Multipath support not enabled in kernel
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
Please enable multipath support
```
[kevchaud@kevchaud-8QH6043 ~]$ sudo ip netns add INET
[kevchaud@kevchaud-8QH6043 ~]$ sudo ip netns exec INET ip link set dev lo up
[kevchaud@kevchaud-8QH6043 ~]$ sudo ip netns exec INET ip route add default nexthop via 41.10.0.1 nexthop via 41.11.0.1
Error: Multipath support not enabled in kernel.
[kevchaud@kevchaud-8QH6043 ~]$ uname -r
5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
```
**Describe the solution you'd like**
Update config: `CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH=y`
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
I have built a custom kernel by modifying the instructions here https://perso.uclouvain.be/tom.barbette/mptcp-on-windows-with-wsl2/ but it would be nice to not have to do that.
**Additional context**
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Research direction
Start by locating the WSL kernel configuration and checking how CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH is currently set. Enable CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH=y, build or validate the kernel using the repository’s documented process, and confirm that the reported multipath route command no longer returns the kernel-support error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100