netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/8] net: dsa: realtek: merge common and interface modules into realtek-dsa

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdbU=jtYd4XgHZnwcgm66S-VOHp_XyfSKFYz0xU78KdPrQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 13:49:17 +0100
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc: Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, alsi@...g-olufsen.dk, 
	andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, 
	edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	arinc.unal@...nc9.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/8] net: dsa: realtek: merge common and
 interface modules into realtek-dsa

On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 3:11 PM Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 09:46:32PM -0300, Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca wrote:

> > +realtek-dsa-objs-y                   := realtek-common.o
> > +realtek-dsa-objs-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_REALTEK_MDIO) += realtek-mdio.o
> > +realtek-dsa-objs-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_REALTEK_SMI) += realtek-smi.o
> > +realtek-dsa-objs                     := $(realtek-dsa-objs-y)
> >  obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_REALTEK_RTL8366RB) += rtl8366.o
> >  rtl8366-objs                                 := rtl8366-core.o rtl8366rb.o
> >  obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_REALTEK_RTL8365MB) += rtl8365mb.o
>
> Does "realtek-dsa-objs-y" have any particular meaning in the Kbuild
> system, or is it just a random variable name?

It's a Makefile naming convention, meaning this is always enabled.

linux$ git grep 'objs\-y'  | wc -l
52

Yours,
Linus Walleij