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Date:      Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:07:34 -0000
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
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On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 7:23 AM Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 08:21 Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 6:58 AM Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> wrote:
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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.
>> >>
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>> > Thanks! This should fix installkernel on my POWER9.
>> >
>> > - Justin
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>> 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
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> 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.
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> - 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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