linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Input: wdt87xx_i2c

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Message-ID: <nn6qjsmd4vt2giq3kd46lemd2q2ofdjbb6mmlaao7y2edodm3u@s2qwtwhyhiwb>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:42:16 -0800
From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Input: wdt87xx_i2c - tidy up ACPI ID table

Hi Andy,

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 09:22:57AM +0100, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Tidy up ACPI ID table:
> - drop ACPI_PTR() and hence replace acpi.h with mod_devicetable.h et al.
> - remove explicit driver_data initializer

With the exception of cleaning the driver_data is it unclear to me what
the benefit is. The driver is potentially useful on non-ACPI systems (or
may be easily adopted) so making ACPI not optional does not sound like
improvement...

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry