linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: scan: removed outdated comment

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0iyRKisGu6OWmA6i_9bcPXp6K-DNAoOAVm8+i57BsL3Ug@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:27:08 +0100
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, yunbolyu@....edu.sg, kexinsun@...il.nju.edu.cn, 
	ratnadiraw@....edu.sg, xutong.ma@...ia.fr, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, 
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: scan: removed outdated comment

On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr> wrote:
>
> The function acpi_video_get_capabilities() was removed from
> drivers/acpi/video_detect.c by commit 87521e16a7ab
> ("acpi-video-detect: Rewrite backlight interface selection logic") in
> 2015.  At the time, comments about this function were just removed,
> and no replacement seemed to be proposed.  So drop the reference to
> acpi_video_get_capabilities() here as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>
>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/scan.c |    2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> index 416d87f9bd10..9297461045a2 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> @@ -1294,8 +1294,6 @@ acpi_backlight_cap_match(acpi_handle handle, u32 level, void *context,
>   * The device will get a Linux specific CID added in scan.c to
>   * identify the device as an ACPI graphics device
>   * Be aware that the graphics device may not be physically present
> - * Use acpi_video_get_capabilities() to detect general ACPI video
> - * capabilities of present cards
>   */
>  long acpi_is_video_device(acpi_handle handle)
>  {

Applied as 6.20 material, thanks!