When is the Linux Logo ( penguin ) drawn on startup in 2.4.20 ?

Dear List,

I am trying to debug a Xpert98 PCI graphics card on a
mips system with a 2.4.20 kernel. I am using vga
emulation to read the gfx card's ROM and initialize
the card. I know the card is being somewhat
initialized because after the vga emulation has
completed, the vga monitor shows lots of colored
squares / random colors etc. I have single stepped
into the code and noticed that within aty_init() the
call to fb_memset() clears the screen to black. But
after that nothing else happens - ie nothing else is
output to the screen.

Single stepping is proving to be very slow, and I
don't really know the framebuffer code, so I would be
very grateful if someone on the list could suggest
which routines I need to set breakpoints in and / or
what may be the cause of my non-existent penguin.

Please Note, I have successfully used a cirrus logic
PCI gfx card in the same system and it outputs the
penguin to the vga monitor, so i know the system is
capable of it.

TIA

Wayne

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