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 BFEAA38837A; Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:57:24 +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=1774259844; cv=none; b=sRY41W1Z164rIVM/j3d7qGerzO/GU7M6jB5blRaSNgYGI2gICYolX4gQk+e4EZBQocNfFWQTgXA4YOO2Tlbn22kYIz50gyMtbYfHY57BH9rOaBc08r+WfvOpSHQT0mkj0DmIbyIlZ/cKXYtY8El3tDUTvwnfgyNAxx4/HJvkRu8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774259844; c=relaxed/simple; bh=gRh5APmEZoL+PCyEZvnv2xN1B3en8Ns9D/n0z8iaxBw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=sPUPYH4rHOvH0dBP4lztO7Spk9poJw81KdDySCeMSxyTB3you9DLry2w0kU//QTOZqSodgOSYJTc4Xt4I/UdeBW7cdMl4ump02RhPxVF/ylRXBuX4E2SnhPkfUsqRxz9er7+FioY3Ns6cdDlB+IaW9lT9bSKnU5pc0OVTKA9dJo= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=g4R0izOF; 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="g4R0izOF" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 83BB4C4CEF7; Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:57:22 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1774259844; bh=gRh5APmEZoL+PCyEZvnv2xN1B3en8Ns9D/n0z8iaxBw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=g4R0izOFJoLr+RY7wW6q6gHNB7yQudIc04pJgXeAIwJ239kqv/JbRYRpU5JH+iUAv JupXG4sO7npwob97zlSwBJW8vYP9+qAPTQ5RK7aT5ZO7tueXiBsQGxtcbkeyU9wj5S Qo/JSFcbGOf83jTPZsXwi7JyePUxC/32UrQfXUNdRRO7ziRgQcSDns54jkSUUL99YP W/tflhveyuTEIrhtcKgT1u757xG2aBFRhafGEVM5FqqWib075dpzVdmzut0hO6BMkX KqTBw8JAf3AgkPT/3/L7mvJxLn5KYCWrfAvPv/vNVkm+3cokYm5jhueSZjggTy5QV4 WD2kCDP+tbEKQ== Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:57:19 +0000 From: Daniel Thompson To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: Lee Jones , LKML , Linux ACPI , Jingoo Han , Helge Deller , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] backlight: apple_bl: Convert to a platform driver Message-ID: References: <5084777.GXAFRqVoOG@rafael.j.wysocki> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5084777.GXAFRqVoOG@rafael.j.wysocki> On Sat, Mar 14, 2026 at 12:50:11PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" > > 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 Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson (RISCstar) Daniel.