Can someone explain what all the Virtualbox modules do?

trusktr · 2011-08-30 23:57:00

I see these modules:
vboxdrv, vboxguest, vboxnetadp, vboxnetflt, vboxpci, vboxsf, and vboxvideo

I know vboxdrv is required, obviously, but I'm having trouble finding documentation about the other modules.

vboxnetflt and vboxnetadp are obviously network related. Do I need both?

vboxvideo seems like it is needed for video acceleration, etc.

Other than that, that's pretty much all I know. Can anyone provide any more info? If so, lets see if we can update the Virtualbox Arch Wiki page with some nice descriptive details of each module.

Last edited by trusktr (2011-08-31 00:09:40)

Inxsible · 2011-08-31 00:25:57

vboxnetadp is required for NAT type of network which is the default.
vboxnetflt is required if you want to create a Bridged network on your guest OS

The above information is already in the wiki page you linked to.

Also you don't require all the modules. vboxguest obviously is only if you have ArchLinux as a guest OS. vboxsf, i believe is for shared folders between host and guest, but they are autoloaded (I believe). At least I don't load them explicitly for my usage and sharing folders works for me.

trusktr · 2011-08-31 00:50:29

Thank you, very good to know.

SO by Bridged Networking, you are referring to the following I presume:
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#idp11402480

Inxsible · 2011-08-31 01:09:13

yes

Arch Linux

#1 2011-08-30 23:57:00

Can someone explain what all the Virtualbox modules do?

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