Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 07:46:44 -0600 From: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> To: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> 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 Message-ID: <CAOtMX2jZWrF%2BE5DqmO44wHYZrHQ8p5OoAKj7v2_W-X6z8BppUA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHSQbTAnsvNvzKABdXpXFtoWhV%2BcoK6oqJctzJodfYALz2_tgA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201904201251.x3KCp6it044898@repo.freebsd.org> <CAHSQbTDfj5_-N69UyCpdfqAH=vAW%2BUA3C%2Bm%2BPyBXYsmxEZQOGg@mail.gmail.com> <CAOtMX2jPjfmMJz-Mbw7-Dti=YsTHLj%2BH3BEiX3Xr1NZza0HPAg@mail.gmail.com> <CAHSQbTAnsvNvzKABdXpXFtoWhV%2BcoK6oqJctzJodfYALz2_tgA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 7:23 AM Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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 We should probably just remove the offending links on ppc, then. The only harm is that after upgrading, ppc users would have to replace fuse_load="YES" with fusefs_load="YES". -Alan
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