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platform/x86: asus-laptop: Convert ACPI driver to a platform one
authorRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:11:10 +0000 (16:11 +0100)
committerIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Tue, 7 Apr 2026 09:41:41 +0000 (12:41 +0300)
commitba19eb10170b50cd613aa18cfb0e1b4693db7edf
tree81f605e4b0441049a125b5dfbd3c65ab2855bc3b
parent378500dc1313e2c06a2f675bb00ab5d7880433ba
platform/x86: asus-laptop: 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 Asus laptop 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>
Reviewed-by: Denis Benato <denis.benato@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2402539.ElGaqSPkdT@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/asus-laptop.c