: em fusefs iavf
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On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 08:21 Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 6:58 AM Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 07:51 Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Author: asomers
> >> Date: Sat Apr 20 12:51:05 2019
> >> New Revision: 346441
> >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/346441
> >>
> >> Log:
> >>   Use symlinks for kernel modules rather than hardlinks
> >>
> >>   When aliasing a kernel module to a different name (ie if_igb for
> if_em),
> >>   it's better to use symlinks than hard links. kldxref will omit
> entries for
> >>   the links, ensuring that the loaded module has the correct name.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Thanks! This should fix installkernel on my POWER9.
> >
> > - Justin
>
> What's the problem with your POWER9?  Is that one of those msdosfs
> /boot systems?  If so, I don't think this will fix it.  msdosfs
> doesn't support either symlinks or hardlinks.  Or is there some other
> problem?
> -Alan
>

Yes it is.  Well that's a bummer then. I thought we faked symlinks on
msdosfs, but on second thought not sure how well would do that.

- Justin

>



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