From: Mike Frysinger Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:53:08 -0500 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] SATA: do not auto-initialize during boot In-Reply-To: <20081211235737.E7A4581E603A@gemini.denx.de> References: <20081211101257.29464834B020@gemini.denx.de> <200812111624.20543.vapier@gentoo.org> <20081211235737.E7A4581E603A@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <200812230053.09431.vapier@gentoo.org> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Thursday 11 December 2008 18:57:37 Wolfgang Denk wrote: > In message <200812111624.20543.vapier@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? if it were a system that wasnt mine, sure. but if i'm expected to actually develop on it, then it cant be a black box. so no, i dont think it's unreasonable to have people who actually be using the hardware know what is in the system. -mike -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 835 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/attachments/20081223/d0075d2c/attachment.pgp