netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: intel: Use *-y instead of *-objs in Makefile

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Message-ID: <ZjuLW8jA3MuT0oih@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 17:25:31 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>
Cc: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: intel: Use *-y instead of *-objs in
 Makefile

On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 03:35:26PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin 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.
> 
> Wait, I was sure I've seen somewhere that -objs is more new and
> preferred over -y. 

Then you are mistaken.

> See recent dimlib comment where Florian changed -y to
> -objs for example.

So does he :-)

> Any documentation reference that -objs is for userspace and we should
> clearly use -y?

Sure. Luckily it's documented in Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
"Composite Host Programs" (mind the meaning of the word "host"!).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko