{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WhitewaterFoundry/WLinux/issues/167","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WhitewaterFoundry/WLinux","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WhitewaterFoundry/WLinux/issues/167/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WhitewaterFoundry/WLinux/issues/167/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WhitewaterFoundry/WLinux/issues/167/events","html_url":"https://github.com/WhitewaterFoundry/WLinux/issues/167","id":379775286,"node_id":"MDU6SXNzdWUzNzk3NzUyODY=","number":167,"title":"Add kernel options for \"iotop\" compatibilty.","user":{"login":"carloshmm","id":31554436,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjMxNTU0NDM2","avatar_url":"https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/31554436?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/carloshmm","html_url":"https://github.com/carloshmm","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/carloshmm/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/carloshmm/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/carloshmm/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/carloshmm/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/carloshmm/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/carloshmm/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/carloshmm/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/carloshmm/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/carloshmm/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2018-11-12T13:25:07Z","updated_at":"2018-11-12T13:43:03Z","closed_at":"2018-11-12T13:43:03Z","author_association":"NONE","body":"**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**\r\nThe utility called [iotop](https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/8-iotop/) requires some kernel build parameters to be enabled in order to work:\r\nCONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT, CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING, CONFIG_TASKSTATS and CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS\r\nThese are currently not present on the default kernel available on wlinux.\r\n\r\n**Describe the solution you'd like**\r\nBuild the kernel with these options enabled.\r\n\r\n**Describe alternatives you've considered**\r\nMake it available additional custom kernels on the repository with these build parameters available so that people can install them instead of the default kernel.\r\n\r\n**Additional context**\r\nI don't know if WSL is capable of compatibility with these parameters so if I'm requesting something impossible just tell me and I will close this feature request."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WhitewaterFoundry/WLinux/issues/comments/437885035","html_url":"https://github.com/WhitewaterFoundry/WLinux/issues/167#issuecomment-437885035","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WhitewaterFoundry/WLinux/issues/167","id":437885035,"node_id":"MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQzNzg4NTAzNQ==","user":{"login":"sirredbeard","id":33820650,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjMzODIwNjUw","avatar_url":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/33820650?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/sirredbeard","html_url":"https://github.com/sirredbeard","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sirredbeard/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sirredbeard/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sirredbeard/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sirredbeard/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sirredbeard/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sirredbeard/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sirredbeard/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sirredbeard/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sirredbeard/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2018-11-12T13:43:03Z","updated_at":"2018-11-12T13:43:03Z","author_association":"MEMBER","body":"There is no Linux kernel in WLinux or other WSL distros.\r\n\r\nWSL is a translation layer which translates the Linux kernel syscalls to Windows kernel syscalls.\r\n\r\nModifications to the underlying WSL, including support for certain parameters, must be implemented by Microsoft.\r\n\r\nThere is an outstanding request for this [here](https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1989).\r\n\r\nImplementing those is beyond our scope."}}
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