The U-Boot Design Principles[1] clearly say:

  Initialize devices only when they are needed within U-Boot, i.e. don't
  initialize the Ethernet interface(s) unless U-Boot performs a download
  over Ethernet; don't initialize any IDE or USB devices unless U-Boot
  actually tries to load files from these, etc. (and don't forget to
  shut down these devices after using them - otherwise nasty things may
  happen when you try to boot your OS).

So, do not initialize and read the sensors on startup.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
cc: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
cc: Holger Brunck <holger.brunck@keymile.com>