svn commit: r346441 - in head/sys/modules: em fusefs iavf

[Warner Losh]

On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 10:44 AM John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 4/20/19 6:23 AM, Justin Hibbits wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 08:21 Alan Somers <asomers at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 6:58 AM Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 07:51 Alan Somers <asomers at 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?
>

I don't think this solves the original issue.

Warner

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> John Baldwin
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