From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Fri May 10 02:14:59 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E13C0159490C for ; Fri, 10 May 2019 02:14:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lj1-f172.google.com (mail-lj1-f172.google.com [209.85.208.172]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 64B048B945; Fri, 10 May 2019 02:14:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lj1-f172.google.com with SMTP id k8so3699769lja.8; Thu, 09 May 2019 19:14:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=SKGUzjmlAk9CLaQdBfmzgw1G5jO3R1xIWkCmspvW/BQ=; b=DYjY2eZfKI4cflpaBgqxLy7Jjw8WfW7TLuEqqOD/nojQDqpnf+QAVzytld9CxFU7px hCobckpGmfx6vlZJGoFmlW8qLMCe9YBqaop5ULUL+LBjHby6Y8XBl5vL2MHe01ccD9EB 0RjQxx/ByMU9DLndfboqiaKEfDVsd+Nt2gqkF1NmV8IQQA5djhmW8qJkpwBGBB2gCZe2 PIV4n1KQ7dn53L+wcxjJ4IadmPhsQB1dwUeypXoyjkxd5TTHoM9Pc9VO+swdBjcwqYKY nO4MhWR1GFGaPsykynsHPZCopexU3gDnKXGwwyFIul8CgRb5nEtNlMI/kMaeVmb6gBMa Ijzg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUXhOHdps6d3MqI31U6AO5KZeBYXVNouKlsLF9dTJUNOfkq3jHw RSEvhedYJ8oOGjc+b6+ZHc3OwEkPEaLALsddLOic3jvl X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyb2viwUZ2imLGV4/A6Ncz8d6HdFbtABzANgvPS2R4yGlqksTnp1/30J/GV+rAjRaDa5+L8uREFjrDC0rpjcvA= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:a0c9:: with SMTP id f9mr4186740ljm.62.1557454069191; Thu, 09 May 2019 19:07:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Alan Somers Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 20:07:26 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Windows support for linux sounds like it would open the door to FreeBSD To: Pedro Giffuni Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 64B048B945 X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of asomers@gmail.com designates 209.85.208.172 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=asomers@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.12 / 15.00]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:209.85.128.0/17]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.83)[-0.831,0]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[asomers@freebsd.org,asomers@gmail.com]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:209.85.128.0/17, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[asomers@freebsd.org,asomers@gmail.com]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.99)[-0.994,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[freebsd.org]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[172.208.85.209.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; IP_SCORE(-1.29)[ip: (-0.42), ipnet: 209.85.128.0/17(-3.68), asn: 15169(-2.27), country: US(-0.06)]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 02:14:59 -0000 On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 7:12 PM Pedro Giffuni 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 ?