linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] platform/x86: intel: Add 'intel' prefix to the modules automatically

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Message-ID: <ZyOf8_mBMS5nuigt@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:19:15 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
	Tero Kristo <tero.kristo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] platform/x86: intel: Add 'intel' prefix to the
 modules automatically

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 04:39:53PM +0200, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2024, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 01:49:52PM +0100, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 11:58 AM Andy Shevchenko
> > > <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 01:59:51PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > Rework Makefile to add 'intel' prefix to the modules automatically.
> > > > > This removes a lot of boilerplate code in it and also makes robust
> > > > > against mistypos in the prefix.

...

> > > > > v2: fixed obvious typos (LKP), Cc'ed to Kbuild ML (Ilpo), dropped RFC marker
> > > > >
> > > > > Note to Kbuild people: TBH I rather want to have something like this
> > > > > to be available on the level of Kbuild for any of the subdirectories
> > > > > in question.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone, any comments on this?
> > > > This already passed a CI tests without failure so far. Perhaps it's good
> > > > to apply to show the demand of such a feature in Kbuild in the future?
> > > > Because I want to do the same for various */tests/ folders where we have
> > > > tons of test*, *kunit modules effectively duplicating the folder name.
> > > 
> > > I do not like what you are doing here,
> > 
> > That's why the question is to Kbuild if it's possible to have this feature
> > available treewide for users in a form that you like?
> > 
> > > but it is up to you whatever you do in Makefiles you maintain.
> > 
> > Thanks! Ilpo, what do you think about applying this in its current form?
> 
> I applied this patch now to review-ilpo branch. Hopefully we'll one day
> have a generic mechanism for this but until then this will have to do.

Yeah, that's what I want to have as well...

Thanks!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko