diff --git a/drivers/video/s1d13xxxfb.c b/drivers/video/s1d13xxxfb.c
index b829dc7..a7b01d2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/s1d13xxxfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/s1d13xxxfb.c
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
 #define dbg(fmt, args...) do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
+static const int __devinitconst s1d13xxxfb_revisions[] = {
+	S1D13506_CHIP_REV,	/* Rev.4 on HP Jornada 7xx S1D13506 */
+	S1D13806_CHIP_REV,	/* Rev.7 on .. */
+};
+
 /*
  * Here we define the default struct fb_fix_screeninfo
  */
@@ -538,6 +543,7 @@
 	struct fb_info *info;
 	struct s1d13xxxfb_pdata *pdata = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
+	int i;
 	u8 revision;
 
 	dbg("probe called: device is %p\n", pdev);
@@ -607,10 +613,19 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	revision = s1d13xxxfb_readreg(default_par, S1DREG_REV_CODE);
-	if ((revision >> 2) != S1D_CHIP_REV) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO PFX "chip not found: %i\n", (revision >> 2));
-		ret = -ENODEV;
+	revision = s1d13xxxfb_readreg(default_par, S1DREG_REV_CODE) >> 2;
+
+	ret = -ENODEV;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(s1d13xxxfb_revisions); i++) {
+		if (revision == s1d13xxxfb_revisions[i])
+			ret = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!ret)
+		printk(KERN_INFO PFX "chip revision %i\n", revision);
+	else {
+		printk(KERN_INFO PFX "unknown chip revision %i\n", revision);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/video/s1d13xxxfb.h b/include/video/s1d13xxxfb.h
index c99d261..fe41b84 100644
--- a/include/video/s1d13xxxfb.h
+++ b/include/video/s1d13xxxfb.h
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 #define	S1D13XXXFB_H
 
 #define S1D_PALETTE_SIZE		256
-#define S1D_CHIP_REV			7	/* expected chip revision number for s1d13806 */
+#define S1D13506_CHIP_REV		4	/* expected chip revision number for s1d13506 */
+#define S1D13806_CHIP_REV		7	/* expected chip revision number for s1d13806 */
 #define S1D_FBID			"S1D13806"
 #define S1D_DEVICENAME			"s1d13806fb"