microsoft/WSL 0.47.1

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0.47.1.0

• WSLg is now bundled as part of the WSL app!
  • Update Microsoft.WSLg to version 1.0.29
  • Switch to msrdc.exe for WSLg
  • Enable virtio for ARM64 to enable WSLg shared memory.
  • Allow environment variables used by WSLG to be overridden by WSLENV
• New wsl.exe –mount features!
  • Add mount --vhd to make mounting VHD files easier.
  • Implement filesystem detection for wsl.exe --mount. This change implements filesystem type detection if no --type is specified when using wsl.exe --mount.
  • Add --name feature to wsl.exe --mount. This change adds support for optionally naming a mountpoint when mounting a disk through WSL.
• Update Linux kernel to 5.10.60.1
  • Enable additional USB kernel configuration options for interacting with an Arduino over USB
  • Update to upstream stable kernel release 5.10.60
  • Enable virtio-pmem with support for PCI BAR-relative addresses
  • Enable vPCI support under Hyper-V for ARM64
  • Enable io_uring support
  • Enable USB over IP support
  • Enable paravirtualized spinlock support for x86_64
  • Refresh dxgkrnl driver to pick up bug fixes and code cleanups
  • Enable NFS client support for NFSv4.1* Improve the error message when 9p or fstab mounts fail
• Fix \\wsl$\ and \\wsl.localhost\ issues on ARM64.
• Switch to mkfs.ext4 instead of pre-formatted ext4 VHD.
• Switch to using mkswap and swapon instead of custom swap file logic. [GH 5476]
• Add logic to dynamically update the MTU of the NAT network
• Fix for /etc/wsl.conf generateResolvConf not working as expected [GH 6977]
• Added progress indicator helper function used to show a Please Wait message with animated dots on the conversion process to show users that WSL is still running.
• Switch wslhost.exe to a win32 app.
• Switch wsl.exe --install to not require the --distribution argument. This change switches wsl.exe --install to not require the --distribution argument but maintains support to avoid breaking existing scripts.
• Add wsl.exe --version command
• Add Windows version to wsl.exe --status and wsl.exe --version
• Cleanup wsl.exe invalid argument handling to make syntax errors easier to self-diagnose.
• If the app is launched via the tile, prompt the user for input before closing the console window.
• Add error message dialog for wslg.exe
• Simplify print for unsupported command line arguments.
• Print a better error message if the user runs wsl.exe --install when WSL is already installed
• Add special error codes for custom kernel not present, and custom kernel not supported (ARM64)
• Update wsl.exe --update to launch the store page.
• Improved stability and performance of localhost relay.
• Additional performance and stability improvements.