Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756478AbXKASDj (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:03:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753058AbXKASDb (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:03:31 -0400 Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net ([63.240.77.81]:35057 "EHLO sccrmhc11.comcast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752611AbXKASDa (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:03:30 -0400 Subject: Re: Issue building kernel driver From: Chris Holvenstot To: Adrian Bunk , kernel list In-Reply-To: <20071101175126.GA7227@stusta.de> References: <1193938746.7555.7.camel@localhost> <20071101175126.GA7227@stusta.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:03:37 -0500 Message-Id: <1193940217.7555.13.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1851 Lines: 49 Thank you for the quick response - normally I would not have bothered with the kernel list but this is a case where the same source would sucessfully compile on "git4" but not on "git9 or git10" As I previously stated the message is also being sent to the VirtualBox developers (who will likely tell that they don't support those who build and test development kernels) Once again thanks On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 18:51 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 12:39:06PM -0500, Chris Holvenstot wrote: > > Adrian Bunk Adrian Bunk > > Although it may not be popular with the crowd here, I do have a valid > > reason to run Windows - and I accomidate this using the VirtualBox > > product. > > http://www.google.com/ > > Since I try to be slightly useful and build as many of the "test" kernel > > images I can I end up rebuilding the VirtualBox kernel driver (open > > source) on an almost daily basis. > >... > > I am not sure if this should be reported to the kernel folks or the > > VirtualBox folks - but the kernel code is what changed. However I will > > post this on the VirtualBox forum too. > > We had a (different) bug report involving exactly this external driver > at some older post 2.6.23 kernel where it turned out it was a problem in > this driver - and this one also looks really like a problem in their > driver. > > Generally, problems with external drivers should be reported to the > vendors of these drivers and not here (unless it's clear it's a bug in > the kernel and not in the driver). > > > Thanks > > cu > Adrian > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/