Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 08:23:35 -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 <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r346441 - in head/sys/modules: em fusefs iavf Message-ID: <CAHSQbTAnsvNvzKABdXpXFtoWhV%2BcoK6oqJctzJodfYALz2_tgA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2jPjfmMJz-Mbw7-Dti=YsTHLj%2BH3BEiX3Xr1NZza0HPAg@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>
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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 >
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