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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/hwmon')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c index 02bd5c0239a2..3479dc5208e2 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c @@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ static unsigned short address; /* Insmod parameters */ enum chips { any_chip, w83627hf, w83627thf, w83697hf, w83637hf }; +static int reset; +module_param(reset, bool, 0); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(reset, "Set to one to reset chip on load"); + static int init = 1; module_param(init, bool, 0); MODULE_PARM_DESC(init, "Set to zero to bypass chip initialization"); @@ -1279,7 +1283,15 @@ static void w83627hf_init_client(struct i2c_client *client) int type = data->type; u8 tmp; - if(init) { + if (reset) { + /* Resetting the chip has been the default for a long time, + but repeatedly caused problems (fans going to full + speed...) so it is now optional. It might even go away if + nobody reports it as being useful, as I see very little + reason why this would be needed at all. */ + dev_info(&client->dev, "If reset=1 solved a problem you were " + "having, please report!\n"); + /* save this register */ i = w83627hf_read_value(client, W83781D_REG_BEEP_CONFIG); /* Reset all except Watchdog values and last conversion values |