From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8548D28688C; Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:48:30 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774954110; cv=none; b=iaeMlAE9zDD67+1JS9TsNm47++2S3QFu1izy63UGAnl4YRwX/c0uoG29OAeTUt1eX4rewSwd5Fua6XCRNUGSTVEo/vevtZGJSdyK9ml401NY/E5bbsoJgWjAHNdk4Zz519cOUre3xvBdHqExwmWP4HxdumPLsURM704GahSMSOU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774954110; c=relaxed/simple; bh=+pdx9CboE/37M0KLJVQhp4sepscwIcmqL2aP3WoAHi8=; h=From:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:Message-Id:Date: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=gGSubcxCKyq9fxmXdtUc+Az122XhSZYeIP9FI1fExg3KUdYOI6RY3EZanKALkzet0pAYLVosVZTOY0zlxHmWorZlTbXZim6jOJ104RoYEmxXnVhlLGr2uCUIlNStJbIJ5qvnidZpcvoRcU/XEZByxOV07C2UAXwWbLANPTWyZoU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=bQV6GpZ3; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="bQV6GpZ3" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6FE43C19423; Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:48:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1774954110; bh=+pdx9CboE/37M0KLJVQhp4sepscwIcmqL2aP3WoAHi8=; h=From:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:Date:From; b=bQV6GpZ3+QpAb1HXoZY/vUrBxToOG4ZidqJttDRquwa6vTqViKJUxhBWKD7RkIMJZ bgRB0oeSDXMecE9GvXtjE2mcG0Foy7jaOFPkJA5BndyVsLwzlQzY02VnmVFcIM73uJ jJ3HZLkD5DqRbBKEgs8L7OZlkrq3VwMZXWU2KxHjsZc0rHg5yjL/Bw/MuAlNVt3c7G 2L8GbRmX46I7dies1f/80rLZSNwzZMbtSHJva75faWSh6tE4AnHpsFiHDaduS02f+L LKdtyyKp3VbAEUty7ttD2T9AOOWIZ6puR2Uv84fNrzrwe3BLjumpk0qf5R/Q13i5sW jED+bI6jEN17Q== From: Lee Jones To: Lee Jones , "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: LKML , Linux ACPI , Daniel Thompson , Jingoo Han , Helge Deller , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <5084777.GXAFRqVoOG@rafael.j.wysocki> References: <5084777.GXAFRqVoOG@rafael.j.wysocki> Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH v1] backlight: apple_bl: Convert to a platform driver Message-Id: <177495410819.3826141.10439293270550177913.b4-ty@b4> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:48:28 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: b4 0.16-dev-ad80c 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 -- Lee Jones [李琼斯]