From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Derek Ou Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:04:57 -0600 Subject: [U-Boot] Disable features In-Reply-To: <20090430205506.4B62F83420E8@gemini.denx.de> References: <49FA0922.2000107@siconix.com> <20090430205506.4B62F83420E8@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <49FA1279.5080406@siconix.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Why would compiled in Network support slow down the boot process? > > The network interface will only be initialized as soon as you use it. > If you don't have one, then you probably will not try using it - then > why would it delay your boot? > When we have the Network support compiled, it takes a few second to do the auto-negotiation even though MAC chip is not on board. Then it fails out and goes to autoboot. Is it a board specific problem or system problem? Thanks, Derek