Cleans up the comment style to remove author names and clarify
the comment as it relates to the code. Using the NOTE (NAME):
format is redundant and takes away attention from the purpose
of documenting why an action is being taken.
Also updates status of TODO and FIXME items, including removing
code was a workaround fixed by a recent patch.
Change-Id: I2e087be1e204c618d1dbe499b3f69eae34ce656f
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