On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 10:46 AM Enji Cooper <yaneurab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Apr 20, 2019, at 9:44 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? > > *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. > None of those are helpful. Better to just not do the link for a system we don't the compat links for.... Warner Cheers, > -Enji > > _______________________________________________ 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"
