jaxvanyang / wsl-linux-config

My personal WSL Linux kernel build configuration.

wsl-linux-config

My personal WSL Linux kernel build configuration.

What's the difference from the official release?

Highlights:

• Network block device (NBD) support.
• Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) support.

I always try to make my modification minimal, you can use diff to see exactly what changes I made:

diff WSL2-Linux-Kernel/Microsoft/config-wsl config-wsl

Note

I have also added the config-wsl.diff and the kernel config .config file in the GitHub releases.

Installation

If you want to try the same configuration as mine, you can just copy the config-wsl as .config to your WSL kernel source tree and compile it. Or you can download the prebuilt kernel and modules from the release page.

Note

Please see the documentation on the .wslconfig configuration file for information on using a custom built kernel. And remember to install the kernel modules.

FYI, I use this Makefile to simplify the installation process:

# build the kernel & modules, the wsl-config is copied automatically
make build
# copy the kernel to C drive
make PREFIX=/mnt/c/path/to/your_installation install
# install the kernel modules
sudo make modules_install
# now you can edit your `.wslconfig` to use the custom kernel :)

References

• microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel
• jovton/USB-Storage-on-WSL2