This has got me stumped. I expected to do /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup after the upgrade from 11.3 to 11.4 but the command fails. The log is (it seems to repeat so I only quote the final bits to make it fit into the wordcount limit):
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 modules
make -C ../../../linux-2.6.37.1-1.2 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2-obj/x86_64/desktop/. modules
make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2-obj/x86_64/desktop \
KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2 \
KBUILD_EXTMOD="/tmp/vbox.0" -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/Makefile \
modules
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/*
make -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0
gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/linux/.VBoxNetFlt-linux.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.5/include -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/include -include include/generated/autoconf.h -I/tmp/vbox.0 -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fno-stack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -I/lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(VBoxNetFlt_linux)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxnetflt)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/.tmp_VBoxNetFlt-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c
gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.VBoxNetFlt.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.5/include -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/include -include include/generated/autoconf.h -I/tmp/vbox.0 -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fno-stack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -I/lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(VBoxNetFlt)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxnetflt)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_VBoxNetFlt.o /tmp/vbox.0/VBoxNetFlt.c
gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.SUPR0IdcClient.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.5/include -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/include -include include/generated/autoconf.h -I/tmp/vbox.0 -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fno-stack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -I/lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPR0IdcClient)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxnetflt)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_SUPR0IdcClient.o /tmp/vbox.0/SUPR0IdcClient.c
gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.SUPR0IdcClientComponent.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.5/include -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/include -include include/generated/autoconf.h -I/tmp/vbox.0 -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fno-stack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -I/lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPR0IdcClientComponent)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxnetflt)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_SUPR0IdcClientComponent.o /tmp/vbox.0/SUPR0IdcClientComponent.c
gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.SUPR0IdcClient-linux.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.5/include -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/include -include include/generated/autoconf.h -I/tmp/vbox.0 -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fno-stack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -I/lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPR0IdcClient_linux)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxnetflt)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_SUPR0IdcClient-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/SUPR0IdcClient-linux.c
ld -m elf_x86_64 -r -o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxnetflt.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/VBoxNetFlt.o /tmp/vbox.0/SUPR0IdcClient.o /tmp/vbox.0/SUPR0IdcClientComponent.o /tmp/vbox.0/SUPR0IdcClient-linux.o
(cat /dev/null; echo kernel//tmp/vbox.0/vboxnetflt.ko;) > /tmp/vbox.0/modules.order
make -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/scripts/Makefile.modpost
scripts/mod/modpost -m -a -i /usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2-obj/x86_64/desktop/Module.symvers -I /tmp/vbox.0/Module.symvers -o /tmp/vbox.0/Module.symvers -S -w -s
gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.vboxnetflt.mod.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.5/include -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/include -include include/generated/autoconf.h -I/tmp/vbox.0 -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fno-stack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -I/lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxnetflt.mod)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxnetflt)" -DMODULE -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxnetflt.mod.o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxnetflt.mod.c
ld -r -m elf_x86_64 -T /usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/scripts/module-common.lds --build-id -o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxnetflt.ko /tmp/vbox.0/vboxnetflt.o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxnetflt.mod.o
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 modules
make -C ../../../linux-2.6.37.1-1.2 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2-obj/x86_64/desktop/. modules
make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2-obj/x86_64/desktop \
KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2 \
KBUILD_EXTMOD="/tmp/vbox.0" -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/Makefile \
modules
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/*
make -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0
gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/linux/.VBoxNetAdp-linux.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.5/include -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.37.1-1.2/include -include include/generated/autoconf.h -I/tmp/vbox.0 -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fno-stack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -I/lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(VBoxNetAdp_linux)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxnetadp)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/.tmp_VBoxNetAdp-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c
/tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c:92:5: error: unknown field ‘ioctl’ specified in initializer
/tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c:92:5: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
make[4]: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/tmp/vbox.0] Error 2
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [vboxnetadp] Error 2
I have all the latest versions of all the required kernel headers, gcc stuff and so on. Vbox version is 3.1.8.