[vbox-dev] Full patch for 4.15

[Michael Thayer]

Hello Sérgio and Larry,

Yes, I just noticed that too, and I uploaded new Additions test
builds[1] a couple of hours ago with the missing parts of the patches
applied.

[1] https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

Thanks again both, and feedback welcome that the new builds work for you!

Regards
Michael

18.01.2018 15:49, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> On Thu, 2018-01-04 at 13:46 +0100, Alexander Eichner wrote:
>> Hi Larry,
>>
>> thanks a lot for the patch! I integrated it now and it will be
>> available starting with the next maintenance releases of 5.1 and 5.2.
> 
> Vbox 5.2.6 doesn't build kmods with kernel 4.15-rc8 ! 
> 
> 
>> Regards,
>> Alexander
>>
>>> On 02.12.2017 08:07, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The attached patch file makes the necessary changes to the
>>> VirtualBox 5.1.30 sources to allow the kernel modules to build with
>>> kernel 4.15.
>>>
>>> The API changes are of several types:
>>>
>>> 1. The timer initialization routine init_timer_pinned() no longer
>>> exists, and
>>>   is replaced by timer_setup().
>>> 2. The timer callback routine calling sequence is changed as is the
>>> technique
>>>   for getting the timer information from the callback parameters.
>>> 3. The calling sequence for drm_encoder_find() is changed.
>>> 4. The calling sequence for the .get and .set members of the
>>> module_param_call()
>>>   calls have changed.
>>>
>>> This patch is released under the MIT license.
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>
>>>
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>>

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