Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Input: wdt87xx_i2c - tidy up ACPI ID table

Dmitry Torokhov
2026-01-20T20:42:19Z

Hi Andy,

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 09:22:57AM +0100, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Tidy up ACPI ID table:
> - drop ACPI_PTR() and hence replace acpi.h with mod_devicetable.h et al.
> - remove explicit driver_data initializer

With the exception of cleaning the driver_data is it unclear to me what
the benefit is. The driver is potentially useful on non-ACPI systems (or
may be easily adopted) so making ACPI not optional does not sound like
improvement...

Thanks.

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Dmitry