Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

[MRH <misiek_spam@o2.pl>]

On 23/01/11 04:53, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> "tv.debian@googlemail.com"<tv.debian@googlemail.com>  writes:
>
> > The problem with extraversion and 2.6.37 is known, it's been reported
> > here if I remember, look for a message starting with "kernel-package:
> > 2.6.37" in the archives. But since it seems to affect only proprietary
> > software I guess they'll have to adapt.
>
> Since I was the one to report that, I should correct some things I got
> wrong. The problem also exists in 2.6.36 - that's when it was
> introduced, and I had to revert two commits to fix it:
>
> 7b8ea53d7f1865cd8f05dfb8f706a4ff5a72abcf (makefile: not need to
> regenerate kernel.release file when make kernelrelease)
>
> 01ab17887f4cdcb8bb5a5d1bc3b160d186e6e99b (Makefile: "make kernelrelease"
> should show the correct full kernel version)
>
> I don't know if this is related to the OP's issues - I don't use nvidia
> drivers.

I'm afraid it's a bit beyond my skills at the moment - I guess it's 
about getting source tree by svn and reverting the changes applied by 
getting previous version of a file?

Thanks anyway - I hope it will start working for me at some point :)

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Kind regards,
Michal R. Hoffmann