[PATCH v1 2/2] platform/x86: eeepc-laptop: Convert ACPI driver to a platform one

From: Rafael J. Wysocki

Date: Sat Feb 28 2026 - 10:23:43 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 EEEPC 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/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c | 32 +++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
index 626a99a71fce..02a71095920e 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
@@ -1361,8 +1361,9 @@ static void eeepc_enable_camera(struct eeepc_laptop *eeepc)

static bool eeepc_device_present;

-static int eeepc_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *device)
+static int eeepc_acpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
+ struct acpi_device *device = ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev);
struct eeepc_laptop *eeepc;
int result;

@@ -1373,9 +1374,10 @@ static int eeepc_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *device)
eeepc->handle = device->handle;
strscpy(acpi_device_name(device), EEEPC_ACPI_DEVICE_NAME);
strscpy(acpi_device_class(device), EEEPC_ACPI_CLASS);
- device->driver_data = eeepc;
eeepc->device = device;

+ platform_set_drvdata(pdev, eeepc);
+
eeepc->hotplug_disabled = hotplug_disabled;

eeepc_dmi_check(eeepc);
@@ -1448,11 +1450,12 @@ static int eeepc_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *device)
return result;
}

-static void eeepc_acpi_remove(struct acpi_device *device)
+static void eeepc_acpi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
- struct eeepc_laptop *eeepc = acpi_driver_data(device);
+ struct eeepc_laptop *eeepc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);

- acpi_dev_remove_notify_handler(device, ACPI_ALL_NOTIFY, eeepc_acpi_notify);
+ acpi_dev_remove_notify_handler(ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev),
+ ACPI_ALL_NOTIFY, eeepc_acpi_notify);
eeepc_backlight_exit(eeepc);
eeepc_rfkill_exit(eeepc);
eeepc_input_exit(eeepc);
@@ -1469,13 +1472,12 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id eeepc_device_ids[] = {
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, eeepc_device_ids);

-static struct acpi_driver eeepc_acpi_driver = {
- .name = EEEPC_LAPTOP_NAME,
- .class = EEEPC_ACPI_CLASS,
- .ids = eeepc_device_ids,
- .ops = {
- .add = eeepc_acpi_add,
- .remove = eeepc_acpi_remove,
+static struct platform_driver eeepc_acpi_driver = {
+ .probe = eeepc_acpi_probe,
+ .remove = eeepc_acpi_remove,
+ .driver = {
+ .name = EEEPC_LAPTOP_NAME,
+ .acpi_match_table = eeepc_device_ids,
},
};

@@ -1488,7 +1490,7 @@ static int __init eeepc_laptop_init(void)
if (result < 0)
return result;

- result = acpi_bus_register_driver(&eeepc_acpi_driver);
+ result = platform_driver_register(&eeepc_acpi_driver);
if (result < 0)
goto fail_acpi_driver;

@@ -1500,7 +1502,7 @@ static int __init eeepc_laptop_init(void)
return 0;

fail_no_device:
- acpi_bus_unregister_driver(&eeepc_acpi_driver);
+ platform_driver_unregister(&eeepc_acpi_driver);
fail_acpi_driver:
platform_driver_unregister(&platform_driver);
return result;
@@ -1508,7 +1510,7 @@ static int __init eeepc_laptop_init(void)

static void __exit eeepc_laptop_exit(void)
{
- acpi_bus_unregister_driver(&eeepc_acpi_driver);
+ platform_driver_unregister(&eeepc_acpi_driver);
platform_driver_unregister(&platform_driver);
}

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