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

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <200812111556.23044.vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> > Also, in the code you removed we do a runtime check on 8536 to see if
> > SATA is even available.  That check is still valid.
>
> why ?  if the hardware doesnt support it, then the user shouldnt be attempting 
> to use it.  if they do, that's their fault for doing something stupid.

And if they do, the code should fail gracefully, i. e. print some
friendly error message like that S-ATA is not available.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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