On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 17:09:55 +0200 Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@xxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxx> 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