linux-phytec-fsl

hwmon: (ltc2978) Move code to read chip ID into separate function

Verifying the chip type is getting more complicated with new chips,
since not all chips support the same mechanism to read the chip type.
Move the code into a separate function to simplify adding support for
those chips.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>