2 files changed, 27 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf
index 6ee36dbafd64..44dd2bcc72bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ Authors:
 Module Parameters
 -----------------
 
-* force_addr: int
-  Initialize the ISA address of the sensors
 * force_i2c: int
   Initialize the I2C address of the sensors
 * init: int
@@ -70,3 +68,30 @@ doesn't help, you may just ignore the bogus VID reading with no harm done.
 For further information on this driver see the w83781d driver documentation.
 
 [1] http://www.lm-sensors.org/browser/lm-sensors/trunk/doc/vid
+
+Forcing the address
+-------------------
+
+The driver used to have a module parameter named force_addr, which could
+be used to force the base I/O address of the hardware monitoring block.
+This was meant as a workaround for mainboards with a broken BIOS. This
+module parameter is gone for technical reasons. If you need this feature,
+you can obtain the same result by using the isaset tool (part of
+lm-sensors) before loading the driver:
+
+# Enter the Super I/O config space
+isaset -y -f 0x2e 0x87
+isaset -y -f 0x2e 0x87
+
+# Select the hwmon logical device
+isaset -y 0x2e 0x2f 0x07 0x0b
+
+# Set the base I/O address (to 0x290 in this example)
+isaset -y 0x2e 0x2f 0x60 0x02
+isaset -y 0x2e 0x2f 0x61 0x90
+
+# Exit the Super-I/O config space
+isaset -y -f 0x2e 0xaa
+
+The above sequence assumes a Super-I/O config space at 0x2e/0x2f, but
+0x4e/0x4f is also possible.
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
index 2be28ac4ede0..d67407d045bd 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ static struct platform_device *pdev;
 #define DRVNAME "w83627hf"
 enum chips { w83627hf, w83627thf, w83697hf, w83637hf, w83687thf };
 
-static u16 force_addr;
-module_param(force_addr, ushort, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_addr,
-                 "Initialize the base address of the sensors");
 static u8 force_i2c = 0x1f;
 module_param(force_i2c, byte, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_i2c,
@@ -1169,13 +1165,6 @@ static int __init w83627hf_find(int sioaddr, unsigned short *addr,
         }
 
         superio_select(W83627HF_LD_HWM);
-        force_addr &= WINB_ALIGNMENT;
-        if (force_addr) {
-                printk(KERN_WARNING DRVNAME ": Forcing address 0x%x\n",
-                       force_addr);
-                superio_outb(WINB_BASE_REG, force_addr >> 8);
-                superio_outb(WINB_BASE_REG + 1, force_addr & 0xff);
-        }
         val = (superio_inb(WINB_BASE_REG) << 8) |
                superio_inb(WINB_BASE_REG + 1);
         *addr = val & WINB_ALIGNMENT;