The objects in $(fb-objs) $(fb-y) $(fb-m) are linked to fb.ko . This line adds $(fb-y) to fb-objs, so the objects from $(fb-y) are listed twice as the dependency of the module. It works because Kbuild trims the duplicated objects from linking, but there is no good reason to have this line. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile index 37710316a680..26cbc965497c 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ fb-y += fbcon_rotate.o fbcon_cw.o fbcon_ud.o \ fbcon_ccw.o endif endif -fb-objs := $(fb-y) obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT) += cfbfillrect.o obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA) += cfbcopyarea.o -- 2.17.1
