Linux as root partition on Hyper-V: Microsoft submits patches for kernel 5.12
Next step in Redmond's 'complete virtualization stack with Linux' Tim Anderson Wed 17 Feb 2021 // 15:45 UTC Share Copy Patches submitted by Microsoft for the next version of the Linux kernel, 5.12, add the ability to boot the OS as the root partition on its Hyper-V hypervisor. The new "hyperv-next" patches follow an RFC last September stating that the company "wants to create a complete virtualization stack with Linux and Microsoft Hypervisor." In November Microsoft added a "userspace interface for creating and running guest virtual machines while running on the Micros...
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