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platform/x86: wireless-hotkey: Convert ACPI driver to a platform one
authorRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:40:36 +0000 (15:40 +0100)
committerIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:51:49 +0000 (19:51 +0200)
commit8507277ef1326d6854a6445354cd43e93e2b95fa
tree7775c502fe814c7a7e21c1d8ef1918aac4b9d24b
parentcfc897f6d3f7e9e284d498cd9fc4c68488166f48
platform/x86: wireless-hotkey: 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 airplane mode button for AMD, HP and
Xiaomi laptops 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/9607409.CDJkKcVGEf@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/wireless-hotkey.c