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

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Message-ID: <Zrsbsn0aGAb2akjX@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 11:39:14 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tal Gilboa <talgi@...dia.com>,
	Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] dimlib: Use *-y instead of *-objs in Makefile

On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 08:50:28PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 10:39:55AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > On 5/8/24 07:29, 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.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> > 
> > Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
> > 

> > > 
> > > Reported by Olek. As I said him this is correct change which is
> > > documented in Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst "Composite Host
> > > Programs" (mind the meaning of the word "host"!).
> > 
> > Why not credit him with an official Reported-by?
> 
> No problem
> Reported-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>

Who is going to apply this?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko