kernel: T6286: Enable Generic driver for Hyper-V VMBus

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Change Summary

Enable Generic driver for Hyper-V VMBus

Types of changes

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Code style update (formatting, renaming)
• Refactoring (no functional changes)
• Migration from an old Vyatta component to vyos-1x, please link to related PR inside obsoleted component
• Other (please describe):

Related Task(s)

• https://vyos.dev/T6286

Component(s) name

kernel

Proposed changes

Generic driver for Hyper-V VMBus is required in Hyper-V environments for direct access to network devices from userspace.

How to test

Can be tested with DPDK-enabled applications using this instruction: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/netvsc.html

Checklist:

• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document
• I have linked this PR to one or more Phabricator Task(s)
• My commit headlines contain a valid Task id
• My change requires a change to the documentation
• I have updated the documentation accordingly

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@Mergifyio backport sagitta

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backport sagitta

✅ Backports have been created

• #580 kernel: T6286: Enable Generic driver for Hyper-V VMBus (backport #579) has been created for branch sagitta but encountered conflicts