Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:08:06 -0000 From: Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com>, Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>, 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: <16BC7A31-39F3-4CFE-A6DA-5187FB154FA4@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5bf4a702-7df8-5597-25b0-55baa71d1d4f@FreeBSD.org> 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> <5bf4a702-7df8-5597-25b0-55baa71d1d4f@FreeBSD.org>
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> On Apr 20, 2019, at 9:44 AM, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > 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? *eyes `install -l`*: -l linkflags Instead of copying the file make a link to the source. The type of the link is determined by the linkflags argument. Valid linkflags are: a (absolute), r (relative), h (hard), s (symbolic), m (mixed). Absolute and relative have effect only for symbolic links. Mixed links are hard links for files on the same filesystem, symbolic otherwise. Cheers, -Enji
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