Bug 526000

Summary:	app-emulation/virtualbox-modules 4.2.24 with kernel 3.17.0 - .../work/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c:186:48: error: macro "alloc_netdev" requires 4 arguments, but only 3 given
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Harald Weiner <timeraider>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Gentoo VMWare Bug Squashers [disabled] <vmware+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	build.log patch for app-emulation/virtualbox patch for app-emulation/virtualbox-modules

Description Harald Weiner 2014-10-20 10:52:32 UTC

During an emerge @module-rebuild the app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-4.2.24 ebuild build step failed with the message:"
* Installing vboxnetadp module
install: cannot stat ‘vboxnetadp.ko’: No such file or directory
!!! doins: vboxnetadp.ko does not exist
"

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge "=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.17.0"
2.emerge "=app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-4.2.24"

Actual Results:  
vboxnetadp.ko is not built because of the following error message: /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-4.2.24/work/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c: In function ‘vboxNetAdpOsCreate’:
/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-4.2.24/work/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c:186:48: error: macro "alloc_netdev" requires 4 arguments, but only 3 given

Expected Results:  
the build should succeed.

This bug seems to be related to the one reported at: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=63208

I have not tried the patch recommended there yet. Update will follow as soon as possible.

Comment 1 Harald Weiner 2014-10-20 10:55:18 UTC

Created attachment 387036 [details]
build.log

Comment 2 Harald Weiner 2014-10-21 06:42:40 UTC

Created attachment 387110 [details, diff]
patch for app-emulation/virtualbox

/etc/portage/patches/app-emulation/virtualbox/virtualbox.patch

Comment 3 Harald Weiner 2014-10-21 06:43:40 UTC

Created attachment 387112 [details, diff]
patch for app-emulation/virtualbox-modules

/etc/portage/patches/app-emulation/virtualbox-modules/virtualbox-alloc_netdev.diff.patch

Comment 4 Harald Weiner 2014-10-21 06:49:11 UTC

I have now tested the patches suggested at https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=63208 and https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=296650#p296650 by putting them into /etc/portage/patches/app-emulation/virtualbox respectively /etc/portage/patches/app-emulation/virtualbox-modules. Both patches are needed, app-emulation/virtualbox and app-emulation/virtualbox-modules both need to be recompiled under the 3.17 kernel version, and the kernel modules need to be re-loaded of course.
The virtual machine is now starting up again without any problems.