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 Message-ID: <CAHSQbTDfj5_-N69UyCpdfqAH=vAW%2BUA3C%2Bm%2BPyBXYsmxEZQOGg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201904201251.x3KCp6it044898@repo.freebsd.org> References: <201904201251.x3KCp6it044898@repo.freebsd.org>
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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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