Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: intel: Use *-y instead of *-objs in Makefile
From: Alexander Lobakin
Date: Wed May 08 2024 - 09:36:08 EST
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 16:23:15 +0300
> *-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. See recent dimlib comment where Florian changed -y to
-objs for example.
Any documentation reference that -objs is for userspace and we should
clearly use -y?
Thanks,
Olek