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