Bug#980788: netboot: support booting from USB WiFi devices

From	Michael Prokop <mika@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#980788: netboot: support booting from USB WiFi devices
Date	2021-01-22 09:40 +0100
Message-ID	<BA094-7dd-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
Organization	linux.* mail to news gateway

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Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.139
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

the net/usb kernel drivers are missing in the generated initramfs,
as they are excluded from auto_add_modules()'s net selection.
This means it's not possible to boot via PXE/network boot using
a USB WiFi driver (which isn't uncommon with recent generations of
notebooks, which no longer provide ethernet NICs).

I'll provide a patch/MR as soon I receive a bug number from the BTS.

regards
-mika-

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