From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Frysinger Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:06:12 -0500 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] SATA: do not auto-initialize during boot In-Reply-To: <494187CC.9000609@freescale.com> References: <20081211101257.29464834B020@gemini.denx.de> <200812111624.20543.vapier@gentoo.org> <494187CC.9000609@freescale.com> Message-ID: <200812111706.12876.vapier@gentoo.org> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Thursday 11 December 2008 16:36:12 Scott Wood wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > 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. > > It doesn't matter how big it is, if it's in some remote board farm -- or > if I'm considering adding a disk, and I want to see if the board is > configured to use those pins for SATA or for something else (and thus > whether I need to dig out the board manual and look at DIP switch > configuration). > > What harm does the check do? size/runtime overhead for one board where the only thing gained is a slightly tweaked user experience (i.e. no functional difference) -mike -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 835 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/attachments/20081211/e4eeba1c/attachment.pgp