Re: VirtualBox kernel mod compile fails
Hi.
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:54:39 +0100
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 00:37 +0400, Reco wrote:
>
> DKMS should be able to build the modules for more or less every version
> of virtual box with more or less every kernel headers, as long as they
> are not years apart and as long as there should be no obscure Debian
> patches. I'm doing this for different distros even with rt patched
> kernels.
Given the general quality of VirtualBox upstream developers (currently -
Oracle), there is a huge difference between 'DKMS should build' and
'DKMS can actually build something that works'. Kernel developers put
it simple:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/10/6/317
But, rants aside - this particular problem is described at Debian Bug
696011. Long story short - out-of-tree kernel modules break from time to
time, and for Virtualbox 4.1 that happened for kernels > 3.7.
Solution 1: Apply patch to virtualbox kernel module source.
Solution 2: Install backported Virtualbox, where the problem is solved.
Which one is simplier in your option?
Reco
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