Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 20:49:46 -0500 From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org> To: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Windows support for linux sounds like it would open the door to FreeBSD Message-ID: <3a3dc8cd-7160-0368-2a8a-3170a2171764@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2hqLv72vzczYyVYBrrq%2B5XqhzyxFrPXDR7x_5JEnQcZOw@mail.gmail.com> References: <e67d850d-5e93-6216-5368-0194c98dff32@FreeBSD.org> <CAOtMX2hqLv72vzczYyVYBrrq%2B5XqhzyxFrPXDR7x_5JEnQcZOw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 09/05/2019 21:07, Alan Somers wrote: > On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 7:12 PM Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> Just a though here ... Microsoft seems to be abandoning the linuxulator >> approach for their "WSL" support on Windows 10 in favor of a more >> hypervisor-like support: >> >> https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/announcing-wsl-2/ >> >> If I read this correctly, it may be possible for us to run a FreeBSD >> kernel, perhaps it would be comparable as porting FreeBSD to yet another >> hypervisor. Just speculation since no code has been released yet, but >> surely something to keep an eye on. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Pedro. > Interesting. It sounds like the Linux VM will have direct access to > the host file system. Perhaps using something like 9P ? Yes, exactly 9P ! This has been confirmed now by Microsoft (courtesy of Phoronix): https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=WSL2-Build-Conf-Video Cheers, Pedro.
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