[Bug 8899] 2-minute delay before booting when CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y

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------- Additional Comments From lukasz.halman at gmail.com  2005-06-30 02:17 UTC -------
POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOUND! [works for me, needs confirmation]

I tracked down differences between my kernel config [working] and original
ubuntu 2.6.10-5-k7 config. The option that causes this enormous delay during
boot-up is "BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive calls determine boot disk". Turning this
option on/off make kernel booting normaly/with_delay resectively.

One may wonder why is it enabled in default distro kernel anyway. Here a note
from kernel config:

│ This option is experimental and is known to fail to boot on some        
│ obscure configurations. Most disk controller BIOS vendors do            
│ not yet implement this feature.  

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