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-rw-r--r--drivers/hwmon/dme1737.c15
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dme1737.c b/drivers/hwmon/dme1737.c
index 9635fa6014f..b36290048b9 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/dme1737.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/dme1737.c
@@ -2360,13 +2360,16 @@ static int __devinit dme1737_isa_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
client->addr = res->start;
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, data);
- company = dme1737_read(client, DME1737_REG_COMPANY);
- device = dme1737_read(client, DME1737_REG_DEVICE);
+ /* Skip chip detection if module is loaded with force_id parameter */
+ if (!force_id) {
+ company = dme1737_read(client, DME1737_REG_COMPANY);
+ device = dme1737_read(client, DME1737_REG_DEVICE);
- if (!((company == DME1737_COMPANY_SMSC) &&
- (device == SCH311X_DEVICE))) {
- err = -ENODEV;
- goto exit_kfree;
+ if (!((company == DME1737_COMPANY_SMSC) &&
+ (device == SCH311X_DEVICE))) {
+ err = -ENODEV;
+ goto exit_kfree;
+ }
}
data->type = -1;