On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM Michael D. Setzer II via users <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12 Mar 2026 at 21:30, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > > Date sent: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:30:21 -0400 > Subject: Re: Fedora has broken VirtualBox with 6.19.6 > To: [email protected] > From: Richard Kimberly Heck <[email protected]> > Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users > <[email protected]> > > > On 3/12/26 7:46 PM, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote: > > > Again the 6.18.16 kerenel works fine, but 6.19.6 kernel fails. So, it > > > is something Fedora has done. > > > > Unless I'm mistaken, the problem is caused by changes within the kernel > > itself, not by anything to do with Fedora. Responsibility to adapt to > > those changes seems to lie with the authors of VirtualBox, since it is > > the modules they need that will not build with the new kernel. > > > > I've seen some pages that show if works with other distros, but > specifically says it doesn't work with Fedora, and only option is to > boot with 6.18.16 on Fedora at momment. > Specifically said that Fedora was only allowing access to low level > CPU functions to KVM, so the VirtualBox can not get the required > access. Will have to see if they can update the akmods to allow it to > build. Adding "Fedora" in search generally shows those links. > > Currently have 8 linux machines all running Fedora 43. >
All above your statement means is that NO ONE on the other distros has YET booted a 6.19.X kernel and NOTICED that it does not work and posted about it. It is not a definitive proof of anything except what I just stated. This is a kernel change that breaks the module, it is not a fedora specific change. The kernel makes this sort of change to make their code better in some manner all of the time and these sorts of changes break out-of-tree modules all of the time. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
