linux-kernel - Re: [Resend][PATCH 2/2] Drivers: block: aoe: Makefile: replace the use of <module>-objs with <module>-y

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Date:	Mon, 8 Nov 2010 13:05:43 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
Cc:	sage@...dream.net, yehuda@...newdream.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tracey Dent <tdent48227@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Resend][PATCH 2/2] Drivers: block: aoe: Makefile: replace the
 use of <module>-objs with <module>-y

On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 10:03:24 -0500
Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com> wrote:

> On Nov 6, 2010, at 2:58 PM, Tracey Dent wrote:
> 
> > Changed <module>-objs to <module>-y in Makefile.
> 
> Andrew Morton, hi.  I don't know whether Tracey Dent is expecting
> me to push this change to Linus, but lately you've been pushing the
> aoe changes.  I see similar changes in other
> drivers on the LKML, so if it looks good to you, would you mind please
> picking up this patch?

I queued both patches - I guess I'll send them to Jens.

I queued them as "unchangelogged patches".  Because what the changelogs told
us was utterly obvious from reading the patch.

What the changelogs didn't tell us was _why_ the change was made.  And
guess what?  I don't have a clue!  I just haven't been following these
kbuild minutea.

Tracey, please send a description of *why* this change is being made
and I'll add it to the changelogs.  Please include that explanation in
all such patches.

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