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From: Loc Ho <lho@apm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY
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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:00:17 -0800
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Hi,

>> It may be possible from ACPI point of view (hasn't tried yet). But for
>> DTS, there is no such firmware.
>
> Why not? Doesn't any boot loader have to initialize the hardware in order
> to load a kernel from disk?
[Loc Ho]
Not necessary for network booting, SD boot, and USB boot with ramdisk.

-Loc