[PATCH] hwmon/lm78 and w83781d: Probe fewer I2C addresses

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On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 12:25:46PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> We've never seen any device supported by the lm78 or w83781d driver
> at addresses 0x20-0x27, so let's stop probing these addresses. Extra
> probes cost time, and have potential for confusing or misdetecting
> other I2C devices.

If the addresses are _theoretically_ possible (as per datasheet)
wouldn't it be good to have an option to override this?
Something like scanall=1 or similar? Or maybe that option already exists?

 
Uwe.
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