Hi Titus,
I'm facing similar issue not mounting the USB file system it shows below message
[ 2.592209] Waiting for root device /dev/sda2...
[ 60.320382] PM: request_firmware failed
Have enabled the required kernel configuration option and USB drivers are compiled as statically.
The USB Pendrive connected in hub port of our custom board. I'm suspecting hub port is not detected properly.
Please find the log and config files.
Please help on this
-Xavier