Ticket #20198 (closed defect: fixed)
Virtualbox Linux vboxnetflt driver cannot be built with 5.11 kernel => fixed in svn/6.1.x x>18
Reported by: | cloudsw | Owned by: | paulson |
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Component: | host support | Version: | VirtualBox 6.1.18 |
Keywords: | 5.11 kernel | Cc: | |
Guest type: | other | Host type: | Linux |
Description (last modified by paulson) (diff)
Failed to rebuild drivers after installing 5.11 kernel:
$sudo vboxconfig vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services. vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services. vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules. vboxdrv.sh: failed: Look at /var/log/vbox-setup.log to find out what went wrong.
There were problems setting up VirtualBox. To re-start the set-up process, run
/sbin/vboxconfig
as root. If your system is using EFI Secure Boot you may need to sign the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load them. Please see your Linux system's documentation for more information.
vbox-setup.log is attached
/tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c: In function ‘vboxNetFltNeedsLinkState’: /tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c:1761:47: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type ‘const struct ethtool_ops’ 1761 | if (pDev->ethtool_ops && pDev->ethtool_ops->get_drvinfo) | ^~ /tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c:1763:32: error: storage size of ‘Info’ isn’t known 1763 | struct ethtool_drvinfo Info; | ^~~~ /tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c:1766:20: error: ‘ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO’ undeclared (first use in this function) 1766 | Info.cmd = ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO; | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c:1766:20: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in /tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c:1763:32: warning: unused variable ‘Info’ [-Wunused-variable] 1763 | struct ethtool_drvinfo Info; | ^~~~ make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:279: /tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [Makefile:1800: /tmp/vbox.0] Error 2 make: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile-footer.gmk:117: vboxnetflt] Error 2
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comment:1 Changed 2 years ago by cloudsw
Adding the following line in /usr/share/virtualbox/src/vboxhost/vboxnetflt/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c fixed the problem.
#include <linux/ethtool.h>
comment:2 Changed 2 years ago by paulson
- Owner set to paulson
- Status changed from new to assigned
- Summary changed from Virtualbox Linux drivers cannot be built with 5.11 kernel to Virtualbox Linux vboxnetflt driver cannot be built with 5.11 kernel
This has been addressed in revision r142841 of the development branch of VirtualBox and the fix has also been backported to the 6.1 branch of VirtualBox as of revision r142842. Any Testbuilds containing these revisions will include the fix. As mentioned here, a quick workaround in the interim is to edit VBoxNetFlt-linux.c to include <linux/ethtool.h>. The fix will also be part of the next maintenance release of VirtualBox 6.1.x.
Changed 2 years ago by drankinatty
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make.log
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Linux 5.11 Kernel Module Fail to Build (make.log)
comment:3 Changed 2 years ago by drankinatty
I can confirm this bug on Archlinux with 6.1.18 and Linux 5.11. make.log attached.
comment:4 follow-up: ↓ 7 Changed 2 years ago by paulson
The VirtualBox 6.1.x Testbuilds contain the fix for this issue now so apart from editing VBoxNetFlt-linux.c as an interim fix you can download the updated VirtualBox package from here until the next maintenance release of VirtualBox is available.
comment:6 Changed 22 months ago by Virgil
Same problem: same Linux kernel version:5.11,same virtualbox version:6.1.18
comment:7 in reply to: ↑ 4 Changed 22 months ago by estibordo
Replying to paulson:
The VirtualBox 6.1.x Testbuilds contain the fix for this issue now so apart from editing VBoxNetFlt-linux.c as an interim fix you can download the updated VirtualBox package from here until the next maintenance release of VirtualBox is available.
I was running 6.1.18 r142142. Removing it and installing the 6.1.19 Testbuild solve the problem with Kernel 5.11.13.
I was able to add the previous extpack (from ver 6.18) on this new version.
Now all virtualbox modules are built and working.
Thank you!
comment:8 Changed 22 months ago by Soulsurfer
The proposed include line mentioned by cloudsw above works on my machine.
Running VirtualBox 6.1.18 now on Kernel 5.11.15.