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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/power/sbs-battery.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/power/sbs-battery.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/power/sbs-battery.c b/drivers/power/sbs-battery.c index a65e8f54157..4146596d254 100644 --- a/drivers/power/sbs-battery.c +++ b/drivers/power/sbs-battery.c @@ -759,6 +759,16 @@ static int __devinit sbs_probe(struct i2c_client *client, chip->irq = irq; skip_gpio: + /* + * Before we register, we need to make sure we can actually talk + * to the battery. + */ + rc = sbs_read_word_data(client, sbs_data[REG_STATUS].addr); + if (rc < 0) { + dev_err(&client->dev, "%s: Failed to get device status\n", + __func__); + goto exit_psupply; + } rc = power_supply_register(&client->dev, &chip->power_supply); if (rc) { |