Bug#851369: linux-image-4.9.0-1-amd64: Early boot became slower

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

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On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 01:57:26PM +0100, Mattia Oss wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 4.9.2-2
> Severity: minor
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> since linux-image-4.8.0-2-amd64 the early phase of my booting process
> became slower (~10 secs). I think that it has to do with the
> framebuffer. This is the only relevant difference in dmesg:
> 
> 4.8.0-1-amd64:
> simple-framebuffer simple-framebuffer.0: framebuffer at 0xe0000000, 0x7e9000 bytes, mapped to 0xffffc1e201000000
> simple-framebuffer simple-framebuffer.0: format=x8r8g8b8, mode=1920x1080x32, linelength=7680
> simple-framebuffer simple-framebuffer.0: fb0: simplefb registered!
> fb: switching to radeondrmfb from simple 
> 
> 4.9.0-1-amd64:
> vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe0000000, mapped to 0xffffb23701800000, using 8128k, total 8128k
> vesafb: mode is 1920x1080x32, linelength=7680, pages=0
> vesafb: scrolling: redraw
> vesafb: Truecolor: size=0:8:8:8, shift=0:16:8:0
> fb: switching to radeondrmfb from VESA VGA 
> 
> I see that CONFIG_FB_SIMPLE is not set anymore. Is that a reason for
> that? Any way to fix this without recompiling?

Is the issue still reproducible for your (in case the hardware
available)?

Regards,
Salvatore