[vbox-dev] VirtualBox modules 4.2.4 doesn't build correctly on linux kernel 3.7.0 (gentoo)

[Frank Mehnert]

Hi,

On Saturday 15 December 2012 01:14:30 G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote:
> Apparently the linux kernel 3.7.0 has reorganized some of the include
> header files.
> 
> Trying to build virtualbox-modules-4.2.4 on gentoo with
> gentoo-sources-2.7.0 fails late in the build with "missing" include
> files.  Examination of the error shows that the 3.7.0 kernel has moved
> some of the files and/or fails to copy some headers into the
> /lib/modules/<kernel>/build/include/
> directories.
> 
> For example: include/asm-generic/types.h is not copied or moved
>              include/uapi/types.h is moves somewhere
> 
> I filed a bug at the gentoo bugzilla: BZ:447302
>        https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447302
> 
> is there a beta version or download of sources that works with the Linux
> 3.7.0 kernel?

this looks to me like a bug of Gentoo and not a bug of VirtualBox.
The VirtualBox 4.2.4 kernel driver sources compiles fine against 3.7
vanilla sources.

VirtualBox 4.1.22 is a separate problem (it was released prior to
Linux 3.7).

Kind regards,

Frank
-- 
Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert | Software Development Director, VirtualBox
ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Werkstr. 24 | 71384 Weinstadt, Germany

Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München
Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603
Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz

Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V.
Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande
Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697
Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 198 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part.
Url : http://www.virtualbox.org/pipermail/vbox-dev/attachments/20121217/269d5b85/attachment-0002.bin