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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/Makefile
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--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/Makefile
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/Makefile
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--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/Makefile
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/Makefile
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--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/Makefile
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-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/Makefile
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--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/Makefile
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-subdir-ccflags-y += -I$(src)/..
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--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/Makefile
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/bpf/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/bpf/Makefile
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-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# kbuild requires Makefile in a directory to build individual objects
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-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# kbuild requires Makefile in a directory to build individual objects
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--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/Makefile
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-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# kbuild requires Makefile in a directory to build individual objects
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--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp6000/Makefile
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-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# kbuild requires Makefile in a directory to build individual objects
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-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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