Computerworld posted a news story that Microsoft's attempt to get Hyper-V drivers into the Linux kernel has taken longer than expected, having begun in July 2009, so Microsoft is apparently trying to speed up the process.

"This work by Microsoft was to clean up the 'Microsoft Hyper-V (HV) driver' so that the Microsoft driver would be included in the mainline Linux kernel," Wheeler writes.

The Hyper-V submission is in the Linux kernel staging tree, and can be moved to the main portion of the kernel once Microsoft addresses some issues, according to Linux driver project leader Greg Kroah-Hartman, who responded to questions from Network World via email.

Microsoft wrestling to get Hyper-V drivers in Linux kernel