From d2d51c9179b14b212ba46f6680e508699bbbcd5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:39:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] firmware: use hard links rather than symlinks

When creating on-disc firmware links, use the same link creation logic as archive-area links

Closes #1031696
---
 tools/make_disc_trees.pl | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/make_disc_trees.pl b/tools/make_disc_trees.pl
index 204c6193..8b9ce9fb 100755
--- a/tools/make_disc_trees.pl
+++ b/tools/make_disc_trees.pl
@@ -1239,10 +1239,9 @@ sub add_firmware_stuff {
 	$blocks_added += get_file_blocks("$dir/firmware/dep11/README.txt");
     }
 
-    msg_ap(0, "Symlink fw package $p into /firmware\n");
-    symlink("../$file", "$dir/firmware/$base_file")
-	or die "unable to create $dir/firmware/$base_file symlink: $!";
-    msg_ap(0, "Symlink ../$file $dir/firmware/.\n");
+    msg_ap(0, "Link fw package $p into /firmware\n");
+    $blocks_added += good_link("$dir/firmware/../$file", "$dir/firmware/$base_file");
+    msg_ap(0, "Link ../$file $dir/firmware/.\n");
 
     # Cope with maybe having the patterns file already
     # (e.g. multi-arch), in which case we'll replace it here