[Bug 229732] Re: USB Keyboard drivers not loaded in initramfs

[Joshua McKinney]

This is still valid to this day on Saucy.

Debian supports USB in initramfs via /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/driver-policy : MODULES=most or via /etc/initramfs-tools/modules:
usbcore
uhci_hcd
ehci_hcd
usbhid

Perhaps one of these options would make a sensible default in this day
and age, or at least something obvious to note with an appropriate
message when dropping to an initfamfs shell? This would have saved quite
a few 'hard lockup' reboots on my system over the last few months before
I discovered the reason.

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Title:
  USB Keyboard drivers not loaded in initramfs

Status in Ubuntu Server papercuts:
  Invalid
Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

  In the event of a problem with the boot sequence, or if the break
  option is passed on the kernel command line, the initramfs drops to a
  shell to allow the admin to try and recover, but the USB keyboard
  drivers are not loaded, so if one does not have a PS/2 Keyboard, one
  can not recover the system.

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