From: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
To: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
Daniel Thompson <danielt@kernel.org>,
Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@gmail.com>, Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH v1] backlight: apple_bl: Convert to a platform driver
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:48:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <177495410819.3826141.10439293270550177913.b4-ty@b4> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5084777.GXAFRqVoOG@rafael.j.wysocki>
On Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:50:11 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 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].
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] backlight: apple_bl: Convert to a platform driver
commit: 04d8f3fd0b52ead84eb722989afa094b8fca9129
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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-31 10:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-14 11:50 [PATCH v1] backlight: apple_bl: Convert to a platform driver Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-03-23 9:57 ` Daniel Thompson
2026-03-24 12:47 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-03-24 16:40 ` Lee Jones
2026-03-24 17:15 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-03-31 10:48 ` Lee Jones [this message]
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