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authorSimon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>2017-06-14 21:28:25 -0600
committerSimon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>2017-07-11 10:08:19 -0600
commit10e40d54b38b9b1916c35fc5c4ed2eff4b4bf117 (patch)
tree9419ee914045bb5b7e971b5dedc2acf680437222 /drivers/block
parent3bf926c0dd01e7beb3a6815b2e0f28e989fe4120 (diff)
Kconfig: Add CONFIG_SATA to enable SATA
At present CONFIG_CMD_SATA enables the 'sata' command which also brings in SATA support. Some boards may wish to enable SATA without the command. Add a separate CONFIG to permit this. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index 4c2aaa0a0b..ed7fa88bf5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ config AHCI
operations at present. The block device interface has not been converted
to driver model.
+config SATA
+ bool "Support SATA controllers"
+ help
+ This enables support for SATA (Serial Advanced Technology
+ Attachment), a serial bus standard for connecting to hard drives and
+ other storage devices.
+
+ SATA replaces PATA (originally just ATA), which stands for Parallel AT
+ Attachment, where AT refers to an IBM AT (Advanced Technology)
+ computer released in 1984.
+
+ See also CMD_SATA which provides command-line support.
+
config SCSI
bool "Support SCSI controllers"
help