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Bug#955232: Please add 9p kernel module to the cloud image.



 ❦ 30 mars 2020 01:36 +01, Ben Hutchings:

>> Please consider adding kernel module '9p' to the cloud image. It is
>> impossible to passthrough filesystem from hypervisor with the current cloud
>> image and there are no additional packages to install it. The only way that
>> I know to passthrough filesystem currently is to remove
>> linux-image-cloud-amd64 and install linux-image-amd64.
>
> The "cloud" images are specifically meant for running on public clouds,
> and don't support everything that could possibly be exposed to a VM.
>
> Is there a public cloud that supports 9p passthrough?

Dunno about OP, but for me, it's also useful when using nested
virtualisation. Also, the limitation to "public" cloud seems quite
restrictive. Cloud kernel is used by cloud images, which can be used
directly with libvirt, for example.
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