On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 10:44 AM John Baldwin <j...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 4/20/19 6:23 AM, Justin Hibbits wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 08:21 Alan Somers <asom...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 6:58 AM Justin Hibbits <chmeeed...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 07:51 Alan Somers <asom...@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 -- > John Baldwin > > _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
