From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:49:45 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: hpet: Convert ACPI driver to a platform one
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hpet: Convert ACPI driver to a platform one

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 HPET 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>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3611505.QJadu78ljV@rafael.j.wysocki
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---

diff --git a/drivers/char/hpet.c b/drivers/char/hpet.c
index 60dd09a56f50..d396823e5e64 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hpet.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hpet.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/hpet.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <asm/current.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
@@ -971,8 +972,9 @@ static acpi_status hpet_resources(struct acpi_resource *res, void *data)
 	return AE_OK;
 }
 
-static int hpet_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *device)
+static int hpet_acpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
+	struct acpi_device *device = ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev);
 	acpi_status result;
 	struct hpet_data data;
 
@@ -1000,12 +1002,12 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id hpet_device_ids[] = {
 	{"", 0},
 };
 
-static struct acpi_driver hpet_acpi_driver = {
-	.name = "hpet",
-	.ids = hpet_device_ids,
-	.ops = {
-		.add = hpet_acpi_add,
-		},
+static struct platform_driver hpet_acpi_driver = {
+	.probe = hpet_acpi_probe,
+	.driver = {
+		.name = "hpet_acpi",
+		.acpi_match_table = hpet_device_ids,
+	},
 };
 
 static struct miscdevice hpet_misc = { HPET_MINOR, "hpet", &hpet_fops };
@@ -1020,7 +1022,7 @@ static int __init hpet_init(void)
 
 	sysctl_header = register_sysctl("dev/hpet", hpet_table);
 
-	result = acpi_bus_register_driver(&hpet_acpi_driver);
+	result = platform_driver_register(&hpet_acpi_driver);
 	if (result < 0) {
 		unregister_sysctl_table(sysctl_header);
 		misc_deregister(&hpet_misc);