[PATCH v1] backlight: apple_bl: Convert to a platform driver
From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Sat Mar 14 2026 - 07:50:42 EST
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
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 Apple Backlight 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@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/backlight/apple_bl.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/apple_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/apple_bl.c
index aaa824437a2a..423513d68b5b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/apple_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/apple_bl.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
#include <linux/pci.h>
#include <linux/acpi.h>
#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <acpi/video.h>
static struct backlight_device *apple_backlight_device;
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ static const struct hw_data nvidia_chipset_data = {
.set_brightness = nvidia_chipset_set_brightness,
};
-static int apple_bl_add(struct acpi_device *dev)
+static int apple_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct backlight_properties props;
struct pci_dev *host;
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ static int apple_bl_add(struct acpi_device *dev)
return 0;
}
-static void apple_bl_remove(struct acpi_device *dev)
+static void apple_bl_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
backlight_device_unregister(apple_backlight_device);
@@ -206,12 +207,12 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id apple_bl_ids[] = {
{"", 0},
};
-static struct acpi_driver apple_bl_driver = {
- .name = "Apple backlight",
- .ids = apple_bl_ids,
- .ops = {
- .add = apple_bl_add,
- .remove = apple_bl_remove,
+static struct platform_driver apple_bl_driver = {
+ .probe = apple_bl_probe,
+ .remove = apple_bl_remove,
+ .driver = {
+ .name = "Apple backlight",
+ .acpi_match_table = apple_bl_ids,
},
};
@@ -224,12 +225,12 @@ static int __init apple_bl_init(void)
if (acpi_video_get_backlight_type() != acpi_backlight_vendor)
return -ENODEV;
- return acpi_bus_register_driver(&apple_bl_driver);
+ return platform_driver_register(&apple_bl_driver);
}
static void __exit apple_bl_exit(void)
{
- acpi_bus_unregister_driver(&apple_bl_driver);
+ platform_driver_unregister(&apple_bl_driver);
}
module_init(apple_bl_init);
--
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