microsoft / microsoft/WSL

Enable CONFIG_USB_STORAGE by default

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Description

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
See issue #8541. We need this to be able to see block devices of USB connected storages (e.g : micro sd connected through and USB reader).

**Describe the solution you'd like**
Enable CONFIG_USB_STORAGE on the kernel

**Describe alternatives you've considered**
I believe supporting USB devices with partitions whose format Windows does not recognize for the --mount is being discussed and might be an alternative but I'm not an expert on this topic.
Otherwise one can just manually compile the kernel but it is not as handy as baked in WSL by default.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing issue #8541 and the WSL kernel configuration related to CONFIG_USB_STORAGE. Verify that USB-connected storage devices, including readers with micro SD cards, expose their block devices in WSL by default; the work is done when this no longer requires manually compiling the kernel.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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