netdev - Re: [E1000-devel] [net-next v5 8/8] i40e: include i40e in kernel proper

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Message-ID: <C0F8C5F1-0D98-4297-ACC9-55BB9C889FEB@intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 6 Sep 2013 06:28:01 +0000
From:	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
CC:	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gospo@...hat.com" <gospo@...hat.com>,
	"sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [net-next v5 8/8] i40e: include i40e in kernel
 proper

On Sep 5, 2013, at 11:15 PM, "Stephen Hemminger" <stephen@...workplumber.org<mailto:stephen@...workplumber.org>> wrote:

Dumb question why is this named Kbuild instead of Makefile like almost
every other network driver?

All the new kids are doing it, we'll at least that is what I thought when I made it.

Re-reading https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt

I see that Makefile is preferred but Kbuild overrides Makefile.

Either way works, but I would prefer not to rename it at this point but would gladly do so in a follow up patch

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