From owner-svn-src-head@freebsd.org Sat Apr 20 13:54:05 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D105E158E971; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:54:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lj1-f181.google.com (mail-lj1-f181.google.com [209.85.208.181]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5CA10920C1; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:54:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lj1-f181.google.com with SMTP id k8so6755339lja.8; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 06:54:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=31YLO0Kc7ytFbYRfrMgC6bw2WAYRkSRAwVIWS7UwwdM=; b=q+JLo9vpGfubW7Yl4ETPd4WJuQuuggwNqSjgMD35IlwON6gPiBDxeqQVvhLCRiVrjh 2D2386oyGwXCQYj7F+40xLZI26Lx2wB2GtWHDjLrlRDnxcz8vELFm1fPkN3hu+2YICIj zKtoTwZl0/WLdcFQCDUOIamdYi3zatvv2h17ColAH//key4P7w9A+jvVBnsCZ+IdK0Gi 7Xo1b57r0jS10e/9cCugVS+U9iLNv43sw9Vt6URJw5B/MeAs0yhZQhCKh9Ly3fTpLOH9 48I4JRYiEjuuGaG4PSiayvdi9QGKp8DhNnlDUE3aVz2gmUTRw9LU999wPZCeMrUbdPDC siNA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVtX2958uVkCIrh7Sp06Yo4U3YQX1D2AYTgQuiaEE4rijZs7sXQ e53NASMyIw20P6a3RFmIQmiqyUO4EF0EWaCT1Q2G7d2i X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwuC6SBJbucfn7PoD111RAu3RvsAYquKTJzHFLs0Aa32Sx62vv/CN1tRE5TIwWGUk4a/LAm8zFXTwxNgyL5YZk= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:9703:: with SMTP id r3mr4981998lji.88.1555766502377; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 06:21:42 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <201904201251.x3KCp6it044898@repo.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: From: Alan Somers Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 07:21:30 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r346441 - in head/sys/modules: em fusefs iavf To: Justin Hibbits Cc: src-committers , svn-src-all , svn-src-head Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 5CA10920C1 X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.89 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.89)[-0.894,0] X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:54:06 -0000 On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 6:58 AM Justin Hibbits wrote: > > > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 07:51 Alan Somers 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