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platform/x86: sony-laptop: Convert PIC driver to a platform one
authorRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:30:27 +0000 (12:30 +0100)
committerIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:40:02 +0000 (19:40 +0200)
commit138db7ee58c0c0911fc4f79ccd7c5846f7b9408b
treed9bc5391c0a79080b9f6881d7a3540663c2d154f
parent14004dd31caae2e49791d1ecc8f9ba87478df023
platform/x86: sony-laptop: Convert PIC 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 Programmable IO Control (pic) part of
the Sony laptop driver from an 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/
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2059875.yKVeVyVuyW@rafael.j.wysocki
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c