diff -rupN work/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.c work.new/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.c
--- work/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.c	2014-01-14 04:27:06.000000000 -0600
+++ work.new/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.c	2014-09-03 11:12:28.247795756 -0500
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static PRTMEMHDR rtR0MemAllocExecVmArea(
         struct page **papPagesIterator = papPages;
         pVmArea->nr_pages = cPages;
         pVmArea->pages    = papPages;
-        if (!map_vm_area(pVmArea, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, &papPagesIterator))
+        if (!map_vm_area(pVmArea, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, papPagesIterator))
         {
             PRTMEMLNXHDREX pHdrEx = (PRTMEMLNXHDREX)pVmArea->addr;
             pHdrEx->pVmArea     = pVmArea;
diff -rupN work/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c work.new/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c
--- work/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c	2013-10-09 06:02:09.000000000 -0500
+++ work.new/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c	2014-09-03 11:13:55.999687819 -0500
@@ -52,6 +52,25 @@
 
 #define VBOXNETADP_FROM_IFACE(iface) ((PVBOXNETADP) ifnet_softc(iface))
 
+/*******************************
+source for the 4th parameter alloc_netdev fix for kernel 3.17-rc1 is:
+https://github.com/proski/madwifi/commit/c5246021b7b8580c2aeb0a145903acc07d246ac1
+*/
+#ifndef NET_NAME_UNKNOWN
+#undef alloc_netdev
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,23)
+#define alloc_netdev(sizeof_priv, name, name_assign_type, setup) \
+  alloc_netdev(sizeof_priv, name, setup)
+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,38)
+#define alloc_netdev(sizeof_priv, name, name_assign_type, setup) \
+  alloc_netdev_mq(sizeof_priv, name, setup, 1)
+#else
+#define alloc_netdev(sizeof_priv, name, name_assign_type, setup) \
+  alloc_netdev_mqs(sizeof_priv, name, setup, 1, 1)
+#endif
+#endif
+/*******************************/
+
 /*******************************************************************************
 *   Internal Functions                                                         *
 *******************************************************************************/
@@ -183,6 +202,7 @@ int vboxNetAdpOsCreate(PVBOXNETADP pThis
     /* No need for private data. */
     pNetDev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(VBOXNETADPPRIV),
                            pThis->szName[0] ? pThis->szName : VBOXNETADP_LINUX_NAME,
+			   NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
                            vboxNetAdpNetDevInit);
     if (pNetDev)
     {