[Bug 1950996] [NEW] Missing all modules for usb nics in initrd which makes PXE boot impossible

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You have been subscribed to a public bug by Matthieu Clemenceau (mclemenceau):

initrd taken from the live iso for PXE boot does not contain USB NIC
drivers which makes PXE installation/netboot impossible via usb.

This is the case on 20.04 server iso (both hwe and normal kernel/initrd)
and desktop iso.

"kernel/drivers/net/usb" is empty and needs to be included in the
initramfs build.

As most modern thin laptops lack physical rj45 ethernet this is a big
issue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-64.72-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-64-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Nov 15 16:47:45 2021
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-11 (552 days ago)

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Focal)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Hirsute)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Won't Fix

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Impish)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Won't Fix

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Jammy)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Fix Released


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal third-party-packages
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Missing all modules for usb nics in initrd which makes PXE boot impossible 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1950996
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