Wait until we need the limit register values, instead of pre-reading them. This saves 544 ms on modprobe on my test system. Obviously this time is added when first running "sensors" or any other monitoring application, but I think it is better than slowing down the boot. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hwmon/w83795.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- linux-2.6.36-rc4.orig/drivers/hwmon/w83795.c 2010-09-15 15:15:33.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.36-rc4/drivers/hwmon/w83795.c 2010-09-15 15:15:37.000000000 +0200 @@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ struct w83795_data { u8 beeps[6]; /* Register value */ char valid; + char valid_limits; }; /* @@ -498,6 +499,8 @@ static void w83795_update_limits(struct /* Read beep settings */ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(data->beeps); i++) data->beeps[i] = w83795_read(client, W83795_REG_BEEP(i)); + + data->valid_limits = 1; } static void w83795_update_pwm_config(struct i2c_client *client) @@ -564,6 +567,9 @@ static struct w83795_data *w83795_update mutex_lock(&data->update_lock); + if (!data->valid_limits) + w83795_update_limits(client); + if (!(time_after(jiffies, data->last_updated + HZ * 2) || !data->valid)) goto END; @@ -2017,7 +2023,6 @@ static int w83795_probe(struct i2c_clien } data->has_gain = w83795_read(client, W83795_REG_VMIGB_CTRL) & 0x0f; - w83795_update_limits(client); /* pwm and smart fan */ if (data->chip_type == w83795g) _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors