From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Holger Brunck Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:23:36 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 2/2] hwmon: do not init sensors on startup In-Reply-To: <1307610451-13457-1-git-send-email-hs@denx.de> References: <1292232401-26523-1-git-send-email-hs@denx.de> <1307610451-13457-1-git-send-email-hs@denx.de> Message-ID: <4E365478.4050100@keymile.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Hi, On 06/09/2011 11:07 AM, Heiko Schocher wrote: > The U-Boot Design Principles[1] clearly say: > > Initialize devices only when they are needed within U-Boot, i.e. don't > initialize the Ethernet interface(s) unless U-Boot performs a download > over Ethernet; don't initialize any IDE or USB devices unless U-Boot > actually tries to load files from these, etc. (and don't forget to > shut down these devices after using them - otherwise nasty things may > happen when you try to boot your OS). > > So, do not initialize and read the sensors on startup. > > Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher > cc: Wolfgang Denk > cc: Holger Brunck > > --- what's the status of this patch? Is it intended to go in for rc1? I have seen that 1/2 was committed but not this one. This patch runs in our local branch for some month so: Tested-by: Holger Brunck Regards Holger