From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:36:12 -0600
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] SATA: do not auto-initialize during boot
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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?

-Scott