linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: use always-y instead of extra-y

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Date:   Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:39:29 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kieran Bingham <kbingham@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: use always-y instead of extra-y

On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 03:23:51PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> As commit d0e628cd817f ("kbuild: doc: clarify the difference between
> extra-y and always-y") explained, extra-y should be used for listing
> the prerequsites of vmlinux. always-y is a better fix here.

prerequisites

Glad to see this clarified. I think just tried both and picked one.

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> ---
> 
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile |  8 ++++----
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile              |  2 +-
>  scripts/Makefile.lib                       | 10 +++++-----
>  scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile                 |  2 +-
>  4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)