From b83b8aba60e3106b07ddd48ea350302146b48d15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Black W9MDB <mdblack98@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2021 12:50:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] register.c now correctly burps when bad model# is used
 https://github.com/Hamlib/Hamlib/issues/735

---
 src/register.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/register.c b/src/register.c
index 3d5a294dc..04d6dbf74 100644
--- a/src/register.c
+++ b/src/register.c
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ static int rig_lookup_backend(rig_model_t rig_model)
 {
     int i;
 
-    //if (rig_model >= 1000) rig_model = RIG_BACKEND_NUM(rig_model);
     for (i = 0; i < RIG_BACKEND_MAX && rig_backend_list[i].be_name; i++)
     {
         if (RIG_BACKEND_NUM(rig_model) ==
@@ -307,7 +306,15 @@ int HAMLIB_API rig_check_backend(rig_model_t rig_model)
         return -RIG_ENAVAIL;
     }
 
-    retval = rig_load_backend(rig_backend_list[be_idx].be_name);
+    // do we need to load the backend?
+    if (rig_backend_list[be_idx].be_init_all == 0)
+    {
+        retval = rig_load_backend(rig_backend_list[be_idx].be_name);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        retval = -RIG_ENAVAIL;
+    }
 
     return retval;
 }