hwmon: (max6650) Drop device detection
MAX6650 device detection is unreliable, we got reports of false
positives. We now have many ways to let users instantiate the devices
explicitly, so unreliable detection should be dropped.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Acked-by: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@hansjkoch.de>
Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/max6650 b/Documentation/hwmon/max6650
index c565650f..b26fef5 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/max6650
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/max6650
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
Supported chips:
* Maxim 6650 / 6651
Prefix: 'max6650'
- Addresses scanned: I2C 0x1b, 0x1f, 0x48, 0x4b
+ Addresses scanned: none
Datasheet: http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX6650-MAX6651.pdf
Authors:
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@
values are 1, 2, 4, and 8. Use lower values for
faster fans.
+Usage notes
+-----------
+
+This driver does not auto-detect devices. You will have to instantiate the
+devices explicitly. Please see Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices for
+details.
+
Module parameters
-----------------
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max6650.c b/drivers/hwmon/max6650.c
index 9a11532..cced186 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/max6650.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/max6650.c
@@ -41,13 +41,6 @@
#include <linux/err.h>
/*
- * Addresses to scan. There are four disjoint possibilities, by pin config.
- */
-
-static const unsigned short normal_i2c[] = {0x1b, 0x1f, 0x48, 0x4b,
- I2C_CLIENT_END};
-
-/*
* Insmod parameters
*/
@@ -114,8 +107,6 @@
static int max6650_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
const struct i2c_device_id *id);
-static int max6650_detect(struct i2c_client *client,
- struct i2c_board_info *info);
static int max6650_init_client(struct i2c_client *client);
static int max6650_remove(struct i2c_client *client);
static struct max6650_data *max6650_update_device(struct device *dev);
@@ -131,15 +122,12 @@
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, max6650_id);
static struct i2c_driver max6650_driver = {
- .class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON,
.driver = {
.name = "max6650",
},
.probe = max6650_probe,
.remove = max6650_remove,
.id_table = max6650_id,
- .detect = max6650_detect,
- .address_list = normal_i2c,
};
/*
@@ -525,38 +513,6 @@
* Real code
*/
-/* Return 0 if detection is successful, -ENODEV otherwise */
-static int max6650_detect(struct i2c_client *client,
- struct i2c_board_info *info)
-{
- struct i2c_adapter *adapter = client->adapter;
- int address = client->addr;
-
- dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "max6650_detect called\n");
-
- if (!i2c_check_functionality(adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA)) {
- dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "max6650: I2C bus doesn't support "
- "byte read mode, skipping.\n");
- return -ENODEV;
- }
-
- if (((i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, MAX6650_REG_CONFIG) & 0xC0)
- ||(i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, MAX6650_REG_GPIO_STAT) & 0xE0)
- ||(i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, MAX6650_REG_ALARM_EN) & 0xE0)
- ||(i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, MAX6650_REG_ALARM) & 0xE0)
- ||(i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, MAX6650_REG_COUNT) & 0xFC))) {
- dev_dbg(&adapter->dev,
- "max6650: detection failed at 0x%02x.\n", address);
- return -ENODEV;
- }
-
- dev_info(&adapter->dev, "max6650: chip found at 0x%02x.\n", address);
-
- strlcpy(info->type, "max6650", I2C_NAME_SIZE);
-
- return 0;
-}
-
static int max6650_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
const struct i2c_device_id *id)
{