On 07/23/18 17:04, Sudhir Khanger wrote:
> Okay update time. Irrespective of where I install VirtualBox from if a new kernel
> is installed then I have to manually create a new initramfs
> otherwise systemd-modules-load.service fails at the boot.
>
When it comes to VirtualBox from Oracle I find that statement "odd" to say the least.
When I install the VirtualBox from Oracle it installs
/lib/systemd/system/vboxdrv.service. When the system starts if there is no driver
matching the running kernel it will be built and then loaded.
This results in....
[egreshko@meimei ~]$ systemd-analyze blame
52.215s vboxdrv.service
And in the journal....
Jul 22 17:00:54 meimei.greshko.com vboxdrv.sh[728]: vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox
services.
Jul 22 17:00:54 meimei.greshko.com vboxdrv.sh[887]: Starting VirtualBox services.
Jul 22 17:00:54 meimei.greshko.com vboxdrv.sh[728]: vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox
kernel modules.
Jul 22 17:00:54 meimei.greshko.com vboxdrv.sh[892]: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
Jul 22 17:01:45 meimei.greshko.com vboxdrv.sh[6011]: VirtualBox kernel modules built.
Jul 22 17:01:45 meimei.greshko.com kernel: vboxdrv: Found 4 processor cores
Jul 22 17:01:46 meimei.greshko.com kernel: vboxdrv: TSC mode is Invariant, tentative
frequency 2660206031 Hz
Jul 22 17:01:46 meimei.greshko.com kernel: vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version
5.2.16 (interface 0x00290001)
Jul 22 17:01:46 meimei.greshko.com vboxdrv.sh[6052]: VirtualBox services started.
Jul 22 17:01:46 meimei.greshko.com audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967
295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=vboxdrv comm="systemd
" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
[egreshko@meimei ~]$ lsmod | grep vbox
vboxpci 28672 0
vboxnetadp 28672 0
vboxnetflt 32768 1
vboxdrv 491520 4 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
[egreshko@meimei ~]$ uname -r
4.17.7-200.fc28.x86_64
And, as you can see, the built driver was created at boot time....
[egreshko@meimei ~]$ ll /usr/lib/modules/4.17.7-200.fc28.x86_64/misc/vboxdrv.ko
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 14121784 Jul 22 17:01
/usr/lib/modules/4.17.7-200.fc28.x86_64/misc/vboxdrv.ko
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