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+In order to create a Linux image that can mount the 9p file system, use add the following lines to the kernel config:
+
+```
+CONFIG_NET_9P=y
+CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=y
+CONFIG_NET_9P_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y
+CONFIG_9P_FS=y
+CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE=y
+CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
+```
+
+A Dockerfile for this build is here: https://github.com/ysangkok/build-v86-9p-linux