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

[Mike Frysinger]

On Thursday 11 December 2008 11:17:56 Kumar Gala wrote:
> On Dec 11, 2008, at 4:32 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > Rather than have the board code initialize SATA automatically during
> > boot,
> > make the user manually run "sata init".  This brings the SATA
> > subsystem in
> > line with common U-Boot policy.
> >
> > Along these lines, the "is_sata_supported()" hook is no longer
> > needed, so
> > scrub it from the tree.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org>
> > ---
> > board/freescale/mpc8536ds/mpc8536ds.c |   11 -----------
> > common/cmd_sata.c                     |    7 +++++--
> > include/sata.h                        |    2 --
> > lib_ppc/board.c                       |   20 --------------------
> > 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>
> Why should we make the user have to do 'sata init'?  That seems
> annoying and easy to forget.

it's already standard behavior with most mass storage things (like mmc and sf 
and ...), so it isnt a big deal imo.  i asked if Wolfgang wanted it automated 
and he preferred making the user do it themselves.
-mike
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