Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: intel: Use *-y instead of *-objs in Makefile
From: Alexander Lobakin
Date: Wed May 08 2024 - 10:40:01 EST
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 17:25:31 +0300
> 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"!).
Oh okay, I see. `-objs` is indeed only mentioned in the host chapter.
Thanks! Good to know.
Thanks,
Olek