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

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <200812111624.20543.vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> it made sense when the init step was automatic.  but you're telling me users 

And we still want to have it automatic, just deferred.

> 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.

Come on. Have you never seen a system that came in a case, and you
didn't know if it included a disk, or how many of these?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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