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

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Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 15:18:28 +0200
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.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 8, 2024 at 5:04 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

I haven't examined the claim in detail but I trust you so:
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij