1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/f71882fg.c b/drivers/hwmon/f71882fg.c
index 6db74434a02e..cbeb4984b5c7 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/f71882fg.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/f71882fg.c
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
 
 #define FAN_MIN_DETECT                  366 /* Lowest detectable fanspeed */
 
+static unsigned short force_id;
+module_param(force_id, ushort, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_id, "Override the detected device ID");
+
 static struct platform_device *f71882fg_pdev = NULL;
 
 /* Super-I/O Function prototypes */
@@ -843,7 +847,7 @@ static int __init f71882fg_find(int sioaddr, unsigned short *address)
                 goto exit;
         }
 
-        devid = superio_inw(sioaddr, SIO_REG_DEVID);
+        devid = force_id ? force_id : superio_inw(sioaddr, SIO_REG_DEVID);
         if (devid != SIO_F71882_ID) {
                 printk(KERN_INFO DRVNAME ": Unsupported Fintek device\n");
                 goto exit;