linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] usb: fotg210: Use *-y instead of *-objs in Makefile

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Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 18:06:50 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] usb: fotg210: Use *-y instead of *-objs in
 Makefile

On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 06:04:06PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko 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.

Note, the original approach is weirdest from existing. Only a few
drivers use this (-objs-y) one most likely by mistake.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko