Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] hwmon: (spd5118) Select page 0 unconditionally during probe

From: Guenter Roeck

Date: Tue Sep 01 2026 - 19:03:46 EST


On Tue, Sep 01, 2026 at 10:01:41PM +0200, Armin Wolf wrote:
> Some Intel i2c controllers can be configured by the BIOS to reject
> writes to the SPD device. This often causes problems when the register
> page needs to be changed, usually during resume.
>
> Avoid probing on affected devices by unconditionally selecting page 0
> by writing the SPD5118_REG_I2C_LEGACY_MODE register during probe.
> This will fail on affected controllers and thus prevent the driver
> from probing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx>

Applied.

Thanks,
Guenter