[LINUX] [Note] WSL2 kernel build and use

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Overview

On Ubuntu 20.04 of WSL2, build the kernel source brought from kernel.org and use it as the kernel of WSL2.

environment

procedure

  1. Install build tool

    sudo apt update && \
    sudo apt install -y build-essential flex bison libssl-dev libelf-dev pkg-config libncurses-dev
    
  2. Download kernel source

    • https://www.kernel.org/
      > stable: 5.9.6 2020-11-05 [tarball]
    cd ~
    wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.9.6.tar.xz
    tar xvf linux-5.9.6.tar.xz
    cd linux-5.9.6
    
  3. Get .config

    • https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/blob/master/Microsoft/config-wsl
    rm -rfv .config
    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/master/Microsoft/config-wsl -O .config
    
  4. make menuconfig Exit with <Exit> => <Yes>

  5. Build

    make -j 5 && sudo make modules_install`
    
  6. Copy the kernel image (eg C: \ wslkernel \ kernel-5.9.6)

    mkdir -p /mnt/c/wslkernel
    cp -v arch/x86/boot/bzImage /mnt/c/wslkernel/kernel-5.9.6
    
  7. C:\Users\<username>\.wslconfig

    [wsl2]
    #memory=2GB
    #processors=2
    kernel=C:\\wslkernel\kernel-5.9.6
    localhostForwarding=true
    swap=0
    

Note that there are two backslashes (\\) in the path specification.

  1. Open PowerShell as an administrator and shut down the kernel.

    wsl --shutdown
    

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  2. Restart Ubuntu image.png

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