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authorRyan <fauxpark@gmail.com>2020-10-18 02:45:21 +1100
committerDrashna Jael're <drashna@live.com>2021-01-12 22:43:32 -0800
commit02a073ce83acbed1fc4f34af8e4cf2f979d0b972 (patch)
tree78d24e7eedaed67b8dae7ee8bc00359f8de72944 /util/linux_install.sh
parentaab7d18bcb42774b9f27ed90da2ab18ad04802ca (diff)
MSYS and WSL installation improvements (#10593)
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@@ -229,3 +229,17 @@ fi
# Global install tasks
install_bootloadhid
pip3 install --user -r ${util_dir}/../requirements.txt
+
+if uname -a | grep -qi microsoft; then
+ echo "********************************************************************************"
+ echo "* Detected Windows Subsystem for Linux. *"
+ echo "* Currently, WSL has no access to USB devices and so flashing from within the *"
+ echo "* WSL terminal will not work. *"
+ echo "* *"
+ echo "* Please install the QMK Toolbox instead: *"
+ echo "* https://github.com/qmk/qmk_toolbox/releases *"
+ echo "* Then, map your WSL filesystem as a network drive: *"
+ echo "* \\\\\\\\wsl$\\<distro> *"
+ echo "********************************************************************************"
+ echo
+fi