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Date:      Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:29:30 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        vbox@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 224616] emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions does not detect PAE
Message-ID:  <bug-224616-26505@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 224616
           Summary: emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions does not detect PAE
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: vbox@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: mi@FreeBSD.org
          Assignee: vbox@FreeBSD.org
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(vbox@FreeBSD.org)

I could not get my PAE-using VBox guest to load vboxguest-module properly --
and, consequently, could not get X to work, etcaetera -- until I added -DPA=
E to
the CFLAGS and rebuilt it.

Maybe, it should be the port's option (or flavor?). Maybe, the port needs t=
o be
split into "common" part -- which does not depend on the kernel flags -- and
the kernel-modules part, which needs to be built differently for PAE-kernel=
s.

At the very least, a load-time detection of PAE-kernel needs to be implemen=
ted
so the user gets an actionable hint as to what to do, instead of the
incomprehensible "vgdrvFreeBSDAddIRQ failed" followed by "vboxguest0 attach
returned 6".

Not even Google knows, what to do about these, although my filing this tick=
et
may help :-) ...

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