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Date:      Sun, 30 May 2010 19:36:16 +0200
From:      Beat Gaetzi <beat@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com>
Cc:        emulation@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: CFT: VirtualBox 3.2.0
Message-ID:  <4C02A210.2030906@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimfPLIIT-t7ZZi8ugAEhKSX7GYoqfXtC-id-y39@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <4C011524.7050806@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTimfPLIIT-t7ZZi8ugAEhKSX7GYoqfXtC-id-y39@mail.gmail.com>

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Brandon Gooch wrote:
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Beat Gaetzi <beat@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The vbox@ team is happy to announce a call for tester for VirtualBox 3.2.0.
>>
>> The VirtualBox 3.2.0 changelog is available here:
>>  http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
>>
>> Changes to the port:
>>  - VirtualBox and the guest additions have been updated to 3.2.0.
>>  - Add option to build with VNC support (Disabled by default)
>>  - Add option to build with VDE support (Disabled by default)
>>  - Add option to build webservice (Disabled by default)
>>  - Fix build with QT4 support disabled and X11 support enabled.
>>  - Replace custom pkg-install.in script with GROUPS framework.
>>  - Do not build Guest Additions in virtualbox-ose port.
>>  - Add patch to implement locking/unlocking of host DVD drive.
>>
>> You will find a tarball with the latest port version here:
>>  https://svn.bluelife.at/nightlies/virtualbox-port.tar.gz
>>
>> Please check the wiki page for known problems:
>>  http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox
>>
>> Please backup your virtual machines before upgrading and report any
>> functionality which was working with previous versions of VirtualBox and
>> no longer working with 3.2.0, any build failures or problems with the
>> newly added port options.
>>
>> Many thanks to the VirtualBox developers (especially Alexander Eichner
>> for all his work and help), all tester and patch submitter and the whole
>> vbox@ team especially decke@.
>>
>> Beat, on behalf of vbox@
> 
> First report:
> 
> $ uname -a
> FreeBSD x300 8.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE #0 r208609: Fri May
> 28 04:25:01 CDT 2010     root@x300:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X300  amd64
> 
> The port builds fine, all options enabled. However, on loading
> kldload-ing vboxdrv.ko instantly panics the machine. I'm unable to
> obtain a dump (double fault?), but I can run appropriate debugging
> commands if someone would like to steer me around :)

Could you please try to load the kmod via loader.conf at boot time?
Panics while loading the kmod with kldload are a known problem.

Thanks for testing!
Beat



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