diff -Nur kernel/nvidia/nv-acpi.c kernel.new/nvidia/nv-acpi.c
--- kernel/nvidia/nv-acpi.c	2026-10-15 17:29:59.473239224 -0400
+++ kernel.new/nvidia/nv-acpi.c	2026-10-15 17:51:03.427673454 -0400
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 static NV_STATUS   nv_acpi_extract_buffer  (const union acpi_object *, void *, NvU32, NvU32 *);
 static NV_STATUS   nv_acpi_extract_package (const union acpi_object *, void *, NvU32, NvU32 *);
 static NV_STATUS   nv_acpi_extract_object  (const union acpi_object *, void *, NvU32, NvU32 *);
+ 
+// Rel. commit "ACPI: bus: Eliminate struct acpi_driver" (Rafael J. Wysocki, 1 Jul 2026)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(7, 3, 0)
 
 static int         nv_acpi_add             (struct acpi_device *);
 
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@
 #endif
 
 static void        nv_acpi_event           (acpi_handle, u32, void *);
+#endif
 static acpi_status nv_acpi_find_methods    (acpi_handle, u32, void *, void **);
 static NV_STATUS   nv_acpi_nvif_method     (NvU32, NvU32, void *, NvU16, NvU32 *, void *, NvU16 *);
 
@@ -41,6 +45,8 @@
 static NV_STATUS   nv_acpi_mxmi_method     (NvU8 *, NvU16 *);
 static NV_STATUS   nv_acpi_mxms_method     (NvU8 *, NvU16 *);
 
+// Rel. commit "ACPI: bus: Eliminate struct acpi_driver" (Rafael J. Wysocki, 1 Jul 2026)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(7, 3, 0)
 #if defined(NV_ACPI_DEVICE_OPS_HAS_MATCH)
 static int         nv_acpi_match           (struct acpi_device *, struct acpi_driver *);
 #endif
@@ -59,12 +65,16 @@
 #endif
 
 static struct acpi_driver *nv_acpi_driver;
+#endif
 static acpi_handle nvif_handle = NULL;
 static acpi_handle nvif_parent_gpu_handle  = NULL;
 static acpi_handle wmmx_handle = NULL;
 static acpi_handle mxmi_handle = NULL;
 static acpi_handle mxms_handle = NULL;
 
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(7, 3, 0)
+// Rel. commit "ACPI: bus: Eliminate struct acpi_driver" (Rafael J. Wysocki, 1 Jul 2026)
+
 static const struct acpi_driver nv_acpi_driver_template = {
     .name = "NVIDIA ACPI Video Driver",
     .class = "video",
@@ -90,6 +100,7 @@
 #endif
     },
 };
+#endif
 
 static int nv_acpi_get_device_handle(nv_state_t *nv, acpi_handle *dev_handle)
 {
@@ -136,6 +147,7 @@
 };
 #endif
 
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(7, 3, 0)
 int nv_acpi_init(void)
 {
     /*
@@ -487,6 +499,23 @@
     // unsubscribe.
 }
 
+#else
+// Rel. commit "ACPI: bus: Eliminate struct acpi_driver" (Rafael J. Wysocki, 1 Jul 2026)
+// The old API (struct acpi_driver, acpi_bus_register_driver, etc.) is removed
+// and the replacement (struct platform_driver, platform_driver_register) is
+// GPL-only, so remove this; It only impacts laptop hotkey handling rather than
+// any critical function of the driver.
+int nv_acpi_init(void)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int nv_acpi_uninit(void)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 #if defined(NV_ACPI_DEVICE_OPS_HAS_MATCH)
 static int nv_acpi_match(struct acpi_device *device, struct acpi_driver *driver)
 {