WMI monitoring methods can be changed or removed in new ASUS boards
BIOS versions. Such versions return zero instead of a real one as
Chip ID.
Commit adds additional validation for the result of Chip ID call
before enabling access by ASUS WMI methods.
BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204807
Signed-off-by: Denis Pauk <[email protected]>
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Changes in v2:
- Drop the continuation line.
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drivers/hwmon/nct6775.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/nct6775.c b/drivers/hwmon/nct6775.c
index 57ce8633a725..831d5c8fe8cd 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/nct6775.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/nct6775.c
@@ -5038,7 +5038,7 @@ static int __init sensors_nct6775_init(void)
board_name);
if (err >= 0) {
/* if reading chip id via WMI succeeds, use WMI */
- if (!nct6775_asuswmi_read(0, NCT6775_PORT_CHIPID, &tmp)) {
+ if (!nct6775_asuswmi_read(0, NCT6775_PORT_CHIPID, &tmp) && tmp) {
pr_info("Using Asus WMI to access %#x chip.\n", tmp);
access = access_asuswmi;
} else {
base-commit: 2585cf9dfaaddf00b069673f27bb3f8530e2039c
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2.34.1