My linux custom kernel for WSL2

My custom linux kernel for WSL2 compatability.

Current v5.8

• Fixed memory allocation see: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/[email protected]/
• Applied config from Microsoft

Todos

• Upgrade kernel to 5.9 (probably skipped until stable rc 5.10)

Installation

This is simple guit how to install my kernel

1. First shutdown all wsl containers on Windows

Open CMD.exe

$ wsl --shutdown

2. Download latest realese of my kernel

Direct link to download last kernel - 5.8 kernel Move kernel file "vmlinux58" to C:\Users\<YourUser>\

3. Create or edit file ".wslconfig" inside your windows user directory

C:\Users\<YourUser>\.wslconfig

[wsl2]
kernel=C:\\Users\\<YourUser>\\vmlinux58

4. Start your wsl distro

cmd.exe

wsl -d Ubuntu

Linux kernel

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use make htmldocs or make pdfdocs. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.