--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1672.c	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1672.c	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -153,11 +153,6 @@
 	.set_mmss = ds1672_rtc_set_mmss,
 };
 
-static int ds1672_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int ds1672_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 			const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 {
@@ -182,8 +177,9 @@
 
 	/* read control register */
 	err = ds1672_get_control(client, &control);
-	if (err)
-		goto exit_devreg;
+	if (err) {
+		dev_warn(&client->dev, "Unable to read the control register\n");
+	}
 
 	if (control & DS1672_REG_CONTROL_EOSC)
 		dev_warn(&client->dev, "Oscillator not enabled. "
@@ -192,25 +188,23 @@
 	/* Register sysfs hooks */
 	err = device_create_file(&client->dev, &dev_attr_control);
 	if (err)
-		goto exit_devreg;
+		dev_err(&client->dev, "Unable to create sysfs entry: %s\n",
+			dev_attr_control.attr.name);
 
 	return 0;
-
- exit_devreg:
-	return err;
 }
 
 static struct i2c_device_id ds1672_id[] = {
 	{ "ds1672", 0 },
 	{ }
 };
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, ds1672_id);
 
 static struct i2c_driver ds1672_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		   .name = "rtc-ds1672",
 		   },
 	.probe = &ds1672_probe,
-	.remove = &ds1672_remove,
 	.id_table = ds1672_id,
 };