module compile fails on supported linux distro and kernel

[Ninho]

Compilation of the VBox module fails under SUSE 9.1, kernel 2.6.5-7.276 (that is the latest security fix for this version from Novell)

It appears some IFDEF... statements based on kernel version are inaccurate in the header script "the-linux-kernel.h", leading to redefinition of `jiffies_to_msecs' and `msecs_to_jiffies' (see appended log).

The manual, version 2.1.0, section 1.4 states : supported... SUSE Linux 9 and 10, openSUSE 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 11. In same section it says all 2.6 Linux kernels should be covered. In fact the offending scripts seem to be trying to cover even 1.4 kernels, though I understand those are no longer supported.

Please advise as how to repair or circumvent this bug.

Regards.

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Installing VirtualBox to /opt/VirtualBox-2.1.0 
 
 Output from the module build process (the Linux kernel build system) follows: 
 
 make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.5-7.276-default/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 modules 
 make -C ../../../linux-2.6.5-7.276 O=../linux-2.6.5-7.276-obj/i386/default modules 
 make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.276-obj/i386/default                \ 
 KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.276             KBUILD_VERBOSE=1        \ 
 KBUILD_CHECK= KBUILD_EXTMOD="/tmp/vbox.0"        \ 
         -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.276/Makefile modules 
 mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions 
 make -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.276/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0 
   gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/linux/.SUPDrv-linux.o.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Iinclude2 -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.276/include  -I/tmp/vbox.0 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -funit-at-a-time -funit-at-a-time -march=i586 -mregparm=3 -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.276/include/asm-i386/mach-default -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer  -I/lib/modules/2.6.5-7.276-default/build/include  -I/tmp/vbox.0/  -I/tmp/vbox.0/include  -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DCONFIG_VBOXDRV_AS_MISC -DRT_ARCH_X86 -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=SUPDrv_linux -DKBUILD_MODNAME=vboxdrv -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/.tmp_SUPDrv-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c 
 In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:38: 
 /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:137: error: redefinition of `jiffies_to_msecs' 
 /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.276/include/linux/jiffies.h:74: error: `jiffies_to_msecs' previously defined here 
 /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:148: error: redefinition of `msecs_to_jiffies' 
 /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.276/include/linux/jiffies.h:96: error: `msecs_to_jiffies' previously defined here 
 make[4]: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Erreur 1 
 make[3]: *** [_module_/tmp/vbox.0] Erreur 2 
 make[2]: *** [modules] Erreur 2 
 make[1]: *** [modules] Erreur 2 
 make: *** [vboxdrv] Erreur 2 
 
 End of the output from the Linux kernel build system.