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| author | Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> | 2026-03-14 12:50:11 +0100 |
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| committer | Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org> | 2026-03-31 11:48:10 +0100 |
| commit | 04d8f3fd0b52ead84eb722989afa094b8fca9129 (patch) | |
| tree | 540139e8e879ad39aa3da9503fc3fb2e258b3f77 /include/mtd/git@git.tavy.me:linux-stable.git | |
| parent | 797cc011ae02bda26f93d25a4442d7a1a77d84df (diff) | |
backlight: apple_bl: Convert to a platform driver
In all cases in which a struct acpi_driver is used for binding a driver
to an ACPI device object, a corresponding platform device is created by
the ACPI core and that device is regarded as a proper representation of
underlying hardware. Accordingly, a struct platform_driver should be
used by driver code to bind to that device. There are multiple reasons
why drivers should not bind directly to ACPI device objects [1].
Overall, it is better to bind drivers to platform devices than to their
ACPI companions, so convert the Apple Backlight ACPI driver to a
platform one.
While this is not expected to alter functionality, it changes sysfs
layout and so it will be visible to user space.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/2396510.ElGaqSPkdT@rafael.j.wysocki/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson (RISCstar) <danielt@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/5084777.GXAFRqVoOG@rafael.j.wysocki
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
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