Word reads can cause trouble with some I2C devices, so do as much detection as we can using only byte reads, and only use a word read in the end to confirm the positive match. Also properly handle read errors. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Robert Casanova <robertcasanova@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hwmon/lm73.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- linux-3.1-rc4.orig/drivers/hwmon/lm73.c 2011-07-22 04:17:23.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-3.1-rc4/drivers/hwmon/lm73.c 2011-08-30 21:13:46.000000000 +0200 @@ -150,17 +150,31 @@ static int lm73_detect(struct i2c_client struct i2c_board_info *info) { struct i2c_adapter *adapter = new_client->adapter; - u16 id; - u8 ctrl; + int id, ctrl, conf; if (!i2c_check_functionality(adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA | I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WORD_DATA)) return -ENODEV; + /* + * Do as much detection as possible with byte reads first, as word + * reads can confuse other devices. + */ + ctrl = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(new_client, LM73_REG_CTRL); + if (ctrl < 0 || (ctrl & 0x10)) + return -ENODEV; + + conf = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(new_client, LM73_REG_CONF); + if (conf < 0 || (conf & 0x0c)) + return -ENODEV; + + id = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(new_client, LM73_REG_ID); + if (id < 0 || id != (LM73_ID & 0xff)) + return -ENODEV; + /* Check device ID */ id = i2c_smbus_read_word_data(new_client, LM73_REG_ID); - ctrl = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(new_client, LM73_REG_CTRL); - if ((id != LM73_ID) || (ctrl & 0x10)) + if (id < 0 || id != LM73_ID) return -ENODEV; strlcpy(info->type, "lm73", I2C_NAME_SIZE); -- Jean Delvare _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors