vboxdrv host driver broken on 2.6.21-rc3

[andrew.barr]

root@conroe:~# modprobe vboxdrv
FATAL: Error inserting vboxdrv (/lib/modules/2.6.21-rc3/misc/vboxdrv.ko): Invalid argument
root@conroe:~# dmesg | tail -n 3
vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate NMI watchdog permanently...
vboxdrv: NMI watchdog either active or at least initialized. Please disable the NMI
vboxdrv: watchdog by specifying 'nmi_watchdog=0' at kernel command line.
root@conroe:~# uname -a
Linux conroe 2.6.21-rc3 #9 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 8 13:41:44 EST 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@conroe:~# cat /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=791 resume=/dev/sda2 splash quiet nmi_watchdog=0
 
andrew@conroe:~/documents/src/vbox$ svn info
Path: .
URL: http://virtualbox.org/svn/vbox/trunk
Repository Root: http://virtualbox.org/svn/vbox
Repository UUID: cfe28804-0f27-0410-a406-dd0f0b0b656f
Revision: 1372
Node Kind: directory
Schedule: normal
Last Changed Author: vboxsync
Last Changed Rev: 1372
Last Changed Date: 2007-03-09 08:29:29 -0500 (Fri, 09 Mar 2007)

This problem goes back to at least r1077.

[andrew.barr]

Also, it works correctly on Linux/i686.

[andrew.barr]

It also works correctly, both in i686 and x86_64, on 2.6.21-rc2 and earlier.

[Frank Mehnert]

Please add your Linux .config file as an attachment.

[Frank Mehnert]

Please retry with the vboxdrv from the svn HEAD if possible. Use

src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/linux/export_modules ~/vboxdrv.tar.gz

to export the kernel module from the svn tree.

[Frank Mehnert]

No feedback. Closing.