Bug#594156: modules=most does not add virtio_net

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

tags 594156 unreproducible moreinfo
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On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 08:43:11AM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.97
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using initramfs-tools in the context of an FAI nfsroot, read, I want
> to have it booted in a KVM guest with both virtio hard drives and
> virtio_net. It turns out despite having 'MODULES=most' in
> /srv/fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf,
> the modules 'virtio_pci', 'virtio_blk' and 'virtio_ring' are included,
> but 'virtio_net' is missing.
> 
> I'm still looking for a good workaround to get an virtio-net enabled
> guest installed via an FAI nfsroot.

lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64 | grep virtio_net
lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/virtio_net.ko

I can only guess that you are using an outdated version of
initramfs-tools. please upgrade and retry.