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Date:      Sat, 20 Apr 2019 07:57:44 -0500
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@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r346441 - in head/sys/modules: em fusefs iavf
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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

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