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If microsoft implemented the host side of virtio-fs then the guest could make use of that. Also, IO performance of WSL1 wasn't exactly great either compared to

If microsoft implemented the host side of virtio-fs then the guest could make use of that. Also, IO performance of WSL1 wasn't exactly great either compared to native linux filesystems.

stragies 7y ago
Here's an excellent post by SvenGroot from MS with lots of background-info: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4197#issuecomment-604592340 https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4197#issuecomment-60...
- __tg__ 7y ago
  The most useful bits are always buried deep down in the threads. Thanks for posting this.
wahern 7y ago
Apparently[1] virtio-fs wasn't mainlined in Linux until 5.4, which was rolled last November. I thought it had been mainlined years ago. That helps to explain why support is lacking everywhere. [1] https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.4 https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.4