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Date:      Sat, 20 Apr 2019 09:44:05 -0700
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com>, 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
Message-ID:  <5bf4a702-7df8-5597-25b0-55baa71d1d4f@FreeBSD.org>
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On 4/20/19 6:23 AM, Justin Hibbits 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.

You could just use cp instead of a link?

-- 
John Baldwin



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