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platform/x86: sony-laptop: Convert NC driver to a platform one
authorRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:29:44 +0000 (12:29 +0100)
committerIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:40:01 +0000 (19:40 +0200)
commit14004dd31caae2e49791d1ecc8f9ba87478df023
tree86c49a44473e4769af0a7fc7ea841307904f83ac
parent0f2ca62fdfbcada9568fbc7e27e94e4b3bffbf7a
platform/x86: sony-laptop: Convert NC 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 Notebook Control (nc) 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/886676729.0ifERbkFSE@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