https://github.com/nevuly/wsl2-linux-kernel-rolling

Rolling Release Stable Kernel for Windows Subsystem for Linux2 (WSL2)
https://github.com/nevuly/wsl2-linux-kernel-rolling

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Rolling Release Stable Kernel for Windows Subsystem for Linux2 (WSL2)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nevuly/wsl2-linux-kernel-rolling
• Owner: Nevuly
• Created: 2022-09-14T09:49:54.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2026-02-16T00:00:07.000Z (6 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-02-16T07:40:30.088Z (6 days ago)
• Topics: linux-kernel, rolling-release, stable-kernel, stable-rolling, wsl2, wsl2-kernel
• Homepage: https://github.com/Nevuly/WSL2-Linux-Kernel-Rolling/wiki
• Size: 2.51 GB
• Stars: 251
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 27
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# Rolling Release Stable Kernel for WSL2

[![Stable Kernel CI](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/Nevuly/WSL2-Linux-Kernel-Rolling/trigger.yml?label=github%20actions%20build&logo=github-actions&logoColor=%23FFFFFF&style=for-the-badge&labelColor=%23000000)](https://github.com/Nevuly/WSL2-Linux-Kernel-Rolling/actions/workflows/trigger.yml)

[![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/Nevuly/WSL2-Linux-Kernel-Rolling?display_name=tag&label=LATEST&logo=Linux&logoColor=%23FFFFFF&style=for-the-badge&labelColor=%23000000)](https://github.com/Nevuly/WSL2-Linux-Kernel-Rolling/releases/latest)

Maintainer: Yang Jeong Hun (Nevuly)

## Introduction

The [WSL2-Linux-Kernel-Rolling][wsl2-kernel-rolling] repo contains the latest stable kernel source code and

configuration files for the [WSL2][about-wsl2].

This kernel is automatically built via [Github Actions][gh-actions] CI whenever a [newer stable kernel is released][kernel-stable].

## Install Instructions

Please see this [wiki][wiki].

## Reporting Bugs

If you discover an issue relating to WSL or the WSL2 kernel, please report it on

the [Issues tab][issue].

## Feature Requests

If you want to fix a bug or add new features, Please use the [Pull Request][pr].

## Build Instructions

Instructions for building WSL2 kernel with an Arch Linux distribution are

as follows:

1. Install the build dependencies (Arch Linux):  

   `$ sudo pacman -S aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc bc bison curl flex gcc git pahole python unzip wget zip`

2. Build the kernel using the WSL2 kernel configuration (x86):  

   `$ make KCONFIG_CONFIG=arch/x86/configs/config-wsl-x86`

3. Build the kernel using the WSL2 kernel configuration (arm64):  

   `$ export ARCH=arm64 && export CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-`  

   `$ make KCONFIG_CONFIG=arch/arm64/configs/config-wsl-arm64`

4. Save the module to a separate folder (Optional. Only for local build):  

   `$ sudo make modules_install`

## Credits

 * The Linux community who created a awesome kernel.

 * Microsoft which produced WSL2 and dxgkrnl patches.

[wsl2-kernel-rolling]: https://github.com/Nevuly/WSL2-Linux-Kernel-Rolling

[about-wsl2]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about#what-is-wsl-2

[gh-actions]: https://github.com/Nevuly/WSL2-Linux-Kernel-Rolling/actions

[kernel-stable]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

[wiki]: https://github.com/Nevuly/WSL2-Linux-Kernel-Rolling/wiki/Install-Instructions

[issue]: https://github.com/Nevuly/WSL2-Rolling-Kernel-Issue/issues

[pr]: https://github.com/Nevuly/WSL2-Linux-Kernel-Rolling/pulls