From 10b120486f67eb8606dc1926e4f409ef96bdaa5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wouter Bijen <wbijen@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:06:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove i2cProbe check - expander is soldered on board,
 matches Meshtastic

---
 variants/m5stack_unit_c6l/UnitC6LBoard.h | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/variants/m5stack_unit_c6l/UnitC6LBoard.h b/variants/m5stack_unit_c6l/UnitC6LBoard.h
index bc26001f3..90d8df367 100644
--- a/variants/m5stack_unit_c6l/UnitC6LBoard.h
+++ b/variants/m5stack_unit_c6l/UnitC6LBoard.h
@@ -48,18 +48,11 @@ private:
     return Wire.read();
   }
 
-  bool i2cProbe() {
-    Wire.beginTransmission(PI4IO_ADDR);
-    return Wire.endTransmission() == 0;
-  }
 
   void initGPIOExpander() {
     // Matches Meshtastic's c6l_init() in variant.cpp
     // Uses Wire (already on SDA=10, SCL=8 from ESP32Board::begin)
 
-    if (!i2cProbe()) {
-      return;
-    }
 
     // Reset expander
     i2cWrite(PI4IO_REG_CHIP_RESET, 0xFF);