Re: [GIT PULL] hwmon updates for 2.6.40

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Hi Per,

On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 15:15 -0400, Per DalÃn wrote:
> > Hi Jean,
> >
> > On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 16:07 -0400, Jean Delvare wrote:
> >> Hi Guenter,
> >>
> >> On Mon, 23 May 2011 08:21:32 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >> > Per DalÃn (1):
> >> >       hwmon: Add support for MAX6642
> >>
> >> I see no trace of this device on wiki/Devices nor in sensors-detect.
> >> Can it be added please?
> >
> > While writing the sensors-detect code, I concluded that device detection
> > is too weak. I requested samples; once I get those I'll either improve
> > the detection code or drop it from the driver.
> >
> 
> I'll try to do it tomorrow when I access to the card.
> 
That would be great. One possibility would be to check for non-existing
registers, eg registers 0x04, 0x06, 0xff, which are supported by other
Maxim chips. Reading such registers will likely return the previously
read value.

Thanks,
Guenter



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