From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Christian Stewart <christian@paral.in>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 01:08:30 -0800
Subject: [Buildroot] Buildroot on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
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Hi all,

Windows Subsystem for Linux 1.0 runs a userspace without a kernel, and
2.0 runs a full Linux Kernel inside a VM.

SkiffOS, using Buildroot, now supports WSL with the "virt/wsl" package.
This could be extracted from Skiff and submitted to mainline Buildroot
as a "board" configuration as well.

https://github.com/skiffos/SkiffOS/tree/master/configs/virt/wsl

The Buildroot system works as expected in the WSL environment. The
buildroot output tar.gz can be imported directly into WSL 2.0. WSL 1.0
requires using the WSL-DistroLauncher project to load the distribution
via a Windows Appx.

This is an interesting way to use Buildroot under Windows.

Best regards,
Christian Stewart