[U-Boot] [PATCH] SATA: do not auto-initialize during boot

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

On Thursday 11 December 2008 16:16:12 Scott Wood wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Thursday 11 December 2008 16:01:33 Scott Wood wrote:
> >> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >>> why ?  if the hardware doesnt support it, then the user shouldnt be
> >>> attempting to use it.  if they do, that's their fault for doing
> >>> something stupid.
> >>
> >> There's no need to be unnecessarily user-hostile.
> >
> > there's no need to make u-boot unnecessarily safe for the people who dont
> > understand the system
>
> Oh, please.  It's not like it's stopping any reasonable usage (quite the
> opposite -- removing the check removes a way for the user to find out
> whether SATA is present); it's just avoiding exposing a device that does
> not actually exist.

it made sense when the init step was automatic.  but you're telling me users 
of your board are incapable of looking at it and going "hmm, this has a SATA 
disk" ?  it isnt like disks are tiny and they have to scan a board for some 
obscure IC.  disks are friggin huge.
-mike
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