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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 index 2e6a21eb656c..c196a1846259 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 | |||
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ Usage Notes | |||
22 | ----------- | 22 | ----------- |
23 | 23 | ||
24 | This driver does not probe for LTC4215 devices, due to the fact that some | 24 | This driver does not probe for LTC4215 devices, due to the fact that some |
25 | of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will need to use | 25 | of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will have to |
26 | the "force" parameter to tell the driver where to find the device. | 26 | instantiate the devices explicitly. |
27 | 27 | ||
28 | Example: the following will load the driver for an LTC4215 at address 0x44 | 28 | Example: the following will load the driver for an LTC4215 at address 0x44 |
29 | on I2C bus #0: | 29 | on I2C bus #0: |
30 | $ modprobe ltc4215 force=0,0x44 | 30 | $ modprobe ltc4215 |
31 | $ echo ltc4215 0x44 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-0/new_device | ||
31 | 32 | ||
32 | 33 | ||
33 | Sysfs entries | 34 | Sysfs entries |