id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
15464	VBox 5.18 and 5.20 do not build kernel driver for 4.6.0 kernel	marcmerlin1		"They build for for the 4.4 kernel, but on the same exact machine, they fail like so:
{{{
saruman:/tmp/vbox.2# make --trace
Makefile:298: target 'vboxdrv' does not exist
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.2 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.2 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG= -C /lib/modules/4.6.0-amd64-volpreempt-sysrq-20160530/build modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/var/change/src/linux-4.6.0-amd64-volpreempt-sysrq-20160530'
Makefile:587: target 'include/config/auto.conf' does not exist
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (		\
echo >&2;							\
echo >&2 ""  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."";		\
echo >&2 ""         include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing."";\
echo >&2 ""         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."";	\
echo >&2 ;							\
/bin/false)
Makefile:1415: target 'crmodverdir' does not exist
mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.2/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.2/.tmp_versions/*
Makefile:1419: target 'Module.symvers' does not exist
test -e ./Module.symvers || ( \
echo; \
echo ""  WARNING: Symbol version dump ./Module.symvers""; \
echo ""           is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.""; \
echo )
Makefile:1428: update target '_module_/tmp/vbox.2' due to: crmodverdir Module.symvers
make -f ./scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.2
make[2]: *** No rule to make target '/tmp/vbox.2/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o', needed by '/tmp/vbox.2/vboxdrv.o'.  Stop.
Makefile:1428: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/vbox.2' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vbox.2] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/change/src/linux-4.6.0-amd64-volpreempt-sysrq-20160530'
Makefile:298: recipe for target 'vboxdrv' failed
}}}
It looks like with a 4.6 kernel, it's unable to build
/tmp/vbox.1/linux/.SUPDrv-linux.o.d and then everything stops obviously. Yet, /var/change/src/linux-4.6.0-amd64-volpreempt-sysrq-20160530 contains a fully built kernel source and the build makes it unclear what's missing.


If i tweak the module build to build for the 4.4 kernel, then the first line I see is shown below, and everything builds fine.
{{{
scripts/Makefile.build:258: update target '/tmp/vbox.1/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o' due to: /tmp/vbox.1/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c scripts/recordmcount.c scripts/recordmcount.h FORCE
set -e; 	   echo '  gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.1/linux/.SUPDrv-linux.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/include -I./arch/x86/include -Iarch/x86/include/generated/uapi -Iarch/x86/include/generated  -Iinclude -I./arch/x86/include/uapi -Iarch/x86/include/generated/uapi -I./include/uapi -Iinclude/generated/uapi -include ./include/linux/kconfig.h -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -std=gnu89 -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -m64 -falign-jumps=1 -falign-loops=1 -mno-80387 -mno-fp-ret-in-387 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=3 -mskip-rax-setup -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_X86_X32_ABI -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -DCONFIG_AS_SSSE3=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CRC32=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX2=1 -DCONFIG_AS_SHA1_NI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_SHA256_NI=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -Os -Wno-maybe-uninitialized --param=allow-store-data-races=0 -fno-reorder-blocks -fno-ipa-cp-clone -fno-partial-inlining -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fstack-protector -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -fno-var-tracking-assignments -pg -mfentry -DCC_USING_FENTRY -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -Werror=implicit-int -Werror=strict-prototypes -Werror=date-time -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -include /tmp/vbox.1/include/VBox/SUPDrvMangling.h -I/lib/modules/4.4.5-amd64-volpreempt-sysrq-20160312bc5/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.1/ -I/tmp/vbox.1/include -I/tmp/vbox.1/r0drv/linux -I/tmp/vbox.1/vboxdrv/ -I/tmp/vbox.1/vboxdrv/include -I/tmp/vbox.1/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DSUPDRV_WITH_RELEASE_LOGGER -Wno-declaration-after-statement -DCONFIG_VBOXDRV_AS_MISC -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS  -DMODULE  -D""KBUILD_STR(s)=#s"" -D""KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPDrv_linux)""  -D""KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxdrv)"" -c -o /tmp/vbox.1/linux/.tmp_SUPDrv-linux.o /tmp/vbox.1/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c'; gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.1/linux/.SUPDrv-linux.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/include -I./arch/x86/include -Iarch/x86/include/generated/uapi -Iarch/x86/include/generated  -Iinclude -I./arch/x86/include/uapi -Iarch/x86/include/generated/uapi -I./include/uapi -Iinclude/generated/uapi -include ./include/linux/kconfig.h -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -std=gnu89 -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -m64 -falign-jumps=1 -falign-loops=1 -mno-80387 -mno-fp-ret-in-387 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=3 -mskip-rax-setup -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_X86_X32_ABI -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -DCONFIG_AS_SSSE3=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CRC32=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX2=1 -DCONFIG_AS_SHA1_NI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_SHA256_NI=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -Os -Wno-maybe-uninitialized --param=allow-store-data-races=0 -fno-reorder-blocks -fno-ipa-cp-clone -fno-partial-inlining -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fstack-protector -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -fno-var-tracking-assignments -pg -mfentry -DCC_USING_FENTRY -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -Werror=implicit-int -Werror=strict-prototypes -Werror=date-time -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -include /tmp/vbox.1/include/VBox/SUPDrvMangling.h -I/lib/modules/4.4.5-amd64-volpreempt-sysrq-20160312bc5/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.1/ -I/tmp/vbox.1/include -I/tmp/vbox.1/r0drv/linux -I/tmp/vbox.1/vboxdrv/ -I/tmp/vbox.1/vboxdrv/include -I/tmp/vbox.1/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DSUPDRV_WITH_RELEASE_LOGGER -Wno-declaration-after-statement -DCONFIG_VBOXDRV_AS_MISC -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS  -DMODULE  -D""KBUILD_STR(s)=#s"" -D""KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPDrv_linux)""  -D""KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxdrv)"" -c -o /tmp/vbox.1/linux/.tmp_SUPDrv-linux.o 
}}}"	defect	closed	installer	VirtualBox 5.0.20	fixed			all	Linux