Re: [PATCH v1 00/10] platform/x86: Stop using acpi_device_name/class()

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 02:15:13PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 01:15:01PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > >
> > > There are two fields in struct acpi_device_pnp, device_name and device_class,
> > > that were supposed to be populated and used by device drivers, but they have
> > > never been used consistently and some drivers just populate them and don't
> > > access them later, and some drivers use them uninitialized.
> > >
> > > All of that is confusing and messy, so the drivers for core ACPI devices
> > > have been updated to stop using those fields which are now slated for
> > > removal, but they are still accessed in some places.
> > >
> > > This series updates platform x86 drivers accessing those fields to stop
> > > doing that.
> >
> > In most of the patches you have double space in your name in From.
> 
> Do you mean the From header in the patch body or the From header in
> the SMTP headers?

At least SMTP. TBH, I haven't paid attention to the From lines in the bodies.

> > Can we have some consistency here? Or is it deliberate (in which case I'm
> > wondering why)?
> 
> Not deliberate, probably an e-mail client mess-up.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko