new_client->driver = &pca9539_driver;
new_client->flags = 0;
- /* Detection: the pca9539 only has 8 registers (0-7).
- A read of 7 should succeed, but a read of 8 should fail. */
- if ((i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(new_client, 7) < 0) ||
- (i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(new_client, 8) >= 0))
- goto exit_kfree;
+ if (kind < 0) {
+ /* Detection: the pca9539 only has 8 registers (0-7).
+ A read of 7 should succeed, but a read of 8 should fail. */
+ if ((i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(new_client, 7) < 0) ||
+ (i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(new_client, 8) >= 0))
+ goto exit_kfree;
+ }
strlcpy(new_client->name, "pca9539", I2C_NAME_SIZE);