latest virtualbox 3.0.4-50677 add to SUPDrv-linux.c so that >= 2.6.31
kernels simply warn about nmi

/* 2.6.31+: The performance counter framework will initialize the LVTPC
* vector as NMI. We can't disable the framework but the kernel loader
* script will do 'echo 2 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_counter_paranoid'
* which hopefilly prevents any usage of hardware performance counters
* and therefore triggering of NMIs. */

adding the attached patch vboxdrv dkms in virtualbox-ose-3.0.2-dfsg
simply adds this warning too and allows the module to install instead of
bail until package is upgraded

** Attachment added: "nmi_perf_counter.patch"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29959054/nmi_perf_counter.patch

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vboxdrv occasionally fails to load on karmic 2.6.30 kernels due to active 
nmi_watchdog
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/399732
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