Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:52:22 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bernhard_Fr=F6hlich?= <decke@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox kernel modules Message-ID: <51079BD6.3020107@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAE-m3X1VTDeA4QYKs=%2B3haeTMKKf%2B%2BG5qmVavYBKXOvniXxmZg@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301101929430.23007@wonkity.com> <CAFMmRNw%2B%2BdNNhYfUUWH4P1pUoO3koC%2BdTKR_PFVbkJCA2p0YMA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301102130150.23661@wonkity.com> <CALBk6yJH4P1jSkSR-rOc5st1jWu_jrR1C2JBK_ebbVnnNi%2B%2BEw@mail.gmail.com> <CAE-m3X1VTDeA4QYKs=%2B3haeTMKKf%2B%2BG5qmVavYBKXOvniXxmZg@mail.gmail.com>
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on 11/01/2013 17:34 Bernhard Fröhlich said the following: > I think this is an unwanted side effect. In fact I changed the defintion of > where the kernel module should be installed in virtualbox-ose-kmod/Makefile > from KMODDIR=/boot/modules to KMODDIR?=/boot/modules to allow > overwriting the KMODDIR in case you want to have a non default directory > for your kernel modules (like in a jail). > > I haven't found yet where KMODDIR is set to /boot/kernel but it obviously is > defined somewhere. I'm also not sure if that is really a virtualbox > problem or if > we better should fix that in Mk and set KMODDIR or create a new variable for > ports kernel modules. > > In the meantime overwriting KMODDIR to /boot/modules in your make.conf > should help. Bernhard, I think that whatever the improvements from the change, it introduced a quite inconvenient regression. Please consider reverting this change while the proper solution is being looked for. Thank you. -- Andriy Gapon
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