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

From: Andy Shevchenko

Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 08:25:57 EST


On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 03:10:26PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 01:15:01PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > 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. Can we have
> some consistency here? Or is it deliberate (in which case I'm wondering why)?

I looked into all patches and I see them good.
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
(with preferably used same From field across the patches).

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko