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hyperv - Use the new uio_hv_generic driver

Description:

When the hyperv package (currently flagged out of date) was bumped to 6.10, the hv_fcopy_daemon.service was removed - 1661c7ac

The Host to VM file copy feature is now managed by a new uio_hv_generic driver -

@jelle also suggested that "since tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat.service exists so no reason this service can't live upstream." Others have run into the same issue.

  1. A new service for usr/bin/hv_fcopy_uio_daemon should be shipped now instead.
  2. The wiki needs updating.
  3. Current MS docs on the topic are outdated.

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Steps to reproduce:

Install Arch linux under a Hyper-V vm with the hyperv package and even after reboot integrations services are missing.

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