1 files changed, 20 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
index f7e70163e016..5978291cebb3 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
@@ -576,52 +576,34 @@ static int lm78_i2c_detect(struct i2c_client *client, int kind,
         if (isa)
                 mutex_lock(&isa->update_lock);
 
-        if (kind < 0) {
-                if ((i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, LM78_REG_CONFIG) & 0x80)
-                 || i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, LM78_REG_I2C_ADDR)
-                    != address)
-                        goto err_nodev;
-
-                /* Explicitly prevent the misdetection of Winbond chips */
-                i = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, 0x4f);
-                if (i == 0xa3 || i == 0x5c)
-                        goto err_nodev;
-        }
+        if ((i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, LM78_REG_CONFIG) & 0x80)
+         || i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, LM78_REG_I2C_ADDR) != address)
+                goto err_nodev;
+
+        /* Explicitly prevent the misdetection of Winbond chips */
+        i = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, 0x4f);
+        if (i == 0xa3 || i == 0x5c)
+                goto err_nodev;
 
         /* Determine the chip type. */
-        if (kind <= 0) {
-                i = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, LM78_REG_CHIPID);
-                if (i == 0x00 || i == 0x20      /* LM78 */
-                 || i == 0x40)                  /* LM78-J */
-                        kind = lm78;
-                else if ((i & 0xfe) == 0xc0)
-                        kind = lm79;
-                else {
-                        if (kind == 0)
-                                dev_warn(&adapter->dev, "Ignoring 'force' "
-                                        "parameter for unknown chip at "
-                                        "adapter %d, address 0x%02x\n",
-                                        i2c_adapter_id(adapter), address);
-                        goto err_nodev;
-                }
+        i = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, LM78_REG_CHIPID);
+        if (i == 0x00 || i == 0x20      /* LM78 */
+         || i == 0x40)                  /* LM78-J */
+                client_name = "lm78";
+        else if ((i & 0xfe) == 0xc0)
+                client_name = "lm79";
+        else
+                goto err_nodev;
 
-                if (lm78_alias_detect(client, i)) {
-                        dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "Device at 0x%02x appears to "
-                                "be the same as ISA device\n", address);
-                        goto err_nodev;
-                }
+        if (lm78_alias_detect(client, i)) {
+                dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "Device at 0x%02x appears to "
+                        "be the same as ISA device\n", address);
+                goto err_nodev;
         }
 
         if (isa)
                 mutex_unlock(&isa->update_lock);
 
-        switch (kind) {
-        case lm79:
-                client_name = "lm79";
-                break;
-        default:
-                client_name = "lm78";
-        }
         strlcpy(info->type, client_name, I2C_NAME_SIZE);
 
         return 0;