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Jean Delvare 67b671bceb hwmon: Let the user override the detected Super-I/O device ID 
While it is possible to force SMBus-based hardware monitoring chip
drivers to drive a not officially supported device, we do not have this
possibility for Super-I/O-based drivers. That's unfortunate because
sometimes newer chips are fully compatible and just forcing the driver
to load would work. Instead of that we have to tell the users to
recompile the kernel driver, which isn't an easy task for everyone.

So, I propose that we add a module parameter to all Super-I/O based
hardware monitoring drivers, letting advanced users force the driver
to load on their machine. The user has to provide the device ID of a
supposedly compatible device. This requires looking at the source code or
a datasheet, so I am confident that users can't randomly force a driver
without knowing what they are doing. Thus this should be relatively safe.

As you can see from the code, the implementation is pretty simple and
unintrusive.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Acked-by: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
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ams Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2007-10-12 21:27:47 -04:00
abituguru3.c hwmon: (abituguru3) Identify ABit IP35 Pro as such 2007-11-08 08:42:47 -05:00
abituguru.c Merge branch 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6 2007-10-14 12:50:19 -07:00
ad7418.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
adm1021.c hwmon: (adm1021) individual alarm files 2007-10-09 22:56:31 -04:00
adm1025.c hwmon: (adm1025) Various cleanups 2008-02-07 20:39:41 -05:00
adm1026.c Add missing newlines to some uses of dev_<level> messages 2007-10-18 14:37:28 -07:00
adm1029.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
adm1031.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
adm9240.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
adt7470.c hwmon: (adt7470) Replace power-of-two test 2008-02-07 20:39:40 -05:00
applesmc.c leds: Standardise LED naming scheme 2008-02-07 09:47:00 +00:00
asb100.c hwmon: VRM is not read from registers 2007-10-09 22:56:32 -04:00
atxp1.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
coretemp.c HWMON: coretemp, suspend fix 2007-12-04 01:35:32 -05:00
dme1737.c hwmon: Let the user override the detected Super-I/O device ID 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
ds1621.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
f71805f.c hwmon: Let the user override the detected Super-I/O device ID 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
f71882fg.c hwmon: Let the user override the detected Super-I/O device ID 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
f75375s.c hwmon: (f75375s) pwmX_mode sysfs files writable for f75375 variant 2007-11-08 08:42:47 -05:00
fscher.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
fschmd.c hwmon: (fschmd) Discard non-ASCII characters 2008-02-07 20:39:41 -05:00
fscpos.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
gl518sm.c hwmon: (gl518sm) Fix the reported fan speed 2008-02-07 20:39:41 -05:00
gl520sm.c hwmon: (gl520sm) Add individual alarm and beep files 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
hdaps.c get rid of input BIT* duplicate defines 2007-10-19 11:53:42 -07:00
hwmon-vid.c x86: convert cpuinfo_x86 array to a per_cpu array 2007-10-19 20:35:04 +02:00
hwmon.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
i5k_amb.c hwmon: (i5k_amb) Convert macros to C functions 2007-11-08 08:42:47 -05:00
ibmpex.c hwmon: (ibmpex) Change printk to dev_{info,err} macros 2007-11-08 08:42:46 -05:00
it87.c hwmon: Let the user override the detected Super-I/O device ID 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
k8temp.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
Kconfig hwmon: (lm87) Add support for the Analog Devices ADM1024 2008-02-07 20:39:40 -05:00
lm63.c Add missing newlines to some uses of dev_<level> messages 2007-10-18 14:37:28 -07:00
lm70.c hwmon: (lm70) Convert semaphore to mutex 2007-11-08 08:42:46 -05:00
lm75.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
lm75.h hwmon: Allow writing of negative trigger temperatures 2007-10-09 22:56:29 -04:00
lm77.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
lm78.c hwmon: (lm78/w83781d) Probe fewer I2C addresses 2008-02-07 20:39:40 -05:00
lm80.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
lm83.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
lm85.c hwmon: VRM is not read from registers 2007-10-09 22:56:32 -04:00
lm87.c hwmon: (lm87) Add support for the Analog Devices ADM1024 2008-02-07 20:39:40 -05:00
lm90.c hwmon: (lm90) Use generic i2c reads during detection 2008-02-07 20:39:41 -05:00
lm92.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
lm93.c hwmon: (lm93) Use standard names for vid files 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
Makefile hwmon: Add support for Winbond W83L786NG/NR 2008-02-07 20:39:40 -05:00
max1619.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
max6650.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
pc87360.c hwmon: Let the user override the detected Super-I/O device ID 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
pc87427.c hwmon: Let the user override the detected Super-I/O device ID 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
sis5595.c hwmon: (sis5595) Split sis5595_attributes_opt 2007-11-08 08:42:45 -05:00
smsc47b397.c hwmon: Let the user override the detected Super-I/O device ID 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
smsc47m1.c hwmon: Let the user override the detected Super-I/O device ID 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
smsc47m192.c hwmon: VRM is not read from registers 2007-10-09 22:56:32 -04:00
thmc50.c hwmon: (thmc50) Fix a debug message 2007-10-09 22:56:31 -04:00
via686a.c Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
vt1211.c hwmon: Let the user override the detected Super-I/O device ID 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
vt8231.c hwmon: (vt8231) Add missing "space" 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
w83l785ts.c hwmon: Convert from class_device to device 2007-10-09 22:56:30 -04:00
w83l786ng.c hwmon: Add support for Winbond W83L786NG/NR 2008-02-07 20:39:40 -05:00
w83627ehf.c hwmon: Let the user override the detected Super-I/O device ID 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
w83627hf.c hwmon: Let the user override the detected Super-I/O device ID 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
w83781d.c hwmon: (lm78/w83781d) Probe fewer I2C addresses 2008-02-07 20:39:40 -05:00
w83791d.c Add missing newlines to some uses of dev_<level> messages 2007-10-18 14:37:28 -07:00
w83792d.c Add missing newlines to some uses of dev_<level> messages 2007-10-18 14:37:28 -07:00
w83793.c hwmon: (w83793) remove duplicated defines 2008-02-07 20:39:40 -05:00