netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] rsi: fix comment syntax in file headers

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Message-Id: <20210418062807.3F3A9C4338A@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Sun, 18 Apr 2021 06:28:07 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@...il.com>
Cc:     yashsri421@...il.com, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        amitkarwar@...il.com, siva8118@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rsi: fix comment syntax in file headers

Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@...il.com> wrote:

> The opening comment mark '/**' is used for highlighting the beginning of
> kernel-doc comments.
> There are some files in drivers/net/wireless/rsi which follow this syntax
> in their file headers, i.e. start with '/**' like comments, which causes
> unexpected warnings from kernel-doc.
> 
> E.g., running scripts/kernel-doc -none on drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_coex.h
> causes this warning:
> "warning: wrong kernel-doc identifier on line:
>  * Copyright (c) 2018 Redpine Signals Inc."
> 
> Similarly for other files too.
> 
> Provide a simple fix by replacing such occurrences with general comment
> format, i.e., "/*", to prevent kernel-doc from parsing it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@...il.com>
> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

3051946056c3 rsi: fix comment syntax in file headers

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20210315173259.8757-1-yashsri421@gmail.com/

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