Microsoft Prepping Linux For Running As 64-bit ARM Hyper-V Guest

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Microsoft Prepping Linux For Running As 64-bit ARM Hyper-V Guest

While Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization hypervisor and their Azure cloud has largely been x86_64 focused, with the Linux 5.13 kernel they are moving further for supporting Linux as a ARM64 Hyper-V guest...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.13-ARM64-Hyper-V-Guest

[Setif]

Hopefully we will see GitHub actions for arm64

[edwaleni]

Unfortunately, there is more to it than simply providing guest support. Hopefully MSFT will also bring all of the associated prep tools with them as well. Running KVM and ESX on ARM is a PITA.