Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 11:22:54 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, 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: <CANCZdfor8W_r3dSUDwW=aVVNRFmz3ZZYivWEEpnh-Ki9URMm9w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <16BC7A31-39F3-4CFE-A6DA-5187FB154FA4@gmail.com> 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> <16BC7A31-39F3-4CFE-A6DA-5187FB154FA4@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 10:46 AM Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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. > 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 > >
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