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This is a discussion on re:linux device drivers.. within the Linux hardware forums, part of the Linux Getting Started category; hi .. can somebody explain me why the makefile in linux includes the following lines ??? obj-m += hello-1.o obj-m ...


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can somebody explain me why the makefile in linux includes the following lines ???

obj-m += hello-1.o
obj-m += hello-2.o
also abt obj-y also??
(where hello-*.o are my obj files )
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Used to set list of all obj files so that one final executable get created.
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