Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 May 2024 17:25:31 +0300 | From | Andy Shevchenko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: intel: Use *-y instead of *-objs in Makefile |
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On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 03:35:26PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin wrote: > > *-objs suffix is reserved rather for (user-space) host programs while > > usually *-y suffix is used for kernel drivers (although *-objs works > > for that purpose for now). > > > > Let's correct the old usages of *-objs in Makefiles. > > Wait, I was sure I've seen somewhere that -objs is more new and > preferred over -y.
Then you are mistaken.
> See recent dimlib comment where Florian changed -y to > -objs for example.
So does he :-)
> Any documentation reference that -objs is for userspace and we should > clearly use -y?
Sure. Luckily it's documented in Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst "Composite Host Programs" (mind the meaning of the word "host"!).
-- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
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