Opened 2 years ago
Last modified 2 years ago
#20878 new defect
Building kernel module fails on CentOS8 and Kernel 5.17
| Reported by: | HRZ d. Universität Bielefeld | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | installer | Version: | VirtualBox 6.1.32 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | all | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Had running VB6.1.32 under kernel 5.16. Reboot triggered after installing kernel 5.17. Build kernel driver failed with error.
Building the main VirtualBox module.
Error building the module:
make V=1 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG= CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_ALL= -C /lib/modules/5.17.0-1.el8.elrepo.x86_64/build M=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 -j16 modules
make[1]: warning: -j16 forced in submake: resetting jobserver mode.
/bin/sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/bin/sh: -c: line 0: `if [ "gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-10)" != ""gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-4)"" ]; then \'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1717: prepare] Error 1
make: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile-footer.gmk:117: vboxdrv] Error 2
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comment:1 by , 2 years ago
comment:2 by , 2 years ago
Hi,
we tried VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.97_150532_el8-1.x86_64.rpm on Centos 8 Streams running kernel 5.17.1. Building the kernel module failed. Please see the attached vboxsetup.log.
With regards, Peter.
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Hi HRZunibi,
We have fixes for kernel 5.17 in our Development snapshots (r150522+) on https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds.