Enables mac address spoofing for WSL

[chuwza]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I want to use the docker engine on the Ubuntu installation via WSL2 and use the macvlan network so I can set up containers with dedicated IP

Describe the solution you'd like
I actually use Hyper-V to create Ubuntu to get macvlan working. Two points are needed:

1. Hyper-V with mac address spoofing turned on
   

2. Ubuntu with network mixing turned on.
   "sudo ifconfig eth0 promisc"

But the problem with Ubuntu created by WSL2 is that there is no place to turn on mac address spoofing in WSL2, which is the key to macvlan not working!

Currently, I use Windows 11. WSL can be custom configured via the .wslconfig file, for example
[wsl2]
networkingMode=bridged
vmSwitch=WSLBridge
So this is how I'd like to get to the point where I can get WSL to support mac address spoofing (using the config file)
[wsl2]
macspoofing=yes

Additional context
I prefer docker engine to docker desktop, so I'd really like you guys to fix this. That way, we can both run docker on Windows with maximum efficiency, and Windows will work fine with host and macvlan mode containers!

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