Compiling madwifi virtualbox etc on sickboy's kernel

I wanted to run virtualbox and madwifi on sickboy's kernel. This guide assumes you are running that kernel.

Apparently due to a known Debian bug, you get errors about "missing makefile32" when you try to compile on that kernel with those headers.

I read through the sickboy kernel thread a lot, and found http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=7560&start=180#p59102

I made this post so others could find the information more easily. Fiftyclick deserves all the credit.

Next, run the following:

Code:

cd /usr/src/

Code:

sudo wget [url]http://kernel.mirror.rafal.ca/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.28.tar.bz2[/url]

Code:

sudo tar xvjf linux-2.6.28.tar.bz2

Code:

sudo cp linux-2.6.28/* linux-headers-2.6.28-rc8-custom-aa1/ -r

(If you're using an older/newer revision, change the last line to reflect your version. This *should* work with any 2.6.28-based custom kernel.

Code:

sudo rm linux-2.6.28/ -r && rm linux-2.6.28.tar.bz2

After running all this, don't use the virtualbox-ose from the package archives. Download the newest version intrepid (or hardy) .deb from Sun's site. http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

I was able to successfully compile the virtualbox kernel driver this way.

Good luck!

EDIT: I do not believe sickboy's kernel headers are necessary; that line has been deleted.

 

This may or may not work with the new 2.6.28 sickboy-modified kernel. But it should.

Maybe someone will try the header fix and post back?