if data->valid == 0 when asking for an update reinitialize
the client.
This is done for the case that the device got disconnected
as without reinitialisation it will not give any sensible
readings.
Signed-off-by: Frans Meulenbroeks <fransmeulenbroeks@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Tested with actual system and unplugging and replugging the device
drivers/hwmon/lm80.c | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c
index 616f470..1d86912 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c
@@ -583,6 +583,11 @@ static struct lm80_data *lm80_update_device(struct device *dev)
mutex_lock(&data->update_lock);
+ /* If the data is not valid it might be the device was temporarily
+ disconnected. In order to keep things running re-initialize the lm80 */
+ if (!data->valid)
+ lm80_init_client(client);
+
if (time_after(jiffies, data->last_updated + 2 * HZ) || !data->valid) {
dev_dbg(&client->dev, "Starting lm80 update\n");
for (i = 0; i <= 6; i++) {
--
1.7.0.4
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