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Date:	Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:42:04 +0100
From:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To:	Punit Vara <punitvara@...il.com>
CC:	hsweeten@...ionengravers.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	colinpatrickcronin@...il.com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: comedi: Fixed coding style issues in comedi.h

On 18/09/15 13:30, Punit Vara wrote:
> 	This patch is to the comedi.h file that fixes up following type
> 	of 42 warning in the file:
> 	
> 	-Blocking comments use a trailing */ on a separate line
> 	-Block comments use * on subsequent lines
>
> Signed-off-by: Punit Vara <punitvara@...il.com>
>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/comedi/comedi.h | 183 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>   1 file changed, 107 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi.h b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi.h
> index 66edda1..4bc4b6c 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi.h
> @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
> -/*
> -    include/comedi.h (installed as /usr/include/comedi.h)
> -    header file for comedi
> -
> -    COMEDI - Linux Control and Measurement Device Interface
> -    Copyright (C) 1998-2001 David A. Schleef <ds@...leef.org>
> -
> -    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> -    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
> -    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> -    (at your option) any later version.
> -
> -    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> -    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> -    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> -    GNU General Public License for more details.
> -*/
> +/**

That's the wrong sort of comment opening.  It should be '/*'.  The '/**' 
form is reserved for kernel-doc mark-up.

> + * include/comedi.h (installed as /usr/include/comedi.h)
> + * header file for comedi
> +

These blank lines in the block comment should be ' *'.


(The same applies to the other comments you changed in this patch.)

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