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From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: networking: device drivers: Remove stray
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On Wed,  2 Oct 2019 17:09:55 +0200
Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net> wrote:

> These asterisks were once references to a line that said:
>   "* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others."
> But now, they serve no purpose; they can only irritate the reader.
> 
> Fixes: de3edab4276c ("e1000: update README for e1000")
> Fixes: a3fb65680f65 ("e100.txt: Cleanup license info in kernel doc")
> Fixes: da8c01c4502a ("e1000e.txt: Add e1000e documentation")
> Fixes: f12a84a9f650 ("Documentation: fm10k: Add kernel documentation")
> Fixes: b55c52b1938c ("igb.txt: Add igb documentation")
> Fixes: c4e9b56e2442 ("igbvf.txt: Add igbvf Documentation")
> Fixes: d7064f4c192c ("Documentation/networking/: Update Intel wired LAN driver documentation")
> Fixes: c4b8c01112a1 ("ixgbevf.txt: Update ixgbevf documentation")
> Fixes: 1e06edcc2f22 ("Documentation: i40e: Prepare documentation for RST conversion")
> Fixes: 105bf2fe6b32 ("i40evf: add driver to kernel build system")
> Fixes: 1fae869bcf3d ("Documentation: ice: Prepare documentation for RST conversion")
> Fixes: df69ba43217d ("ionic: Add basic framework for IONIC Network device driver")
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>

So just FYI: as I applied this, I removed most of the "Fixes" tags.  The
cited commits were adding documentation as plain-text files, so the extra
asterisk was *not* an error to be fixed at that point.  The RST-conversion
patches, instead, should have caught that...

Thanks,

jon