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AmigaOne - Linux - Initialisation Displays

Linux Stand-Alone using the onboard VIA686B IDE controller with DMA turned off

On a Linux only system using the VIA686B IDE controller with DMA turned off (using 'ide=nodma' on the bootargs parameter), the following initialisation processes occur before control is passed to the Linux Kernel:

Loading from IDE device 0, partition 1: Name: hda1
  Type: U-Boot
   Image Name:   Linux-2.4.26
   Created:      2004-12-21   5:24:48 UTC
   Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    1310377 Bytes =  1.2 MB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  00000000
Automatic boot of image at addr 0x00500000 ...
## Booting image at 00500000 ...
   Image Name:   Linux-2.4.26
   Created:      2004-12-21   5:24:48 UTC
   Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    1310377 Bytes =  1.2 MB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  00000000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
   Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK

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