Enable common USB Serial devices by default
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
With the release of USB/IP support, hardware developers can now use WSL2 for firmware development! The issue is now that device drivers needed to interact with these devices are not enabled in the kernel, even though they are present. This requires users to build a custom kernel.
Describe the solution you'd like
User @LeoBound described the problem in #7649 and provided details over on SO.
Describe alternatives you've considered
The only alternative at this point is to instruct users to build their own kernels.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no repository files or tests. Start by reading the USB/IP support context, issue #7649, and the linked Stack Overflow report to identify the serial devices and drivers involved. Done means the required common USB serial drivers are enabled by default and the devices work without a custom kernel.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- embedded-iot, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100