Bug#762634: initramfs-tools: [armhf] mounting rootfs on USB disk fails / some USB host controller drivers missing in initramfs

From	Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#762634: initramfs-tools: [armhf] mounting rootfs on USB disk fails / some USB host controller drivers missing in initramfs
Date	2016-03-04 19:40 +0100
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On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:06:27 -0800 Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org> wrote:
> On 2016-02-24, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> > On 2016-02-04, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> >> Oh, so the MODULES=most case is bust and we need to list more host
> >> controller drivers (or include all modules under drivers/usb/host/).
> >> How about MODULES=dep; does that work now?
> >
> > MODULES=dep appears to pull in the necessary drivers on a recent stretch
> > install on a wandboard solo, using initramfs-tools 0.123, but
> > MODULES=most still requires manually including them in
> > /etc/initramfs-tools/modules.
> 
> And, FWIW, MODULES=dep appears to also workaround the issue on the wandboard dual
> with initramfs-tools 0.120.
> 
> 
> live well,
>   vagrant

would it make sense to ensure that MODULES=most is always a superset of MODULES=dep?  Could this be done by running MODULES=dep first, then running MODULES=most and delivering the union of the two sets?

Thanks!
Rick

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Bug#762634: initramfs-tools: [armhf] mounting rootfs on USB disk fails / some USB host controller drivers missing in initramfs Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org> - 2015-11-12 02:00 +0100
  Bug#762634: initramfs-tools: [armhf] mounting rootfs on USB disk fails / some USB host controller drivers missing in initramfs Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> - 2015-11-12 11:00 +0100
    Bug#762634: initramfs-tools: [armhf] mounting rootfs on USB disk fails / some USB host controller drivers missing in initramfs Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-01-25 16:30 +0100
      Bug#762634: initramfs-tools: [armhf] mounting rootfs on USB disk fails / some USB host controller drivers missing in initramfs Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-02-04 17:00 +0100
        Bug#762634: initramfs-tools: [armhf] mounting rootfs on USB disk fails / some USB host controller drivers missing in initramfs Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org> - 2016-02-24 23:40 +0100
          Bug#762634: initramfs-tools: [armhf] mounting rootfs on USB disk fails / some USB host controller drivers missing in initramfs Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org> - 2016-02-25 00:10 +0100
            Bug#762634: initramfs-tools: [armhf] mounting rootfs on USB disk fails / some USB host controller drivers missing in initramfs Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2016-03-04 19:40 +0100
              Bug#762634: initramfs-tools: [armhf] mounting rootfs on USB disk fails / some USB host controller drivers missing in initramfs Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-04-17 02:30 +0200

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