A chip returning 0x00 in all registers is erroneously detected
as LM75. Check hysteresis and temperature limit registers and
abort if both are 0 to reduce the likelyhood for this to happen.
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hwmon/lm75.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm75.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm75.c
index f58439b..6753fd9 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm75.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm75.c
@@ -415,6 +415,12 @@ static int lm75_detect(struct i2c_client *new_client,
|| i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(new_client, 7) != os)
return -ENODEV;
}
+ /*
+ * It is very unlikely that this is a LM75 if both
+ * hysteresis and temperature limit registers are 0.
+ */
+ if (hyst == 0 && os == 0)
+ return -ENODEV;
/* Addresses cycling */
for (i = 8; i <= 248; i += 40) {
--
1.9.1
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