Relax probing for ds1337.c

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Hi Michael,

On 2006-02-23 Michael Burian wrote:
> > * Use the force module parameter to force detection of the chip even when
> > in invalid state. This is no different from what your patch does, but at
> > least this is an optional module parameter rather than the default.
>
> This would fix the problem in a clean way - but I'd prefer not having to
> use modules.

You don't have to compile the driver as a module in order to pass
parameters to it. With the ds1337 driver built-in, use
ds1337.force=0,0x68 on the boot command line and it should work just as
well. (Replace 0 with the correct i2c bus number if needed.)

--
Jean Delvare




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