linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: use always-y instead of extra-y in Makefiles

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Message-ID: <175635911051.1554354.17796747269761979092.b4-ty@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:03:06 +0530
From: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Naveen N Rao <naveen@...nel.org>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: use always-y instead of extra-y in Makefiles

On Tue, 03 Jun 2025 01:32:24 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> The extra-y syntax is planned for deprecation because it is similar
> to always-y.
> 
> When building the boot wrapper, always-y and extra-y are equivalent.
> Use always-y instead.
> 
> In arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile, I added ifdef KBUILD_BUILTIN to
> keep the current behavior: prom_init_check is skipped when building
> only modular objects.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/fixes.

[1/1] powerpc: use always-y instead of extra-y in Makefiles
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/eb59d4c5948d93e940b5dde9d1bf3b33367fbcb8

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