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-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
index 3cdf8e1ca0ad..051b14766ef9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
struct at24_data *at24;
int err;
unsigned i, num_addresses;
+ u8 test_byte;
if (client->dev.platform_data) {
chip = *(struct at24_platform_data *)client->dev.platform_data;
@@ -743,6 +744,18 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
}
}
+ i2c_set_clientdata(client, at24);
+
+ /*
+ * Perform a one-byte test read to verify that the
+ * chip is functional.
+ */
+ err = at24_read(at24, 0, &test_byte, 1);
+ if (err) {
+ err = -ENODEV;
+ goto err_clients;
+ }
+
at24->nvmem_config.name = dev_name(&client->dev);
at24->nvmem_config.dev = &client->dev;
at24->nvmem_config.read_only = !writable;
@@ -764,8 +777,6 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
goto err_clients;
}
- i2c_set_clientdata(client, at24);
-
dev_info(&client->dev, "%u byte %s EEPROM, %s, %u bytes/write\n",
chip.byte_len, client->name,
writable ? "writable" : "read-only", at24->write_max);