[PATCH] hwmon: Fix reboot on it87 driver load
authorJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:39:48 +0000 (22:39 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:02:15 +0000 (12:02 -0800)
commitc5e3fbf22ccba0879b174fab7ec0e322b1266c2c
tree37529cd21d0f546a4e5578a554cac0371dbf4e85
parente53004e20a58e9d28347e02adccb37a33e0d771a
[PATCH] hwmon: Fix reboot on it87 driver load

Only scan I2C address 0x2d. This is the default address and no IT87xxF
chip was ever seen on I2C at a different address. These chips are
better accessed through their ISA interface anyway.

This fixes bug #5889, although it doesn't address the whole class
of problems. We'd need the ability to blacklist arbitrary I2C addresses
on systems known to contain I2C devices which behave badly when probed.

Plan the I2C interface for removal as well. If nobody complains within
a year, it will confirm my impression that the I2C interface isn't
actually needed by anyone.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
Documentation/hwmon/it87
drivers/hwmon/it87.c