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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/hwmon/it87.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/it87.c b/drivers/hwmon/it87.c index e920dd26225f..73ed21ab325b 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/it87.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/it87.c @@ -2401,7 +2401,13 @@ static int __init it87_find(int sioaddr, unsigned short *address, return err; err = -ENODEV; - chip_type = force_id ? force_id : superio_inw(sioaddr, DEVID); + chip_type = superio_inw(sioaddr, DEVID); + /* check first for a valid chip before forcing chip id */ + if (chip_type == 0xffff) + goto exit; + + if (force_id) + chip_type = force_id; switch (chip_type) { case IT8705F_DEVID: |