Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (74 commits)
  fix do_sys_open() prototype
  sysfs: trivial: fix sysfs_create_file kerneldoc spelling mistake
  Documentation: Fix typo in SubmitChecklist.
  Typo: depricated -> deprecated
  Add missing profile=kvm option to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
  fix typo about TBI in e1000 comment
  proc.txt: Add /proc/stat field
  small documentation fixes
  Fix compiler warning in smount example program from sharedsubtree.txt
  docs/sysfs: add missing word to sysfs attribute explanation
  documentation/ext3: grammar fixes
  Documentation/java.txt: typo and grammar fixes
  Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt: typo fix
  include/asm-*/system.h: remove unused set_rmb(), set_wmb() macros
  trivial copy_data_pages() tidy up
  Fix typo in arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c
  file link fix for Pegasus USB net driver help
  remove unused return within void return function
  Typo fixes retrun -> return
  x86 hpet.h: remove broken links
  ...

515 files changed, 879 insertions, 943 deletions

diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index 99566b1a6eeb..ee909f2cc49e 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ S: 2037 Walnut #6
 S: Boulder, Colorado 80302
 S: USA
 
-N: Heiko Eissfeldt
+N: Heiko Eißfeldt
 E: heiko@colossus.escape.de heiko@unifix.de
 D: verify_area stuff, generic SCSI fixes
 D: SCSI Programming HOWTO
@@ -1988,8 +1988,8 @@ N: Volker Lendecke
 E: vl@kki.org
 D: Kernel smbfs (to mount WfW, NT and OS/2 network drives.)
 D: NCP filesystem support (to mount NetWare volumes)
-S: Von Ossietzky Str. 12
-S: 37085 Goettingen
+S: Von-Ossietzky-Str. 12
+S: 37085 Göttingen
 S: Germany
 
 N: Kevin Lentin
@@ -2431,11 +2431,11 @@ S: 12725 SW Millikan Way, Suite 400
 S: Beaverton, Oregon 97005
 S: USA
 
-N: Eberhard Moenkeberg
+N: Eberhard Mönkeberg
 E: emoenke@gwdg.de
 D: CDROM driver "sbpcd" (Matsushita/Panasonic/Soundblaster)
-S: Ruhstrathoehe 2 b.
-S: D-37085 Goettingen
+S: Ruhstrathöhe 2 b.
+S: D-37085 Göttingen
 S: Germany
 
 N: Thomas Molina
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index 1a7f53068ec2..054a7ecf64c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ quiet_cmd_db2man = MAN     $@
         @touch $@
 
 ###
-# Rules to generate postscripts and PNG imgages from .fig format files
+# Rules to generate postscripts and PNG images from .fig format files
 quiet_cmd_fig2eps = FIG2EPS $@
       cmd_fig2eps = fig2dev -Leps $< $@
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
index 6fbc41d98c1e..957cf5c26831 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ int __init board_init (void)
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        /* map physical adress */
+        /* map physical address */
         baseaddr = (unsigned long)ioremap(CHIP_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS, 1024);
         if(!baseaddr){
                 printk("Ioremap to access NAND chip failed\n");
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ int __init board_init (void)
         this->dev_ready = board_dev_ready;
         this->eccmode = NAND_ECC_SOFT;
 
-        /* Scan to find existance of the device */
+        /* Scan to find existence of the device */
         if (nand_scan (board_mtd, 1)) {
                 err = -ENXIO;
                 goto out_ior;
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static void __exit board_cleanup (void)
         /* Release resources, unregister device */
         nand_release (board_mtd);
 
-        /* unmap physical adress */
+        /* unmap physical address */
         iounmap((void *)baseaddr);
         
         /* Free the MTD device structure */
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
index 19e7f65c269f..34e06d2f194f 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
+++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ kernel patches.
 20: Check that it all passes `make headers_check'.
 
 21: Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation
-    fauilures.  See Documentation/fault-injection/.
+    failures.  See Documentation/fault-injection/.
 
     If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault
     injection might be appropriate.
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
index d7e26427e426..24f2eb40cae5 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ Linux 2.4:
         If the code area has a general maintainer then please submit it to
         the maintainer listed in MAINTAINERS in the kernel file. If the
         maintainer does not respond or you cannot find the appropriate
-        maintainer then please contact Marcelo Tosatti
-        <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>.
+        maintainer then please contact Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>.
 
 Linux 2.6:
         The same rules apply as 2.4 except that you should follow linux-kernel
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/DMA.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/DMA.txt
index 37f4edcc5d87..3ed82383efea 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/DMA.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/DMA.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Introduction
 ------------
 
    The kernel provides an interface to manage DMA transfers
-   using the DMA channels in the cpu, so that the central
+   using the DMA channels in the CPU, so that the central
    duty of managing channel mappings, and programming the
    channel generators is in one place.
 
@@ -17,24 +17,24 @@ DMA Channel Ordering
    channels to all sources, which means that some devices
    have a restricted number of channels that can be used.
 
-   To allow flexibilty for each cpu type and board, the
-   dma code can be given an dma ordering structure which
+   To allow flexibility for each CPU type and board, the
+   DMA code can be given a DMA ordering structure which
    allows the order of channel search to be specified, as
    well as allowing the prohibition of certain claims.
 
    struct s3c24xx_dma_order has a list of channels, and
-   each channel within has a slot for a list of dma
-   channel numbers. The slots are searched in order, for
-   the presence of a dma channel number with DMA_CH_VALID
-   orred in.
+   each channel within has a slot for a list of DMA
+   channel numbers. The slots are searched in order for
+   the presence of a DMA channel number with DMA_CH_VALID
+   or-ed in.
 
    If the order has the flag DMA_CH_NEVER set, then after
    checking the channel list, the system will return no
    found channel, thus denying the request.
 
    A board support file can call s3c24xx_dma_order_set()
-   to register an complete ordering set. The routine will
-   copy the data, so the original can be discared with
+   to register a complete ordering set. The routine will
+   copy the data, so the original can be discarded with
    __initdata.
 
 
diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.tex b/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.tex
index 92f94e597582..c713aeb020c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.tex
+++ b/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.tex
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ taken over the torch in maintaining \cdromc\ and integrating much
 \cdrom-related code in the 2.1-kernel.  Thanks to Scott Snyder and
 Gerd Knorr, who were the first to implement this interface for SCSI
 and IDE-CD drivers and added many ideas for extension of the data
-structures relative to kernel~2.0.  Further thanks to Heiko Eissfeldt,
+structures relative to kernel~2.0.  Further thanks to Heiko Ei{\sz}feldt,
 Thomas Quinot, Jon Tombs, Ken Pizzini, Eberhard M\"onkeberg and Andrew
 Kroll, the \linux\ \cdrom\ device driver developers who were kind
 enough to give suggestions and criticisms during the writing. Finally
diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
index 6c46730c631a..e6244cde26e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
 
 136-143 char    Unix98 PTY slaves
                   0 = /dev/pts/0        First Unix98 pseudo-TTY
-                  1 = /dev/pts/1        Second Unix98 pesudo-TTY
+                  1 = /dev/pts/1        Second Unix98 pseudo-TTY
                     ...
 
                 These device nodes are automatically generated with
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt
index 8569072fa387..387b8a720f4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt
+++ b/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ braindamaged document, if it's finally working, well, it's working.
 
 For one reason or another, low level drivers don't receive as much
 attention or testing as core code, and bugs on driver detach or
-initilaization failure doesn't happen often enough to be noticeable.
+initialization failure don't happen often enough to be noticeable.
 Init failure path is worse because it's much less travelled while
 needs to handle multiple entry points.
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ resources on failure.  For example,
   devres_release_group(dev, NULL);
   return err_code;
 
-As resource acquision failure usually means probe failure, constructs
+As resource acquisition failure usually means probe failure, constructs
 like above are usually useful in midlayer driver (e.g. libata core
 layer) where interface function shouldn't have side effect on failure.
 For LLDs, just returning error code suffices in most cases.
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt b/Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt
index 73cf9fb7cf60..63883a892120 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Deferred IO
 
 Deferred IO is a way to delay and repurpose IO. It uses host memory as a
 buffer and the MMU pagefault as a pretrigger for when to perform the device
-IO. The following example may be a useful explaination of how one such setup
+IO. The following example may be a useful explanation of how one such setup
 works:
 
 - userspace app like Xfbdev mmaps framebuffer
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ a relatively more expensive operation.
 
 For some types of nonvolatile high latency displays, the desired image is
 the final image rather than the intermediate stages which is why it's okay
-to not update for each write that is occuring.
+to not update for each write that is occurring.
 
 It may be the case that this is useful in other scenarios as well. Paul Mundt
 has mentioned a case where it is beneficial to use the page count to decide
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt
index d6fd6c6e4244..b90f537af35c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ OPTIONS
   aname=name    aname specifies the file tree to access when the server is
                 offering several exported file systems.
 
-  cache=mode    specifies a cacheing policy.  By default, no caches are used.
+  cache=mode    specifies a caching policy.  By default, no caches are used.
                         loose = no attempts are made at consistency,
                                 intended for exclusive, read-only mounts
 
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index fe26cc978523..37c10cba7177 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ against the page the filesystem should redirty the page with
 redirty_page_for_writepage(), then unlock the page and return zero.
 This may also be done to avoid internal deadlocks, but rarely.
 
-If the filesytem is called for sync then it must wait on any
+If the filesystem is called for sync then it must wait on any
 in-progress I/O and then start new I/O.
 
 The filesystem should unlock the page synchronously, before returning to the
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
index 4aecc9bdb273..b45f3c1b8b43 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ Device layer.
 
 Journaling Block Device layer
 -----------------------------
-The Journaling Block Device layer (JBD) isn't ext3 specific.  It was design to
-add journaling capabilities on a block device.  The ext3 filesystem code will
-inform the JBD of modifications it is performing (called a transaction).  The
-journal supports the transactions start and stop, and in case of crash, the
-journal can replayed the transactions to put the partition back in a
-consistent state fast.
+The Journaling Block Device layer (JBD) isn't ext3 specific.  It was designed
+to add journaling capabilities to a block device.  The ext3 filesystem code
+will inform the JBD of modifications it is performing (called a transaction).
+The journal supports the transactions start and stop, and in case of a crash,
+the journal can replay the transactions to quickly put the partition back into
+a consistent state.
 
 Handles represent a single atomic update to a filesystem.  JBD can handle an
 external journal on a block device.
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ written to the journal first, and then to its final location.
 In the event of a crash, the journal can be replayed, bringing both data and
 metadata into a consistent state.  This mode is the slowest except when data
 needs to be read from and written to disk at the same time where it
-outperforms all others modes.
+outperforms all other modes.
 
 Compatibility
 -------------
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt
index 133e213ebb72..bb0142f61084 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ the fdtable structure -
 5. Handling of the file structures is special. Since the look-up
    of the fd (fget()/fget_light()) are lock-free, it is possible
    that look-up may race with the last put() operation on the
-   file structure. This is avoided using the rcuref APIs
+   file structure. This is avoided using atomic_inc_not_zero()
    on ->f_count :
 
         rcu_read_lock();
         file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
         if (file) {
-                if (rcuref_inc_lf(&file->f_count))
+                if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count))
                         *fput_needed = 1;
                 else
                 /* Didn't get the reference, someone's freed */
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ the fdtable structure -
         ....
         return file;
 
-   rcuref_inc_lf() detects if refcounts is already zero or
+   atomic_inc_not_zero() detects if refcounts is already zero or
    goes to zero during increment. If it does, we fail
    fget()/fget_light().
 
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index e5c1df52a876..dec99455321f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -813,9 +813,9 @@ Various pieces   of  information about  kernel activity  are  available in the
 since the system first booted.  For a quick look, simply cat the file:
 
   > cat /proc/stat
-  cpu  2255 34 2290 22625563 6290 127 456
-  cpu0 1132 34 1441 11311718 3675 127 438
-  cpu1 1123 0 849 11313845 2614 0 18
+  cpu  2255 34 2290 22625563 6290 127 456 0
+  cpu0 1132 34 1441 11311718 3675 127 438 0
+  cpu1 1123 0 849 11313845 2614 0 18 0
   intr 114930548 113199788 3 0 5 263 0 4 [... lots more numbers ...]
   ctxt 1990473
   btime 1062191376
@@ -835,6 +835,7 @@ second).  The meanings of the columns are as follows, from left to right:
 - iowait: waiting for I/O to complete
 - irq: servicing interrupts
 - softirq: servicing softirqs
+- steal: involuntary wait
 
 The "intr" line gives counts of interrupts  serviced since boot time, for each
 of the  possible system interrupts.   The first  column  is the  total of  all
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
index 4b5ca26e5048..4598ef7b622b 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ for the attributes, providing a means to read and write kernel
 attributes.
 
 Attributes should be ASCII text files, preferably with only one value
-per file. It is noted that it may not be efficient to contain only
+per file. It is noted that it may not be efficient to contain only one
 value per file, so it is socially acceptable to express an array of
 values of the same type. 
 
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 6f8e16e3d6c0..9d019d35728f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ struct address_space_operations {
         wants to make it a free page.  If ->releasepage succeeds, the
         page will be removed from the address_space and become free.
 
-        The second case if when a request has been made to invalidate
+        The second case is when a request has been made to invalidate
         some or all pages in an address_space.  This can happen
         through the fadvice(POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED) system call or by the
         filesystem explicitly requesting it as nfs and 9fs do (when
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol
index 579b92d5f3a3..10518dd58814 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ We have found some I2C devices that needs the following modifications:
 
   Flags I2C_M_IGNORE_NAK
     Normally message is interrupted immediately if there is [NA] from the
-    client. Setting this flag treats any [NA] as [A], and all of
+    client. Setting this flag treats any [NA] as [A], and all of
     message is sent.
     These messages may still fail to SCL lo->hi timeout.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/err_inject.txt b/Documentation/ia64/err_inject.txt
index 6449a7090dbb..223e4f0582d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/ia64/err_inject.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ia64/err_inject.txt
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ software test suits to do stressful testing on IPF.
 
 Below is a sample application as part of the whole tool. The sample
 can be used as a working test tool. Or it can be expanded to include
-more features. It also can be a integrated into a libary or other user
+more features. It also can be a integrated into a library or other user
 application to have more thorough test.
 
-The sample application takes err.conf as error configuation input. Gcc
+The sample application takes err.conf as error configuration input. GCC
 compiles the code. After you install err_inject driver, you can run
 this sample application to inject errors.
 
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ int err_inj()
         }
 
         /* Create semaphore: If one_lock, one semaphore for all processors.
-           Otherwise, one sempaphore for each processor. */
+           Otherwise, one semaphore for each processor. */
         if (one_lock) {
                 if (create_sem(0)) {
                         printf("Can not create semaphore...exit\n");
diff --git a/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt b/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt
index ab050621e20f..f3a3ba8847ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ major controller faults (ROM checksum and RAM test) and such things as stuck
 keys. Any keys down at power-up are presumed to be stuck, and their BREAK
 (sic) code is returned (which without the preceding MAKE code is a flag for a
 keyboard error). If the controller self-test completes without error, the code
-0xF0 is returned. (This code will be used to indicate the version/rlease of
+0xF0 is returned. (This code will be used to indicate the version/release of
 the ikbd controller. The first release of the ikbd is version 0xF0, should
 there be a second release it will be 0xF1, and so on.)
 The ikbd defaults to a mouse position reporting with threshold of 1 unit in
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ INTERROGATION MODE.
             %nnnnmmmm   ; where m is JOYSTICK1 state
                         ; and n is JOYSTICK0 state
 
-Sets the ikbd to do nothing but monitor the serial command lne, maintain the
+Sets the ikbd to do nothing but monitor the serial command line, maintain the
 time-of-day clock, and monitor the joystick. The rate sets the interval
 between joystick samples.
 N.B. The user should not set the rate higher than the serial communications
@@ -446,10 +446,10 @@ The sample interval should be as constant as possible.
                         ; until vertical cursor key is generated before RY
                         ; has elapsed
     VX                  ; length (in tenths of seconds) of joystick closure
-                        ; until horizontal cursor keystokes are generated
+                        ; until horizontal cursor keystrokes are generated
                         ; after RX has elapsed
     VY                  ; length (in tenths of seconds) of joystick closure
-                        ; until vertical cursor keystokes are generated
+                        ; until vertical cursor keystrokes are generated
                         ; after RY has elapsed
 
 In this mode, joystick 0 is scanned in a way that simulates cursor keystrokes.
diff --git a/Documentation/input/ff.txt b/Documentation/input/ff.txt
index 085eb15b45b7..ded4d5f53109 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/ff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/ff.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Force feedback for Linux.
-By Johann Deneux <deneux@ifrance.com> on 2001/04/22.
+By Johann Deneux <johann.deneux@gmail.com> on 2001/04/22.
 Updated by Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@gmail.com> on 2006/04/09.
 You may redistribute this file. Please remember to include shape.fig and
 interactive.fig as well.
diff --git a/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt b/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt
index 8777d2d321e3..3ac92413c874 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ specify force effects to I-Force 2.0 devices.  None of this information comes
 from Immerse. That's why you should not trust what is written in this
 document. This document is intended to help understanding the protocol.
 This is not a reference. Comments and corrections are welcome.  To contact me,
-send an email to: deneux@ifrance.com
+send an email to: johann.deneux@gmail.com
 
 ** WARNING **
-I may not be held responsible for any dammage or harm caused if you try to
+I shall not be held responsible for any damage or harm caused if you try to
 send data to your I-Force device based on what you read in this document.
 
 ** Preliminary Notes:
@@ -151,13 +151,13 @@ OP=  ff
 Query command. Length varies according to the query type.
 The general format of this packet is:
 ff 01 QUERY [INDEX] CHECKSUM
-reponses are of the same form:
+responses are of the same form:
 FF LEN QUERY VALUE_QUERIED CHECKSUM2
 where LEN = 1 + length(VALUE_QUERIED)
 
 **** Query ram size ****
 QUERY = 42 ('B'uffer size)
-The device should reply with the same packet plus two additionnal bytes
+The device should reply with the same packet plus two additional bytes
 containing the size of the memory:
 ff 03 42 03 e8 CS would mean that the device has 1000 bytes of ram available.
 
@@ -234,19 +234,23 @@ is the amount of memory apparently needed for every set of parameters:
 
 ** Appendix: How to study the protocol ? **
 
-1. Generate effects using the force editor provided with the DirectX SDK, or use Immersion Studio (freely available at their web site in the developer section: www.immersion.com)
-2. Start a soft spying RS232 or USB (depending on where you connected your joystick/wheel). I used ComPortSpy from fCoder (alpha version!)
+1. Generate effects using the force editor provided with the DirectX SDK, or 
+use Immersion Studio (freely available at their web site in the developer section: 
+www.immersion.com)
+2. Start a soft spying RS232 or USB (depending on where you connected your 
+joystick/wheel). I used ComPortSpy from fCoder (alpha version!)
 3. Play the effect, and watch what happens on the spy screen.
 
 A few words about ComPortSpy:
-At first glance, this soft seems, hum, well... buggy. In fact, data appear with a few seconds latency. Personnaly, I restart it every time I play an effect.
+At first glance, this software seems, hum, well... buggy. In fact, data appear with a
+few seconds latency. Personally, I restart it every time I play an effect.
 Remember it's free (as in free beer) and alpha!
 
 ** URLS **
 Check www.immerse.com for Immersion Studio, and www.fcoder.com for ComPortSpy.
 
 ** Author of this document **
-Johann Deneux <deneux@ifrance.com>
+Johann Deneux <johann.deneux@gmail.com>
 Home page at http://www.esil.univ-mrs.fr/~jdeneux/projects/ff/
 
 Additions by Vojtech Pavlik.
diff --git a/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt b/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt
index 4d932dc66098..47fc86830cd7 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ In the _init function, which is called either upon module load or when
 booting the kernel, it grabs the required resources (it should also check
 for the presence of the device).
 
-Then it allocates a new input device structure with input_aloocate_device()
+Then it allocates a new input device structure with input_allocate_device()
 and sets up input bitfields. This way the device driver tells the other
 parts of the input systems what it is - what events can be generated or
 accepted by this input device. Our example device can only generate EV_KEY
diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS b/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS
index 7c17c837064f..8cac6c2f23ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS
+++ b/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Andreas Kool (akool@Kool.f.EUnet.de)
 Pedro Roque Marques (roque@di.fc.ul.pt)
   For lot of new ideas and the pcbit driver.
 
-Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke@gwdg.de)
+Eberhard Mönkeberg (emoenke@gwdg.de)
   For testing and help to get into kernel.
 
 Thomas Neumann (tn@ruhr.de)
diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/README.concap b/Documentation/isdn/README.concap
index 2f114babe4b6..a76d74845a4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/isdn/README.concap
+++ b/Documentation/isdn/README.concap
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct concap_proto_ops{
         struct concap_proto *  (*proto_new) (void);
 
         /* delete encapsulation protocol instance and free all its resources.
-           cprot may no loger be referenced after calling this */
+           cprot may no longer be referenced after calling this */
         void (*proto_del)(struct concap_proto *cprot);
 
         /* initialize the protocol's data. To be called at interface startup
diff --git a/Documentation/java.txt b/Documentation/java.txt
index 3cce3fbb6644..e6a723281547 100644
--- a/Documentation/java.txt
+++ b/Documentation/java.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ other program after you have done the following:
    or the following, if you want to be more selective:
      ':Applet:M::<!--applet::/usr/bin/appletviewer:'
 
-   Of cause you have to fix the path names. Given path/file names in this
+   Of course you have to fix the path names. The path/file names given in this
    document match the Debian 2.1 system. (i.e. jdk installed in /usr,
    custom wrappers from this document in /usr/local)
 
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt
index d9e3b199929b..5a4ef48224ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
      * Title: "Conceptual Architecture of the Linux Kernel"
        Author: Ivan T. Bowman.
        URL: http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~itbowman/papers/CS746G-a1.html
-       Keywords: conceptual software arquitecture, extracted design,
+       Keywords: conceptual software architecture, extracted design,
        reverse engineering, system structure.
-       Description: Conceptual software arquitecture of the Linux kernel,
+       Description: Conceptual software architecture of the Linux kernel,
        automatically extracted from the source code. Very detailed. Good
        figures. Gives good overall kernel understanding.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 7bf6bd2f530b..6accd360da73 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -222,9 +222,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of
                         output and make your system unusable. Be very careful.
 
-
-        acpi_fake_ecdt  [HW,ACPI] Workaround failure due to BIOS lacking ECDT
-
         acpi_pm_good    [X86-32,X86-64]
                         Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
                         to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
@@ -297,9 +294,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         apm=            [APM] Advanced Power Management
                         See header of arch/i386/kernel/apm.c.
 
-        applicom=       [HW]
-                        Format: <mem>,<irq>
-
         arcrimi=        [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
 
@@ -345,12 +339,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
                         See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
 
-        blkmtd_device=  [HW,MTD]
-        blkmtd_erasesz=
-        blkmtd_ro=
-        blkmtd_bs=
-        blkmtd_count=
-
         boot_delay=     Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
                         Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
                         no delay (0).
@@ -515,8 +503,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         cs89x0_media=   [HW,NET]
                         Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
 
-        cyclades=       [HW,SERIAL] Cyclades multi-serial port adapter.
-
         dasd=           [HW,NET]
                         See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
 
@@ -574,10 +560,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         See drivers/char/README.epca and
                         Documentation/digiepca.txt.
 
-        dmascc=         [HW,AX25,SERIAL] AX.25 Z80SCC driver with DMA
-                        support available.
-                        Format: <io_dev0>[,<io_dev1>[,..<io_dev32>]]
-
         dmasound=       [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers
 
         dscc4.setup=    [NET]
@@ -608,17 +590,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         0: polling mode
                         non-0: interrupt mode (default)
 
-        eda=            [HW,PS2]
-
-        edb=            [HW,PS2]
-
         edd=            [EDD]
                         Format: {"of[f]" | "sk[ipmbr]"}
                         See comment in arch/i386/boot/edd.S
 
-        eicon=          [HW,ISDN]
-                        Format: <id>,<membase>,<irq>
-
         eisa_irq_edge=  [PARISC,HW]
                         See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
 
@@ -894,9 +869,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         lapic_timer_c2_ok       [X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer in
                         C2 power state.
 
-        lasi=           [HW,SCSI] PARISC LASI driver for the 53c700 chip
-                        Format: addr:<io>,irq:<irq>
-
         libata.noacpi   [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
                         when set.
                         Format: <int>
@@ -1144,9 +1116,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         noapic          [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
                         IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
 
-        noasync         [HW,M68K] Disables async and sync negotiation for
-                        all devices.
-
         nobats          [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
                         on "Classic" PPC cores.
 
@@ -1458,6 +1427,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
                                 statistical time based profiling.
                         Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs)
+                        Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
 
         processor.max_cstate=   [HW,ACPI]
                         Limit processor to maximum C-state
@@ -1584,9 +1554,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         sa1100ir        [NET]
                         See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
 
-        sb=             [HW,OSS]
-                        Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
-
         sbni=           [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
 
         sc1200wdt=      [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver
@@ -1630,8 +1597,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         serialnumber    [BUGS=X86-32]
 
-        sg_def_reserved_size=   [SCSI]
-
         shapers=        [NET]
                         Maximal number of shapers.
 
@@ -2022,10 +1987,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         norandmaps      Don't use address space randomization
                         Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
 
-        unwind_debug=N  N > 0 will enable dwarf2 unwinder debugging
-                        This is useful to get more information why
-                        you got a "dwarf2 unwinder stuck"
-
 ______________________________________________________________________
 
 TODO:
diff --git a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt
index 8a523f6af48a..248589e8bcf5 100644
--- a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt
@@ -890,10 +890,7 @@ Syntax: nosync:0
 5.5.2) noasync
 --------------
 
-Syntax: noasync:0
-
-  Disables async and sync negotiation for all devices.  Any value
-  after the colon is acceptable (and has the same effect).
+[OBSOLETE, REMOVED]
 
 5.5.3) nodisconnect
 -------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
index afb31c141d9d..5c8334123f4f 100644
--- a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
+++ b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Four configs variables are introduced:
   CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_PIO_DBDMA    - enable the PIO+DBDMA mode
   CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_MDMA2_DBDMA  - enable the MWDMA mode
   CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_BURSTABLE_ON - set Burstable FIFO in DBDMA
-                                           controler
+                                           controller
   CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ - maximum transfer size
                                            per descriptor
 
diff --git a/Documentation/mutex-design.txt b/Documentation/mutex-design.txt
index 51f935191ae5..aa60d1f627e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/mutex-design.txt
+++ b/Documentation/mutex-design.txt
@@ -133,4 +133,6 @@ the APIs of 'struct mutex' have been streamlined:
  int  mutex_trylock(struct mutex *lock);
  void mutex_unlock(struct mutex *lock);
  int  mutex_is_locked(struct mutex *lock);
-
+ void mutex_lock_nested(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int subclass);
+ int  mutex_lock_interruptible_nested(struct mutex *lock,
+                                      unsigned int subclass);
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt b/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt
index a136721499bf..d602c8d6ff3e 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ all, distributions.  There is, however, additional software that is
 required. The firmware used by the chip is the intellectual property
 of Broadcom and they have not given the bcm43xx team redistribution
 rights to this firmware.  Since we cannot legally redistribute
-the firwmare we cannot include it with the driver. Furthermore, it
+the firmware we cannot include it with the driver. Furthermore, it
 cannot be placed in the downloadable archives of any distributing
 organization; therefore, the user is responsible for obtaining the
 firmware and placing it in the appropriate location so that the driver
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 6ae2feff3087..747a5d15d529 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ tcp_no_metrics_save - BOOLEAN
         when the connection closes, so that connections established in the
         near future can use these to set initial conditions.  Usually, this
         increases overall performance, but may sometimes cause performance
-        degredation.  If set, TCP will not cache metrics on closing
+        degradation.  If set, TCP will not cache metrics on closing
         connections.
 
 tcp_orphan_retries - INTEGER
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt
index c36b64b0020f..c3669a3fb4af 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ such as the AFS filesystem.  This permits such a utility to:
      buffers manipulated directly.
 
 To use the RxRPC facility, a kernel utility must still open an AF_RXRPC socket,
-bind an addess as appropriate and listen if it's to be a server socket, but
+bind an address as appropriate and listen if it's to be a server socket, but
 then it passes this to the kernel interface functions.
 
 The kernel interface functions are as follows:
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt b/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt
index 6be09ba24a36..b6409cab075c 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   For in-depth information, you can consult:
 
    o The UDP-Lite Homepage: http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gerrit/udp-lite/
-       Fom here you can also download some example application source code.
+       From here you can also download some example application source code.
 
    o The UDP-Lite HOWTO on
        http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gerrit/udp-lite/files/UDP-Lite-HOWTO.txt
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
   While it is important that such cases are dealt with correctly, they
   are (annoyingly) rare: UDP-Lite is designed for optimising multimedia
   performance over wireless (or generally noisy) links and thus smaller
-  coverage lenghts are likely to be expected.
+  coverage lengths are likely to be expected.
 
 
   V) UDP-LITE RUNTIME STATISTICS AND THEIR MEANING
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
   VI) IPTABLES
 
   There is packet match support for UDP-Lite as well as support for the LOG target.
-  If you copy and paste the following line into /etc/protcols,
+  If you copy and paste the following line into /etc/protocols,
 
   udplite 136     UDP-Lite        # UDP-Lite [RFC 3828]
 
diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
index 06f911a5f885..f281886de490 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ resume=<swap_file_partition> resume_offset=<swap_file_offset>
 where <swap_file_partition> is the partition on which the swap file is located
 and <swap_file_offset> is the offset of the swap header determined by the
 application in 2) (of course, this step may be carried out automatically
-by the same application that determies the swap file's header offset using the
+by the same application that determines the swap file's header offset using the
 FIBMAP ioctl)
 
 OR
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt
index 4530d1bf0286..df7afe43d462 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ Causes of EEH Errors
 EEH was originally designed to guard against hardware failure, such
 as PCI cards dying from heat, humidity, dust, vibration and bad
 electrical connections. The vast majority of EEH errors seen in
-"real life" are due to eithr poorly seated PCI cards, or,
-unfortunately quite commonly, due device driver bugs, device firmware
+"real life" are due to either poorly seated PCI cards, or,
+unfortunately quite commonly, due to device driver bugs, device firmware
 bugs, and sometimes PCI card hardware bugs.
 
 The most common software bug, is one that causes the device to
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt
index e59fcbbe338c..5f7d536cb0c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ passed by the boot loader to the kernel at boot time.  The device tree
 describes what devices are present on the board and how they are
 connected.  The device tree can either be passed as a binary blob (as
 described in Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt), or passed
-by Open Firmare (IEEE 1275) compatible firmware using an OF compatible
+by Open Firmware (IEEE 1275) compatible firmware using an OF compatible
 client interface API.
 
 This document specifies the requirements on the device-tree for mpc5200
 based boards.  These requirements are above and beyond the details
-specified in either the OpenFirmware spec or booting-without-of.txt
+specified in either the Open Firmware spec or booting-without-of.txt
 
 All new mpc5200-based boards are expected to match this document.  In
 cases where this document is not sufficient to support a new board port,
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ match on the compatible list; the 'most compatible' driver should be
 selected.
 
 The split between the MPC5200 and the MPC5200B leaves a bit of a
-connundrum.  How should the compatible property be set up to provide
-maximum compatability information; but still acurately describe the
+conundrum.  How should the compatible property be set up to provide
+maximum compatibility information; but still accurately describe the
 chip?  For the MPC5200; the answer is easy.  Most of the SoC devices
 originally appeared on the MPC5200.  Since they didn't exist anywhere
 else; the 5200 compatible properties will contain only one item;
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The 5200B is almost the same as the 5200, but not quite.  It fixes
 silicon bugs and it adds a small number of enhancements.  Most of the
 devices either provide exactly the same interface as on the 5200.  A few
 devices have extra functions but still have a backwards compatible mode.
-To express this infomation as completely as possible, 5200B device trees
+To express this information as completely as possible, 5200B device trees
 should have two items in the compatible list;
 "mpc5200b-<device>\0mpc5200-<device>".  It is *strongly* recommended
 that 5200B device trees follow this convention (instead of only listing
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ ethernet@<addr>	network		mpc5200-fec	  MPC5200 ethernet device
 ata@<addr>      ata             mpc5200-ata       IDE ATA interface
 i2c@<addr>      i2c             mpc5200-i2c       I2C controller
 usb@<addr>      usb-ohci-be     mpc5200-ohci,ohci-be    USB controller
-xlb@<addr>      xlb             mpc5200-xlb       XLB arbritrator
+xlb@<addr>      xlb             mpc5200-xlb       XLB arbitrator
 
 Important child node properties
 name            type            description
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt b/Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt
index 6aa9a891f3d0..683ccae00ad4 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ The following information is available in this file:
           list size to avoid SCSI malloc pool fragmentation.
         - Cleanup channel display in our /proc output.
         - Workaround duplicate device entries in the mid-layer
-          devlice list during add-single-device.
+          device list during add-single-device.
 
    1.3.6 (March 28th, 2003)
         - Correct a double free in the Domain Validation code.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt b/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt
index 5f34d2ba69b4..b7e238cbb5a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ The following information is available in this file:
         - Add support for 2.5.X's scsi_report_device_reset().
 
    6.2.34 (May 5th, 2003)
-        - Fix locking regression instroduced in 6.2.29 that
+        - Fix locking regression introduced in 6.2.29 that
           could cause a lock order reversal between the io_request_lock
           and our per-softc lock.  This was only possible on RH9,
           SuSE, and kernel.org 2.4.X kernels.
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ The following information is available in this file:
               Option: tag_info:{{value[,value...]}[,{value[,value...]}...]}
           Definition: Set the per-target tagged queue depth on a
                       per controller basis.  Both controllers and targets
-                      may be ommitted indicating that they should retain
+                      may be omitted indicating that they should retain
                       the default tag depth.
             Examples: tag_info:{{16,32,32,64,8,8,,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32}
                         On Controller 0
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ The following information is available in this file:
    -----------------------------------------------------------------
               Option: dv: {value[,value...]} 
           Definition: Set Domain Validation Policy on a per-controller basis.
-                      Controllers may be ommitted indicating that
+                      Controllers may be omitted indicating that
                       they should retain the default read streaming setting.
              Example: dv:{-1,0,,1,1,0}
                         On Controller 0 leave DV at its default setting.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/arcmsr_spec.txt b/Documentation/scsi/arcmsr_spec.txt
index 5e0042340fd3..45d9482c1517 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/arcmsr_spec.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/arcmsr_spec.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *******************************************************************************
 **      Usage of IOP331 adapter
 **      (All In/Out is in IOP331's view)
-**      1. Message 0 --> InitThread message and retrun code
+**      1. Message 0 --> InitThread message and return code
 **      2. Doorbell is used for RS-232 emulation
 **              inDoorBell :    bit0 -- data in ready
 **                      (DRIVER DATA WRITE OK)
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt b/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt
index a08e225653d6..a810421f1fb3 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
    versions older than 4.0 do not work with kernels 2.4.0 or later! If you
    try to compile your kernel with the wrong driver source, the 
    compilation is aborted and you get a corresponding error message. This is
-   no bug in the driver. It prevents you from using the wrong sourcecode
+   no bug in the driver; it prevents you from using the wrong source code
    with the wrong kernel version.
 
    Authors of this Driver
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
    5 Users' Manual
      5.1 Commandline Parameters
      5.2 Troubleshooting
-     5.3 Bugreports
+     5.3 Bug reports
      5.4 Support WWW-page
    6 References
    7 Credits to
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@
 
    1 Abstract
    ----------
-   This README-file describes the IBM SCSI-subsystem low level driver for 
-   Linux. The descriptions which were formerly kept in the source-code have 
-   been taken out to this file to easify the codes' readability. The driver 
+   This README-file describes the IBM SCSI-subsystem low level driver for
+   Linux. The descriptions which were formerly kept in the source code have
+   been taken out of this file to simplify the codes readability. The driver
    description has been updated, as most of the former description was already
-   quite outdated. The history of the driver development is also kept inside 
-   here. Multiple historical developments have been summarized to shorten the 
-   textsize a bit. At the end of this file you can find a small manual for 
+   quite outdated. The history of the driver development is also kept inside
+   here. Multiple historical developments have been summarized to shorten the
+   text size a bit. At the end of this file you can find a small manual for
    this driver and hints to get it running on your machine.
 
    2 Driver Description
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
    between 0 and 7). The IBM SCSI-2 F/W adapter offers this on up to two
    busses and provides support for 30 logical devices at the same time, where
    in wide-addressing mode you can have 16 puns with 32 luns on each device.
-   This section dexribes you the handling of devices on non-F/W adapters.
+   This section describes the handling of devices on non-F/W adapters.
    Just imagine, that you can have 16 * 32 = 512 devices on a F/W adapter
    which means a lot of possible devices for such a small machine.
 
@@ -209,10 +209,10 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    One consequence of information hiding is that the real (pun,lun)    
    numbers are also hidden. The two possibilities to get around this problem
-   is to offer fake pun/lun combinations to the operating system or to 
+   are to offer fake pun/lun combinations to the operating system or to 
    delete the whole mapping of the adapter and to reassign the ldns, using
    the immediate assign command of the SCSI-subsystem for probing through
-   all possible pun/lun combinations. a ldn is a "logical device number"
+   all possible pun/lun combinations.  An ldn is a "logical device number"
    which is used by IBM SCSI-subsystems to access some valid SCSI-device.
    At the beginning of the development of this driver, the following approach 
    was used:
@@ -251,9 +251,9 @@
    lun>0 or to non-existing devices, in order to satisfy the subsystem, if 
    there are less than 15 SCSI-devices connected. In the case of more than 15 
    devices, the dynamical mapping goes active. If the get_scsi[][] reports a 
-   device to be existant, but it has no ldn assigned, it gets a ldn out of 7 
-   to 14. The numbers are assigned in cyclic order. Therefore it takes 8 
-   dynamical reassignments on the SCSI-devices, until a certain device 
+   device to be existent, but it has no ldn assigned, it gets an ldn out of 7
+   to 14. The numbers are assigned in cyclic order, therefore it takes 8 
+   dynamical reassignments on the SCSI-devices until a certain device 
    loses its ldn again. This assures that dynamical remapping is avoided 
    during intense I/O between up to 15 SCSI-devices (means pun,lun 
    combinations). A further advantage of this method is that people who
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
       than devices are available, they are assigned to non existing pun,lun
       combinations to satisfy the adapter. With this, the dynamical mapping
       was possible to implement. (For further info see the text in the 
-      source-code and in the description below. Read the description
+      source code and in the description below. Read the description
       below BEFORE installing this driver on your system!)
    2) Changed the name IBMMCA_DRIVER_VERSION to IBMMCA_SCSI_DRIVER_VERSION.
    3) The LED-display shows on PS/2-95 no longer the ldn, but the SCSI-ID
@@ -762,9 +762,9 @@
    - Michael Lang
 
    Apr 23, 2000 (v3.2pre1)
-   1) During a very long time, I collected a huge amount of bugreports from
+   1) During a very long time, I collected a huge amount of bug reports from
       various people, trying really quite different things on their SCSI-
-      PS/2s. Today, all these bugreports are taken into account and should be
+      PS/2s. Today, all these bug reports are taken into account and should be
       mostly solved. The major topics were:
       - Driver crashes during boottime by no obvious reason.
       - Driver panics while the midlevel-SCSI-driver is trying to inquire
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@
    - Michael Lang
    
    July 17, 2000 (v3.2pre8)
-   A long period of collecting bugreports from all corners of the world
+   A long period of collecting bug reports from all corners of the world
    now lead to the following corrections to the code:
    1) SCSI-2 F/W support crashed with a COMMAND ERROR. The reason for this 
       was that it is possible to disable Fast-SCSI for the external bus.
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@
    July 26, 2000 (v3.2pre11)
    1) I passed a horrible weekend getting mad with NMIs on kernel 2.2.14 and
       a model 9595. Asking around in the community, nobody except of me has
-      seen such errors. Weired, but I am trying to recompile everything on
+      seen such errors. Weird, but I am trying to recompile everything on
       the model 9595. Maybe, as I use a specially modified gcc, that could
       cause problems. But, it was not the reason. The true background was,
       that the kernel was compiled for i386 and the 9595 has a 486DX-2. 
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@
       alive rotator during boottime. This makes sense, when no monitor is 
       connected to the system. You can get rid of all display activity, if
       you do not use any parameter or just ibmmcascsi=activity, for the 
-      harddrive activity LED, existant on all PS/2, except models 8595-XXX.
+      harddrive activity LED, existent on all PS/2, except models 8595-XXX.
       If no monitor is available, please use ibmmcascsi=display, which works
       fine together with the linuxinfo utility for the LED-panel.
    - Michael Lang
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@
         If this really happens, do also send e-mail to the maintainer, as
         forced detection should be never necessary. Forced detection is in
         principal some flaw of the driver adapter detection and goes into 
-        bugreports.
+        bug reports.
      Q: The driver screws up, if it starts to probe SCSI-devices, is there
         some way out of it?
      A: Yes, that was some recognition problem of the correct SCSI-adapter
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@
         recommended version is 3.2 or later. Here, the F/W support is in
         a stable and reliable condition. Wide-addressing is in addition 
         supported.
-     Q: I get a Ooops message and something like "killing interrupt".
+     Q: I get an Oops message and something like "killing interrupt".
      A: The reason for this is that the IBM SCSI-subsystem only sends a 
         termination status back, if some error appeared. In former releases
         of the driver, it was not checked, if the termination status block
@@ -1213,21 +1213,21 @@
         problem. Not yet tried, but guessing that it could work. To get this,
         set unchecked_isa_dma argument of ibmmca.h from 0 to 1.
 
-   5.3 Bugreports
+   5.3 Bug reports
    --------------
-   If you really find bugs in the sourcecode or the driver will successfully
+   If you really find bugs in the source code or the driver will successfully
    refuse to work on your machine, you should send a bug report to me. The
    best for this is to follow the instructions on the WWW-page for this
    driver. Fill out the bug-report form, placed on the WWW-page and ship it,
    so the bugs can be taken into account with maximum efforts. But, please
    do not send bug reports about this driver to Linus Torvalds or Leonard
-   Zubkoff, as Linus is burried in E-Mail and Leonard is supervising all
+   Zubkoff, as Linus is buried in E-Mail and Leonard is supervising all
    SCSI-drivers and won't have the time left to look inside every single
    driver to fix a bug and especially DO NOT send modified code to Linus
    Torvalds or Alan J. Cox which has not been checked here!!! They are both
-   quite burried in E-mail (as me, sometimes, too) and one should first check
+   quite buried in E-mail (as me, sometimes, too) and one should first check
    for problems on my local teststand. Recently, I got a lot of 
-   bugreports for errors in the ibmmca.c code, which I could not imagine, but
+   bug reports for errors in the ibmmca.c code, which I could not imagine, but
    a look inside some Linux-distribution showed me quite often some modified
    code, which did no longer work on most other machines than the one of the
    modifier. Ok, so now that there is maintenance service available for this
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@
    some e-mail directly, but at least with the same information as required by
    the formular.
    
-   If you have extensive bugreports, including Ooops messages and 
+   If you have extensive bug reports, including Oops messages and
    screen-shots, please feel free to send it directly to the address
    of the maintainer, too. The current address of the maintainer is:
    
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@
                 detailed bug reports and ideas for this driver (and his 
                 patience ;-)).
    Alan J. Cox  
-                for his bugreports and his bold activities in cross-checking
+                for his bug reports and his bold activities in cross-checking
                 the driver-code with his teststand.
                 
    7.2 Sponsors & Supporters
diff --git a/Documentation/sharedsubtree.txt b/Documentation/sharedsubtree.txt
index ccf1cebe744f..736540045dc7 100644
--- a/Documentation/sharedsubtree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sharedsubtree.txt
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same.
         #include <stdio.h>
         #include <stdlib.h>
         #include <unistd.h>
+        #include <string.h>
         #include <sys/mount.h>
         #include <sys/fsuid.h>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/DAI.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/DAI.txt
index 58cbfd01ea8f..3feeb9ecdec4 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/DAI.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/DAI.txt
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ I2S
 ===
 
  I2S is a common 4 wire DAI used in HiFi, STB and portable devices. The Tx and
-Rx lines are used for audio transmision, whilst the bit clock (BCLK) and
+Rx lines are used for audio transmission, whilst the bit clock (BCLK) and
 left/right clock (LRC) synchronise the link. I2S is flexible in that either the
 controller or CODEC can drive (master) the BCLK and LRC clock lines. Bit clock
 usually varies depending on the sample rate and the master system clock
 (SYSCLK). LRCLK is the same as the sample rate. A few devices support separate
-ADC and DAC LRCLK's, this allows for similtanious capture and playback at
+ADC and DAC LRCLK's, this allows for simultaneous capture and playback at
 different sample rates.
 
 I2S has several different operating modes:-
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ I2S has several different operating modes:-
 PCM
 ===
 
-PCM is another 4 wire interface, very similar to I2S, that can support a more
+PCM is another 4 wire interface, very similar to I2S, which can support a more
 flexible protocol. It has bit clock (BCLK) and sync (SYNC) lines that are used
 to synchronise the link whilst the Tx and Rx lines are used to transmit and
 receive the audio data. Bit clock usually varies depending on sample rate
 whilst sync runs at the sample rate. PCM also supports Time Division
-Multiplexing (TDM) in that several devices can use the bus similtaniuosly (This
+Multiplexing (TDM) in that several devices can use the bus simultaneously (this
 is sometimes referred to as network mode).
 
 Common PCM operating modes:-
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/clocking.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/clocking.txt
index e93960d53a1e..14930887c25f 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/clocking.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/clocking.txt
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@ Audio Clocking
 ==============
 
 This text describes the audio clocking terms in ASoC and digital audio in
-general. Note: Audio clocking can be complex !
+general. Note: Audio clocking can be complex!
 
 
 Master Clock
 ------------
 
-Every audio subsystem is driven by a master clock (sometimes refered to as MCLK
+Every audio subsystem is driven by a master clock (sometimes referred to as MCLK
 or SYSCLK). This audio master clock can be derived from a number of sources
 (e.g. crystal, PLL, CPU clock) and is responsible for producing the correct
 audio playback and capture sample rates.
 
-Some master clocks (e.g. PLL's and CPU based clocks) are configuarble in that
+Some master clocks (e.g. PLL's and CPU based clocks) are configurable in that
 their speed can be altered by software (depending on the system use and to save
-power). Other master clocks are fixed at at set frequency (i.e. crystals).
+power). Other master clocks are fixed at a set frequency (i.e. crystals).
 
 
 DAI Clocks
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ This relationship depends on the codec or SoC CPU in particular. In general
 it's best to configure BCLK to the lowest possible speed (depending on your
 rate, number of channels and wordsize) to save on power.
 
-It's also desireable to use the codec (if possible) to drive (or master) the
+It's also desirable to use the codec (if possible) to drive (or master) the
 audio clocks as it's usually gives more accurate sample rates than the CPU.
 
 
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/codec.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/codec.txt
index 48983c75aad9..1e766ad0ebd1 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/codec.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/codec.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Optionally, codec drivers can also provide:-
  6) DAPM event handler.
  7) DAC Digital mute control.
 
-It's probably best to use this guide in conjuction with the existing codec
+It's probably best to use this guide in conjunction with the existing codec
 driver code in sound/soc/codecs/
 
 ASoC Codec driver breakdown
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ASoC Codec driver breakdown
 1 - Codec DAI and PCM configuration
 -----------------------------------
 Each codec driver must have a struct snd_soc_codec_dai to define it's DAI and
-PCM's capablities and operations. This struct is exported so that it can be
+PCM's capabilities and operations. This struct is exported so that it can be
 registered with the core by your machine driver.
 
 e.g.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wm8731_dai);
 
 2 - Codec control IO
 --------------------
-The codec can ususally be controlled via an I2C or SPI style interface (AC97
+The codec can usually be controlled via an I2C or SPI style interface (AC97
 combines control with data in the DAI). The codec drivers will have to provide
 functions to read and write the codec registers along with supplying a register
 cache:-
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/dapm.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/dapm.txt
index c11877f5b4a1..ab0766fd7869 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/dapm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/dapm.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ other PM systems.
 
 DAPM is also completely transparent to all user space applications as all power
 switching is done within the ASoC core. No code changes or recompiling are
-required for user space applications. DAPM makes power switching descisions based
+required for user space applications. DAPM makes power switching decisions based
 upon any audio stream (capture/playback) activity and audio mixer settings
 within the device.
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ There are 4 power domains within DAPM
       Enabled and disabled when stream playback/capture is started and
       stopped respectively. e.g. aplay, arecord.
 
-All DAPM power switching descisons are made automatically by consulting an audio
+All DAPM power switching decisions are made automatically by consulting an audio
 routing map of the whole machine. This map is specific to each machine and
 consists of the interconnections between every audio component (including
 internal codec components). All audio components that effect power are called
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/overview.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/overview.txt
index 753c5cc5984a..c47ce9530677 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/overview.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/overview.txt
@@ -2,18 +2,19 @@ ALSA SoC Layer
 ==============
 
 The overall project goal of the ALSA System on Chip (ASoC) layer is to provide
-better ALSA support for embedded system on chip procesors (e.g. pxa2xx, au1x00,
+better ALSA support for embedded system-on-chip processors (e.g. pxa2xx, au1x00,
 iMX, etc) and portable audio codecs. Currently there is some support in the
 kernel for SoC audio, however it has some limitations:-
 
   * Currently, codec drivers are often tightly coupled to the underlying SoC
-    cpu. This is not ideal and leads to code duplication i.e. Linux now has 4
+    CPU. This is not ideal and leads to code duplication i.e. Linux now has 4
     different wm8731 drivers for 4 different SoC platforms.
 
-  * There is no standard method to signal user initiated audio events.
-    e.g. Headphone/Mic insertion, Headphone/Mic detection after an insertion
-    event. These are quite common events on portable devices and ofter require
-    machine specific code to re route audio, enable amps etc after such an event.
+  * There is no standard method to signal user initiated audio events (e.g.
+    Headphone/Mic insertion, Headphone/Mic detection after an insertion
+    event). These are quite common events on portable devices and often require
+    machine specific code to re-route audio, enable amps, etc., after such an
+    event.
 
   * Current drivers tend to power up the entire codec when playing
     (or recording) audio. This is fine for a PC, but tends to waste a lot of
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ features :-
     signals the codec when to change power states.
 
   * Machine specific controls: Allow machines to add controls to the sound card
-    e.g. volume control for speaker amp.
+    (e.g. volume control for speaker amp).
 
 To achieve all this, ASoC basically splits an embedded audio system into 3
 components :-
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ components :-
     interface drivers (e.g. I2S, AC97, PCM) for that platform.
 
   * Machine driver: The machine driver handles any machine specific controls and
-    audio events. i.e. turing on an amp at start of playback.
+    audio events (e.g. turning on an amp at start of playback).
 
 
 Documentation
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/platform.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/platform.txt
index e95b16d5a53b..d4678b4dc6c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/platform.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/platform.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct snd_soc_ops {
         int (*trigger)(struct snd_pcm_substream *, int);
 };
 
-The platform driver exports it's DMA functionailty via struct snd_soc_platform:-
+The platform driver exports its DMA functionality via struct snd_soc_platform:-
 
 struct snd_soc_platform {
         char *name;
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/pops_clicks.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/pops_clicks.txt
index 2cf7ee5b3d74..3371bd9d7cfa 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/pops_clicks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/pops_clicks.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Audio Pops and Clicks
 =====================
 
 Pops and clicks are unwanted audio artifacts caused by the powering up and down
-of components within the audio subsystem. This is noticable on PC's when an
+of components within the audio subsystem. This is noticeable on PCs when an
 audio module is either loaded or unloaded (at module load time the sound card is
 powered up and causes a popping noise on the speakers).
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Minimising Playback Pops and Clicks
 ===================================
 
 Playback pops in portable audio subsystems cannot be completely eliminated atm,
-however future audio codec hardware will have better pop and click supression.
+however future audio codec hardware will have better pop and click suppression.
 Pops can be reduced within playback by powering the audio components in a
 specific order. This order is different for startup and shutdown and follows
 some basic rules:-
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Minimising Capture Pops and Clicks
 ==================================
 
 Capture artifacts are somewhat easier to get rid as we can delay activating the
-ADC until all the pops have occured. This follows similar power rules to
+ADC until all the pops have occurred. This follows similar power rules to
 playback in that components are powered in a sequence depending upon stream
 startup or shutdown.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/pxa2xx b/Documentation/spi/pxa2xx
index 215e3b8e7266..f3853cc37bde 100644
--- a/Documentation/spi/pxa2xx
+++ b/Documentation/spi/pxa2xx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PXA2xx SPI on SSP driver HOWTO
+PXA2xx SPI on SSP driver HOWTO
 ===================================================
 This a mini howto on the pxa2xx_spi driver.  The driver turns a PXA2xx
 synchronous serial port into a SPI master controller
diff --git a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index 3b95bbacc775..ec499265deca 100644
--- a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ enable it if necessary to avoid overheating.
 
 An enabled fan in level "auto" may stop spinning if the EC decides the
 ThinkPad is cool enough and doesn't need the extra airflow.  This is
-normal, and the EC will spin the fan up if the varios thermal readings
+normal, and the EC will spin the fan up if the various thermal readings
 rise too much.
 
 On the X40, this seems to depend on the CPU and HDD temperatures.
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ for example:
 Enabling debugging output
 -------------------------
 
-The module takes a debug paramater which can be used to selectively
+The module takes a debug parameter which can be used to selectively
 enable various classes of debugging output, for example:
 
          modprobe ibm_acpi debug=0xffff
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt
index 4e0b62b8566f..8b077e43eee7 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ MCT USB Single Port Serial Adapter U232
   This driver is for the MCT USB-RS232 Converter (25 pin, Model No.
   U232-P25) from Magic Control Technology Corp. (there is also a 9 pin
   Model No. U232-P9). More information about this device can be found at
-  the manufacture's web-site: http://www.mct.com.tw.
+  the manufacturer's web-site: http://www.mct.com.tw.
 
   The driver is generally working, though it still needs some more testing.
   It is derived from the Belkin USB Serial Adapter F5U103 driver and its
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/err_marvel.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/err_marvel.c
index f2956ac8dccc..497877bf2012 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/err_marvel.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/err_marvel.c
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ marvel_machine_check(u64 vector, u64 la_ptr)
         }       
 
         /*
-         * A system event or error has occured, handle it here.
+         * A system event or error has occurred, handle it here.
          *
          * Any errors in the logout frame have already been cleared by the
          * PALcode, so just parse it.
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/err_titan.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/err_titan.c
index 543d96d7fa2b..6f3867877d9e 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/err_titan.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/err_titan.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ privateer_process_680_frame(struct el_common *mchk_header, int print)
                 (struct el_PRIVATEER_envdata_mcheck *)
                 ((unsigned long)mchk_header + mchk_header->sys_offset);
 
-        /* TODO - catagorize errors, for now, no error */
+        /* TODO - categorize errors, for now, no error */
 
         if (!print)
                 return status;
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index ce857158c1ea..6413c5f23226 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ osf_setsysinfo(unsigned long op, void __user *buffer, unsigned long nbytes,
                 /* 
                  * Alpha Architecture Handbook 4.7.7.3:
                  * To be fully IEEE compiant, we must track the current IEEE
-                 * exception state in software, because spurrious bits can be
+                 * exception state in software, because spurious bits can be
                  * set in the trap shadow of a software-complete insn.
                  */
 
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
index ad176441be55..f4ab233201b2 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ setup_smp(void)
                                 ((char *)cpubase + i*hwrpb->processor_size);
                         if ((cpu->flags & 0x1cc) == 0x1cc) {
                                 smp_num_probed++;
-                                /* Assume here that "whami" == index */
                                 cpu_set(i, cpu_present_map);
                                 cpu->pal_revision = boot_cpu_palrev;
                         }
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_alcor.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_alcor.c
index 49bedfbbd31b..d187d01d2a17 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_alcor.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_alcor.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ alcor_init_irq(void)
 
         for (i = 16; i < 48; ++i) {
                 /* On Alcor, at least, lines 20..30 are not connected
-                   and can generate spurrious interrupts if we turn them
+                   and can generate spurious interrupts if we turn them
                    on while IRQ probing.  */
                 if (i >= 16+20 && i <= 16+30)
                         continue;
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_sio.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_sio.c
index 14b5a753aba5..ee7b9009ebb4 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_sio.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/sys_sio.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ alphabook1_init_arch(void)
  * example, sound boards seem to like using IRQ 9.
  *
  * This is NOT how we should do it. PIRQ0-X should have
- * their own IRQ's, the way intel uses the IO-APIC irq's.
+ * their own IRQs, the way intel uses the IO-APIC IRQs.
  */
 
 static void __init
diff --git a/arch/alpha/lib/checksum.c b/arch/alpha/lib/checksum.c
index 8698e0746f9f..199f6efa83fa 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/lib/checksum.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/lib/checksum.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in an architecture-specific manner due to speed..
  * Comments in other versions indicate that the algorithms are from RFC1071
  *
- * accellerated versions (and 21264 assembly versions ) contributed by
+ * accelerated versions (and 21264 assembly versions ) contributed by
  *      Rick Gorton     <rick.gorton@alpha-processor.com>
  */
  
diff --git a/arch/alpha/lib/csum_partial_copy.c b/arch/alpha/lib/csum_partial_copy.c
index 4ca75c74ce90..40736da9bea8 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/lib/csum_partial_copy.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/lib/csum_partial_copy.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * csum_partial_copy - do IP checksumming and copy
  *
  * (C) Copyright 1996 Linus Torvalds
- * accellerated versions (and 21264 assembly versions ) contributed by
+ * accelerated versions (and 21264 assembly versions ) contributed by
  *      Rick Gorton     <rick.gorton@alpha-processor.com>
  *
  * Don't look at this too closely - you'll go mad. The things
diff --git a/arch/alpha/mm/init.c b/arch/alpha/mm/init.c
index 5e6da47779a4..40c15e7301de 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/mm/init.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ callback_init(void * kernel_end)
                         unsigned long pfn = crb->map[i].pa >> PAGE_SHIFT;
                         crb->map[i].va = vaddr;
                         for (j = 0; j < crb->map[i].count; ++j) {
-                                /* Newer console's (especially on larger
+                                /* Newer consoles (especially on larger
                                    systems) may require more pages of
                                    PTEs. Grab additional pages as needed. */
                                 if (pmd != pmd_offset(pgd, vaddr)) {
diff --git a/arch/alpha/oprofile/op_impl.h b/arch/alpha/oprofile/op_impl.h
index 6b97893c1a80..b2b87ae9a353 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/oprofile/op_impl.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/oprofile/op_impl.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct op_register_config {
         unsigned long need_reset;
 };
 
-/* Per-architecture configury and hooks.  */
+/* Per-architecture configuration and hooks.  */
 struct op_axp_model {
         void (*reg_setup) (struct op_register_config *,
                            struct op_counter_config *,
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 4cee938df01e..a0cdaafa115b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ config KEXEC
         help
           kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
           current kernel, and to start another kernel.  It is like a reboot
-          but it is indepedent of the system firmware.   And like a reboot
+          but it is independent of the system firmware.   And like a reboot
           you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
 
           It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/gpio.c b/arch/arm/mach-at91/gpio.c
index ba4a1bb3ee40..aa2d365c93fb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/gpio.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/gpio.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ void __init at91_gpio_irq_setup(void)
                 for (i = 0; i < 32; i++, pin++) {
                         /*
                          * Can use the "simple" and not "edge" handler since it's
-                         * shorter, and the AIC handles interupts sanely.
+                         * shorter, and the AIC handles interrupts sanely.
                          */
                         set_irq_chip(pin, &gpio_irqchip);
                         set_irq_handler(pin, handle_simple_irq);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/irq.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/irq.c
index 0733078940fa..1da9d59a0347 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/irq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/irq.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2004 Nokia Corporation
  * Written by Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
- * Major cleanups by Juha Yrj�l� <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
+ * Major cleanups by Juha Yrjölä <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
  *
  * Completely re-written to support various OMAP chips with bank specific
  * interrupt handlers.
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
index 62e801ef9ad9..8d322c20ccae 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Nokia Corporation
  * Author: Paul Mundt <paul.mundt@nokia.com>
- *         Juha Yrj�l� <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
+ *         Juha Yrjölä <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
  * OMAP Dual-mode timer framework support by Timo Teras
  *
  * Some parts based off of TI's 24xx code:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/clock.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/clock.c
index cab9d6265e9e..2bfaa6102025 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/clock.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ int __init s3c2410_baseclk_add(void)
         }
 
         /* We must be careful disabling the clocks we are not intending to
-         * be using at boot time, as subsytems such as the LCD which do
+         * be using at boot time, as subsystems such as the LCD which do
          * their own DMA requests to the bus can cause the system to lockup
          * if they where in the middle of requesting bus access.
          *
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/clock.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/clock.c
index 8543dd6df391..458993601897 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/clock.c
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ int __init s3c2412_baseclk_add(void)
         }
 
         /* We must be careful disabling the clocks we are not intending to
-         * be using at boot time, as subsytems such as the LCD which do
+         * be using at boot time, as subsystems such as the LCD which do
          * their own DMA requests to the bus can cause the system to lockup
          * if they where in the middle of requesting bus access.
          *
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2443/clock.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2443/clock.c
index 58402948c47c..b42f956738d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2443/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2443/clock.c
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ void __init s3c2443_init_clocks(int xtal)
         }
 
         /* We must be careful disabling the clocks we are not intending to
-         * be using at boot time, as subsytems such as the LCD which do
+         * be using at boot time, as subsystems such as the LCD which do
          * their own DMA requests to the bus can cause the system to lockup
          * if they where in the middle of requesting bus access.
          *
diff --git a/arch/arm/nwfpe/fpopcode.h b/arch/arm/nwfpe/fpopcode.h
index 0090b19bbe61..786e4c96156d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/nwfpe/fpopcode.h
+++ b/arch/arm/nwfpe/fpopcode.h
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ TABLE 1
 +-------------------------+---+---+---------+---------+
 |  Precision              | u | v | FPSR.EP | length  |
 +-------------------------+---+---+---------+---------+
-| Single                  | 0 � 0 |    x    | 1 words |
-| Double                  | 1 � 1 |    x    | 2 words |
-| Extended                | 1 � 1 |    x    | 3 words |
-| Packed decimal          | 1 � 1 |    0    | 3 words |
-| Expanded packed decimal | 1 � 1 |    1    | 4 words |
+| Single                  | 0 | 0 |    x    | 1 words |
+| Double                  | 1 | 1 |    x    | 2 words |
+| Extended                | 1 | 1 |    x    | 3 words |
+| Packed decimal          | 1 | 1 |    0    | 3 words |
+| Expanded packed decimal | 1 | 1 |    1    | 4 words |
 +-------------------------+---+---+---------+---------+
 Note: x = don't care
 */
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ TABLE 2
 +---+---+---------------------------------+
 | w | x | Number of registers to transfer |
 +---+---+---------------------------------+
-| 0 � 1 |  1                              |
-| 1 � 0 |  2                              |
-| 1 � 1 |  3                              |
-| 0 � 0 |  4                              |
+| 0 | 1 |  1                              |
+| 1 | 0 |  2                              |
+| 1 | 1 |  3                              |
+| 0 | 0 |  4                              |
 +---+---+---------------------------------+
 */
 
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ TABLE 5
 +-------------------------+---+---+
 |  Rounding Precision     | e | f |
 +-------------------------+---+---+
-| IEEE Single precision   | 0 � 0 |
-| IEEE Double precision   | 0 � 1 |
-| IEEE Extended precision | 1 � 0 |
-| undefined (trap)        | 1 � 1 |
+| IEEE Single precision   | 0 | 0 |
+| IEEE Double precision   | 0 | 1 |
+| IEEE Extended precision | 1 | 0 |
+| undefined (trap)        | 1 | 1 |
 +-------------------------+---+---+
 */
 
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ TABLE 5
 +---------------------------------+---+---+
 |  Rounding Mode                  | g | h |
 +---------------------------------+---+---+
-| Round to nearest (default)      | 0 � 0 |
-| Round toward plus infinity      | 0 � 1 |
-| Round toward negative infinity  | 1 � 0 |
-| Round toward zero               | 1 � 1 |
+| Round to nearest (default)      | 0 | 0 |
+| Round toward plus infinity      | 0 | 1 |
+| Round toward negative infinity  | 1 | 0 |
+| Round toward zero               | 1 | 1 |
 +---------------------------------+---+---+
 */
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
index 05a38498cbe0..dcbba07cf98a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * linux/arch/arm/plat-omap/dma.c
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2003 Nokia Corporation
- * Author: Juha Yrj�l� <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
+ * Author: Juha Yrjölä <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
  * DMA channel linking for 1610 by Samuel Ortiz <samuel.ortiz@nokia.com>
  * Graphics DMA and LCD DMA graphics tranformations
  * by Imre Deak <imre.deak@nokia.com>
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c
index 337455dfe64d..6097753394ad 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/gpio.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Support functions for OMAP GPIO
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Nokia Corporation
- * Written by Juha Yrj�l� <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
+ * Written by Juha Yrjölä <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
diff --git a/arch/avr32/Kconfig b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
index d12346aaa88b..bbecbd8469b5 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ config CMDLINE
 
 endmenu
 
-menu "Power managment options"
+menu "Power management options"
 
 menu "CPU Frequency scaling"
 
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
index 4c5ca9d5e40f..ad28dc76fc97 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
@@ -613,85 +613,86 @@ config I_ENTRY_L1
         bool "Locate interrupt entry code in L1 Memory"
         default y
         help
-          If enabled interrupt entry code (STORE/RESTORE CONTEXT) is linked
-          into L1 instruction memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, interrupt entry code (STORE/RESTORE CONTEXT) is linked
+          into L1 instruction memory. (less latency)
 
 config EXCPT_IRQ_SYSC_L1
-        bool "Locate entire ASM lowlevel excepetion / interrupt - Syscall and CPLB handler code in L1 Memory"
+        bool "Locate entire ASM lowlevel exception / interrupt - Syscall and CPLB handler code in L1 Memory"
         default y
         help
-          If enabled entire ASM lowlevel exception and interrupt entry code (STORE/RESTORE CONTEXT) is linked
-          into L1 instruction memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, the entire ASM lowlevel exception and interrupt entry code
+          (STORE/RESTORE CONTEXT) is linked into L1 instruction memory. 
+          (less latency)
 
 config DO_IRQ_L1
         bool "Locate frequently called do_irq dispatcher function in L1 Memory"
         default y
         help
-          If enabled frequently called do_irq dispatcher function is linked
-          into L1 instruction memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, the frequently called do_irq dispatcher function is linked
+          into L1 instruction memory. (less latency)
 
 config CORE_TIMER_IRQ_L1
         bool "Locate frequently called timer_interrupt() function in L1 Memory"
         default y
         help
-          If enabled frequently called timer_interrupt() function is linked
-          into L1 instruction memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, the frequently called timer_interrupt() function is linked
+          into L1 instruction memory. (less latency)
 
 config IDLE_L1
         bool "Locate frequently idle function in L1 Memory"
         default y
         help
-          If enabled frequently called idle function is linked
-          into L1 instruction memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, the frequently called idle function is linked
+          into L1 instruction memory. (less latency)
 
 config SCHEDULE_L1
         bool "Locate kernel schedule function in L1 Memory"
         default y
         help
-          If enabled frequently called kernel schedule is linked
-          into L1 instruction memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, the frequently called kernel schedule is linked
+          into L1 instruction memory. (less latency)
 
 config ARITHMETIC_OPS_L1
         bool "Locate kernel owned arithmetic functions in L1 Memory"
         default y
         help
-          If enabled arithmetic functions are linked
-          into L1 instruction memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, arithmetic functions are linked
+          into L1 instruction memory. (less latency)
 
 config ACCESS_OK_L1
         bool "Locate access_ok function in L1 Memory"
         default y
         help
-          If enabled access_ok function is linked
-          into L1 instruction memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, the access_ok function is linked
+          into L1 instruction memory. (less latency)
 
 config MEMSET_L1
         bool "Locate memset function in L1 Memory"
         default y
         help
-          If enabled memset function is linked
-          into L1 instruction memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, the memset function is linked
+          into L1 instruction memory. (less latency)
 
 config MEMCPY_L1
         bool "Locate memcpy function in L1 Memory"
         default y
         help
-          If enabled memcpy function is linked
-          into L1 instruction memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, the memcpy function is linked
+          into L1 instruction memory. (less latency)
 
 config SYS_BFIN_SPINLOCK_L1
         bool "Locate sys_bfin_spinlock function in L1 Memory"
         default y
         help
-          If enabled sys_bfin_spinlock function is linked
-          into L1 instruction memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, sys_bfin_spinlock function is linked
+          into L1 instruction memory. (less latency)
 
 config IP_CHECKSUM_L1
         bool "Locate IP Checksum function in L1 Memory"
         default n
         help
-          If enabled IP Checksum function is linked
-          into L1 instruction memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, the IP Checksum function is linked
+          into L1 instruction memory. (less latency)
 
 config CACHELINE_ALIGNED_L1
         bool "Locate cacheline_aligned data to L1 Data Memory"
@@ -699,24 +700,24 @@ config CACHELINE_ALIGNED_L1
         default n if BF54x
         depends on !BF531
         help
-          If enabled cacheline_anligned data is linked
-          into L1 data memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, cacheline_anligned data is linked
+          into L1 data memory. (less latency)
 
 config SYSCALL_TAB_L1
         bool "Locate Syscall Table L1 Data Memory"
         default n
         depends on !BF531
         help
-          If enabled the Syscall LUT is linked
-          into L1 data memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, the Syscall LUT is linked
+          into L1 data memory. (less latency)
 
 config CPLB_SWITCH_TAB_L1
         bool "Locate CPLB Switch Tables L1 Data Memory"
         default n
         depends on !BF531
         help
-          If enabled the CPLB Switch Tables are linked
-          into L1 data memory.(less latency)
+          If enabled, the CPLB Switch Tables are linked
+          into L1 data memory. (less latency)
 
 endmenu
 
@@ -1029,13 +1030,13 @@ config DEBUG_HWERR
           from.
 
 config DEBUG_ICACHE_CHECK
-        bool "Check Instruction cache coherancy"
+        bool "Check Instruction cache coherency"
         depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         depends on DEBUG_HWERR
         help
-          Say Y here if you are getting wierd unexplained errors. This will
-          ensure that icache is what SDRAM says it should be, by doing a
-          byte wise comparision between SDRAM and instruction cache. This
+          Say Y here if you are getting weird unexplained errors. This will
+          ensure that icache is what SDRAM says it should be by doing a
+          byte wise comparison between SDRAM and instruction cache. This
           also relocates the irq_panic() function to L1 memory, (which is
           un-cached).
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/Kconfig b/arch/cris/arch-v10/Kconfig
index c7ea9efd0104..f1ce6f64401d 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/Kconfig
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ config ETRAX_LED7G
           set this to same as CONFIG_ETRAX_LED1G (normally 2).
 
 config ETRAX_LED8Y
-        int "Eigth yellow LED bit"
+        int "Eighth yellow LED bit"
         depends on ETRAX_CSP0_LEDS
         default "2"
         help
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/boot/compressed/misc.c
index ffb8d21b2f83..e205d2e7e089 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  * malloc by Hannu Savolainen 1993 and Matthias Urlichs 1994
  * puts by Nick Holloway 1993, better puts by Martin Mares 1995
- * adoptation for Linux/CRIS Axis Communications AB, 1999
+ * adaptation for Linux/CRIS Axis Communications AB, 1999
  * 
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c
index 1de0026bb94e..c263b8232dbc 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * From Phillips' datasheet:
  *
  * The PCF8563 is a CMOS real-time clock/calendar optimized for low power
- * consumption. A programmable clock output, interupt output and voltage
+ * consumption. A programmable clock output, interrupt output and voltage
  * low detector are also provided. All address and data are transferred
  * serially via two-line bidirectional I2C-bus. Maximum bus speed is
  * 400 kbits/s. The built-in word address register is incremented
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/debugport.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/debugport.c
index 2b536ca6f444..93679a48c791 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/debugport.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/debugport.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
  *
  * Revision 1.4  2002/11/19 14:35:24  starvik
  * Changes from linux 2.4
- * Changed struct initializer syntax to the currently prefered notation
+ * Changed struct initializer syntax to the currently preferred notation
  *
  * Revision 1.3  2002/11/06 09:47:03  starvik
  * Modified for new interrupt macros
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/entry.S b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/entry.S
index ae45d4522e65..c5844cb70f09 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/entry.S
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
  *
  *  Revision 1.36  2001/11/22 13:36:36  bjornw
  *  * In ret_from_intr, check regs->dccr for usermode reentrance instead of
- *    DCCR explicitely (because the latter might not reflect current reality)
+ *    DCCR explicitly (because the latter might not reflect current reality)
  *  * In mmu_bus_fault, set $r9 _after_ calling the C-code instead of before
  *    since $r9 is call-clobbered and is potentially needed afterwards
  *
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/fasttimer.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/fasttimer.c
index 8cbdf594b369..d3ea052e5ee1 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/fasttimer.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/fasttimer.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
  * with time based on jiffies and *R_TIMER0_DATA, uses a table
  * for fast conversion of timer value to microseconds.
  * (Much faster the standard do_gettimeofday() and we don't really
- * wan't to use the true time - we wan't the "uptime" so timers don't screw up
+ * want to use the true time - we want the "uptime" so timers don't screw up
  * when we change the time.
  * TODO: Add efficient support for continuous timers as well.
  *
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/irq.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/irq.c
index 96094cbf1255..845c95f6e871 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/irq.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ init_IRQ(void)
         for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
                etrax_irv->v[i] = weird_irq;
 
-        /* Initialize IRQ handler descriptiors. */
+        /* Initialize IRQ handler descriptors. */
         for(i = 2; i < NR_IRQS; i++) {
                 irq_desc[i].chip = &crisv10_irq_type;
                 set_int_vector(i, interrupt[i]);
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/kgdb.c
index 07628a13c6c4..77f4b1423725 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ stub_is_stopped(int sigval)
 
         /* Send register contents. We probably only need to send the
          * PC, frame pointer and stack pointer here. Other registers will be
-         * explicitely asked for. But for now, send all. 
+         * explicitly asked for. But for now, send all.
          */
         
         for (regno = R0; regno <= USP; regno++) {
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/process.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/process.c
index b6831ceb6a62..1a3760c94f85 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/process.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void hard_reset_now (void)
 #if defined(CONFIG_ETRAX_WATCHDOG) && !defined(CONFIG_SVINTO_SIM)
         cause_of_death = 0xbedead;
 #else
-        /* Since we dont plan to keep on reseting the watchdog,
+        /* Since we dont plan to keep on resetting the watchdog,
            the key can be arbitrary hence three */
         *R_WATCHDOG = IO_FIELD(R_WATCHDOG, key, 3) |
                 IO_STATE(R_WATCHDOG, enable, start);
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/shadows.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/shadows.c
index 38fd44dfbc5b..326178aef6ee 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/shadows.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/shadows.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ unsigned long r_timer_ctrl_shadow;
  * These are only usable if there actually IS a latch connected
  * to the corresponding external chip-select pin.
  *
- * A common usage is that CSP0 controls LED's and CSP4 video chips.
+ * A common usage is that CSP0 controls LEDs and CSP4 video chips.
  */
 
 unsigned long port_cse1_shadow;
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/dram_init.S b/arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/dram_init.S
index 9cf83932cd5d..6a6bdfd6984d 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/dram_init.S
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/dram_init.S
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  * Copy warning from head.S about r8 and r9
  *
  * Revision 1.7  2001/04/18 12:05:39  bjornw
- * Fixed comments, and explicitely include config.h to be sure its there
+ * Fixed comments, and explicitly include config.h to be sure its there
  *
  * Revision 1.6  2001/04/10 06:20:16  starvik
  * Delay should be 200us, not 200ns
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
  */
 
 /* Just to be certain the config file is included, we include it here
- * explicitely instead of depending on it being included in the file that
+ * explicitly instead of depending on it being included in the file that
  * uses this code.
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/string.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/string.c
index 8ffde4901b57..15d6662b03b1 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/string.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/string.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void *memcpy(void *pdst,
      Make sure the compiler is able to make something useful of this.
       As it is now: r10 -> r13; r11 -> r11 (nop); r12 -> r12 (nop).
 
-     If gcc was allright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
+     If gcc was alright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
      stack space to save stuff on. */
 
   register void *return_dst __asm__ ("r10") = pdst;
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/usercopy.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/usercopy.c
index 43778d53c254..a12c708afc9a 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/usercopy.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/usercopy.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ __copy_user (void __user *pdst, const void *psrc, unsigned long pn)
      As it is now: r10 -> r13; r11 -> r11 (nop); r12 -> r12 (nop).
 
      FIXME: Comment for old gcc version.  Check.
-     If gcc was allright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
+     If gcc was alright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
      stack space to save stuff on. */
 
   register char *dst __asm__ ("r13") = pdst;
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ __copy_user_zeroing (void __user *pdst, const void *psrc, unsigned long pn)
      As it is now: r10 -> r13; r11 -> r11 (nop); r12 -> r12 (nop).
 
      FIXME: Comment for old gcc version.  Check.
-     If gcc was allright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
+     If gcc was alright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
      stack space to save stuff on.  */
 
   register char *dst __asm__ ("r13") = pdst;
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ __do_clear_user (void __user *pto, unsigned long pn)
       As it is now: r10 -> r13; r11 -> r11 (nop); r12 -> r12 (nop).
 
      FIXME: Comment for old gcc version.  Check.
-     If gcc was allright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
+     If gcc was alright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
      stack space to save stuff on. */
 
   register char *dst __asm__ ("r13") = pto;
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 11902697196d..0169ba1ca9c9 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  * malloc by Hannu Savolainen 1993 and Matthias Urlichs 1994
  * puts by Nick Holloway 1993, better puts by Martin Mares 1995
- * adoptation for Linux/CRIS Axis Communications AB, 1999
+ * adaptation for Linux/CRIS Axis Communications AB, 1999
  *
  */
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ serout(const char *s, reg_scope_instances regi_ser)
         do {
                 rs = REG_RD(ser, regi_ser, rs_stat_din);
         }
-        while (!rs.tr_rdy);/* Wait for tranceiver. */
+        while (!rs.tr_rdy);/* Wait for transceiver. */
 
         REG_WR(ser, regi_ser, rw_dout, dout);
 }
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ serial_setup(reg_scope_instances regi_ser)
         tr_ctrl.stop_bits = 1;  /* 2 stop bits. */
 
         /*
-         * The baudrate setup is a bit fishy, but in the end the tranceiver is
+         * The baudrate setup is a bit fishy, but in the end the transceiver is
          * set to 4800 and the receiver to 115200. The magic value is
          * 29.493 MHz.
          */
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/axisflashmap.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/axisflashmap.c
index 5180d45412fc..3ec12ea44e8e 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/axisflashmap.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/axisflashmap.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static struct mtd_info *probe_cs(struct map_info *map_cs)
 /*
  * Probe each chip select individually for flash chips. If there are chips on
  * both cse0 and cse1, the mtd_info structs will be concatenated to one struct
- * so that MTD partitions can cross chip boundries.
+ * so that MTD partitions can cross chip boundaries.
  *
  * The only known restriction to how you can mount your chips is that each
  * chip select must hold similar flash chips. But you need external hardware
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/i2c.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/i2c.c
index e12f6cc6f4a2..f1edd2e359b2 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/i2c.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/i2c.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ i2c_getack(void)
                 ack = 0;
         i2c_delay(CLOCK_HIGH_TIME/2);
         if(!ack){
-                if(!i2c_getbit()) /* receiver pulld SDA low */
+                if(!i2c_getbit()) /* receiver pulled SDA low */
                         ack = 1;
                 i2c_delay(CLOCK_HIGH_TIME/2);
         }
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/nandflash.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/nandflash.c
index 93ddea4d9564..5ce015c6bb0d 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/nandflash.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/nandflash.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ struct mtd_info* __init crisv32_nand_flash_probe (void)
         /* Enable the following for a flash based bad block table */
         this->options = NAND_USE_FLASH_BBT;
 
-        /* Scan to find existance of the device */
+        /* Scan to find existence of the device */
         if (nand_scan (crisv32_mtd, 1)) {
                 err = -ENXIO;
                 goto out_ior;
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c
index da479a14f836..6dbd700d3d66 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * From Phillips' datasheet:
  *
  * The PCF8563 is a CMOS real-time clock/calendar optimized for low power
- * consumption. A programmable clock output, interupt output and voltage
+ * consumption. A programmable clock output, interrupt output and voltage
  * low detector are also provided. All address and data are transferred
  * serially via two-line bidirectional I2C-bus. Maximum bus speed is
  * 400 kbits/s. The built-in word address register is incremented
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/fasttimer.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/fasttimer.c
index 79e1e4c2ca1d..b40551f9f40d 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/fasttimer.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/fasttimer.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
  * with time based on jiffies and *R_TIMER0_DATA, uses a table
  * for fast conversion of timer value to microseconds.
  * (Much faster the standard do_gettimeofday() and we don't really
- * wan't to use the true time - we wan't the "uptime" so timers don't screw up
+ * want to use the true time - we want the "uptime" so timers don't screw up
  * when we change the time.
  * TODO: Add efficient support for continuous timers as well.
  *
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/irq.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/irq.c
index cc361bf578ae..a9acaa270243 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/irq.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ block_irq(int irq, int cpu)
         spin_lock_irqsave(&irq_lock, flags);
         intr_mask = REG_RD_INT(intr_vect, irq_regs[cpu], rw_mask);
 
-        /* Remember; 1 let thru, 0 block. */
+        /* Remember; 1 let through, 0 block. */
         intr_mask &= ~(1 << (irq - FIRST_IRQ));
 
         REG_WR_INT(intr_vect, irq_regs[cpu], rw_mask, intr_mask);
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ unblock_irq(int irq, int cpu)
         spin_lock_irqsave(&irq_lock, flags);
         intr_mask = REG_RD_INT(intr_vect, irq_regs[cpu], rw_mask);
 
-        /* Remember; 1 let thru, 0 block. */
+        /* Remember; 1 let through, 0 block. */
         intr_mask |= (1 << (irq - FIRST_IRQ));
 
         REG_WR_INT(intr_vect, irq_regs[cpu], rw_mask, intr_mask);
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ crisv32_do_multiple(struct pt_regs* regs)
          */
         irq_enter();
 
-        /* Get which IRQs that happend. */
+        /* Get which IRQs that happened. */
         masked = REG_RD_INT(intr_vect, irq_regs[cpu], r_masked_vect);
 
         /* Calculate new IRQ mask with these IRQs disabled. */
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ init_IRQ(void)
         for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
                 etrax_irv->v[i] = weird_irq;
 
-        /* Point all IRQ's to bad handlers. */
+        /* Point all IRQs to bad handlers. */
         for (i = FIRST_IRQ, j = 0; j < NR_IRQS; i++, j++) {
                 irq_desc[j].chip = &crisv32_irq_type;
                 set_exception_vector(i, interrupt[j]);
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/process.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/process.c
index 6326351af252..b72a15580dc7 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/process.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
         /* Put the switch stack right below the pt_regs. */
         swstack = ((struct switch_stack *) childregs) - 1;
 
-        /* Paramater to ret_from_sys_call. 0 is don't restart the syscall. */
+        /* Parameter to ret_from_sys_call. 0 is don't restart the syscall. */
         swstack->r9 = 0;
 
         /*
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c
index 7cd6ac803409..024cc6901974 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, struct pt_regs * regs, size_t frame_size)
 /* Grab and setup a signal frame.
  *
  * Basically a lot of state-info is stacked, and arranged for the
- * user-mode program to return to the kernel using either a trampiline
+ * user-mode program to return to the kernel using either a trampoline
  * which performs the syscall sigreturn(), or a provided user-mode
  * trampoline.
   */
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ ugdb_trap_user(struct thread_info *ti, int sig)
                 user_regs(ti)->spc = 0;
         }
         /* FIXME: Filter out false h/w breakpoint hits (i.e. EDA
-           not withing any configured h/w breakpoint range). Synchronize with
+           not within any configured h/w breakpoint range). Synchronize with
            what already exists for kernel debugging.  */
         if (((user_regs(ti)->exs & 0xff00) >> 8) == BREAK_8_INTR_VECT) {
                 /* Break 8: subtract 2 from ERP unless in a delay slot. */
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/smp.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/smp.c
index 697494bc2de1..171c96e0a5d3 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/smp.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ smp_boot_one_cpu(int cpuid)
         return -1;
 }
 
-/* Secondary CPUs starts uing C here. Here we need to setup CPU
+/* Secondary CPUs starts using C here. Here we need to setup CPU
  * specific stuff such as the local timer and the MMU. */
 void __init smp_callin(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/time.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/time.c
index be0a01657d4f..2f7e8e200f2c 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/time.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ unsigned long do_slow_gettimeoffset(void)
 /* From timer MDS describing the hardware watchdog:
  * 4.3.1 Watchdog Operation
  * The watchdog timer is an 8-bit timer with a configurable start value.
- * Once started the whatchdog counts downwards with a frequency of 763 Hz
+ * Once started the watchdog counts downwards with a frequency of 763 Hz
  * (100/131072 MHz). When the watchdog counts down to 1, it generates an
  * NMI (Non Maskable Interrupt), and when it counts down to 0, it resets the
  * chip.
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/traps.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/traps.c
index 2462b1ef1fbb..17fd3dbd1c80 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/traps.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ bad_value:
 
 /*
  * This gets called from entry.S when the watchdog has bitten. Show something
- * similiar to an Oops dump, and if the kernel if configured to be a nice doggy;
+ * similar to an Oops dump, and if the kernel is configured to be a nice doggy;
  * halt instead of reboot.
  */
 void
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/lib/dram_init.S b/arch/cris/arch-v32/lib/dram_init.S
index 158b3dbb4d9d..218fbe259ee5 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/lib/dram_init.S
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/lib/dram_init.S
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 /* Just to be certain the config file is included, we include it here
- * explicitely instead of depending on it being included in the file that
+ * explicitly instead of depending on it being included in the file that
  * uses this code.
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/lib/string.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/lib/string.c
index 98e282ac824a..6740b2cebae5 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/lib/string.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/lib/string.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void *memcpy(void *pdst,
      Make sure the compiler is able to make something useful of this.
       As it is now: r10 -> r13; r11 -> r11 (nop); r12 -> r12 (nop).
 
-     If gcc was allright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
+     If gcc was alright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
      stack space to save stuff on. */
 
   register void *return_dst __asm__ ("r10") = pdst;
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/lib/usercopy.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/lib/usercopy.c
index f0b08460c1be..04d0cf35a276 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/lib/usercopy.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/lib/usercopy.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ __copy_user (void __user *pdst, const void *psrc, unsigned long pn)
      As it is now: r10 -> r13; r11 -> r11 (nop); r12 -> r12 (nop).
 
      FIXME: Comment for old gcc version.  Check.
-     If gcc was allright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
+     If gcc was alright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
      stack space to save stuff on. */
 
   register char *dst __asm__ ("r13") = pdst;
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ __copy_user_zeroing (void __user *pdst, const void *psrc, unsigned long pn)
      As it is now: r10 -> r13; r11 -> r11 (nop); r12 -> r12 (nop).
 
      FIXME: Comment for old gcc version.  Check.
-     If gcc was allright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
+     If gcc was alright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
      stack space to save stuff on.  */
 
   register char *dst __asm__ ("r13") = pdst;
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ __do_clear_user (void __user *pto, unsigned long pn)
       As it is now: r10 -> r13; r11 -> r11 (nop); r12 -> r12 (nop).
 
      FIXME: Comment for old gcc version.  Check.
-     If gcc was allright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
+     If gcc was alright, it really would need no temporaries, and no
      stack space to save stuff on. */
 
   register char *dst __asm__ ("r13") = pto;
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/mm/tlb.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/mm/tlb.c
index c2d12e9c40d7..a076ef6e9389 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/mm/tlb.c
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ do {						\
  * The TLB can host up to 256 different mm contexts at the same time. The running
  * context is found in the PID register. Each TLB entry contains a page_id that
  * has to match the PID register to give a hit. page_id_map keeps track of which
- * mm's is assigned to which page_id's, making sure it's known when to
- * invalidate TLB entries.
+ * mm is assigned to which page_id, making sure it's known when to invalidate TLB
+ * entries.
  *
  * The last page_id is never running, it is used as an invalid page_id so that
  * it's possible to make TLB entries that will nerver match.
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
         spin_unlock(&mmu_context_lock);
 
         /*
-         * Remember the pgd for the fault handlers. Keep a seperate copy of it
+         * Remember the pgd for the fault handlers. Keep a separate copy of it
          * because current and active_mm might be invalid at points where
          * there's still a need to derefer the pgd.
          */
diff --git a/arch/cris/kernel/irq.c b/arch/cris/kernel/irq.c
index 903ea62c6e21..5c27ff86121b 100644
--- a/arch/cris/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/cris/kernel/irq.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *      Authors: Bjorn Wesen (bjornw@axis.com)
  *
  * This file contains the code used by various IRQ handling routines:
- * asking for different IRQ's should be done through these routines
+ * asking for different IRQs should be done through these routines
  * instead of just grabbing them. Thus setups with different IRQ numbers
  * shouldn't result in any weird surprises, and installing new handlers
  * should be easier.
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * IRQ's are in fact implemented a bit like signal handlers for the kernel.
+ * IRQs are in fact implemented a bit like signal handlers for the kernel.
  * Naturally it's not a 1:1 relation, but there are similarities.
  */
 
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ skip:
 
 
 /* called by the assembler IRQ entry functions defined in irq.h
- * to dispatch the interrupts to registred handlers
+ * to dispatch the interrupts to registered handlers
  * interrupts are disabled upon entry - depending on if the
- * interrupt was registred with IRQF_DISABLED or not, interrupts
+ * interrupt was registered with IRQF_DISABLED or not, interrupts
  * are re-enabled or not.
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/mm/fault.c b/arch/cris/mm/fault.c
index 8aab81430695..3034f3ff950c 100644
--- a/arch/cris/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/cris/mm/fault.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *  Fixed warning.
  *
  *  Revision 1.18  2005/01/12 08:10:14  starvik
- *  Readded the change of frametype when handling kernel page fault fixup
+ *  Re-added the change of frametype when handling kernel page fault fixup
  *  for v10. This is necessary to avoid that the CPU remakes the faulting
  *  access.
  *
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
  *
  *  Revision 1.8  2003/07/04 13:02:48  tobiasa
  *  Moved code snippet from arch/cris/mm/fault.c that searches for fixup code
- *  to seperate function in arch-specific files.
+ *  to separate function in arch-specific files.
  *
  *  Revision 1.7  2003/01/22 06:48:38  starvik
  *  Fixed warnings issued by GCC 3.2.1
diff --git a/arch/cris/mm/init.c b/arch/cris/mm/init.c
index b7842ff213a6..0c833d176226 100644
--- a/arch/cris/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/cris/mm/init.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *  $Log: init.c,v $
  *  Revision 1.11  2004/05/28 09:28:56  starvik
- *  Calculation of loops_per_usec moved because initalization order has changed
+ *  Calculation of loops_per_usec moved because initialization order has changed
  *  in Linux 2.6.
  *
  *  Revision 1.10  2004/05/14 07:58:05  starvik
diff --git a/arch/cris/mm/tlb.c b/arch/cris/mm/tlb.c
index c4a98e2e529e..b7f8de576777 100644
--- a/arch/cris/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/cris/mm/tlb.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 /* The TLB can host up to 64 different mm contexts at the same time.
  * The running context is R_MMU_CONTEXT, and each TLB entry contains a
  * page_id that has to match to give a hit. In page_id_map, we keep track
- * of which mm's we have assigned which page_id's, so that we know when
+ * of which mm we have assigned to which page_id, so that we know when
  * to invalidate TLB entries.
  *
  * The last page_id is never running - it is used as an invalid page_id
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/irq.c b/arch/frv/kernel/irq.c
index 7ddb69089ed4..73abae767fdc 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/irq.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static struct irq_chip frv_cpu_pic = {
 };
 
 /*
- * handles all normal device IRQ's
+ * handles all normal device IRQs
  * - registers are referred to by the __frame variable (GR28)
  * - IRQ distribution is complicated in this arch because of the many PICs, the
  *   way they work and the way they cascade
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/semaphore.c b/arch/frv/kernel/semaphore.c
index 8e182ced1a0f..7ee3a147b471 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/semaphore.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/semaphore.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void __up(struct semaphore *sem)
         waiter = list_entry(sem->wait_list.next, struct sem_waiter, list);
 
         /* We must be careful not to touch 'waiter' after we set ->task = NULL.
-         * It is an allocated on the waiter's stack and may become invalid at
+         * It is allocated on the waiter's stack and may become invalid at
          * any time after that point (due to a wakeup from another source).
          */
         list_del_init(&waiter->list);
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/time.c b/arch/frv/kernel/time.c
index e83e0bccfab9..925fb0199a0f 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/time.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dummy)
         /*
          * Here we are in the timer irq handler. We just have irqs locally
          * disabled but we don't know if the timer_bh is running on the other
-         * CPU. We need to avoid to SMP race with it. NOTE: we don' t need
+         * CPU. We need to avoid to SMP race with it. NOTE: we don't need
          * the irq version of write_lock because as just said we have irq
          * locally disabled. -arca
          */
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void time_init(void)
 
         /* FIX by dqg : Set to zero for platforms that don't have tod */
         /* without this time is undefined and can overflow time_t, causing  */
-        /* very stange errors */
+        /* very strange errors */
         year = 1980;
         mon = day = 1;
         hour = min = sec = 0;
diff --git a/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug b/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug
index 996d97e953b0..ee671c3f2c74 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug
@@ -42,16 +42,16 @@ config SH_STANDARD_BIOS
           Require eCos/RedBoot
 
 config DEFAULT_CMDLINE
-        bool "Use buildin commandline"
+        bool "Use builtin commandline"
         default n
         help
-          buildin kernel commandline enabled.
+          builtin kernel commandline enabled.
 
 config KERNEL_COMMAND
         string "Buildin commmand string"
         depends on DEFAULT_CMDLINE
         help
-          buildin kernel commandline strings.
+          builtin kernel commandline strings.
 
 config BLKDEV_RESERVE
         bool "BLKDEV Reserved Memory"
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/irq.c b/arch/h8300/kernel/irq.c
index 43d21e93f41f..8dec4dd57b4e 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/irq.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static void h8300_shutdown_irq(unsigned int irq)
 }
 
 /*
- * h8300 interrupt controler implementation
+ * h8300 interrupt controller implementation
  */
 struct irq_chip h8300irq_chip = {
         .name           = "H8300-INTC",
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/time.c b/arch/h8300/kernel/time.c
index 330638220a2e..e37c835e67cf 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/time.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void time_init(void)
 
         /* FIX by dqg : Set to zero for platforms that don't have tod */
         /* without this time is undefined and can overflow time_t, causing  */
-        /* very stange errors */
+        /* very strange errors */
         year = 1980;
         mon = day = 1;
         hour = min = sec = 0;
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/traps.c b/arch/h8300/kernel/traps.c
index f97183011c2c..f8f7d7ea97f1 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/traps.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Cloned from Linux/m68k.
  *
  * No original Copyright holder listed,
- * Probabily original (C) Roman Zippel (assigned DJD, 1999)
+ * Probable original (C) Roman Zippel (assigned DJD, 1999)
  *
  * Copyright 1999-2000 D. Jeff Dionne, <jeff@rt-control.com>
  *
diff --git a/arch/h8300/platform/h8s/ints.c b/arch/h8300/platform/h8s/ints.c
index a71d6e2a3919..551fd5f30d82 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/platform/h8s/ints.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/platform/h8s/ints.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ int request_irq(unsigned int irq,
         if (use_kmalloc)
                 irq_handle = kmalloc(sizeof(irq_handler_t), GFP_ATOMIC);
         else {
-                /* use bootmem allocater */
+                /* use bootmem allocator */
                 irq_handle = (irq_handler_t *)alloc_bootmem(sizeof(irq_handler_t));
                 irq_handle = (irq_handler_t *)((unsigned long)irq_handle | 0x80000000);
         }
diff --git a/arch/h8300/platform/h8s/ints_h8s.c b/arch/h8300/platform/h8s/ints_h8s.c
index 93395d2a8a07..faa8a459d952 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/platform/h8s/ints_h8s.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/platform/h8s/ints_h8s.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static const struct irq_pins irq_assign_table1[16]={
         {H8300_GPIO_P2,H8300_GPIO_B6},{H8300_GPIO_P2,H8300_GPIO_B7},
 };
 
-/* IRQ to GPIO pinno transrate */
+/* IRQ to GPIO pin translation */
 #define IRQ_GPIO_MAP(irqbit,irq,port,bit)                         \
 do {                                                              \
         if (*(volatile unsigned short *)ITSR & irqbit) {          \
diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index d1bedbf9deb8..f6e44fc5283c 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ config X86_MCE_NONFATAL
           will look at the machine check registers to see if anything happened.
           Non-fatal problems automatically get corrected (but still logged).
           Disable this if you don't want to see these messages.
-          Seeing the messages this option prints out may be indicative of dying hardware,
+          Seeing the messages this option prints out may be indicative of dying
           or out-of-spec (ie, overclocked) hardware.
           This option only does something on certain CPUs.
           (AMD Athlon/Duron and Intel Pentium 4)
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ config NUMA
         default n if X86_PC
         default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT)
         help
-          NUMA support for i386. This is currently high experimental
+          NUMA support for i386. This is currently highly experimental
           and should be only used for kernel development. It might also
           cause boot failures.
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index c89108e9770d..bef47725d4ad 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -452,9 +452,9 @@ config IA64_PALINFO
 config IA64_MC_ERR_INJECT
         tristate "MC error injection support"
         help
-          Selets whether support for MC error injection. By enabling the
-          support, kernel provide sysfs interface for user application to
-          call MC error injection PAL procedure to inject various errors.
+          Adds support for MC error injection. If enabled, the kernel 
+          will provide a sysfs interface for user applications to
+          call MC error injection PAL procedures to inject various errors.
           This is a useful tool for MCA testing.
 
           If you're unsure, do not select this option.
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ config KEXEC
           but it is independent of the system firmware.   And like a reboot
           you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
 
-          The name comes from the similiarity to the exec system call.
+          The name comes from the similarity to the exec system call.
 
           It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
           is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/irq.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/irq.c
index f8d8650383e0..d0c5b0b7da2f 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/irq.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ skip:
 }
 
 /*
- * do_IRQ handles all normal device IRQ's (the special
+ * do_IRQ handles all normal device IRQs (the special
  * SMP cross-CPU interrupts have their own specific
  * handlers).
  */
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/signal.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/signal.c
index 916faf6070af..a753d79c4e89 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/signal.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ int do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, sigset_t *oldset)
 
         signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
         if (signr > 0) {
-                /* Reenable any watchpoints before delivering the
+                /* Re-enable any watchpoints before delivering the
                  * signal to user space. The processor register will
                  * have been cleared if the watchpoint triggered
                  * inside the kernel.
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/smp.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/smp.c
index 360129174b2b..c837bc13b015 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/smp.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void smp_flush_cache_all_interrupt(void)
 }
 
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
-/* TLB flush request Routins                                                 */
+/* TLB flush request Routines                                                */
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
 
 /*==========================================================================*
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ void smp_flush_tlb_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long va)
  * Name:         flush_tlb_others
  *
  * Description:  This routine requests other CPU to execute flush TLB.
- *               1.Setup parmeters.
+ *               1.Setup parameters.
  *               2.Send 'INVALIDATE_TLB_IPI' to other CPU.
  *                 Request other CPU to execute 'smp_invalidate_interrupt()'.
  *               3.Wait for other CPUs operation finished.
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ void smp_invalidate_interrupt(void)
 }
 
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
-/* Stop CPU request Routins                                                 */
+/* Stop CPU request Routines                                                 */
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
 
 /*==========================================================================*
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static void stop_this_cpu(void *dummy)
 }
 
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
-/* Call function Routins                                                     */
+/* Call function Routines                                                    */
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
 
 /*==========================================================================*
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ void smp_call_function_interrupt(void)
 }
 
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
-/* Timer Routins                                                             */
+/* Timer Routines                                                            */
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
 
 /*==========================================================================*
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ void smp_local_timer_interrupt(void)
 }
 
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
-/* Send IPI Routins                                                          */
+/* Send IPI Routines                                                         */
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
 
 /*==========================================================================*
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ void smp_local_timer_interrupt(void)
  *
  * Arguments:    ipi_num - Number of IPI
  *               try -  0 : Send IPI certainly.
- *                     !0 : The following IPI is not sended when Target CPU
+ *                     !0 : The following IPI is not sent when Target CPU
  *                          has not received the before IPI.
  *
  * Returns:      void (cannot fail)
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ void send_IPI_allbutself(int ipi_num, int try)
  * Arguments:    cpu_mask - Bitmap of target CPUs logical ID
  *               ipi_num - Number of IPI
  *               try -  0 : Send IPI certainly.
- *                     !0 : The following IPI is not sended when Target CPU
+ *                     !0 : The following IPI is not sent when Target CPU
  *                          has not received the before IPI.
  *
  * Returns:      void (cannot fail)
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ static void send_IPI_mask(cpumask_t cpumask, int ipi_num, int try)
  * Arguments:    cpu_mask - Bitmap of target CPUs physical ID
  *               ipi_num - Number of IPI
  *               try -  0 : Send IPI certainly.
- *                     !0 : The following IPI is not sended when Target CPU
+ *                     !0 : The following IPI is not sent when Target CPU
  *                          has not received the before IPI.
  *
  * Returns:      IPICRi regster value.
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/smpboot.c
index 9dae410014d8..0e383da158e9 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void map_cpu_to_physid(int, int);
 static void unmap_cpu_to_physid(int, int);
 
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
-/* Boot up APs Routins : BSP                                                 */
+/* Boot up APs Routines : BSP                                                */
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
 void __devinit smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 {
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ void __init smp_cpus_done(unsigned int max_cpus)
 }
 
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
-/* Activate a secondary processor Routins                                    */
+/* Activate a secondary processor Routines                                   */
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
 
 /*==========================================================================*
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static void __init smp_online(void)
 }
 
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
-/* Boot up CPUs common Routins                                               */
+/* Boot up CPUs common Routines                                              */
 /*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*/
 static void __init show_mp_info(int nr_cpu)
 {
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c
index 0fc2efec18f6..6d7a80fdad48 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_uname(struct old_utsname __user * name)
 
 asmlinkage int sys_cacheflush(void *addr, int bytes, int cache)
 {
-        /* This should flush more selectivly ...  */
+        /* This should flush more selectively ...  */
         _flush_cache_all();
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/m68k/amiga/pcmcia.c b/arch/m68k/amiga/pcmcia.c
index fc57c6e72acf..186662ca1a89 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/amiga/pcmcia.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/amiga/pcmcia.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void pcmcia_reset(void)
 
 
 /* copy a tuple, including tuple header. return nb bytes copied */
-/* be carefull as this may trigger a GAYLE_IRQ_WR interrupt ! */
+/* be careful as this may trigger a GAYLE_IRQ_WR interrupt ! */
 
 int pcmcia_copy_tuple(unsigned char tuple_id, void *tuple, int max_len)
 {
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/CHANGES b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/CHANGES
index c1e712dfc2e7..ba96596910fd 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/CHANGES
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/CHANGES
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/MISC b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/MISC
index b7e644b94ae2..1a63913daa16 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/MISC
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/MISC
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/README b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/README
index e3bced429bd3..f6f8f5c59419 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/README
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/README
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/TEST.DOC b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/TEST.DOC
index 5e5900cb2dc4..1ba3aef1500f 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/TEST.DOC
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/TEST.DOC
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fplsp.doc b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fplsp.doc
index fb637c436762..89730a934c5e 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fplsp.doc
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fplsp.doc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fpsp.doc b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fpsp.doc
index 408315209e62..23d513f72ed9 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fpsp.doc
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fpsp.doc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fskeleton.S b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fskeleton.S
index a45a4ff9d2af..0a1ae4f44130 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fskeleton.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/fskeleton.S
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 |M68060 Software Package
 |Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 |
-|M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+|M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 |
 |THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 |To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/ilsp.doc b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/ilsp.doc
index f6fae6d900ae..4e6292f095aa 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/ilsp.doc
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/ilsp.doc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/iskeleton.S b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/iskeleton.S
index b2dbdf5ee309..91a9c65fee8a 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/iskeleton.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/iskeleton.S
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 |M68060 Software Package
 |Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 |
-|M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+|M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 |
 |THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 |To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/isp.doc b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/isp.doc
index 5a90fded3f0b..9dadd727fc50 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/isp.doc
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/isp.doc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/os.S b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/os.S
index aa4df87a6c42..7a0d6e428066 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/os.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/os.S
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 |M68060 Software Package
 |Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 |
-|M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+|M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 |
 |THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 |To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/fplsp.S b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/fplsp.S
index fdb79b927ef1..3b7ea2dc9f1b 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/fplsp.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/fplsp.S
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/fpsp.S b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/fpsp.S
index 3b597a9bbf43..6c1a9a217887 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/fpsp.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/fpsp.S
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/ftest.S b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/ftest.S
index 2edcbae0fd53..1f947915d81e 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/ftest.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/ftest.S
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/ilsp.S b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/ilsp.S
index afa7422cddb5..970abaf3303e 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/ilsp.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/ilsp.S
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/isp.S b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/isp.S
index b269091d9df6..6dccda766e22 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/isp.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/isp.S
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/itest.S b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/itest.S
index ba4a30cbcbea..beca47e7d514 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/itest.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/itest.S
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/pfpsp.S b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/pfpsp.S
index 0c997c436beb..51b9f7d879dd 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/pfpsp.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/pfpsp.S
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ M68000 Hi-Performance Microprocessor Division
 M68060 Software Package
 Production Release P1.00 -- October 10, 1994
 
-M68060 Software Package Copyright � 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
+M68060 Software Package Copyright �� 1993, 1994 Motorola Inc.  All rights reserved.
 
 THE SOFTWARE is provided on an "AS IS" basis and without warranty.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/mac/config.c b/arch/m68k/mac/config.c
index 8547dbc5e8d7..01b468b9392e 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/mac/config.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/mac/config.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static struct mac_model mac_data_table[] = {
         },
 
         /*
-         *      Weirdified MacII hardware - all subtley different. Gee thanks
+         *      Weirdified MacII hardware - all subtly different. Gee thanks
          *      Apple. All these boxes seem to have VIA2 in a different place to
          *      the MacII (+1A000 rather than +4000)
          * CSA: see http://developer.apple.com/technotes/hw/hw_09.html
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static struct mac_model mac_data_table[] = {
          * All of these probably have onboard SONIC in the Dock which
          * means we'll have to probe for it eventually.
          *
-         * Are these reallly MAC_VIA_IIci? The developer notes for the
+         * Are these really MAC_VIA_IIci? The developer notes for the
          * Duos show pretty much the same custom parts as in most of
          * the other PowerBooks which would imply MAC_VIA_QUADRA.
          */
diff --git a/arch/m68k/mac/iop.c b/arch/m68k/mac/iop.c
index 0cea21f58192..5b2799eb96a6 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/mac/iop.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/mac/iop.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
  * finished; this function moves the message state to MSG_COMPLETE and signals
  * the IOP. This two-step process is provided to allow the handler to defer
  * message processing to a bottom-half handler if the processing will take
- * a signifigant amount of time (handlers are called at interrupt time so they
+ * a significant amount of time (handlers are called at interrupt time so they
  * should execute quickly.)
  */
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 
 /*#define DEBUG_IOP*/
 
-/* Set to nonezero if the IOPs are present. Set by iop_init() */
+/* Set to non-zero if the IOPs are present. Set by iop_init() */
 
 int iop_scc_present,iop_ism_present;
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/mac/oss.c b/arch/m68k/mac/oss.c
index d7be16917efd..50603d3dce84 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/mac/oss.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/mac/oss.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  * 990502 (jmt) - Major rewrite for new interrupt architecture as well as some
  *                recent insights into OSS operational details.
- * 990610 (jmt) - Now taking fulll advantage of the OSS. Interrupts are mapped
+ * 990610 (jmt) - Now taking full advantage of the OSS. Interrupts are mapped
  *                to mostly match the A/UX interrupt scheme supported on the
  *                VIA side. Also added support for enabling the ISM irq again
  *                since we now have a functional IOP manager.
diff --git a/arch/m68k/mac/via.c b/arch/m68k/mac/via.c
index d5cac72eb3db..8df270e950fa 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/mac/via.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/mac/via.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  *      6522 Versatile Interface Adapter (VIA)
  *
- *      There are two of these on the Mac II. Some IRQ's are vectored
+ *      There are two of these on the Mac II. Some IRQs are vectored
  *      via them as are assorted bits and bobs - eg RTC, ADB.
  *
  * CSA: Motorola seems to have removed documentation on the 6522 from
diff --git a/arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_log.c b/arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_log.c
index 87b4f0158560..b1033ae0d6f0 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_log.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/math-emu/fp_log.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ fp_fsqrt(struct fp_ext *dest, struct fp_ext *src)
         fp_copy_ext(&src2, dest);
 
         /*
-         * The taylor row arround a for sqrt(x) is:
+         * The taylor row around a for sqrt(x) is:
          *      sqrt(x) = sqrt(a) + 1/(2*sqrt(a))*(x-a) + R
          * With a=1 this gives:
          *      sqrt(x) = 1 + 1/2*(x-1)
diff --git a/arch/m68k/q40/q40ints.c b/arch/m68k/q40/q40ints.c
index ad3ed1fb8879..46161cef08b9 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/q40/q40ints.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/q40/q40ints.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static struct IRQ_TABLE eirqs[] = {
 };
 
 /* complain only this many times about spurious ints : */
-static int ccleirq=60;    /* ISA dev IRQ's*/
+static int ccleirq=60;    /* ISA dev IRQs*/
 /*static int cclirq=60;*/     /* internal */
 
 /* FIXME: add shared ints,mask,unmask,probing.... */
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static void q40_irq_handler(unsigned int irq, struct pt_regs *fp)
  * There is a little mess wrt which IRQ really caused this irq request. The
  * main problem is that IIRQ_REG and EIRQ_REG reflect the state when they
  * are read - which is long after the request came in. In theory IRQs should
- * not just go away but they occassionally do
+ * not just go away but they occasionally do
  */
                                 if (irq > 4 && irq <= 15 && mext_disabled) {
                                         /*aliased_irq++;*/
diff --git a/arch/m68k/sun3/mmu_emu.c b/arch/m68k/sun3/mmu_emu.c
index 7a0e3a220687..fb0f6a20cc3c 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/sun3/mmu_emu.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/sun3/mmu_emu.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ void clear_context(unsigned long context)
 /* gets an empty context.  if full, kills the next context listed to
    die first */
 /* This context invalidation scheme is, well, totally arbitrary, I'm
-   sure it could be much more intellegent...  but it gets the job done
+   sure it could be much more intelligent...  but it gets the job done
    for now without much overhead in making it's decision. */
 /* todo: come up with optimized scheme for flushing contexts */
 unsigned long get_free_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
diff --git a/arch/m68k/tools/amiga/dmesg.c b/arch/m68k/tools/amiga/dmesg.c
index e892748e7386..7340f5b6cf6d 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/tools/amiga/dmesg.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/tools/amiga/dmesg.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *                                         in Chip RAM with the kernel command
  *                                         line option `debug=mem'.
  *
- *  � Copyright 1996 by Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
+ *  �� Copyright 1996 by Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
  *
  *
  *  Usage:
diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/platform/5307/pit.c b/arch/m68knommu/platform/5307/pit.c
index e53c446d10e4..f18352fa35a6 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/platform/5307/pit.c
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/platform/5307/pit.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ unsigned long coldfire_pit_offset(void)
 
         /*
          * If we are still in the first half of the upcount and a
-         * timer interupt is pending, then add on a ticks worth of time.
+         * timer interrupt is pending, then add on a ticks worth of time.
          */
         offset = ((pmr - pcntr) * (1000000 / HZ)) / pmr;
         if ((offset < (1000000 / HZ / 2)) && (*ipr & MCFPIT_IMR_IBIT))
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 4dc142d394a3..3ecff5e9e4f3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ config KEXEC
           but it is independent of the system firmware.   And like a reboot
           you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
 
-          The name comes from the similiarity to the exec system call.
+          The name comes from the similarity to the exec system call.
 
           It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
           is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/module.c b/arch/mips/kernel/module.c
index cb0801437b66..e7ed0ac48537 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/module.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ const struct exception_table_entry *search_module_dbetables(unsigned long addr)
         return e;
 }
 
-/* Put in dbe list if neccessary. */
+/* Put in dbe list if necessary. */
 int module_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
                     const Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
                     struct module *me)
diff --git a/arch/mips/pci/pci-excite.c b/arch/mips/pci/pci-excite.c
index 3c86c77cb74f..8a56876afcc6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pci/pci-excite.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pci/pci-excite.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int __init basler_excite_pci_setup(void)
                 ocd_writel(0x00000000, bar + 0x100);
         }
 
-        /* Finally, enable the PCI interupt */
+        /* Finally, enable the PCI interrupt */
 #if USB_IRQ > 7
         set_c0_intcontrol(1 << USB_IRQ);
 #else
diff --git a/arch/mips/sni/pcimt.c b/arch/mips/sni/pcimt.c
index 39bb15f1f2a6..4df070f2ff5d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sni/pcimt.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sni/pcimt.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static void pcimt_hwint1(void)
                 /*
                  * Note: ASIC PCI's builtin interrupt achknowledge feature is
                  * broken.  Using it may result in loss of some or all i8259
-                 * interupts, so don't use PCIMT_INT_ACKNOWLEDGE ...
+                 * interrupts, so don't use PCIMT_INT_ACKNOWLEDGE ...
                  */
                 irq = i8259_irq();
                 if (unlikely(irq < 0))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_6xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_6xx.S
index 8b4a4ee85eca..f1ee0b3f78f2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_6xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_6xx.S
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ setup_604_hid0:
  * around #3 and with the same fix we use. We may want to
  * check if the CPU is using 60x bus mode in which case
  * the workaround for errata #4 is useless. Also, we may
- * want to explicitely clear HID0_NOPDST as this is not
+ * want to explicitly clear HID0_NOPDST as this is not
  * needed once we have applied workaround #5 (though it's
  * not set by Apple's firmware at least).
  */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index 2250f9e6c5ca..b0e5deb4274f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ struct irq_host *irq_alloc_host(struct device_node *of_node,
 
                         /* Legacy flags are left to default at this point,
                          * one can then use irq_create_mapping() to
-                         * explicitely change them
+                         * explicitly change them
                          */
                         ops->map(host, i, i);
                 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/l2cr_6xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/l2cr_6xx.S
index 858f28ac8a06..2a2f3c3f6d80 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/l2cr_6xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/l2cr_6xx.S
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
         L2CR functions
-        Copyright � 1997-1998 by PowerLogix R & D, Inc.
+        Copyright �� 1997-1998 by PowerLogix R & D, Inc.
 
         This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
         it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
index 229d355ed86a..ea22cad2cd0a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ config PPC_PMI
         depends on PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE
         help
           PMI (Platform Management Interrupt) is a way to
-          communicate with the BMC (Baseboard Mangement Controller).
+          communicate with the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller).
           It is used in some IBM Cell blades.
         default m
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
index d72b16d6816e..d9e56a503795 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ static ssize_t spufs_wbox_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
         if (count)
                 goto out;
 
-        /* write aѕ much as possible */
+        /* write as much as possible */
         for (count = 4, udata++; (count + 4) <= len; count += 4, udata++) {
                 int ret;
                 ret = __get_user(wbox_data, udata);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/scc_uhc.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/scc_uhc.c
index a7c548bde2e3..b59c38a06e3e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/scc_uhc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/celleb/scc_uhc.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static inline int uhc_clkctrl_ready(u32 val)
 }
 
 /*
- * UHC(usb host controler) enable function.
+ * UHC(usb host controller) enable function.
  * affect to both of OHCI and EHCI core module.
  */
 static void enable_scc_uhc(struct pci_dev *dev)
diff --git a/arch/sh64/kernel/pci_sh5.c b/arch/sh64/kernel/pci_sh5.c
index 388bb711f1b0..b4d9534d2b0e 100644
--- a/arch/sh64/kernel/pci_sh5.c
+++ b/arch/sh64/kernel/pci_sh5.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ static int __init pcibios_init(void)
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
-        /* The pci subsytem needs to know where memory is and how much
+        /* The pci subsystem needs to know where memory is and how much
          * of it there is. I've simply made these globals. A better mechanism
          * is probably needed.
          */
diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig b/arch/um/Kconfig
index d8925d285573..dd1689b814cb 100644
--- a/arch/um/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/um/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config DEFCONFIG_LIST
         option defconfig_list
         default "arch/$ARCH/defconfig"
 
-# UML uses the generic IRQ sugsystem
+# UML uses the generic IRQ subsystem
 config GENERIC_HARDIRQS
         bool
         default y
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/line.c b/arch/um/drivers/line.c
index 76fe0b0da996..83bf15a3dda8 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/line.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/line.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static void line_timer_cb(struct work_struct *work)
 /*
  * Returns the free space inside the ring buffer of this line.
  *
- * Should be called while holding line->lock (this does not modify datas).
+ * Should be called while holding line->lock (this does not modify data).
  */
 static int write_room(struct line *line)
 {
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/null.c b/arch/um/drivers/null.c
index 21ad3d7932b3..2b45a1446c86 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/null.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/null.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "chan_user.h"
 #include "os.h"
 
-/* This address is used only as a unique identifer */
+/* This address is used only as a unique identifier */
 static int null_chan;
 
 static void *null_init(char *str, int device, const struct chan_opts *opts)
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/stderr_console.c b/arch/um/drivers/stderr_console.c
index 4739dd527b43..d07a97f8b994 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/stderr_console.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/stderr_console.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /* trivial console driver -- simply dump everything to stderr                    */
 
 /*
- * Don't register by default -- as this registeres very early in the
+ * Don't register by default -- as this registers very early in the
  * boot process it becomes the default console.
  *
  * Initialized at init time.
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/gmon_syms.c b/arch/um/kernel/gmon_syms.c
index 13aa115cd1b4..734f873cab12 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/gmon_syms.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/gmon_syms.c
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bb_init_func);
  * versions in libgcov.
  *
  * Since SuSE backported the fix, we cannot handle it depending on GCC version.
- * So, unconditinally export it. But also give it a weak declaration, which will
- * be overriden by any other one.
+ * So, unconditionally export it. But also give it a weak declaration, which will
+ * be overridden by any other one.
  */
 
 extern void __gcov_init(void *) __attribute__((weak));
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/irq.c b/arch/um/kernel/irq.c
index 277fce17b088..70c2d625b070 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/irq.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ int deactivate_all_fds(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * do_IRQ handles all normal device IRQ's (the special
+ * do_IRQ handles all normal device IRQs (the special
  * SMP cross-CPU interrupts have their own specific
  * handlers).
  */
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/um/kernel/ptrace.c
index a0eba0833068..47b57b497d55 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ void send_sigtrap(struct task_struct *tsk, struct uml_pt_regs *regs,
         /* User-mode eip? */
         info.si_addr = UPT_IS_USER(regs) ? (void __user *) UPT_IP(regs) : NULL;
 
-        /* Send us the fakey SIGTRAP */
+        /* Send us the fake SIGTRAP */
         force_sig_info(SIGTRAP, &info, tsk);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/um/sys-i386/bug.c b/arch/um/sys-i386/bug.c
index 200c8ba2879b..a4360b5207db 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-i386/bug.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-i386/bug.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 /* Mostly copied from i386/x86_86 - eliminated the eip < PAGE_OFFSET because
- * that's not relevent in skas mode.
+ * that's not relevant in skas mode.
  */
 
 int is_valid_bugaddr(unsigned long eip)
diff --git a/arch/um/sys-i386/tls.c b/arch/um/sys-i386/tls.c
index b02266ab5c55..fcaff86b000c 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-i386/tls.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-i386/tls.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int do_get_thread_area(struct user_desc *info)
  * XXX: Consider leaving one free slot for glibc usage at first place. This must
  * be done here (and by changing GDT_ENTRY_TLS_* macros) and nowhere else.
  *
- * Also, this must be tested when compiling in SKAS mode with dinamic linking
+ * Also, this must be tested when compiling in SKAS mode with dynamic linking
  * and running against NPTL.
  */
 static int get_free_idx(struct task_struct* task)
diff --git a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/bug.c b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/bug.c
index 200c8ba2879b..a4360b5207db 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/bug.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/bug.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 /* Mostly copied from i386/x86_86 - eliminated the eip < PAGE_OFFSET because
- * that's not relevent in skas mode.
+ * that's not relevant in skas mode.
  */
 
 int is_valid_bugaddr(unsigned long eip)
diff --git a/arch/v850/kernel/me2.c b/arch/v850/kernel/me2.c
index 38be5c194f6b..007115dc9ce0 100644
--- a/arch/v850/kernel/me2.c
+++ b/arch/v850/kernel/me2.c
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ void __init me2_init_irqs (void)
 void me2_uart_pre_configure (unsigned chan, unsigned cflags, unsigned baud)
 {
         if (chan == 0) {
-                /* Specify that the relevent pins on the chip should do
+                /* Specify that the relevant pins on the chip should do
                    serial I/O, not direct I/O.  */
                 ME2_PORT1_PMC |= 0xC;
                 /* Specify that we're using the UART, not the CSI device. */
                 ME2_PORT1_PFC |= 0xC;
         } else if (chan == 1) {
-                /* Specify that the relevent pins on the chip should do
+                /* Specify that the relevant pins on the chip should do
                    serial I/O, not direct I/O.  */
                 ME2_PORT2_PMC |= 0x6;
                 /* Specify that we're using the UART, not the CSI device. */
diff --git a/arch/v850/kernel/rte_mb_a_pci.c b/arch/v850/kernel/rte_mb_a_pci.c
index 35a4bd5515cb..7165478824e7 100644
--- a/arch/v850/kernel/rte_mb_a_pci.c
+++ b/arch/v850/kernel/rte_mb_a_pci.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static int __devinit pcibios_init (void)
                    default uses.  */
 
                 /* Significant address bits used for decoding PCI GCS5 space
-                   accessess.  */
+                   accesses.  */
                 MB_A_PCI_DMRR = ~(MB_A_PCI_MEM_SIZE - 1);
 
                 /* I don't understand this, but the SolutionGear example code
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ pci_alloc_consistent (struct pci_dev *pdev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_addr)
 /* Free and unmap a consistent DMA buffer.  CPU_ADDR and DMA_ADDR must
    be values that were returned from pci_alloc_consistent.  SIZE must be
    the same as what as passed into pci_alloc_consistent.  References to
-   the memory and mappings assosciated with CPU_ADDR or DMA_ADDR past
+   the memory and mappings associated with CPU_ADDR or DMA_ADDR past
    this call are illegal.  */
 void
 pci_free_consistent (struct pci_dev *pdev, size_t size, void *cpu_addr,
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_32.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_32.c
index b28505c544c9..1dc1e19c0a9f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_32.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Getting to provable safe in place decompression is hard.
- * Worst case behaviours need to be analized.
+ * Worst case behaviours need to be analyzed.
  * Background information:
  *
  * The file layout is:
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
  * Adding 32768 instead of 32767 just makes for round numbers.
  * Adding the decompressor_size is necessary as it musht live after all
  * of the data as well.  Last I measured the decompressor is about 14K.
- * 10K of actuall data and 4K of bss.
+ * 10K of actual data and 4K of bss.
  *
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_64.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_64.c
index f932b0e89096..6ea015aa65e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_64.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Getting to provable safe in place decompression is hard.
- * Worst case behaviours need to be analized.
+ * Worst case behaviours need to be analyzed.
  * Background information:
  *
  * The file layout is:
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
  * Adding 32768 instead of 32767 just makes for round numbers.
  * Adding the decompressor_size is necessary as it musht live after all
  * of the data as well.  Last I measured the decompressor is about 14K.
- * 10K of actuall data and 4K of bss.
+ * 10K of actual data and 4K of bss.
  *
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index f28b2e251b1d..289247d974c6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static u64 acpi_lapic_addr __initdata = APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE;
 
 /*
  * The default interrupt routing model is PIC (8259).  This gets
- * overriden if IOAPICs are enumerated (below).
+ * overridden if IOAPICs are enumerated (below).
  */
 enum acpi_irq_model_id acpi_irq_model = ACPI_IRQ_MODEL_PIC;
 
@@ -414,8 +414,8 @@ acpi_parse_nmi_src(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end
  *
  * Port 0x4d0-4d1 are ECLR1 and ECLR2, the Edge/Level Control Registers
  * for the 8259 PIC.  bit[n] = 1 means irq[n] is Level, otherwise Edge.
- * ECLR1 is IRQ's 0-7 (IRQ 0, 1, 2 must be 0)
- * ECLR2 is IRQ's 8-15 (IRQ 8, 13 must be 0)
+ * ECLR1 is IRQs 0-7 (IRQ 0, 1, 2 must be 0)
+ * ECLR2 is IRQs 8-15 (IRQ 8, 13 must be 0)
  */
 
 void __init acpi_pic_sci_set_trigger(unsigned int irq, u16 trigger)
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ void __init acpi_pic_sci_set_trigger(unsigned int irq, u16 trigger)
         old = inb(0x4d0) | (inb(0x4d1) << 8);
 
         /*
-         * If we use ACPI to set PCI irq's, then we should clear ELCR
+         * If we use ACPI to set PCI IRQs, then we should clear ELCR
          * since we will set it correctly as we enable the PCI irq
          * routing.
          */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
index 793341fffc81..08b07c176962 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ void __devinit setup_local_APIC(void)
          * Set up LVT0, LVT1:
          *
          * set up through-local-APIC on the BP's LINT0. This is not
-         * strictly necessery in pure symmetric-IO mode, but sometimes
+         * strictly necessary in pure symmetric-IO mode, but sometimes
          * we delegate interrupts to the 8259A.
          */
         /*
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ void __devinit setup_local_APIC(void)
         } else {
                 if (esr_disable)
                         /*
-                         * Something untraceble is creating bad interrupts on
+                         * Something untraceable is creating bad interrupts on
                          * secondary quads ... for the moment, just leave the
                          * ESR disabled - we can't do anything useful with the
                          * errors anyway - mbligh
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
index 32f2365c26ed..17089a041028 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
  *         screen-blanking and gpm (Stephen Rothwell); Linux 1.99.4
  *    1.2a:Simple change to stop mysterious bug reports with SMP also added
  *         levels to the printk calls. APM is not defined for SMP machines.
- *         The new replacment for it is, but Linux doesn't yet support this.
+ *         The new replacement for it is, but Linux doesn't yet support this.
  *         Alan Cox Linux 2.1.55
  *    1.3: Set up a valid data descriptor 0x40 for buggy BIOS's
  *    1.4: Upgraded to support APM 1.2. Integrated ThinkPad suspend patch by
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 5f8af875f457..1ff88c7f45cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static void __cpuinit init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_HT
         /*
          * On a AMD multi core setup the lower bits of the APIC id
-         * distingush the cores.
+         * distinguish the cores.
          */
         if (c->x86_max_cores > 1) {
                 int cpu = smp_processor_id();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
index 473eac883c7b..9681fa15ddf0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static u32 __cpuinit ramtop(void)		/* 16388 */
                         continue;
                 /*
                  *      Don't MCR over reserved space. Ignore the ISA hole
-                 *      we frob around that catastrophy already
+                 *      we frob around that catastrophe already
                  */
                                         
                 if (e820.map[i].type == E820_RESERVED)
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static void __cpuinit init_c3(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
                 c->x86_capability[5] = cpuid_edx(0xC0000001);
         }
 
-        /* Cyrix III family needs CX8 & PGE explicity enabled. */
+        /* Cyrix III family needs CX8 & PGE explicitly enabled. */
         if (c->x86_model >=6 && c->x86_model <= 9) {
                 rdmsr (MSR_VIA_FCR, lo, hi);
                 lo |= (1<<1 | 1<<7);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index d506201d397c..e2fcf2051bdb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static void __cpuinit get_cpu_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, int early)
 
 static int __init x86_fxsr_setup(char * s)
 {
-        /* Tell all the other CPU's to not use it... */
+        /* Tell all the other CPUs to not use it... */
         disable_x86_fxsr = 1;
 
         /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
index 32f0bda3fc95..f03e9153618e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static int nforce2_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 
         freqs.old = nforce2_get(policy->cpu);
         freqs.new = target_fsb * fid * 100;
-        freqs.cpu = 0;          /* Only one CPU on nForce2 plattforms */
+        freqs.cpu = 0;          /* Only one CPU on nForce2 platforms */
 
         if (freqs.old == freqs.new)
                 return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
index ed2bda127c44..2ed7db2fd257 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
  *      of any nature resulting due to the use of this software. This
  *      software is provided AS-IS with no warranties.
  *
- * Theoritical note:
+ * Theoretical note:
  *
  *      (see Geode(tm) CS5530 manual (rev.4.1) page.56)
  *
  *      CPU frequency control on NatSemi Geode GX1/GXLV processor and CS55x0
- *      are based on Suspend Moduration.
+ *      are based on Suspend Modulation.
  *
  *      Suspend Modulation works by asserting and de-asserting the SUSP# pin
  *      to CPU(GX1/GXLV) for configurable durations. When asserting SUSP#
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@
 
 /* SUSCFG bits */
 #define SUSMOD          (1<<0)  /* enable/disable suspend modulation */
-/* the belows support only with cs5530 (after rev.1.2)/cs5530A */
+/* the below is supported only with cs5530 (after rev.1.2)/cs5530A */
 #define SMISPDUP        (1<<1)  /* select how SMI re-enable suspend modulation: */
                                 /* IRQTC timer or read SMI speedup disable reg.(F1BAR[08-09h]) */
 #define SUSCFG          (1<<2)  /* enable powering down a GXLV processor. "Special 3Volt Suspend" mode */
-/* the belows support only with cs5530A */
+/* the below is supported only with cs5530A */
 #define PWRSVE_ISA      (1<<3)  /* stop ISA clock  */
 #define PWRSVE          (1<<4)  /* active idle */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c
index 42405b4e34ed..eb9b62b0830c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *  This file was based upon code in Powertweak Linux (http://powertweak.sf.net)
- *  (C) 2000-2003  Dave Jones, Arjan van de Ven, Janne P�nk�l�, Dominik Brodowski.
+ *  (C) 2000-2003  Dave Jones, Arjan van de Ven, Janne Pänkälä, Dominik Brodowski.
  *
  *  Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL License version 2.
  *
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index c06ac680c9ca..9c36a53676b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static void count_off_irt(struct powernow_k8_data *data)
         return;
 }
 
-/* the voltage stabalization time */
+/* the voltage stabilization time */
 static void count_off_vst(struct powernow_k8_data *data)
 {
         udelay(data->vstable * VST_UNITS_20US);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.h
index b06c812208ca..7c4f6e0faed4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.h
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ struct powernow_k8_data {
 #define PLL_LOCK_CONVERSION (1000/5) /* ms to ns, then divide by clock period */
 
 #define MAXIMUM_VID_STEPS 1  /* Current cpus only allow a single step of 25mV */
-#define VST_UNITS_20US 20   /* Voltage Stabalization Time is in units of 20us */
+#define VST_UNITS_20US 20   /* Voltage Stabilization Time is in units of 20us */
 
 /*
- * Most values of interest are enocoded in a single field of the _PSS
+ * Most values of interest are encoded in a single field of the _PSS
  * entries: the "control" value.
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
index 122d2d75aa9f..88d66fb8411d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void __cpuinit check_cx686_slop(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
                 local_irq_save(flags);
                 ccr3 = getCx86(CX86_CCR3);
-                setCx86(CX86_CCR3, (ccr3 & 0x0f) | 0x10); /* enable MAPEN  */
+                setCx86(CX86_CCR3, (ccr3 & 0x0f) | 0x10); /* enable MAPEN */
                 ccr5 = getCx86(CX86_CCR5);
                 if (ccr5 & 2)
                         setCx86(CX86_CCR5, ccr5 & 0xfd);  /* reset SLOP */
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ static void __cpuinit set_cx86_reorder(void)
 
         printk(KERN_INFO "Enable Memory access reorder on Cyrix/NSC processor.\n");
         ccr3 = getCx86(CX86_CCR3);
-        setCx86(CX86_CCR3, (ccr3 & 0x0f) | 0x10); /* enable MAPEN� */
+        setCx86(CX86_CCR3, (ccr3 & 0x0f) | 0x10); /* enable MAPEN */
 
-        /* Load/Store Serialize to mem access disable (=reorder it)� */
+        /* Load/Store Serialize to mem access disable (=reorder it) */
         setCx86(CX86_PCR0, getCx86(CX86_PCR0) & ~0x80);
         /* set load/store serialize from 1GB to 4GB */
         ccr3 |= 0xe0;
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static void __cpuinit set_cx86_inc(void)
         printk(KERN_INFO "Enable Incrementor on Cyrix/NSC processor.\n");
 
         ccr3 = getCx86(CX86_CCR3);
-        setCx86(CX86_CCR3, (ccr3 & 0x0f) | 0x10); /* enable MAPEN� */
+        setCx86(CX86_CCR3, (ccr3 & 0x0f) | 0x10); /* enable MAPEN */
         /* PCR1 -- Performance Control */
         /* Incrementor on, whatever that is */
         setCx86(CX86_PCR1, getCx86(CX86_PCR1) | 0x02);
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static void __cpuinit init_cyrix(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
                 u32 vendor, device;
                 /* It isn't really a PCI quirk directly, but the cure is the
                    same. The MediaGX has deep magic SMM stuff that handles the
-                   SB emulation. It thows away the fifo on disable_dma() which
+                   SB emulation. It throws away the fifo on disable_dma() which
                    is wrong and ruins the audio. 
 
                    Bug2: VSA1 has a wrap bug so that using maximum sized DMA 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c
index 2287d4863a8a..9964be3de2b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ static void prepare_set(void)
         write_cr0(cr0);
         wbinvd();
 
-        /* Cyrix ARRs - everything else were excluded at the top */
+        /* Cyrix ARRs - everything else was excluded at the top */
         ccr3 = getCx86(CX86_CCR3);
 
-        /* Cyrix ARRs - everything else were excluded at the top */
+        /* Cyrix ARRs - everything else was excluded at the top */
         setCx86(CX86_CCR3, (ccr3 & 0x0f) | 0x10);
 
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
index 56f64e34829f..992f08dfbb6c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static inline void k8_enable_fixed_iorrs(void)
 
 /**
  * Checks and updates an fixed-range MTRR if it differs from the value it
- * should have. If K8 extenstions are wanted, update the K8 SYSCFG MSR also.
+ * should have. If K8 extentions are wanted, update the K8 SYSCFG MSR also.
  * see AMD publication no. 24593, chapter 7.8.1, page 233 for more information
  * \param msr MSR address of the MTTR which should be checked and updated
  * \param changed pointer which indicates whether the MTRR needed to be changed
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
index 5e4be30ff903..9abbdf7562c5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ static int __init mtrr_init_finialize(void)
         if (use_intel())
                 mtrr_state_warn();
         else {
-                /* The CPUs haven't MTRR and seemes not support SMP. They have
+                /* The CPUs haven't MTRR and seem to not support SMP. They have
                  * specific drivers, we use a tricky method to support
                  * suspend/resume for them.
                  * TBD: is there any system with such CPU which supports
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820_32.c
index d58039e8de74..58fd54eb5577 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820_32.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ void __init e820_register_memory(void)
         int i;
 
         /*
-         * Search for the bigest gap in the low 32 bits of the e820
+         * Search for the biggest gap in the low 32 bits of the e820
          * memory space.
          */
         last = 0x100000000ull;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index 22d8f00c80dc..53303f2e5475 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int hpet_clocksource_register(void)
          *
          * hpet period is in femto seconds per cycle
          * so we need to convert this to ns/cyc units
-         * aproximated by mult/2^shift
+         * approximated by mult/2^shift
          *
          *  fsec/cyc * 1nsec/1000000fsec = nsec/cyc = mult/2^shift
          *  fsec/cyc * 1ns/1000000fsec * 2^shift = mult
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c b/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
index 5cc8841ca2c6..a42c80745325 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int pit_next_event(unsigned long delta, struct clock_event_device *evt)
  * On UP the PIT can serve all of the possible timer functions. On SMP systems
  * it can be solely used for the global tick.
  *
- * The profiling and update capabilites are switched off once the local apic is
+ * The profiling and update capabilities are switched off once the local apic is
  * registered. This mechanism replaces the previous #ifdef LOCAL_APIC -
  * !using_apic_timer decisions in do_timer_interrupt_hook()
  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c
index 0c55e9d86f69..f35c6eb33da9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ tryanotherirq:
 
         imbalance = move_this_load;
         
-        /* For physical_balance case, we accumlated both load
+        /* For physical_balance case, we accumulated both load
          * values in the one of the siblings cpu_irq[],
          * to use the same code for physical and logical processors
          * as much as possible. 
@@ -2475,7 +2475,7 @@ void destroy_irq(unsigned int irq)
 }
 
 /*
- * MSI mesage composition
+ * MSI message composition
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI
 static int msi_compose_msg(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int irq, struct msi_msg *msg)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_64.c
index 1c2c7bf6a9d3..b3c2d268d708 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_64.c
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ __setup("no_timer_check", notimercheck);
 
 /*
  *
- * IRQ's that are handled by the PIC in the MPS IOAPIC case.
+ * IRQs that are handled by the PIC in the MPS IOAPIC case.
  * - IRQ2 is the cascade IRQ, and cannot be a io-apic IRQ.
  *   Linux doesn't really care, as it's not actually used
  *   for any interrupt handling anyway.
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ void destroy_irq(unsigned int irq)
 }
 
 /*
- * MSI mesage composition
+ * MSI message composition
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI
 static int msi_compose_msg(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int irq, struct msi_msg *msg)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/mce_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/mce_64.c
index 2cf20de5beca..07bbfe7aa7f7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/mce_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mce_64.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs * regs, long error_code)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE_INTEL
 /***
  * mce_log_therm_throt_event - Logs the thermal throttling event to mcelog
- * @cpu: The CPU on which the event occured.
+ * @cpu: The CPU on which the event occurred.
  * @status: Event status information
  *
  * This function should be called by the thermal interrupt after the
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ static int __init mcheck_disable(char *str)
         return 1;
 }
 
-/* mce=off disables machine check. Note you can reenable it later
+/* mce=off disables machine check. Note you can re-enable it later
    using sysfs.
    mce=TOLERANCELEVEL (number, see above)
    mce=bootlog Log MCEs from before booting. Disabled by default on AMD.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
index 13abb4ebfb79..7a05a7f6099a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ void __init mp_config_acpi_legacy_irqs (void)
 
         /* 
          * Use the default configuration for the IRQs 0-15.  Unless
-         * overriden by (MADT) interrupt source override entries.
+         * overridden by (MADT) interrupt source override entries.
          */
         for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
                 int idx;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_32.c
index 99102ec5fade..ff5431cc03ee 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_32.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ void send_sigtrap(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs, int error_code)
         /* User-mode eip? */
         info.si_addr = user_mode_vm(regs) ? (void __user *) regs->eip : NULL;
 
-        /* Send us the fakey SIGTRAP */
+        /* Send us the fake SIGTRAP */
         force_sig_info(SIGTRAP, &info, tsk);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
index e4f199124761..ba2e165a8a0f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
         /*
          * NOTE: before this point _nobody_ is allowed to allocate
          * any memory using the bootmem allocator.  Although the
-         * alloctor is now initialised only the first 8Mb of the kernel
+         * allocator is now initialised only the first 8Mb of the kernel
          * virtual address space has been mapped.  All allocations before
          * paging_init() has completed must use the alloc_bootmem_low_pages()
          * variant (which allocates DMA'able memory) and care must be taken
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
index 6dc394b87255..9bdd83022f5f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static void fastcall do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
         signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
         if (signr > 0) {
-                /* Reenable any watchpoints before delivering the
+                /* Re-enable any watchpoints before delivering the
                  * signal to user space. The processor register will
                  * have been cleared if the watchpoint triggered
                  * inside the kernel.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c
index 683802bec419..ab086b0357fc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
         signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
         if (signr > 0) {
-                /* Reenable any watchpoints before delivering the
+                /* Re-enable any watchpoints before delivering the
                  * signal to user space. The processor register will
                  * have been cleared if the watchpoint triggered
                  * inside the kernel.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smp_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smp_32.c
index 2621ca3b2e4d..f32115308399 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smp_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smp_32.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
  *
  *              B stepping CPUs may hang. There are hardware work arounds
  *      for this. We warn about it in case your board doesn't have the work
- *      arounds. Basically thats so I can tell anyone with a B stepping
+ *      arounds. Basically that's so I can tell anyone with a B stepping
  *      CPU and SMP problems "tough".
  *
  *      Specific items [From Pentium Processor Specification Update]
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ void leave_mm(unsigned long cpu)
  * 1a1) cpu_clear(cpu, old_mm->cpu_vm_mask);
  *      Stop ipi delivery for the old mm. This is not synchronized with
  *      the other cpus, but smp_invalidate_interrupt ignore flush ipis
- *      for the wrong mm, and in the worst case we perform a superflous
+ *      for the wrong mm, and in the worst case we perform a superfluous
  *      tlb flush.
  * 1a2) set cpu_tlbstate to TLBSTATE_OK
  *      Now the smp_invalidate_interrupt won't call leave_mm if cpu0
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
index 7b8fdfa169dd..ef0f34ede1ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static void __cpuinit start_secondary(void *unused)
         /*
          * We need to hold call_lock, so there is no inconsistency
          * between the time smp_call_function() determines number of
-         * IPI receipients, and the time when the determination is made
+         * IPI recipients, and the time when the determination is made
          * for which cpus receive the IPI. Holding this
          * lock helps us to not include this cpu in a currently in progress
          * smp_call_function().
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c
index fd1fff6a35a2..b7e768dd87c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ void __cpuinit start_secondary(void)
         /*
          * We need to hold call_lock, so there is no inconsistency
          * between the time smp_call_function() determines number of
-         * IPI receipients, and the time when the determination is made
+         * IPI recipients, and the time when the determination is made
          * for which cpus receive the IPI in genapic_flat.c. Holding this
          * lock helps us to not include this cpu in a currently in progress
          * smp_call_function().
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/summit_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/summit_32.c
index 91c7acc8d999..72f463401592 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/summit_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/summit_32.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int __init setup_pci_node_map_for_wpeg(int wpeg_num, int last_bus)
 
         switch (rio_devs[wpeg_num]->type){
         case CompatWPEG:
-                /* The Compatability Winnipeg controls the 2 legacy buses,
+                /* The Compatibility Winnipeg controls the 2 legacy buses,
                  * the 66MHz PCI bus [2 slots] and the 2 "extra" buses in case
                  * a PCI-PCI bridge card is used in either slot: total 5 buses.
                  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/suspend_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/suspend_64.c
index 622bb0268284..bc9f59c246fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/suspend_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/suspend_64.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void fix_processor_context(void)
         int cpu = smp_processor_id();
         struct tss_struct *t = &per_cpu(init_tss, cpu);
 
-        set_tss_desc(cpu,t);    /* This just modifies memory; should not be neccessary. But... This is neccessary, because 386 hardware has concept of busy TSS or some similar stupidity. */
+        set_tss_desc(cpu,t);    /* This just modifies memory; should not be necessary. But... This is necessary, because 386 hardware has concept of busy TSS or some similar stupidity. */
 
         cpu_gdt(cpu)[GDT_ENTRY_TSS].type = 9;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps_64.c
index df690c3fa458..d0c2bc7ab2ec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps_64.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static unsigned long *in_exception_stack(unsigned cpu, unsigned long stack,
 #define MSG(txt) ops->warning(data, txt)
 
 /*
- * x86-64 can have upto three kernel stacks: 
+ * x86-64 can have up to three kernel stacks: 
  * process stack
  * interrupt stack
  * severe exception (double fault, nmi, stack fault, debug, mce) hardware stack
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c
index b8a7cf671432..d78444c788a3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int check_tsc_unstable(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(check_tsc_unstable);
 
-/* Accellerators for sched_clock()
+/* Accelerators for sched_clock()
  * convert from cycles(64bits) => nanoseconds (64bits)
  *  basic equation:
  *              ns = cycles / (freq / ns_per_sec)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(check_tsc_unstable);
  *      And since SC is a constant power of two, we can convert the div
  *  into a shift.
  *
- *  We can use khz divisor instead of mhz to keep a better percision, since
+ *  We can use khz divisor instead of mhz to keep a better precision, since
  *  cyc2ns_scale is limited to 10^6 * 2^10, which fits in 32 bits.
  *  (mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca)
  *
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
index 78f2250963ae..ad4005c6d4a1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 /*
  * vsyscall_gtod_data contains data that is :
  * - readonly from vsyscalls
- * - writen by timer interrupt or systcl (/proc/sys/kernel/vsyscall64)
+ * - written by timer interrupt or systcl (/proc/sys/kernel/vsyscall64)
  * Try to keep this structure as small as possible to avoid cache line ping pongs
  */
 int __vgetcpu_mode __section_vgetcpu_mode;
diff --git a/arch/x86/mach-default/setup.c b/arch/x86/mach-default/setup.c
index 3f08010f3517..0c28a071824c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mach-default/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mach-default/setup.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void __init time_init_hook(void)
  * mca_nmi_hook - hook into MCA specific NMI chain
  *
  * Description:
- *      The MCA (Microchannel Arcitecture) has an NMI chain for NMI sources
+ *      The MCA (Microchannel Architecture) has an NMI chain for NMI sources
  *      along the MCA bus.  Use this to hook into that chain if you will need
  *      it.
  **/
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static __init int no_ipi_broadcast(char *str)
         return 1;
 }
 
-__setup("no_ipi_broadcast", no_ipi_broadcast);
+__setup("no_ipi_broadcast=", no_ipi_broadcast);
 
 static int __init print_ipi_mode(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/mach-generic/default.c b/arch/x86/mach-generic/default.c
index 8685208d8512..1af0cc7648f0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mach-generic/default.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mach-generic/default.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* 
- * Default generic APIC driver. This handles upto 8 CPUs.
+ * Default generic APIC driver. This handles up to 8 CPUs.
  */
 #define APIC_DEFINITION 1
 #include <linux/threads.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/mach-generic/probe.c b/arch/x86/mach-generic/probe.c
index 4121d1551800..f410d3cb5659 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mach-generic/probe.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mach-generic/probe.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void __init generic_bigsmp_probe(void)
         /*
          * This routine is used to switch to bigsmp mode when
          * - There is no apic= option specified by the user
-         * - generic_apic_probe() has choosen apic_default as the sub_arch
+         * - generic_apic_probe() has chosen apic_default as the sub_arch
          * - we find more than 8 CPUs in acpi LAPIC listing with xAPIC support
          */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c b/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
index f93a730b44d0..361ac5107b33 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ find_smp_config(void)
 
         /* The boot CPU must be extended */
         voyager_extended_vic_processors = 1<<boot_cpu_id;
-        /* initially, all of the first 8 cpu's can boot */
+        /* initially, all of the first 8 CPUs can boot */
         voyager_allowed_boot_processors = 0xff;
         /* set up everything for just this CPU, we can alter
          * this as we start the other CPUs later */
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ static struct call_data_struct * call_data;
 
 /* execute a thread on a new CPU.  The function to be called must be
  * previously set up.  This is used to schedule a function for
- * execution on all CPU's - set up the function then broadcast a
+ * execution on all CPUs - set up the function then broadcast a
  * function_interrupt CPI to come here on each CPU */
 static void
 smp_call_function_interrupt(void)
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ voyager_smp_call_function_mask (cpumask_t cpumask,
  * CPI here.  We don't use this actually for counting so losing
  * ticks doesn't matter 
  *
- * FIXME: For those CPU's which actually have a local APIC, we could
+ * FIXME: For those CPUs which actually have a local APIC, we could
  * try to use it to trigger this interrupt instead of having to
  * broadcast the timer tick.  Unfortunately, all my pentium DYADs have
  * no local APIC, so I can't do this
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ smp_local_timer_interrupt(void)
 
         /*
          * We take the 'long' return path, and there every subsystem
-         * grabs the apropriate locks (kernel lock/ irq lock).
+         * grabs the appropriate locks (kernel lock/ irq lock).
          *
          * we might want to decouple profiling from the 'long path',
          * and do the profiling totally in assembly.
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ set_vic_irq_affinity(unsigned int irq, cpumask_t mask)
         real_mask = cpus_addr(mask)[0] & voyager_extended_vic_processors;
         
         if(cpus_addr(mask)[0] == 0)
-                /* can't have no cpu's to accept the interrupt -- extremely
+                /* can't have no CPUs to accept the interrupt -- extremely
                  * bad things will happen */
                 return;
 
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ set_vic_irq_affinity(unsigned int irq, cpumask_t mask)
         }
         /* this is magic, we now have the correct affinity maps, so
          * enable the interrupt.  This will send an enable CPI to
-         * those cpu's who need to enable it in their local masks,
+         * those CPUs who need to enable it in their local masks,
          * causing them to correct for the new affinity . If the
          * interrupt is currently globally disabled, it will simply be
          * disabled again as it comes in (voyager lazy disable).  If
diff --git a/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c b/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c
index f9d595338159..50f9366c411e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ check_from_kernel(void)
 {
         if(voyager_status.switch_off) {
                 
-                /* FIXME: This should be configureable via proc */
+                /* FIXME: This should be configurable via proc */
                 execute("umask 600; echo 0 > /etc/initrunlvl; kill -HUP 1");
         } else if(voyager_status.power_fail) {
                 VDEBUG(("Voyager daemon detected AC power failure\n"));
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/boot_ioremap_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/boot_ioremap_32.c
index 4de95a17a7d4..f14da2a53ece 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/boot_ioremap_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/boot_ioremap_32.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 /*
  * We need to use the 2-level pagetable functions, but CONFIG_X86_PAE
- * keeps that from happenning.  If anyone has a better way, I'm listening.
+ * keeps that from happening.  If anyone has a better way, I'm listening.
  *
  * boot_pte_t is defined only if this all works correctly
  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/discontig_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/discontig_32.c
index 13893772cc48..fe608a45ffb6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/discontig_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/discontig_32.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ unsigned long __init setup_memory(void)
          * When mapping a NUMA machine we allocate the node_mem_map arrays
          * from node local memory.  They are then mapped directly into KVA
          * between zone normal and vmalloc space.  Calculate the size of
-         * this space and use it to adjust the boundry between ZONE_NORMAL
+         * this space and use it to adjust the boundary between ZONE_NORMAL
          * and ZONE_HIGHMEM.
          */
         find_max_pfn();
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault_32.c
index b695d70e998c..503dfc05111b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault_32.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ fastcall void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
         /* When running in the kernel we expect faults to occur only to
          * addresses in user space.  All other faults represent errors in the
-         * kernel and should generate an OOPS.  Unfortunatly, in the case of an
+         * kernel and should generate an OOPS.  Unfortunately, in the case of an
          * erroneous fault occurring in a code path which already holds mmap_sem
          * we will deadlock attempting to validate the fault against the
          * address space.  Luckily the kernel only validly references user
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ fastcall void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
          * exceptions table.
          *
          * As the vast majority of faults will be valid we will only perform
-         * the source reference check when there is a possibilty of a deadlock.
+         * the source reference check when there is a possibility of a deadlock.
          * Attempt to lock the address space, if we cannot we then validate the
          * source.  If this is invalid we can skip the address space check,
          * thus avoiding the deadlock.
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault_64.c
index 00be7f0a71b2..644b4f7ece10 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault_64.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ asmlinkage void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
  again:
         /* When running in the kernel we expect faults to occur only to
          * addresses in user space.  All other faults represent errors in the
-         * kernel and should generate an OOPS.  Unfortunatly, in the case of an
+         * kernel and should generate an OOPS.  Unfortunately, in the case of an
          * erroneous fault occurring in a code path which already holds mmap_sem
          * we will deadlock attempting to validate the fault against the
          * address space.  Luckily the kernel only validly references user
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ asmlinkage void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
          * exceptions table.
          *
          * As the vast majority of faults will be valid we will only perform
-         * the source reference check when there is a possibilty of a deadlock.
+         * the source reference check when there is a possibility of a deadlock.
          * Attempt to lock the address space, if we cannot we then validate the
          * source.  If this is invalid we can skip the address space check,
          * thus avoiding the deadlock.
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/srat_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/srat_64.c
index 56089ccc3949..ea85172fc0cc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/srat_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/srat_64.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static inline int save_add_info(void) {return 0;}
 /*
  * Update nodes_add and decide if to include add are in the zone.
  * Both SPARSE and RESERVE need nodes_add infomation.
- * This code supports one contigious hot add area per node.
+ * This code supports one contiguous hot add area per node.
  */
 static int reserve_hotadd(int node, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_x86_model.h b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_x86_model.h
index abb1aa95b979..45b605fa71d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_x86_model.h
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_x86_model.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct op_msrs {
 struct pt_regs;
 
 /* The model vtable abstracts the differences between
- * various x86 CPU model's perfctr support.
+ * various x86 CPU models' perfctr support.
  */
 struct op_x86_model_spec {
         unsigned int const num_counters;
diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/irq.c b/arch/x86/pci/irq.c
index c52150fdf82b..88d8f5c0ecb5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/pci/irq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/pci/irq.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void eisa_set_level_irq(unsigned int irq)
 }
 
 /*
- * Common IRQ routing practice: nybbles in config space,
+ * Common IRQ routing practice: nibbles in config space,
  * offset by some magic constant.
  */
 static unsigned int read_config_nybble(struct pci_dev *router, unsigned offset, unsigned nr)
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ static __init int via_router_probe(struct irq_router *r,
         /* FIXME: We should move some of the quirk fixup stuff here */
 
         /*
-         * work arounds for some buggy BIOSes
+         * workarounds for some buggy BIOSes
          */
         if (device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_82C586_0) {
                 switch(router->device) {
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/platform-iss/network.c b/arch/xtensa/platform-iss/network.c
index f09962fa98c0..b61fb36674e7 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/platform-iss/network.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/platform-iss/network.c
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ static int iss_net_setup(char *str)
 
 #undef ERR
 
-__setup("eth", iss_net_setup);
+__setup("eth=", iss_net_setup);
 
 /*
  * Initialize all ISS Ethernet devices previously registered in iss_net_setup.
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 952aee04a68a..446aea2a3cfb 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(elv_rb_find);
 
 /*
  * Insert rq into dispatch queue of q.  Queue lock must be held on
- * entry.  rq is sort insted into the dispatch queue. To be used by
+ * entry.  rq is sort instead into the dispatch queue. To be used by
  * specific elevators.
  */
 void elv_dispatch_sort(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
diff --git a/crypto/api.c b/crypto/api.c
index 4ccc5af6c265..1f5c72477356 100644
--- a/crypto/api.c
+++ b/crypto/api.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2005 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
  *
  * Portions derived from Cryptoapi, by Alexander Kjeldaas <astor@fast.no>
- * and Nettle, by Niels M�ller.
+ * and Nettle, by Niels Möller.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
diff --git a/crypto/fcrypt.c b/crypto/fcrypt.c
index 9c2bb535b09a..d161949fdb94 100644
--- a/crypto/fcrypt.c
+++ b/crypto/fcrypt.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *
  * Based on code:
  *
- * Copyright (c) 1995 - 2000 Kungliga Tekniska H�gskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1995 - 2000 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden).
  * All rights reserved.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
index b83389145f28..5d0e26a5c34c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ config ACPI_PROCFS
         depends on PROC_FS
         ---help---
           For backwards compatibility, this option allows
-          depricated /proc/acpi/ files to exist, even when
+          deprecated /proc/acpi/ files to exist, even when
           they have been replaced by functions in /sys.
           The deprecated files (and their replacements) include:
 
diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index 10bc3f64c453..47c806040524 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ static void ahci_port_intr(struct ata_port *ap)
                 return;
         }
 
-        /* hmmm... a spurious interupt */
+        /* hmmm... a spurious interrupt */
 
         /* if !NCQ, ignore.  No modern ATA device has broken HSM
          * implementation for non-NCQ commands.
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index f9e4cd527942..8227c45109ec 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ err_out:
  *      @pdev: PCI device
  *
  *      Some PCI ATA devices report simplex mode but in fact can be told to
- *      enter non simplex mode. This implements the neccessary logic to
+ *      enter non simplex mode. This implements the necessary logic to
  *      perform the task on such devices. Calling it on other devices will
  *      have -undefined- behaviour.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_cmd64x.c b/drivers/ata/pata_cmd64x.c
index 9e412c26b2a3..7acbbd9ee469 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_cmd64x.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_cmd64x.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static void cmd64x_set_dmamode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
         regU &= ~(0x05 << adev->devno);
 
         if (adev->dma_mode >= XFER_UDMA_0) {
-                /* Merge thge timing value */
+                /* Merge the timing value */
                 regU |= udma_data[adev->dma_mode - XFER_UDMA_0] << shift;
                 /* Merge the control bits */
                 regU |= 1 << adev->devno; /* UDMA on */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_cs5530.c b/drivers/ata/pata_cs5530.c
index 57e827e4109e..e1818fdd9159 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_cs5530.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_cs5530.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static void cs5530_set_dmamode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
  *
  *      Called when the libata layer is about to issue a command. We wrap
  *      this interface so that we can load the correct ATA timings if
- *      neccessary.  Specifically we have a problem that there is only
+ *      necessary.  Specifically we have a problem that there is only
  *      one MWDMA/UDMA bit.
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_cs5535.c b/drivers/ata/pata_cs5535.c
index 3578593a882b..01324530d052 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_cs5535.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_cs5535.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  * Documentation:
  *      Available from AMD web site.
  * TODO
- *      Review errata to see if serializing is neccessary
+ *      Review errata to see if serializing is necessary
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_it821x.c b/drivers/ata/pata_it821x.c
index 988ef736b936..ca9aae09daed 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_it821x.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_it821x.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct it821x_dev
 
 /*
  *      We allow users to force the card into non raid mode without
- *      flashing the alternative BIOS. This is also neccessary right now
+ *      flashing the alternative BIOS. This is also necessary right now
  *      for embedded platforms that cannot run a PC BIOS but are using this
  *      device.
  */
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static void it821x_passthru_bmdma_stop(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
  *      @ap: ATA port
  *      @device: Device number (not pointer)
  *
- *      Device selection hook. If neccessary perform clock switching
+ *      Device selection hook. If necessary perform clock switching
  */
 
 static void it821x_passthru_dev_select(struct ata_port *ap,
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_mpiix.c b/drivers/ata/pata_mpiix.c
index d5483087a3fa..c0d9e0cf208c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_mpiix.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_mpiix.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static void mpiix_set_piomode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
  *
  *      Called when the libata layer is about to issue a command. We wrap
  *      this interface so that we can load the correct ATA timings if
- *      neccessary. Our logic also clears TIME0/TIME1 for the other device so
+ *      necessary. Our logic also clears TIME0/TIME1 for the other device so
  *      that, even if we get this wrong, cycles to the other device will
  *      be made PIO0.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_ns87410.c b/drivers/ata/pata_ns87410.c
index 6e8e55745b7b..9fe66fd75017 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_ns87410.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_ns87410.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static void ns87410_set_piomode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
  *
  *      Called when the libata layer is about to issue a command. We wrap
  *      this interface so that we can load the correct ATA timings if
- *      neccessary.
+ *      necessary.
  */
 
 static unsigned int ns87410_qc_issue_prot(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_oldpiix.c b/drivers/ata/pata_oldpiix.c
index 3cd5eb2b6c91..44da09ace52c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_oldpiix.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_oldpiix.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static void oldpiix_set_dmamode (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
  *
  *      Called when the libata layer is about to issue a command. We wrap
  *      this interface so that we can load the correct ATA timings if
- *      neccessary. Our logic also clears TIME0/TIME1 for the other device so
+ *      necessary. Our logic also clears TIME0/TIME1 for the other device so
  *      that, even if we get this wrong, cycles to the other device will
  *      be made PIO0.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_radisys.c b/drivers/ata/pata_radisys.c
index d5b76497f4a2..8109b08fc024 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_radisys.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_radisys.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static void radisys_set_dmamode (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
  *
  *      Called when the libata layer is about to issue a command. We wrap
  *      this interface so that we can load the correct ATA timings if
- *      neccessary. Our logic also clears TIME0/TIME1 for the other device so
+ *      necessary. Our logic also clears TIME0/TIME1 for the other device so
  *      that, even if we get this wrong, cycles to the other device will
  *      be made PIO0.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_sc1200.c b/drivers/ata/pata_sc1200.c
index 21ebc485ca4b..725a8586cd6e 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_sc1200.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_sc1200.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static void sc1200_set_dmamode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
  *
  *      Called when the libata layer is about to issue a command. We wrap
  *      this interface so that we can load the correct ATA timings if
- *      neccessary.  Specifically we have a problem that there is only
+ *      necessary.  Specifically we have a problem that there is only
  *      one MWDMA/UDMA bit.
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_sil680.c b/drivers/ata/pata_sil680.c
index 4dc2e73298fd..5c1e9cb59ecb 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_sil680.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_sil680.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  *      If you have strange problems with nVidia chipset systems please
  *      see the SI support documentation and update your system BIOS
- *      if neccessary
+ *      if necessary
  *
  * TODO
  *      If we know all our devices are LBA28 (or LBA28 sized)  we could use
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
index 5d41b6612d7f..ea7a9a652e61 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static struct ata_port_operations via_port_ops_noirq = {
  *      @pdev: PCI device
  *      @flags: configuration flags
  *
- *      Set the FIFO properties for this device if neccessary. Used both on
+ *      Set the FIFO properties for this device if necessary. Used both on
  *      set up and on and the resume path
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/atm/firestream.c b/drivers/atm/firestream.c
index 94ebc9dc40fd..f8f7139c07c1 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/firestream.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/firestream.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ static irqreturn_t fs_irq (int irq, void *dev_id)
 
         /* print the bits in the ISR register. */
         if (fs_debug & FS_DEBUG_IRQ) {
-                /* The FS_DEBUG things are unneccesary here. But this way it is
+                /* The FS_DEBUG things are unnecessary here. But this way it is
                    clear for grep that these are debug prints. */
                 fs_dprintk (FS_DEBUG_IRQ,  "IRQ status:");
                 for (i=0;i<27;i++) 
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index ca4d7f0d09b7..ce4b1e484e64 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -204,23 +204,6 @@ config BLK_DEV_COW_COMMON
         bool
         default BLK_DEV_UBD
 
-config MMAPPER
-        tristate "Example IO memory driver (BROKEN)"
-        depends on UML && BROKEN
-        ---help---
-          The User-Mode Linux port can provide support for IO Memory
-          emulation with this option.  This allows a host file to be
-          specified as an I/O region on the kernel command line. That file
-          will be mapped into UML's kernel address space where a driver can
-          locate it and do whatever it wants with the memory, including
-          providing an interface to it for UML processes to use.
-
-          For more information, see
-          <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/iomem.html>.
-
-          If you'd like to be able to provide a simulated IO port space for
-          User-Mode Linux processes, say Y.  If unsure, say N.
-
 config BLK_DEV_LOOP
         tristate "Loopback device support"
         ---help---
@@ -351,7 +334,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT
         default "16"
         depends on BLK_DEV_RAM
         help
-          The default value is 16 RAM disks. Change this if you know what
+          The default value is 16 RAM disks. Change this if you know what you
           are doing. If you boot from a filesystem that needs to be extracted
           in memory, you will need at least one RAM disk (e.g. root on cramfs).
 
@@ -361,7 +344,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE
         default "4096"
         help
           The default value is 4096 kilobytes. Only change this if you know
-          what are you doing.
+          what you are doing.
 
 config BLK_DEV_RAM_BLOCKSIZE
         int "Default RAM disk block size (bytes)"
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 589cbbd9cd4f..56e23042728a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  *
  * Maximum number of loop devices when compiled-in now selectable by passing
  * max_loop=<1-255> to the kernel on boot.
- * Erik I. Bols�, <eriki@himolde.no>, Oct 31, 1999
+ * Erik I. Bolsø, <eriki@himolde.no>, Oct 31, 1999
  *
  * Completely rewrite request handling to be make_request_fn style and
  * non blocking, pushing work to a helper thread. Lots of fixes from
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index ac4a0cb217ab..6332acad078c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -508,7 +508,6 @@ error_out:
                 nbd_end_request(req);
                 spin_lock(q->queue_lock);
         }
-        return;
 }
 
 static int nbd_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
diff --git a/drivers/block/rd.c b/drivers/block/rd.c
index 08176d23a46c..47f8ac6cce57 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rd.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int rd_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
                 /*
                  * Deep badness.  rd_blkdev_pagecache_IO() needs to allocate
                  * pagecache pages within a request_fn.  We cannot recur back
-                 * into the filesytem which is mounted atop the ramdisk, because
+                 * into the filesystem which is mounted atop the ramdisk, because
                  * that would deadlock on fs locks.  And we really don't want
                  * to reenter rd_blkdev_pagecache_IO when we're already within
                  * that function.
diff --git a/drivers/char/cyclades.c b/drivers/char/cyclades.c
index d15234c5965e..d1bd0f08a331 100644
--- a/drivers/char/cyclades.c
+++ b/drivers/char/cyclades.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
  *
  * Revision 1.36.3.8  1996/06/07 16:29:00  bentson
  * starting minor number at zero; added missing verify_area
- * as noted by Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de>
+ * as noted by Heiko Eißfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de>
  *
  * Revision 1.36.3.7  1996/04/19 21:06:18  bentson
  * remove unneeded boot message & fix CLOCAL hardware flow
@@ -727,8 +727,6 @@ static struct tty_driver *cy_serial_driver;
    driver to probe addresses at a different address, add it to
    this table.  If the driver is probing some other board and
    causing problems, remove the offending address from this table.
-   The cy_setup function extracts additional addresses from the
-   boot options line.  The form is "cyclades=address,address..."
 */
 
 static unsigned int cy_isa_addresses[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.c
index 3ad319070704..4b8e7db5a232 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * Simple open hash tab implementation.
  *
  * Authors:
- * Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ * Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
  */
 
 #include "drmP.h"
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.h b/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.h
index 0f1376774168..573e333ac457 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * Simple open hash tab implementation.
  *
  * Authors:
- * Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ * Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
  */
 
 #ifndef DRM_HASHTAB_H
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_mm.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_mm.c
index 3e6bc14f7441..86f4eb61a6a4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_mm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_mm.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  * Aligned allocations can also see improvement.
  *
  * Authors:
- * Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ * Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
  */
 
 #include "drmP.h"
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_pci.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_pci.c
index e292bb0eaca2..b55d5bc6ea61 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_pci.c
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
  * \todo Implement the remaining ioctl's for the PCI pools.
  * \todo The wrappers here are so thin that they would be better off inlined..
  *
- * \author Jose Fonseca <jrfonseca@tungstengraphics.com>
+ * \author José Fonseca <jrfonseca@tungstengraphics.com>
  * \author Leif Delgass <ldelgass@retinalburn.net>
  */
 
 /*
- * Copyright 2003 Jos�Fonseca.
+ * Copyright 2003 José Fonseca.
  * Copyright 2003 Leif Delgass.
  * All Rights Reserved.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_sarea.h b/drivers/char/drm/drm_sarea.h
index f5466966081e..e040f47f369f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_sarea.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_sarea.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * \file drm_sarea.h
  * \brief SAREA definitions
  *
- * \author Michel D�nzer <michel@daenzer.net>
+ * \author Michel Dänzer <michel@daenzer.net>
  */
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.c
index 8421a93946d8..926f146390ce 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * struct or a context identifier.
  *
  * Authors:
- * Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ * Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
  */
 
 #include "drm_sman.h"
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.h b/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.h
index 39a39fefeef1..08ecf83ad5d4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * struct or a context identifier.
  *
  * Authors:
- * Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ * Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
  */
 
 #ifndef DRM_SMAN_H
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/r128_drv.h b/drivers/char/drm/r128_drv.h
index 250d2aa46581..5041bd8dbed8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/r128_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/r128_drv.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  *    Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <faith@valinux.com>
  *    Kevin E. Martin <martin@valinux.com>
  *    Gareth Hughes <gareth@valinux.com>
- *    Michel D�zer <daenzerm@student.ethz.ch>
+ *    Michel Dänzer <daenzerm@student.ethz.ch>
  */
 
 #ifndef __R128_DRV_H__
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/radeon_irq.c b/drivers/char/drm/radeon_irq.c
index 2b2407ee490e..84f5bc36252b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/radeon_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/radeon_irq.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  *
  * Authors:
  *    Keith Whitwell <keith@tungstengraphics.com>
- *    Michel D�zer <michel@daenzer.net>
+ *    Michel Dänzer <michel@daenzer.net>
  */
 
 #include "drmP.h"
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/radeon_state.c b/drivers/char/drm/radeon_state.c
index 69c9f2febf43..f824f2f5fdc2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/radeon_state.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/radeon_state.c
@@ -3005,7 +3005,7 @@ static int radeon_cp_getparam(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_fil
                 /*
                  * This ioctl() doesn't work on 64-bit platforms because hw_lock is a
                  * pointer which can't fit into an int-sized variable.  According to
-                 * Michel D�nzer, the ioctl() is only used on embedded platforms, so
+                 * Michel Dänzer, the ioctl() is only used on embedded platforms, so
                  * not supporting it shouldn't be a problem.  If the same functionality
                  * is needed on 64-bit platforms, a new ioctl() would have to be added,
                  * so backwards-compatibility for the embedded platforms can be
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/sis_mm.c b/drivers/char/drm/sis_mm.c
index 8c66838ff515..6be1c5757580 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/sis_mm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/sis_mm.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Authors:
- *    Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ *    Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
  */
 
 #include "drmP.h"
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/via_mm.c b/drivers/char/drm/via_mm.c
index 9afc1684348d..3ffbf8649833 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/via_mm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/via_mm.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 /*
- * Authors: Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ * Authors: Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
  */
 
 #include "drmP.h"
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/via_verifier.h b/drivers/char/drm/via_verifier.h
index 28b50296a7bd..d6f8214b69f5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/via_verifier.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/via_verifier.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
  * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  *
- * Author: Thomas Hellstr�m 2004.
+ * Author: Thomas Hellström 2004.
  */
 
 #ifndef _VIA_VERIFIER_H_
diff --git a/drivers/char/esp.c b/drivers/char/esp.c
index 0f8fb135da53..28607763ae64 100644
--- a/drivers/char/esp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/esp.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *
  *  rs_set_termios fixed to look also for changes of the input
  *      flags INPCK, BRKINT, PARMRK, IGNPAR and IGNBRK.
- *                                            Bernd Anh�pl 05/17/96.
+ *                                            Bernd Anhäupl 05/17/96.
  *
  * --- End of notices from serial.c ---
  *
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c
index e13dd1892bfd..3f35a1c562b1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Mostly based on original driver:
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Nokia Corporation
- * Author: Juha Yrj��<juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
+ * Author: Juha Yrjölä <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
  *
  * This file is licensed under  the terms of the GNU General Public
  * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
diff --git a/drivers/char/i8k.c b/drivers/char/i8k.c
index cd406416effd..30e564516422 100644
--- a/drivers/char/i8k.c
+++ b/drivers/char/i8k.c
@@ -371,14 +371,14 @@ static int i8k_proc_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
         int fn_key, cpu_temp, ac_power;
         int left_fan, right_fan, left_speed, right_speed;
 
-        cpu_temp        = i8k_get_temp(0);                      /* 11100 �s */
-        left_fan        = i8k_get_fan_status(I8K_FAN_LEFT);     /*   580 �s */
-        right_fan       = i8k_get_fan_status(I8K_FAN_RIGHT);    /*   580 �s */
-        left_speed      = i8k_get_fan_speed(I8K_FAN_LEFT);      /*   580 �s */
-        right_speed     = i8k_get_fan_speed(I8K_FAN_RIGHT);     /*   580 �s */
-        fn_key          = i8k_get_fn_status();                  /*   750 �s */
+        cpu_temp        = i8k_get_temp(0);                      /* 11100 ��s */
+        left_fan        = i8k_get_fan_status(I8K_FAN_LEFT);     /*   580 ��s */
+        right_fan       = i8k_get_fan_status(I8K_FAN_RIGHT);    /*   580 ��s */
+        left_speed      = i8k_get_fan_speed(I8K_FAN_LEFT);      /*   580 ��s */
+        right_speed     = i8k_get_fan_speed(I8K_FAN_RIGHT);     /*   580 ��s */
+        fn_key          = i8k_get_fn_status();                  /*   750 ��s */
         if (power_status)
-                ac_power = i8k_get_power_status();              /* 14700 �s */
+                ac_power = i8k_get_power_status();              /* 14700 ��s */
         else
                 ac_power = -1;
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/n_tty.c b/drivers/char/n_tty.c
index 038056911934..596c7173997b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/char/n_tty.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static inline void finish_erasing(struct tty_struct *tty)
  *      @c: character input
  *      @tty: terminal device
  *
- *      Perform erase and neccessary output when an erase character is
+ *      Perform erase and necessary output when an erase character is
  *      present in the stream from the driver layer. Handles the complexities
  *      of UTF-8 multibyte symbols.
  */
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static inline void n_tty_receive_overrun(struct tty_struct *tty)
  *      @c: character
  *
  *      Process a parity error and queue the right data to indicate
- *      the error case if neccessary. Locking as per n_tty_receive_buf.
+ *      the error case if necessary. Locking as per n_tty_receive_buf.
  */
 static inline void n_tty_receive_parity_error(struct tty_struct *tty,
                                               unsigned char c)
diff --git a/drivers/char/rocket.c b/drivers/char/rocket.c
index 7e6a3a413bb2..d83419c3857e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/rocket.c
+++ b/drivers/char/rocket.c
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static void rp_do_poll(unsigned long dummy)
                 /*  Get a ptr to the board's control struct */
                 ctlp = sCtlNumToCtlPtr(ctrl);
 
-                /*  Get the interupt status from the board */
+                /*  Get the interrupt status from the board */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
                 if (ctlp->BusType == isPCI)
                         CtlMask = sPCIGetControllerIntStatus(ctlp);
diff --git a/drivers/char/sonypi.c b/drivers/char/sonypi.c
index 9782cb4d30dc..877e53dcb996 100644
--- a/drivers/char/sonypi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/sonypi.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Narayanan R S <nars@kadamba.org>
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alc�ve <www.alcove.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com>
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Ashley <m.ashley@unsw.edu.au>
  *
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 13a53575a016..f36fecd3fd26 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_ldisc_deref);
  *      @tty: terminal to activate ldisc on
  *
  *      Set the TTY_LDISC flag when the line discipline can be called
- *      again. Do neccessary wakeups for existing sleepers.
+ *      again. Do necessary wakeups for existing sleepers.
  *
  *      Note: nobody should set this bit except via this function. Clearing
  *      directly is allowed.
@@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_hangup);
  *
  *      The user has asked via system call for the terminal to be hung up.
  *      We do this synchronously so that when the syscall returns the process
- *      is complete. That guarantee is neccessary for security reasons.
+ *      is complete. That guarantee is necessary for security reasons.
  */
 
 void tty_vhangup(struct tty_struct * tty)
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(stop_tty);
  *      @tty: tty to start
  *
  *      Start a tty that has been stopped if at all possible. Perform
- *      any neccessary wakeups and propagate the TIOCPKT status. If this
+ *      any necessary wakeups and propagate the TIOCPKT status. If this
  *      is the tty was previous stopped and is being started then the
  *      driver start method is invoked and the line discipline woken.
  *
@@ -2877,7 +2877,7 @@ static int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file * filp, int on)
  *      @tty: tty to fake input into
  *      @p: pointer to character
  *
- *      Fake input to a tty device. Does the neccessary locking and
+ *      Fake input to a tty device. Does the necessary locking and
  *      input management.
  *
  *      FIXME: does not honour flow control ??
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
index 0def089cc1f2..7a003504c265 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ static void change_termios(struct tty_struct * tty, struct ktermios * new_termio
  *      @arg: user data
  *      @opt: option information
  *
- *      Helper function to prepare termios data and run neccessary other
+ *      Helper function to prepare termios data and run necessary other
  *      functions before using change_termios to do the actual changes.
  *
  *      Locking:
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-transaction.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-transaction.c
index 9959b799dbe2..c00d4a9b39e5 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-transaction.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-transaction.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ fw_fill_request(struct fw_packet *packet, int tcode, int tlabel,
  *
  * @param card the card from which to send the request
  * @param tcode the tcode for this transaction.  Do not use
- *   TCODE_LOCK_REQUEST directly, insted use TCODE_LOCK_MASK_SWAP
+ *   TCODE_LOCK_REQUEST directly, instead use TCODE_LOCK_MASK_SWAP
  *   etc. to specify tcode and ext_tcode.
  * @param node_id the destination node ID (bus ID and PHY ID concatenated)
  * @param generation the generation for which node_id is valid
diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-ff.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-ff.c
index 22329feb3b5a..4c210e16b1b4 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-ff.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-ff.c
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 /*
- * $Id: hid-ff.c,v 1.2 2002/04/18 22:02:47 jdeneux Exp $
- *
  *  Force feedback support for hid devices.
  *  Not all hid devices use the same protocol. For example, some use PID,
  *  other use their own proprietary procotol.
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/gl520sm.c b/drivers/hwmon/gl520sm.c
index a3b56c816e11..2d39d8fc2389 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/gl520sm.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/gl520sm.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     gl520sm.c - Part of lm_sensors, Linux kernel modules for hardware
                 monitoring
     Copyright (c) 1998, 1999  Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
-                              Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+                              Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
     Copyright (c) 2005        Maarten Deprez <maartendeprez@users.sourceforge.net>
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ static void __exit sensors_gl520sm_exit(void)
 
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, "
-        "Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, "
+        "Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, "
         "Maarten Deprez <maartendeprez@users.sourceforge.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("GL520SM driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c b/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
index 860b71ccbb86..7e2d9787babc 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
                 for hardware monitoring
 
     Copyright (C) 1998 - 2001 Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
-                        Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, and
+                        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, and
                         Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>
     Ported to Linux 2.6 by Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> with
     the help of Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c b/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c
index 8f63dada6019..2635bba1e3fc 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
                 for hardware monitoring
 
     Copyright (c) 1998 - 2002  Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
-                        Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
+                        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
                         Mark Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>,
                         and Bob Dougherty <bobd@stanford.edu>
     (Some conversion-factor data were contributed by Jonathan Teh Soon Yew
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ static void __exit sm_via686a_exit(void)
         }
 }
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, "
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, "
               "Mark Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com> "
               "and Bob Dougherty <bobd@stanford.edu>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VIA 686A Sensor device");
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
index 7f0a0a62cf60..a37cb6b8593c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.                */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-/* With some changes from Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, Ky�sti M�lkki
+/* With some changes from Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, Kyösti Mälkki
    <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi> and Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pca.c b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pca.c
index 36fdf971f080..2a16211f12e5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pca.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pca.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static int pca_init(struct i2c_algo_pca_data *adap)
         pca_outw(adap, I2C_PCA_ADR, own << 1);
 
         pca_set_con(adap, I2C_PCA_CON_ENSIO | clock);
-        udelay(500); /* 500 �s for oscilator to stabilise */
+        udelay(500); /* 500 ��s for oscilator to stabilise */
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pcf.c b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pcf.c
index ecb2c2d7d540..ab2e6f3498b4 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pcf.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pcf.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.                */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-/* With some changes from Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi> and 
+/* With some changes from Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi> and
    Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl> ,and also from Martin Bailey
    <mbailey@littlefeet-inc.com> */
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig b/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig
index de95c75efb41..c466c6cfc2e5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ config I2C_IXP2000
         depends on ARCH_IXP2000
         select I2C_ALGOBIT
         help
-          Say Y here if you have an Intel IXP2000(2400, 2800, 2850) based 
+          Say Y here if you have an Intel IXP2000 (2400, 2800, 2850) based 
           system and are using GPIO lines for an I2C bus.
 
           This support is also available as a module. If so, the module
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ config I2C_POWERMAC
         default y
         help
           This exposes the various PowerMac i2c interfaces to the linux i2c
-          layer and to userland. It is used by various drivers on the powemac
-          platform, thus should generally be enabled.
+          layer and to userland. It is used by various drivers on the PowerMac
+          platform, and should generally be enabled.
 
           This support is also available as a module.  If so, the module
           will be called i2c-powermac.
@@ -438,12 +438,12 @@ config I2C_SIMTEC
         tristate "Simtec Generic I2C interface"
         select I2C_ALGOBIT
         help
-          If you say yes to this option, support will be inclyded for
+          If you say yes to this option, support will be included for
           the Simtec Generic I2C interface. This driver is for the
           simple I2C bus used on newer Simtec products for general
           I2C, such as DDC on the Simtec BBD2016A.
 
-          This driver can also be build as a module. If so, the module
+          This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
           will be called i2c-simtec.
 
 config SCx200_I2C
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-elektor.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-elektor.c
index 804f0a551c05..b7a9977b025f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-elektor.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-elektor.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.                */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-/* With some changes from Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi> and even
+/* With some changes from Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi> and even
    Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl> */
 
 /* Partialy rewriten by Oleg I. Vdovikin for mmapped support of
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hydra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hydra.c
index 9832f773651d..f9972f9651e4 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hydra.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hydra.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
 
     Based on i2c Support for Via Technologies 82C586B South Bridge
-    Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+    Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c
index e08bacadd6bc..9b43ff7270d0 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *      Copyright 1995-97 Simon G. Vogl
  *                1998-99 Hans Berglund
  *
- *      With some changes from Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi> 
+ *      With some changes from Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
  *      and even Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
index e471e3bfdc1e..89a30028ddb6 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> and Imre Deak <imre.deak@nokia.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Nokia Corporation
  *
- * Cleaned up by Juha Yrj�l� <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
+ * Cleaned up by Juha Yrjölä <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light.c
index 49a95e2887bc..c6faf9bdad18 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Simon G. Vogl
    With some changes from:
    Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
-   Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+   Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
    
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.c
index 039a07fde908..59ba2086d2f9 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Simon G. Vogl
    With some changes from:
    Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
-   Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+   Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
    
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-via.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-via.c
index 81520868797b..61716f6b14dc 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-via.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-via.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     i2c Support for Via Technologies 82C586B South Bridge
 
-    Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+    Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static void __exit i2c_vt586b_exit(void)
 }
 
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("i2c for Via vt82c586b southbridge");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c
index edc275002f80..c9ce77f13c0e 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     i2c-viapro.c - Part of lm_sensors, Linux kernel modules for hardware
               monitoring
     Copyright (c) 1998 - 2002  Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
-    Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com>, Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
+    Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com>, Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
     Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>
     Copyright (C) 2005 - 2007  Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index e73d58c43f38..1a4e8dc03b36 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.                */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-/* With some changes from Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>.
+/* With some changes from Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>.
    All SMBus-related things are written by Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
    SMBus 2.0 support by Mark Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com> and
    Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> */
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index ca843522f91d..57a5f63d6ae3 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
  *                       Reformat to match kernel tabbing style.
  *                       Add CDROM_GET_UPC ioctl.
  * 3.10  Apr 10, 1996 -- Fix compilation error with STANDARD_ATAPI.
- * 3.11  Apr 29, 1996 -- Patch from Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de>
+ * 3.11  Apr 29, 1996 -- Patch from Heiko Eißfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de>
  *                       to remove redundant verify_area calls.
  * 3.12  May  7, 1996 -- Rudimentary changer support.  Based on patches
  *                        from Gerhard Zuber <zuber@berlin.snafu.de>.
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
  *                      - Minimize the TOC reading - only do it when we
  *                        know a media change has occurred.
  *                      - Moved all the CDROMREADx ioctls to the Uniform layer.
- *                      - Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de> supplied
+ *                      - Heiko Eißfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de> supplied
  *                        some fixes for CDI.
  *                      - CD-ROM leaving door locked fix from Andries
  *                        Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ static int cdrom_read_toc(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request_sense *sense)
                    If we get an error for the regular case, we assume
                    a CDI without additional audio tracks. In this case
                    the readable TOC is empty (CDI tracks are not included)
-                   and only holds the Leadout entry. Heiko Ei�feldt */
+                   and only holds the Leadout entry. Heiko Eißfeldt */
                 ntracks = 0;
                 stat = cdrom_read_tocentry(drive, CDROM_LEADOUT, 1, 0,
                                            (char *)&toc->hdr,
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index e5a86a962b26..7b9181b5469d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ typedef struct os_dat_s {
  *      The following parameter is used to select the point in the internal
  *      tape fifo in which we will start to refill the buffer. Decreasing
  *      the following parameter will improve the system's latency and
- *      interactive response, while using a high value might improve sytem
+ *      interactive response, while using a high value might improve system
  *      throughput.
  */
 #define IDETAPE_FIFO_THRESHOLD          2
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/q40ide.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/q40ide.c
index 44cdb745a6ff..a73db1bd482d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/q40ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/q40ide.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void q40_ide_setup_ports ( hw_regs_t *hw,
 
 /* 
  * the static array is needed to have the name reported in /proc/ioports,
- * hwif->name unfortunately isn�t available yet
+ * hwif->name unfortunately isn't available yet
  */
 static const char *q40_ide_names[Q40IDE_NUM_HWIFS]={
         "ide0", "ide1"
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c b/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c
index 1a7ddd12e65c..5c9975435319 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct it821x_dev
 
 /*
  *      We allow users to force the card into non raid mode without
- *      flashing the alternative BIOS. This is also neccessary right now
+ *      flashing the alternative BIOS. This is also necessary right now
  *      for embedded platforms that cannot run a PC BIOS but are using this
  *      device.
  */
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static void __devinit init_hwif_it821x(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 
         /*
          *      Not in the docs but according to the reference driver
-         *      this is neccessary.
+         *      this is necessary.
          */
 
         pci_read_config_byte(hwif->pci_dev, 0x08, &conf);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c b/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
index dc915cb22bec..6d99441c605b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  *
  *      If you have strange problems with nVidia chipset systems please
  *      see the SI support documentation and update your system BIOS
- *      if neccessary
+ *      if necessary
  *
  *  The Dell DRAC4 has some interesting features including effectively hot
  *  unplugging/replugging the virtual CD interface when the DRAC is reset.
diff --git a/drivers/input/fixp-arith.h b/drivers/input/fixp-arith.h
index ed3d2da0c485..3089d7382325 100644
--- a/drivers/input/fixp-arith.h
+++ b/drivers/input/fixp-arith.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
  *
  * Should you need to contact me, the author, you can do so by
- * e-mail - mail your message to <deneux@ifrance.com>
+ * e-mail - mail your message to <johann.deneux@gmail.com>
  */
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/db9.c b/drivers/input/joystick/db9.c
index 27fc475bd3a1..a6ca9d5e252f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/joystick/db9.c
+++ b/drivers/input/joystick/db9.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *  Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Vojtech Pavlik
  *
  *  Based on the work of:
- *      Andree Borrmann         Mats Sj�vall
+ *      Andree Borrmann         Mats Sjövall
  */
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/iforce/Makefile b/drivers/input/joystick/iforce/Makefile
index 17ae42bf9ffd..74daff49ab6e 100644
--- a/drivers/input/joystick/iforce/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/input/joystick/iforce/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for the I-Force driver
 #
-# By Johann Deneux <deneux@ifrance.com>
+# By Johann Deneux <johann.deneux@gmail.com>
 #
 
 # Goal definition
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/omap-keypad.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/omap-keypad.c
index 76f1969552c5..babc913d5492 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/omap-keypad.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/omap-keypad.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * OMAP Keypad Driver
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2003 Nokia Corporation
- * Written by Timo Ter�s <ext-timo.teras@nokia.com>
+ * Written by Timo Teräs <ext-timo.teras@nokia.com>
  *
  * Added support for H2 & H3 Keypad
  * Copyright (C) 2004 Texas Instruments
@@ -481,6 +481,6 @@ static void __exit omap_kp_exit(void)
 module_init(omap_kp_init);
 module_exit(omap_kp_exit);
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Timo Ter�s");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Timo Teräs");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("OMAP Keypad Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
index 7acc6351bb44..8f5c7b90187d 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ config INPUT_WISTRON_BTNS
         select LEDS_CLASS
         select CHECK_SIGNATURE
         help
-          Say Y here for support of Winstron laptop button interface, used on
+          Say Y here for support of Wistron laptop button interfaces, used on
           laptops of various brands, including Acer and Fujitsu-Siemens. If
-          available, mail and wifi leds will be controlable via /sys/class/leds.
+          available, mail and wifi LEDs will be controllable via /sys/class/leds.
 
           To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
           be called wistron_btns.
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
index da316d13d7f5..21a9c0b69a1f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ static void psmouse_activate(struct psmouse *psmouse)
 
 /*
  * psmouse_deactivate() puts the mouse into poll mode so that we don't get motion
- * reports from it unless we explicitely request it.
+ * reports from it unless we explicitly request it.
  */
 
 static void psmouse_deactivate(struct psmouse *psmouse)
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/vsxxxaa.c b/drivers/input/mouse/vsxxxaa.c
index 4a321576f345..404eedd5ffa2 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/vsxxxaa.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/vsxxxaa.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ vsxxxaa_handle_POR_packet (struct vsxxxaa *mouse)
 
         /*
          * Check for Power-On-Reset packets. These are sent out
-         * after plugging the mouse in, or when explicitely
+         * after plugging the mouse in, or when explicitly
          * requested by sending 'T'.
          *
          * [0]: 1       0       1       0       R3      R2      R1      R0
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000_isa.c b/drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000_isa.c
index 09ea50dd3459..819ea85576a3 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000_isa.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000_isa.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ act2000_isa_enable_irq(act2000_card * card)
 
 /*
  * Install interrupt handler, enable irq on card.
- * If irq is -1, choose next free irq, else irq is given explicitely.
+ * If irq is -1, choose next free irq, else irq is given explicitly.
  */
 int
 act2000_isa_config_irq(act2000_card * card, short irq)
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/capifunc.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/capifunc.c
index 82edc1c1db7a..4d425c644d41 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/capifunc.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/capifunc.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ void sendf(APPL * appl, word command, dword Id, word Number, byte * format, ...)
                                   DBG_BLK((((char *)(long)GET_DWORD(&msg.info.data_b3_ind.Data)) + i,
                                         ((dlength - i) < 256) ? (dlength - i) : 256))
                                   if (!(myDriverDebugHandle.dbgMask & DL_PRV0))
-                                          break; /* not more if not explicitely requested */
+                                          break; /* not more if not explicitly requested */
                                 }
                         }
                         break;
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ static u16 diva_send_message(struct capi_ctr *ctrl,
                                         ((GET_WORD(&msg->info.data_b3_req.Data_Length) - j) <
                                           256) ? (GET_WORD(&msg->info.data_b3_req.Data_Length) - j) : 256))
                                 if (!(myDriverDebugHandle.dbgMask & DL_PRV0))
-                                        break;  /* not more if not explicitely requested */
+                                        break;  /* not more if not explicitly requested */
                         }
                 }
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/amd7930_fn.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/amd7930_fn.c
index 3b19caeba258..c0d7036404a5 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/amd7930_fn.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/amd7930_fn.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ Amd7930_init(struct IsdnCardState *cs)
                 /* read */
                 if (*ptr++ >= 0x100) {
                         if (cmd < 8)
-                                /* setzt Register zur�ck */
+                                /* reset register */
                                 rByteAMD(cs, cmd);
                         else {
                                 wByteAMD(cs, 0x00, cmd);
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/enternow_pci.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/enternow_pci.c
index b73027ff50e8..39f421ed8de8 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/enternow_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/enternow_pci.c
@@ -75,16 +75,16 @@
 static const char *enternow_pci_rev = "$Revision: 1.1.4.5 $";
 
 
-/* f�r PowerISDN PCI */
+/* for PowerISDN PCI */
 #define TJ_AMD_IRQ                                              0x20
 #define TJ_LED1                                                 0x40
 #define TJ_LED2                                                 0x80
 
 
-/* Das Fenster zum AMD...
- * Ab Adresse hw.njet.base + TJ_AMD_PORT werden vom AMD jeweils 8 Bit in
- * den TigerJet i/o-Raum gemappt
- * -> 0x01 des AMD bei hw.njet.base + 0C4 */
+/* The window to [the] AMD [chip]...
+ * From address hw.njet.base + TJ_AMD_PORT onwards, the AMD
+ * maps [consecutive/multiple] 8 bits into the TigerJet I/O space
+ * -> 0x01 of the AMD at hw.njet.base + 0C4 */
 #define TJ_AMD_PORT                                             0xC0
 
 
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ static const char *enternow_pci_rev = "$Revision: 1.1.4.5 $";
 static unsigned char
 ReadByteAmd7930(struct IsdnCardState *cs, unsigned char offset)
 {
-        /* direktes Register */
+        /* direct register */
         if(offset < 8)
                 return (inb(cs->hw.njet.isac + 4*offset));
 
-        /* indirektes Register */
+        /* indirect register */
         else {
                 outb(offset, cs->hw.njet.isac + 4*AMD_CR);
                 return(inb(cs->hw.njet.isac + 4*AMD_DR));
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ ReadByteAmd7930(struct IsdnCardState *cs, unsigned char offset)
 static void
 WriteByteAmd7930(struct IsdnCardState *cs, unsigned char offset, unsigned char value)
 {
-        /* direktes Register */
+        /* direct register */
         if(offset < 8)
                 outb(value, cs->hw.njet.isac + 4*offset);
 
-        /* indirektes Register */
+        /* indirect register */
         else {
                 outb(offset, cs->hw.njet.isac + 4*AMD_CR);
                 outb(value, cs->hw.njet.isac + 4*AMD_DR);
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c
index 077080aca799..fba8b624ffcf 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* $Id: hfc_pci.c,v 1.48.2.4 2004/02/11 13:21:33 keil Exp $
  *
- * low level driver for CCD�s hfc-pci based cards
+ * low level driver for CCD's hfc-pci based cards
  *
  * Author       Werner Cornelius
  *              based on existing driver for CCD hfc ISA cards
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.c
index 268dced6c34a..c69a77a80062 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * isdnhdlc.c  --  General purpose ISDN HDLC decoder.
  *
- *Copyright (C) 2002    Wolfgang M�es      <wolfgang@iksw-muees.de>
+ *Copyright (C) 2002    Wolfgang Mües      <wolfgang@iksw-muees.de>
  *              2001    Frode Isaksen      <fisaksen@bewan.com>
  *              2001    Kai Germaschewski  <kai.germaschewski@gmx.de>
  *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Wolfgang M�es <wolfgang@iksw-muees.de>, "
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Wolfgang Mües <wolfgang@iksw-muees.de>, "
               "Frode Isaksen <fisaksen@bewan.com>, "
               "Kai Germaschewski <kai.germaschewski@gmx.de>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("General purpose ISDN HDLC decoder");
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.h b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.h
index 45167d2f8fb0..cf0a95a24015 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.h
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Neccessary because some ISDN devices don't have HDLC
  * controllers. Also included: a bit reversal table.
  *
- *Copyright (C) 2002    Wolfgang M�es      <wolfgang@iksw-muees.de>
+ *Copyright (C) 2002    Wolfgang Mües      <wolfgang@iksw-muees.de>
  *              2001    Frode Isaksen      <fisaksen@bewan.com>
  *              2001    Kai Germaschewski  <kai.germaschewski@gmx.de>
  *
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/jade.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/jade.c
index 43d61d1bc5b6..70840a710acf 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/jade.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/jade.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ initjade(struct IsdnCardState *cs)
         cs->BC_Write_Reg(cs, 1, jade_HDLC_IMR,  0x00);
         /* Setup host access to hdlc controller */
         jade_write_indirect(cs, jade_HDLCCNTRACCESS, (jadeINDIRECT_HAH1|jadeINDIRECT_HAH2));
-        /* Unmask HDLC int (don�t forget DSP int later on)*/
+        /* Unmask HDLC int (don't forget DSP int later on)*/
         cs->BC_Write_Reg(cs, -1,jade_INT, (jadeINT_HDLC1|jadeINT_HDLC2));
 
         /* once again TRANSPARENT */    
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/capi.c b/drivers/isdn/pcbit/capi.c
index 7b55e151f1b0..ac5a91ccde81 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/capi.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/pcbit/capi.c
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 
 /*
  *        Documentation:
- *        - "Common ISDN API - Perfil Portugu�s - Vers�o 2.1",
+ *        - "Common ISDN API - Perfil Português - Versão 2.1",
  *           Telecom Portugal, Fev 1992.
- *        - "Common ISDN API - Especifica��o de protocolos para 
+ *        - "Common ISDN API - Especificação de protocolos para
  *           acesso aos canais B", Inesc, Jan 1994.
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-s3c24xx.c b/drivers/leds/leds-s3c24xx.c
index 50914439d861..0fd640751294 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-s3c24xx.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-s3c24xx.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static void s3c24xx_led_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
         struct s3c24xx_gpio_led *led = to_gpio(led_cdev);
         struct s3c24xx_led_platdata *pd = led->pdata;
 
-        /* there will be a sort delay between setting the output and
+        /* there will be a short delay between setting the output and
          * going from output to input when using tristate. */
 
         s3c2410_gpio_setpin(pd->gpio, (value ? 1 : 0) ^
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
index f7c509b7a8ea..dc741d3a4531 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ pmu_sr_intr(void)
                         req = current_req;
                         /* 
                          * For PMU sleep and freq change requests, we lock the
-                         * PMU until it's explicitely unlocked. This avoids any
+                         * PMU until it's explicitly unlocked. This avoids any
                          * spurrious event polling getting in
                          */
                         current_req = req->next;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index b41f945df8a1..0eb5416798bd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void clone_init(struct dm_crypt_io *, struct bio *);
  * Different IV generation algorithms:
  *
  * plain: the initial vector is the 32-bit little-endian version of the sector
- *        number, padded with zeros if neccessary.
+ *        number, padded with zeros if necessary.
  *
  * essiv: "encrypted sector|salt initial vector", the sector number is
  *        encrypted with the bulk cipher using a salt as key. The salt
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 16775a0df7f6..85478d6a9c1a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  * Better read-balancing code written by Mika Kuoppala <miku@iki.fi>, 2000
  *
- * Fixes to reconstruction by Jakob �stergaard" <jakob@ostenfeld.dk>
+ * Fixes to reconstruction by Jakob Østergaard" <jakob@ostenfeld.dk>
  * Various fixes by Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
  *
  * Changes by Peter T. Breuer <ptb@it.uc3m.es> 31/1/2003 to support
diff --git a/drivers/media/common/saa7146_hlp.c b/drivers/media/common/saa7146_hlp.c
index d2905720eb74..9c905399a233 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/saa7146_hlp.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/saa7146_hlp.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int sort_and_eliminate(u32* values, int* count)
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
-        /* bubble sort the first �count� items of the array �values� */
+        /* bubble sort the first @count items of the array @values */
         for( top = *count; top > 0; top--) {
                 for( low = 0, high = 1; high < top; low++, high++) {
                         if( values[low] > values[high] ) {
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/bt878.c b/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/bt878.c
index eca602d9b3de..85e36a1d6d78 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/bt878.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/bt878.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static irqreturn_t bt878_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
                 if (!(astat = (stat & mask)))
                         return IRQ_NONE;        /* this interrupt is not for me */
 /*              dprintk("bt878(%d) debug: irq count %d, stat 0x%8.8x, mask 0x%8.8x\n",bt->nr,count,stat,mask); */
-                btwrite(astat, BT878_AINT_STAT);        /* try to clear interupt condition */
+                btwrite(astat, BT878_AINT_STAT);        /* try to clear interrupt condition */
 
 
                 if (astat & (BT878_ASCERR | BT878_AOCERR)) {
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/cinergyT2/cinergyT2.c b/drivers/media/dvb/cinergyT2/cinergyT2.c
index 154a7ce7cb82..a05e5c182288 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/cinergyT2/cinergyT2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/cinergyT2/cinergyT2.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * TerraTec Cinergy T�/qanu USB2 DVB-T adapter.
+ * TerraTec Cinergy T��/qanu USB2 DVB-T adapter.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2004 Daniel Mack <daniel@qanu.de> and
  *                  Holger Waechtler <holger@qanu.de>
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c b/drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c
index 288e79f2cb0f..7902ae1d9a18 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ struct ttusb {
         struct dvb_frontend* fe;
 };
 
-/* ugly workaround ... don't know why it's neccessary to read */
+/* ugly workaround ... don't know why it's necessary to read */
 /* all result codes. */
 
 #define DEBUG 0
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
index dd6a7d68b07f..3abd9fa54d2c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ struct tvcard bttv_tvcards[] = {
                 .has_radio      = 1,
         },
         [BTTV_BOARD_LIFETEC_9415] = {
-                /* Tim R�stermundt <rosterm@uni-muenster.de>
+                /* Tim Röstermundt <rosterm@uni-muenster.de>
                 in de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware:
                         options bttv card=0 pll=1 radio=1 gpiomask=0x18e0
                         gpiomux =0x44c71f,0x44d71f,0,0x44d71f,0x44dfff
@@ -2824,7 +2824,7 @@ struct tvcard bttv_tvcards[] = {
         },
                 /* ---- card 0x8b ---------------------------------- */
         [BTTV_BOARD_PV_M4900] = {
-                /* S�rgio Fortier <sergiofortier@yahoo.com.br> */
+                /* Sérgio Fortier <sergiofortier@yahoo.com.br> */
                 .name           = "Prolink PixelView PlayTV MPEG2 PV-M4900",
                 .video_inputs   = 3,
                 .audio_inputs   = 1,
@@ -4709,18 +4709,18 @@ adtvk503_audio(struct bttv *btv, struct video_audio *v, int set)
  *
  * The board hardwire Y0 (xpoint) to MUX1 and MUXOUT to Yin.
  * GPIO pins are wired as:
- *  GPIO[0:3] - AX[0:3] (xpoint) - P1[0:3] (microcontroler)
- *  GPIO[4:6] - AY[0:2] (xpoint) - P1[4:6] (microcontroler)
- *  GPIO[7]   - DATA (xpoint)    - P1[7] (microcontroler)
- *  GPIO[8]   -                  - P3[5] (microcontroler)
- *  GPIO[9]   - RESET (xpoint)   - P3[6] (microcontroler)
- *  GPIO[10]  - STROBE (xpoint)  - P3[7] (microcontroler)
- *  GPINTR    -                  - P3[4] (microcontroler)
+ *  GPIO[0:3] - AX[0:3] (xpoint) - P1[0:3] (microcontroller)
+ *  GPIO[4:6] - AY[0:2] (xpoint) - P1[4:6] (microcontroller)
+ *  GPIO[7]   - DATA (xpoint)    - P1[7] (microcontroller)
+ *  GPIO[8]   -                  - P3[5] (microcontroller)
+ *  GPIO[9]   - RESET (xpoint)   - P3[6] (microcontroller)
+ *  GPIO[10]  - STROBE (xpoint)  - P3[7] (microcontroller)
+ *  GPINTR    -                  - P3[4] (microcontroller)
  *
- * The microcontroler is a 80C32 like. It should be possible to change xpoint
- * configuration either directly (as we are doing) or using the microcontroler
+ * The microcontroller is a 80C32 like. It should be possible to change xpoint
+ * configuration either directly (as we are doing) or using the microcontroller
  * which is also wired to I2C interface. I have no further info on the
- * microcontroler features, one would need to disassembly the firmware.
+ * microcontroller features, one would need to disassembly the firmware.
  * note: the vendor refused to give any information on this product, all
  *       that stuff was found using a multimeter! :)
  */
@@ -4788,7 +4788,7 @@ static void tibetCS16_init(struct bttv *btv)
  * The analog switch is controlled by the "master", but the detection order
  * of the four BT878A chips is in an order which I just don't understand.
  * The "master" is actually the second controller to be detected.  The
- * logic on the board uses logical numbers for the 4 controlers, but
+ * logic on the board uses logical numbers for the 4 controllers, but
  * those numbers are different from the detection sequence.  When working
  * with the analog switch, we need to "map" from the detection sequence
  * over to the board's logical controller number.  This mapping sequence
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
index b8d5327c438d..e467682aabd7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ static int em28xx_set_fmt(struct em28xx *dev, unsigned int cmd, struct v4l2_form
 
         /* stop io in case it is already in progress */
         if (dev->stream == STREAM_ON) {
-                em28xx_videodbg("VIDIOC_SET_FMT: interupting stream\n");
+                em28xx_videodbg("VIDIOC_SET_FMT: interrupting stream\n");
                 if ((ret = em28xx_stream_interrupt(dev)))
                         return ret;
         }
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/meye.c b/drivers/media/video/meye.c
index 7533fc203319..69283926a8dc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/meye.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/meye.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alc�ve <www.alcove.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com>
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2000 Andrew Tridgell <tridge@valinux.com>
  *
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/meye.h b/drivers/media/video/meye.h
index 323d0074120d..d535748df445 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/meye.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/meye.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alc�ve <www.alcove.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com>
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2000 Andrew Tridgell <tridge@valinux.com>
  *
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c b/drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c
index e20aa3612a7c..ad0232935df6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ static int i2c_senddata(struct saa5246a_device *t, ...)
         return i2c_sendbuf(t, buf[0], ct-1, buf+1);
 }
 
-/* Get count number of bytes from I�C-device at address adr, store them in buf.
+/* Get count number of bytes from I��C-device at address adr, store them in buf.
  * Start & stop handshaking is done by this routine, ack will be sent after the
  * last byte to inhibit further sending of data. If uaccess is 'true', data is
- * written to user-space with put_user. Returns -1 if I�C-device didn't send
+ * written to user-space with put_user. Returns -1 if I��C-device didn't send
  * acknowledge, 0 otherwise
  */
 static int i2c_getdata(struct saa5246a_device *t, int count, u8 *buf)
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c b/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c
index 17f1e2e9a66b..94bb59a32b17 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c
@@ -291,10 +291,10 @@ static int i2c_senddata(struct saa5249_device *t, ...)
         return i2c_sendbuf(t, buf[0], ct-1, buf+1);
 }
 
-/* Get count number of bytes from I�C-device at address adr, store them in buf. Start & stop
+/* Get count number of bytes from I��C-device at address adr, store them in buf. Start & stop
  * handshaking is done by this routine, ack will be sent after the last byte to inhibit further
  * sending of data. If uaccess is 'true', data is written to user-space with put_user.
- * Returns -1 if I�C-device didn't send acknowledge, 0 otherwise
+ * Returns -1 if I��C-device didn't send acknowledge, 0 otherwise
  */
 
 static int i2c_getdata(struct saa5249_device *t, int count, u8 *buf)
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
index ff555129c82f..db3c9e3deb26 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ read_frame(struct vicam_camera *cam, int framenum)
                 request[7] = realShutter >> 8;
         }
 
-        // Per John Markus Bj�rndalen, byte at index 8 causes problems if it isn't 0
+        // Per John Markus Bjørndalen, byte at index 8 causes problems if it isn't 0
         request[8] = 0;
         // bytes 9-15 do not seem to affect exposure or image quality
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c
index c3440b280d20..321249240d05 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  * Video4linux 1/2 integration by Justin Schoeman
  * <justin@suntiger.ee.up.ac.za>
  * 2.4 PROCFS support ported from 2.4 kernels by
- *  I�aki Garc�a Etxebarria <garetxe@euskalnet.net>
+ *  Iñaki García Etxebarria <garetxe@euskalnet.net>
  * Makefile fix by "W. Michael Petullo" <mike@flyn.org>
  * 2.4 devfs support ported from 2.4 kernels by
  *  Dan Merillat <dan@merillat.org>
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/README b/drivers/message/i2o/README
index a81f851f7b5d..911fc3021e3b 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/README
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/README
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ Juha Sievanen, University of Helsinki Finland
         Bug fixes
         Core code extensions
 
-Auvo H�kkinen, University of Helsinki Finland
+Auvo Häkkinen, University of Helsinki Finland
         LAN OSM code
         /Proc interface to LAN class
         Bug fixes
         Core code extensions
 
-Taneli V�h�kangas, University of Helsinki Finland
+Taneli Vähäkangas, University of Helsinki Finland
         Fixes to i2o_config
 
 CREDITS
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/exec-osm.c b/drivers/message/i2o/exec-osm.c
index ce8f1a34ed21..6cbcc21de518 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/exec-osm.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/exec-osm.c
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
  *
  *      Fixes/additions:
  *              Philipp Rumpf
- *              Juha Siev�nen <Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
- *              Auvo H�kkinen <Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
+ *              Juha Sievänen <Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
+ *              Auvo Häkkinen <Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
  *              Deepak Saxena <deepak@plexity.net>
  *              Boji T Kannanthanam <boji.t.kannanthanam@intel.com>
  *              Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>:
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
index 84e046e94f5f..c0fb77dc19bb 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
  *              Added basic ioctl() support
  *      Deepak Saxena (06/07/1999):
  *              Added software download ioctl (still testing)
- *      Auvo H�kkinen (09/10/1999):
+ *      Auvo Häkkinen (09/10/1999):
  *              Changes to i2o_cfg_reply(), ioctl_parms()
  *              Added ioct_validate()
- *      Taneli V�h�kangas (09/30/1999):
+ *      Taneli Vähäkangas (09/30/1999):
  *              Fixed ioctl_swdl()
- *      Taneli V�h�kangas (10/04/1999):
+ *      Taneli Vähäkangas (10/04/1999):
  *              Changed ioctl_swdl(), implemented ioctl_swul() and ioctl_swdel()
  *      Deepak Saxena (11/18/1999):
  *              Added event managmenet support
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.c
index 06892ac2286e..6fdd072201f9 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.c
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
  *
  *
  *      Fixes/additions:
- *              Juha Siev�nen (Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI),
- *              Auvo H�kkinen (Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI)
+ *              Juha Sievänen (Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI),
+ *              Auvo Häkkinen (Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI)
  *              University of Helsinki, Department of Computer Science
  *                      LAN entries
  *              Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com>
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c b/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c
index a1ec16a075c6..7814a06ae970 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
  *
  *      Fixes/additions:
  *              Philipp Rumpf
- *              Juha Siev�nen <Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
- *              Auvo H�kkinen <Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
+ *              Juha Sievänen <Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
+ *              Auvo Häkkinen <Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
  *              Deepak Saxena <deepak@plexity.net>
  *              Boji T Kannanthanam <boji.t.kannanthanam@intel.com>
  *              Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>:
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/pci.c b/drivers/message/i2o/pci.c
index 3661e6e065d2..685a89547a51 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/pci.c
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
  *
  *      Fixes/additions:
  *              Philipp Rumpf
- *              Juha Siev�nen <Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
- *              Auvo H�kkinen <Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
+ *              Juha Sievänen <Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
+ *              Auvo Häkkinen <Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
  *              Deepak Saxena <deepak@plexity.net>
  *              Boji T Kannanthanam <boji.t.kannanthanam@intel.com>
  *              Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>:
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
index a20a51efe118..25716193a534 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ config MFD_SM501
          ---help---
           This is the core driver for the Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia
           companion chip. This device is a multifunction device which may
-          provide numerous interfaces including USB host controller USB gadget,
-          Asyncronous Serial ports, Audio functions and a dual display video
+          provide numerous interfaces including USB host controller, USB gadget,
+          asynchronous serial ports, audio functions, and a dual display video
           interface. The device may be connected by PCI or local bus with
           varying functions enabled.
 
diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
index cf02ddc3436f..b5e67c0ff433 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ config THINKPAD_ACPI
           For more information about this driver see 
           <file:Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt> and <http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/> .
 
-          This driver was formely known as ibm-acpi.
+          This driver was formerly known as ibm-acpi.
 
           If you have an IBM or Lenovo ThinkPad laptop, say Y or M here.
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ config THINKPAD_ACPI_BAY
         default y
         ---help---
           Allows the thinkpad_acpi driver to handle removable bays.  It will
-          eletrically disable the device in the bay, and also generate
+          electrically disable the device in the bay, and also generate
           notifications when the bay lever is ejected or inserted.
 
           If you are not sure, say Y here.
diff --git a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/remote.c b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/remote.c
index 1d9defb1a10c..477bb43c899c 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/remote.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/remote.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2004
  *
- * Authors: Max Asb�ck <amax@us.ibm.com>
+ * Authors: Max Asböck <amax@us.ibm.com>
  *          Vernon Mauery <vernux@us.ibm.com>
  *
  */
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c b/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c
index 1bfbb87e5793..bb13858f60a1 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Narayanan R S <nars@kadamba.org>
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alc�ve <www.alcove.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com>
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Ashley <m.ashley@unsw.edu.au>
  *
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static void do_sony_laptop_release_key(struct work_struct *work)
 static DECLARE_WORK(sony_laptop_release_key_work,
                 do_sony_laptop_release_key);
 
-/* forward event to the input subsytem */
+/* forward event to the input subsystem */
 static void sony_laptop_report_input_event(u8 event)
 {
         struct input_dev *jog_dev = sony_laptop_input.jog_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
index 2a2a125b0c76..a592fc04cf78 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ config MTD_PHYSMAP_BANKWIDTH
         help
           This is the total width of the data bus of the flash devices
           in octets. For example, if you have a data bus width of 32
-          bits, you would set the bus width octect value to 4. This is
+          bits, you would set the bus width octet value to 4. This is
           used internally by the CFI drivers.
           Ignore this option if you use run-time physmap configuration
           (i.e., run-time calling physmap_configure()).
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ config MTD_PMC_MSP_EVM
         depends on PMC_MSP && MTD_CFI
         select MTD_PARTITIONS
         help
-          This provides a 'mapping' driver which support the way
-          in which user-programmable flash chips are connected on the
-          PMC-Sierra MSP eval/demo boards
+          This provides a 'mapping' driver which supports the way
+          in which user-programmable flash chips are connected on the
+          PMC-Sierra MSP eval/demo boards.
 
 choice
-        prompt "Maximum mappable memory avialable for flash IO"
+        prompt "Maximum mappable memory available for flash IO"
         depends on MTD_PMC_MSP_EVM
         default MSP_FLASH_MAP_LIMIT_32M
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/8139too.c b/drivers/net/8139too.c
index 973b684c11e3..eef6fecfff2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/8139too.c
+++ b/drivers/net/8139too.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
                 Jean-Jacques Michel - bug fix
 
-                Tobias Ringstr�m - Rx interrupt status checking suggestion
+                Tobias Ringström - Rx interrupt status checking suggestion
 
                 Andrew Morton - Clear blocked signals, avoid
                 buffer overrun setting current->comm.
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 2cafa5c1783e..ce34b539bf38 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ config BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
         depends on BFIN_MAC && BF537
         default y
         help
-          To get maximum network performace, you should use L1 memory as rx/tx buffers.
+          To get maximum network performance, you should use L1 memory as rx/tx buffers.
           Say N here if you want to reserve L1 memory for other uses.
 
 config BFIN_TX_DESC_NUM
diff --git a/drivers/net/amd8111e.c b/drivers/net/amd8111e.c
index 1cc74ec88a58..eebf5bb2b03a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/amd8111e.c
+++ b/drivers/net/amd8111e.c
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ static struct net_device_stats *amd8111e_get_stats(struct net_device * dev)
 
         return new_stats;
 }
-/* This function recalculate the interupt coalescing  mode on every interrupt
+/* This function recalculate the interrupt coalescing  mode on every interrupt
 according to the datarate and the packet rate.
 */
 static int amd8111e_calc_coalesce(struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ariadne.c b/drivers/net/ariadne.c
index 3fa3bccd1adb..10f3a196be32 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ariadne.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ariadne.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  *  Amiga Linux/m68k Ariadne Ethernet Driver
  *
- *  � Copyright 1995-2003 by Geert Uytterhoeven (geert@linux-m68k.org)
+ *  �� Copyright 1995-2003 by Geert Uytterhoeven (geert@linux-m68k.org)
  *                           Peter De Schrijver (p2@mind.be)
  *
  *  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/drivers/net/ariadne.h b/drivers/net/ariadne.h
index f7913d5a39f1..bb613f292e04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ariadne.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ariadne.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  *  Amiga Linux/m68k Ariadne Ethernet Driver
  *
- *  � Copyright 1995 by Geert Uytterhoeven (geert@linux-m68k.org)
+ *  �� Copyright 1995 by Geert Uytterhoeven (geert@linux-m68k.org)
  *                      Peter De Schrijver
  *                     (Peter.DeSchrijver@linux.cc.kuleuven.ac.be)
  *
diff --git a/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c b/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
index 185f98e3964c..504b7ce2747d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static struct {
 static int num_ifs;
 
 /*
- * Setup the base address and interupt of the Au1xxx ethernet macs
+ * Setup the base address and interrupt of the Au1xxx ethernet macs
  * based on cpu type and whether the interface is enabled in sys_pinfunc
  * register. The last interface is enabled if SYS_PF_NI2 (bit 4) is 0.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 80c0c8c415ed..855dc10ffa1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static int expected_refcount = -1;
 static struct class *netdev_class;
 /*--------------------------- Data Structures -----------------------------*/
 
-/* Bonding sysfs lock.  Why can't we just use the subsytem lock?
+/* Bonding sysfs lock.  Why can't we just use the subsystem lock?
  * Because kobject_register tries to acquire the subsystem lock.  If
  * we already hold the lock (which we would if the user was creating
  * a new bond through the sysfs interface), we deadlock.
diff --git a/drivers/net/e100.c b/drivers/net/e100.c
index 64f35e20fd48..3dbaec680b46 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e100.c
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ static inline int e100_exec_cb_wait(struct nic *nic, struct sk_buff *skb,
                 if (!--counter) break;
         }
 
-        /* ack any interupts, something could have been set */
+        /* ack any interrupts, something could have been set */
         iowrite8(~0, &nic->csr->scb.stat_ack);
 
         /* if the command failed, or is not OK, notify and return */
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 047263830e6a..f1ce348470cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3590,7 +3590,7 @@ e1000_update_stats(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->stats_lock, flags);
 
-        /* these counters are modified from e1000_adjust_tbi_stats,
+        /* these counters are modified from e1000_tbi_adjust_stats,
          * called from the interrupt context, so they must only
          * be written while holding adapter->stats_lock
          */
diff --git a/drivers/net/fealnx.c b/drivers/net/fealnx.c
index 43f7647ff246..7bb9c728a1d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fealnx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fealnx.c
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Myson or whoever");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Myson MTD-8xx 100/10M Ethernet PCI Adapter Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 module_param(max_interrupt_work, int, 0);
-//MODULE_PARM(min_pci_latency, "i");
 module_param(debug, int, 0);
 module_param(rx_copybreak, int, 0);
 module_param(multicast_filter_limit, int, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
index ad9e327c3b03..e0119f6a3319 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *              devices like TTY. It interfaces between a raw TTY and the
  *              kernel's AX.25 protocol layers.
  *
- * Authors:     Andreas K�nsgen <ajk@iehk.rwth-aachen.de>
+ * Authors:     Andreas Könsgen <ajk@iehk.rwth-aachen.de>
  *              Ralf Baechle DL5RB <ralf@linux-mips.org>
  *
  * Quite a lot of stuff "stolen" by Joerg Reuter from slip.c, written by
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig b/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig
index 36d2c7d4f4d0..62d5d5cfd6a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ config DMASCC
           dmascc. If you don't pass any parameter to the driver, all
           possible I/O addresses are probed. This could irritate other devices
           that are currently not in use. You may specify the list of addresses
-          to be probed by "dmascc=addr1,addr2,..." (when compiled into the
+          to be probed by "dmascc.io=addr1,addr2,..." (when compiled into the
           kernel image) or "io=addr1,addr2,..." (when loaded as a module). The
           network interfaces will be called dmascc0 and dmascc1 for the board
           detected first, dmascc2 and dmascc3 for the second one, and so on.
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/actisys-sir.c b/drivers/net/irda/actisys-sir.c
index ccf6ec548a64..736d2473b7e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/actisys-sir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/actisys-sir.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/actisys.c b/drivers/net/irda/actisys.c
index b2e31f4a384c..ae0b80a5680c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/actisys.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/actisys.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/donauboe.c b/drivers/net/irda/donauboe.c
index a82d8f98383d..1257e1a7e819 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/donauboe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/donauboe.c
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ toshoboe_startchip (struct toshoboe_cb *self)
   OUTB ((physaddr >> 18) & 0xff, OBOE_RING_BASE1);
   OUTB ((physaddr >> 26) & 0x3f, OBOE_RING_BASE2);
 
-  /*Enable DMA controler in byte mode and RX */
+  /*Enable DMA controller in byte mode and RX */
   OUTB (CONFIG0H_DMA_ON, OBOE_CONFIG0H);
 
   /* Start up the clocks */
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/girbil-sir.c b/drivers/net/irda/girbil-sir.c
index 0d2fe87fb9b7..738531b16bd3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/girbil-sir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/girbil-sir.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  * 
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/girbil.c b/drivers/net/irda/girbil.c
index 248aeb0c726c..1f57391a618b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/girbil.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/girbil.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/irport.h b/drivers/net/irda/irport.h
index 3f46b84c6c85..66fc2433e97d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/irport.h
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/irport.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.c b/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.c
index 6f5f697ec9f8..2c6f7be36e8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.c b/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.c
index 12b9378c587f..a873d2b315ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.h b/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.h
index dacf671abcd6..bbdc97ff83ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/tekram-sir.c b/drivers/net/irda/tekram-sir.c
index 0dd6bc7af3f2..d1ce5ae6a172 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/tekram-sir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/tekram-sir.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/tekram.c b/drivers/net/irda/tekram.c
index 8f6258221cb0..9bfd2441adbf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/tekram.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/tekram.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/w83977af_ir.h b/drivers/net/irda/w83977af_ir.h
index 0b7661deafee..87c3975baf62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/w83977af_ir.h
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/w83977af_ir.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/natsemi.c b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
index 50e1ec67ef9c..953117152bbd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/natsemi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static int __devinit natsemi_probe1 (struct pci_dev *pdev,
    a delay.  Note that pre-2.0.34 kernels had a cache-alignment bug that
    made udelay() unreliable.
    The old method of using an ISA access as a delay, __SLOW_DOWN_IO__, is
-   depricated.
+   deprecated.
 */
 #define eeprom_delay(ee_addr)   readl(ee_addr)
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/smc911x.c b/drivers/net/smc911x.c
index 7c60df46fc65..dd18af0ce676 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc911x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc911x.c
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ static irqreturn_t smc911x_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
                 }
 #endif
 
-                /* Handle PHY interupt condition */
+                /* Handle PHY interrupt condition */
                 if (status & INT_STS_PHY_INT_) {
                         DBG(SMC_DEBUG_MISC, "%s: PHY irq\n", dev->name);
                         smc911x_phy_interrupt(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/spider_net.c b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
index 571060a3c91e..bccae7e5c6ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/spider_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ spider_net_handle_error_irq(struct spider_net_card *card, u32 status_reg)
 
 /**
  * spider_net_interrupt - interrupt handler for spider_net
- * @irq: interupt number
+ * @irq: interrupt number
  * @ptr: pointer to net_device
  * @regs: PU registers
  *
diff --git a/drivers/net/tc35815.c b/drivers/net/tc35815.c
index 8038f2882c9b..d887c05588d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tc35815.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tc35815.c
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ tc35815_rx(struct net_device *dev)
                                         panic_queues(dev);
                                 }
 #endif
-                                /* pass BD to controler */
+                                /* pass BD to controller */
 #ifndef TC35815_USE_PACKEDBUFFER
                                 if (!lp->rx_skbs[curid].skb) {
                                         lp->rx_skbs[curid].skb =
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@ tc35815_rx(struct net_device *dev)
                 }
 #endif
                 for (i = 0; i < (bd_count + 1) / 2 + 1; i++) {
-                        /* pass FD to controler */
+                        /* pass FD to controller */
 #ifdef DEBUG
                         lp->rfd_cur->fd.FDNext = cpu_to_le32(0xdeaddead);
 #else
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
index 3c8e3b63be07..35d0cfcf8c47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ err_out_netdev:
    a delay.  Note that pre-2.0.34 kernels had a cache-alignment bug that
    made udelay() unreliable.
    The old method of using an ISA access as a delay, __SLOW_DOWN_IO__, is
-   depricated.
+   deprecated.
 */
 #define eeprom_delay(ee_addr)   ioread32(ee_addr)
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig b/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig
index 8dc09a3790cb..5a96d74e4ce8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ config USB_PEGASUS
         select MII
         ---help---
           Say Y here if you know you have Pegasus or Pegasus-II based adapter.
-          If in doubt then look at <file:drivers/usb/net/pegasus.h> for the
+          If in doubt then look at <file:drivers/net/usb/pegasus.h> for the
           complete list of supported devices.
 
           If your particular adapter is not in the list and you are _sure_ it
diff --git a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
index 4ae05799ac44..5c4a92de9a07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ static int velocity_alloc_rx_buf(struct velocity_info *vptr, int idx)
  *
  *      Scan the queues looking for transmitted packets that
  *      we can complete and clean up. Update any statistics as
- *      neccessary/
+ *      necessary/
  */
 
 static int velocity_tx_srv(struct velocity_info *vptr, u32 status)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_xmit.h b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_xmit.h
index 9ecf2bf0d25d..47c135a7f4dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_xmit.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_xmit.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void bcm43xx_generate_txhdr(struct bcm43xx_private *bcm,
 
 /* RX header as received from the hardware. */
 struct bcm43xx_rxhdr {
-        /* Frame Length. Must be generated explicitely in PIO mode. */
+        /* Frame Length. Must be generated explicitly in PIO mode. */
         __le16 frame_length;
         PAD_BYTES(2);
         /* Flags field 1 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c
index 7a7797560a23..a6c7904de282 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c
@@ -6047,7 +6047,7 @@ static struct net_device *ipw2100_alloc_device(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
          * ends up causing problems.  So, we just handle
          * the WX extensions through the ipw2100_ioctl interface */
 
-        /* memset() puts everything to 0, so we only have explicitely set
+        /* memset() puts everything to 0, so we only have explicitly set
          * those values that need to be something else */
 
         /* If power management is turned on, default to AUTO mode */
@@ -7509,7 +7509,7 @@ static int ipw2100_wx_set_power(struct net_device *dev,
         switch (wrqu->power.flags & IW_POWER_MODE) {
         case IW_POWER_ON:       /* If not specified */
         case IW_POWER_MODE:     /* If set all mask */
-        case IW_POWER_ALL_R:    /* If explicitely state all */
+        case IW_POWER_ALL_R:    /* If explicitly state all */
                 break;
         default:                /* Otherwise we don't support it */
                 IPW_DEBUG_WX("SET PM Mode: %X not supported.\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
index feb8fcbab2d5..e3c828401b9a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
@@ -9603,7 +9603,7 @@ static int ipw_wx_set_power(struct net_device *dev,
         switch (wrqu->power.flags & IW_POWER_MODE) {
         case IW_POWER_ON:       /* If not specified */
         case IW_POWER_MODE:     /* If set all mask */
-        case IW_POWER_ALL_R:    /* If explicitely state all */
+        case IW_POWER_ALL_R:    /* If explicitly state all */
                 break;
         default:                /* Otherwise we don't support it */
                 IPW_DEBUG_WX("SET PM Mode: %X not supported.\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/netwave_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/netwave_cs.c
index c2d71afd57e5..2402cb8dd328 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/netwave_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/netwave_cs.c
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@
  * Version:       0.4.1
  * Description:   Netwave AirSurfer Wireless LAN PC Card driver
  * Status:        Experimental.
- * Authors:       John Markus Bj�rndalen <johnm@cs.uit.no>
+ * Authors:       John Markus Bjørndalen <johnm@cs.uit.no>
  *                Dag Brattli <dagb@cs.uit.no>
  *                David Hinds <dahinds@users.sourceforge.net>
  * Created at:    A long time ago!
  * Modified at:   Mon Nov 10 11:54:37 1997
  * Modified by:   Dag Brattli <dagb@cs.uit.no>
  * 
- *     Copyright (c) 1997 University of Troms�, Norway
+ *     Copyright (c) 1997 University of Tromsø, Norway
  *
  * Revision History:
  *
- *   08-Nov-97 15:14:47   John Markus Bj�rndalen <johnm@cs.uit.no>
+ *   08-Nov-97 15:14:47   John Markus Bjørndalen <johnm@cs.uit.no>
  *    - Fixed some bugs in netwave_rx and cleaned it up a bit. 
  *      (One of the bugs would have destroyed packets when receiving
  *      multiple packets per interrupt). 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int pc_debug = PCMCIA_DEBUG;
 module_param(pc_debug, int, 0);
 #define DEBUG(n, args...) if (pc_debug>(n)) printk(KERN_DEBUG args)
 static char *version =
-"netwave_cs.c 0.3.0 Thu Jul 17 14:36:02 1997 (John Markus Bj�rndalen)\n";
+"netwave_cs.c 0.3.0 Thu Jul 17 14:36:02 1997 (John Markus Bjørndalen)\n";
 #else
 #define DEBUG(n, args...)
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
index 6420a90a4a92..cbde770eb121 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ config RTC_DRV_TWL92330
         depends on MENELAUS
         help
           If you say yes here you get support for the RTC on the
-          TWL92330 "Menelaus" power mangement chip, used with OMAP2
+          TWL92330 "Menelaus" power management chip, used with OMAP2
           platforms.  The support is integrated with the rest of
           the Menelaus driver; it's not separate module.
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_3990_erp.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_3990_erp.c
index 8b9d68f6e016..5b7385e430ea 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_3990_erp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_3990_erp.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct DCTL_data {
  *
  *   Each bit configuration leading to an action code 2 (Exit with
  *   programming error or unusual condition indication)
- *   are handled as fatal error�s.
+ *   are handled as fatal errors.
  *
  *   All other configurations are handled as recoverable errors.
  *
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ dasd_3990_erp_compound_code(struct dasd_ccw_req * erp, char *sense)
                 switch (sense[28]) {
                 case 0x17:
                         /* issue a Diagnostic Control command with an
-                         * Inhibit Write subcommand and controler modifier */
+                         * Inhibit Write subcommand and controller modifier */
                         erp = dasd_3990_erp_DCTL(erp, 0x20);
                         break;
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_cpi.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_cpi.c
index 29fe2a5ec2fe..82a13d9fdfe4 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_cpi.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_cpi.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ cpi_prepare_req(void)
         sclp_ascebc_str(evb->system_name, CPI_LENGTH_SYSTEM_NAME);
         EBC_TOUPPER(evb->system_name, CPI_LENGTH_SYSTEM_NAME);
 
-        /* set sytem level */
+        /* set system level */
         evb->system_level = LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
 
         /* set sysplex name */
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/cmf.c b/drivers/s390/cio/cmf.c
index b960f66843e4..725b0dd14269 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/cmf.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/cmf.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static inline u64 time_to_avg_nsec(u32 value, u32 count)
         if (count == 0)
                 return 0;
 
-        /* value comes in units of 128 �sec */
+        /* value comes in units of 128 ��sec */
         ret = time_to_nsec(value);
         do_div(ret, count);
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c b/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c
index 449937233732..6bf3ebbe985a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2001 IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, IBM Corporation
  * Author(s): Fritz Elfert (elfert@de.ibm.com, felfert@millenux.com)
- * Fixes by : Jochen R�hrig (roehrig@de.ibm.com)
+ * Fixes by : Jochen Röhrig (roehrig@de.ibm.com)
  *            Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>
               Peter Tiedemann (ptiedem@de.ibm.com)
  * Driver Model stuff by : Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *  Dieter Wellerdiek (wel@de.ibm.com)
  *  Martin Schwidefsky (schwidefsky@de.ibm.com)
  *  Denis Joseph Barrow (djbarrow@de.ibm.com,barrow_dj@yahoo.com)
- *  Jochen R�hrig (roehrig@de.ibm.com)
+ *  Jochen Röhrig (roehrig@de.ibm.com)
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ ch_action_firstio(fsm_instance * fi, int event, void *arg)
         }
 
         /**
-         * Don�t setup a timer for receiving the initial RX frame
+         * Don't setup a timer for receiving the initial RX frame
          * if in compatibility mode, since VM TCP delays the initial
          * frame until it has some data to send.
          */
@@ -905,10 +905,10 @@ ch_action_firstio(fsm_instance * fi, int event, void *arg)
                 ccw_check_return_code(ch, rc, "init IO");
         }
         /**
-         * If in compatibility mode since we don�t setup a timer, we
+         * If in compatibility mode since we don't setup a timer, we
          * also signal RX channel up immediately. This enables us
          * to send packets early which in turn usually triggers some
-         * reply from VM TCP which brings up the RX channel to it�s
+         * reply from VM TCP which brings up the RX channel to it's
          * final state.
          */
         if ((CHANNEL_DIRECTION(ch->flags) == READ) &&
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
index 03b51025a8f4..9abba8b90f70 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ struct aac_mntent {
         __le32                  capacityhigh;
 };
 
-#define FSCS_NOTCLEAN   0x0001  /* fsck is neccessary before mounting */
+#define FSCS_NOTCLEAN   0x0001  /* fsck is necessary before mounting */
 #define FSCS_READONLY   0x0002  /* possible result of broken mirror */
 #define FSCS_HIDDEN     0x0004  /* should be ignored - set during a clear */
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aha152x.c b/drivers/scsi/aha152x.c
index f08e71e0205a..a58c265dc8af 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aha152x.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aha152x.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* aha152x.c -- Adaptec AHA-152x driver
- * Author: J�rgen E. Fischer, fischer@norbit.de
- * Copyright 1993-2004 J�rgen E. Fischer
+ * Author: Jürgen E. Fischer, fischer@norbit.de
+ * Copyright 1993-2004 Jürgen E. Fischer
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ enum {
         check_condition = 0x0800,       /* requesting sense after CHECK CONDITION */
 };
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("J�rgen Fischer");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Jürgen Fischer");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(AHA152X_REVID);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h
index 26f17e3fc45c..687aef6ef185 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ typedef enum {
         CAM_REQ_ABORTED,        /* CCB request aborted by the host */
         CAM_UA_ABORT,           /* Unable to abort CCB request */
         CAM_REQ_CMP_ERR,        /* CCB request completed with an error */
-        CAM_BUSY,               /* CAM subsytem is busy */
+        CAM_BUSY,               /* CAM subsystem is busy */
         CAM_REQ_INVALID,        /* CCB request was invalid */
         CAM_PATH_INVALID,       /* Supplied Path ID is invalid */
         CAM_SEL_TIMEOUT,        /* Target Selection Timeout */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c b/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
index fd42d4789202..a9def6e1d30e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
@@ -1808,12 +1808,12 @@ static irqreturn_t dc395x_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
         irqreturn_t handled = IRQ_NONE;
 
         /*
-         * Check for pending interupt
+         * Check for pending interrupt
          */
         scsi_status = DC395x_read16(acb, TRM_S1040_SCSI_STATUS);
         dma_status = DC395x_read8(acb, TRM_S1040_DMA_STATUS);
         if (scsi_status & SCSIINTERRUPT) {
-                /* interupt pending - let's process it! */
+                /* interrupt pending - let's process it! */
                 dc395x_handle_interrupt(acb, scsi_status);
                 handled = IRQ_HANDLED;
         }
@@ -4579,7 +4579,7 @@ static void adapter_uninit_chip(struct AdapterCtlBlk *acb)
         if (acb->config & HCC_SCSI_RESET)
                 reset_scsi_bus(acb);
 
-        /* clear any pending interupt state */
+        /* clear any pending interrupt state */
         DC395x_read8(acb, TRM_S1040_SCSI_INTSTATUS);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c
index e4e4c6a39ed6..78779209ac89 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ megaraid_exit(void)
  * @id          : pci device id of the class of controllers
  *
  * This routine should be called whenever a new adapter is detected by the
- * PCI hotplug susbsytem.
+ * PCI hotplug susbsystem.
  */
 static int __devinit
 megaraid_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_init.c
index 1e29f51d596b..d692c713416a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_init.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ int ql4xxx_lock_drvr_wait(struct scsi_qla_host *a)
  * qla4xxx_start_firmware - starts qla4xxx firmware
  * @ha: Pointer to host adapter structure.
  *
- * This routine performs the neccessary steps to start the firmware for
+ * This routine performs the necessary steps to start the firmware for
  * the QLA4010 adapter.
  **/
 static int qla4xxx_start_firmware(struct scsi_qla_host *ha)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 69f542c4923c..a69b155f39a2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static int sd_getgeo(struct block_device *bdev, struct hd_geometry *geo)
  *      success as well). Returns a negated errno value in case of error.
  *
  *      Note: most ioctls are forward onto the block subsystem or further
- *      down in the scsi subsytem.
+ *      down in the scsi subsystem.
  **/
 static int sd_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, 
                     unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c b/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c
index dc15a22105f7..4aafe89b557f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ static int NCR5380_select(struct Scsi_Host *instance, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
      * IO while SEL is true. But again, there are some disks out the in the
      * world that do that nevertheless. (Somebody claimed that this announces
      * reselection capability of the target.) So we better skip that test and
-     * only wait for BSY... (Famous german words: Der Kl�gere gibt nach :-)
+     * only wait for BSY... (Famous german words: Der Klügere gibt nach :-)
      */
 
     while (time_before(jiffies, timeout) && !(NCR5380_read(STATUS_REG) & 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_fw2.h b/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_fw2.h
index 6e5b952312e3..ae1fb179b88e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_fw2.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_fw2.h
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ static struct SYM_FWB_SCR SYM_FWB_SCR = {
          *  While testing with bogus QUANTUM drives, the C1010 
          *  sometimes raised a spurious phase mismatch with 
          *  WSR and the CHMOV(1) triggered another PM.
-         *  Waiting explicitely for the PHASE seemed to avoid 
+         *  Waiting explicitly for the PHASE seemed to avoid
          *  the nested phase mismatch. Btw, this didn't happen 
          *  using my IBM drives.
          */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/wd33c93.h b/drivers/scsi/wd33c93.h
index 61ffb860dacc..00123f2383d7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/wd33c93.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/wd33c93.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 #define WD33C93_FS_12_15 OWNID_FS_12
 #define WD33C93_FS_16_20 OWNID_FS_16
 
-   /* pass input-clock explicitely. accepted mhz values are 8-10,12-20 */
+   /* pass input-clock explicitly. accepted mhz values are 8-10,12-20 */
 #define WD33C93_FS_MHZ(mhz) (mhz)
 
    /* Control register */
diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
index d6ae38e55d01..87665d7df6f2 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
           kernel will automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as
           system console.
 
-          you can set that using a kernel command line option such as
+          You can set that using a kernel command line option such as
           "console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8"
           "console=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8".
-          and it will switch to normal serial console when correponding port is
-          ready.
+          and it will switch to normal serial console when the corresponding 
+          port is ready.
           "earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8"
           "earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8".
           it will not only setup early console.
diff --git a/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c b/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
index 3f26c4b2f322..e773c8e14962 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
  *                   - S3C2410 and S3C2440 serial support
  *                   - Power Management support
  *                   - Fix console via IrDA devices
- *                   - SysReq (Herbert P�tzl)
- *                   - Break character handling (Herbert P�tzl)
+ *                   - SysReq (Herbert Pötzl)
+ *                   - Break character handling (Herbert Pötzl)
  *                   - spin-lock initialisation (Dimitry Andric)
  *                   - added clock control
  *                   - updated init code to use platform_device info
diff --git a/drivers/spi/mpc52xx_psc_spi.c b/drivers/spi/mpc52xx_psc_spi.c
index e9aba932f217..7051e6c5edc3 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/mpc52xx_psc_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/mpc52xx_psc_spi.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static int mpc52xx_psc_spi_transfer_rxtx(struct spi_device *spi,
                 }
 
 
-                /* enable interupts and wait for wake up
+                /* enable interrupts and wait for wake up
                  * if just one byte is expected the Rx FIFO genererates no
                  * FFULL interrupt, so activate the RxRDY interrupt
                  */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/lh7a40x_udc.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/lh7a40x_udc.c
index e78c2ddc1f88..367b75c0b25b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/lh7a40x_udc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/lh7a40x_udc.c
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ static int lh7a40x_set_halt(struct usb_ep *_ep, int value)
                         /*
                          * Attempts to halt IN endpoints will fail (returning -EAGAIN)
                          * if any transfer requests are still queued, or if the controller
-                         * FIFO still holds bytes that the host hasn�t collected.
+                         * FIFO still holds bytes that the host hasn't collected.
                          */
                         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->dev->lock, flags);
                         DEBUG
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hub.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hub.c
index 0dcb4164dc83..735db4aec831 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hub.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ ehci_hub_status_data (struct usb_hcd *hcd, char *buf)
 
         /* Some boards (mostly VIA?) report bogus overcurrent indications,
          * causing massive log spam unless we completely ignore them.  It
-         * may be relevant that VIA VT8235 controlers, where PORT_POWER is
+         * may be relevant that VIA VT8235 controllers, where PORT_POWER is
          * always set, seem to clear PORT_OCC and PORT_CSC when writing to
          * PORT_POWER; that's surprising, but maybe within-spec.
          */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.c
index 94d859aa73f8..ba370c56172c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.c
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ sl811h_start(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
                 hcd->power_budget = sl811->board->power * 2;
         }
 
-        /* enable power and interupts */
+        /* enable power and interrupts */
         port_power(sl811, 1);
 
         return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/image/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/image/Kconfig
index 95ce703110d2..7595dfb38e3b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/image/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/image/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# USB Imageing devices configuration
+# USB Imaging devices configuration
 #
 comment "USB Imaging devices"
         depends on USB
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c b/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c
index 04e87acd6e46..2677fea147d9 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static ssize_t set_brightness(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
                                 cytherm->brightness, buffer, 8);
         if (retval)
                 dev_dbg(&cytherm->udev->dev, "retval = %d\n", retval);
-        /* Inform �C that we have changed the brightness setting */
+        /* Inform ��C that we have changed the brightness setting */
         retval = vendor_command(cytherm->udev, WRITE_RAM, BRIGHTNESS_SEM,
                                 0x01, buffer, 8);
         if (retval)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c b/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c
index 5c0a26cbd128..cd137577bb2d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* 
  * Emagic EMI 2|6 usb audio interface firmware loader.
  * Copyright (C) 2002
- *      Tapio Laxstr�m (tapio.laxstrom@iptime.fi)
+ *      Tapio Laxström (tapio.laxstrom@iptime.fi)
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as published by
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static void __exit emi26_exit (void)
 module_init(emi26_init);
 module_exit(emi26_exit);
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("tapio laxstr�m");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Tapio Laxström");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Emagic EMI 2|6 firmware loader.");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/emi62.c b/drivers/usb/misc/emi62.c
index 23153eac0dfa..4758cc5ccebc 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/emi62.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/emi62.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* 
  * Emagic EMI 2|6 usb audio interface firmware loader.
  * Copyright (C) 2002
- *      Tapio Laxstr�m (tapio.laxstrom@iptime.fi)
+ *      Tapio Laxström (tapio.laxstrom@iptime.fi)
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as published by
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static void __exit emi62_exit (void)
 module_init(emi62_init);
 module_exit(emi62_exit);
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("tapio laxstr�m");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Tapio Laxström");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Emagic EMI 6|2m firmware loader.");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ChangeLog.history b/drivers/usb/serial/ChangeLog.history
index 52c4f7bd7a80..c1b279939bbf 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ChangeLog.history
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ChangeLog.history
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ visor.c Change Log comments:
 
  (11/11/2001) gkh
         Added support for the m125 devices, and added check to prevent oopses
-        for Cli� devices that lie about the number of ports they have.
+        for Clié devices that lie about the number of ports they have.
 
  (08/30/2001) gkh
         Added support for the Clie devices, both the 3.5 and 4.0 os versions.
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig
index 99fefed77919..4a86696e6c7d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ config USB_SERIAL_CYBERJACK
         depends on USB_SERIAL && EXPERIMENTAL
         ---help---
           Say Y here if you want to use a cyberJack pinpad/e-com USB chipcard
-          reader. This is an interface to ISO 7816 compatible contactbased
+          reader. This is an interface to ISO 7816 compatible contact-based
           chipcards, e.g. GSM SIMs.
 
           To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
index 65257867b34b..8a8a6b9fb05b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
  *
  * (18/Jun/2003) Ian Abbott
  *      Added Device ID of the USB relais from Rudolf Gugler (backported from
- *      Philipp G�hring's patch for 2.5.x kernel).
+ *      Philipp Gühring's patch for 2.5.x kernel).
  *      Moved read transfer buffer reallocation into startup function.
  *      Free existing write urb and transfer buffer in startup function.
  *      Only use urbs in write urb pool that were successfully allocated.
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h
index b57b90ae9f9d..b51cbb0eaa05 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * Bill Ryder - bryder@sgi.com formerly of Silicon Graphics, Inc.- wrote the 
  * FTDI_SIO implementation.
  *
- * Philipp G�hring - pg@futureware.at - added the Device ID of the USB relais
+ * Philipp Gühring - pg@futureware.at - added the Device ID of the USB relais
  * from Rudolf Gugler
  *
  */
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #define FTDI_ACTZWAVE_PID       0xF2D0
 
 
-/* www.starting-point-systems.com �Chameleon device */
+/* www.starting-point-systems.com ��Chameleon device */
 #define FTDI_MICRO_CHAMELEON_PID        0xCAA0  /* Product Id */
 
 /* www.irtrans.de device */
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Teratronik product ids.
- * Submitted by O. W�lfelschneider.
+ * Submitted by O. Wölfelschneider.
  */
 #define FTDI_TERATRONIK_VCP_PID  0xEC88 /* Teratronik device (preferring VCP driver on windows) */
 #define FTDI_TERATRONIK_D2XX_PID 0xEC89 /* Teratronik device (preferring D2XX driver on windows) */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c
index e836ad07fdb9..9b38a08ac83a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static struct usb_device_id ipaq_id_table [] = {
         { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x0705) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e310 */
         { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x0706) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e740 */
         { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x0707) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e330 Series */
-        { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x0708) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e350�Series */
+        { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x0708) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e350 Series */
         { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x0709) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e750 Series */
         { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x070A) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e400 Series */
         { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x070B) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e800 Series */
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static struct usb_device_id ipaq_id_table [] = {
         { USB_DEVICE(0x0BF8, 0x1001) }, /* Fujitsu Siemens Computers USB Sync */
         { USB_DEVICE(0x0C44, 0x03A2) }, /* Motorola iDEN Smartphone */
         { USB_DEVICE(0x0C8E, 0x6000) }, /* Cesscom Luxian Series */
-        { USB_DEVICE(0x0CAD, 0x9001) }, /* Motorola PowerPad Pocket PC�Device */
+        { USB_DEVICE(0x0CAD, 0x9001) }, /* Motorola PowerPad Pocket PC Device */
         { USB_DEVICE(0x0F4E, 0x0200) }, /* Freedom Scientific USB Sync */
         { USB_DEVICE(0x0F98, 0x0201) }, /* Cyberbank USB Sync */
         { USB_DEVICE(0x0FB8, 0x3001) }, /* Wistron USB Sync */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
index 6831dca93c1b..93a7724e167a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * $Id: isd200.c,v 1.16 2002/04/22 03:39:43 mdharm Exp $
  *
  * Current development and maintenance:
- *   (C) 2001-2002 Bj�rn Stenberg (bjorn@haxx.se)
+ *   (C) 2001-2002 Björn Stenberg (bjorn@haxx.se)
  *
  * Developed with the assistance of:
  *   (C) 2002 Alan Stern <stern@rowland.org>
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h b/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h
index 9b656ec427d0..22ab2380367d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x04cb, 0x0100, 0x0000, 0x2210,
                 "FinePix 1400Zoom",
                 US_SC_UFI, US_PR_DEVICE, NULL, US_FL_FIX_INQUIRY | US_FL_SINGLE_LUN),
 
-/* Reported by Peter W�chtler <pwaechtler@loewe-komp.de>
+/* Reported by Peter Wächtler <pwaechtler@loewe-komp.de>
  * The device needs the flags only.
  */
 UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x04ce, 0x0002, 0x0074, 0x0074,
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x2735, 0x100b, 0x0000, 0x9999,
                 US_FL_GO_SLOW ),
 
 /*
- * David H�rdeman <david@2gen.com>
+ * David Härdeman <david@2gen.com>
  * The key makes the SCSI stack print confusing (but harmless) messages
  */
 UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x4146, 0xba01, 0x0100, 0x0100,
diff --git a/drivers/video/Kconfig b/drivers/video/Kconfig
index b3bf4ecc983a..fb9d8d0b2c04 100644
--- a/drivers/video/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ config FB_HECUBA
        help
          This enables support for the Hecuba board. This driver was tested
          with an E-Ink 800x600 display and x86 SBCs through a 16 bit GPIO
-         interface (8 bit data, 4 bit control). If you anticpate using
+         interface (8 bit data, 4 bit control). If you anticipate using
          this driver, say Y or M; otherwise say N. You must specify the
          GPIO IO address to be used for setting control and data.
 
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ config FB_XVR500
         help
           This is the framebuffer device for the Sun XVR-500 and similar
           graphics cards based upon the 3DLABS Wildcat chipset.  The driver
-          only works on sparc64 systems where the system firwmare has
+          only works on sparc64 systems where the system firmware has
           mostly initialized the card already.  It is treated as a
           completely dumb framebuffer device.
 
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ config FB_XVR2500
         help
           This is the framebuffer device for the Sun XVR-2500 and similar
           graphics cards based upon the 3DLABS Wildcat chipset.  The driver
-          only works on sparc64 systems where the system firwmare has
+          only works on sparc64 systems where the system firmware has
           mostly initialized the card already.  It is treated as a
           completely dumb framebuffer device.
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/amifb.c b/drivers/video/amifb.c
index f2e243c353f9..4c9ec3f58c52 100644
--- a/drivers/video/amifb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/amifb.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
    +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
    |          |                ^                            |          |       |
    |          |                |upper_margin                |          |       |
-   |          |                �                            |          |       |
+   |          |                v                            |          |       |
    +----------###############################################----------+-------+
    |          #                ^                            #          |       |
    |          #                |                            #          |       |
@@ -133,15 +133,15 @@
    |          #                |                            #          |       |
    |          #                |                            #          |       |
    |          #                |                            #          |       |
-   |          #                �                            #          |       |
+   |          #                v                            #          |       |
    +----------###############################################----------+-------+
    |          |                ^                            |          |       |
    |          |                |lower_margin                |          |       |
-   |          |                �                            |          |       |
+   |          |                v                            |          |       |
    +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
    |          |                ^                            |          |       |
    |          |                |vsync_len                   |          |       |
-   |          |                �                            |          |       |
+   |          |                v                            |          |       |
    +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
 
 
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
    CCIR -> PAL
    -----------
 
-      - a scanline is 64 �s long, of which 52.48 �s are visible. This is about
+      - a scanline is 64 ��s long, of which 52.48 ��s are visible. This is about
         736 visible 70 ns pixels per line.
       - we have 625 scanlines, of which 575 are visible (interlaced); after
         rounding this becomes 576.
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
    RETMA -> NTSC
    -------------
 
-      - a scanline is 63.5 �s long, of which 53.5 �s are visible.  This is about
+      - a scanline is 63.5 ��s long, of which 53.5 ��s are visible.  This is about
         736 visible 70 ns pixels per line.
       - we have 525 scanlines, of which 485 are visible (interlaced); after
         rounding this becomes 484.
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ static u_short ecs_palette[32];
 
 static u_short do_vmode_full = 0;       /* Change the Video Mode */
 static u_short do_vmode_pan = 0;        /* Update the Video Mode */
-static short do_blank = 0;              /* (Un)Blank the Screen (�1) */
+static short do_blank = 0;              /* (Un)Blank the Screen (��1) */
 static u_short do_cursor = 0;           /* Move the Cursor */
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c b/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c
index abe0c435a664..d775eb6590b6 100644
--- a/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  *                         Anthony Tong <atong@uiuc.edu>
  *
  *  Generic LCD support written by Daniel Mantione, ported from 2.4.20 by Alex Kern
- *  Many Thanks to Ville Syrj�l� for patches and fixing nasting 16 bit color bug.
+ *  Many Thanks to Ville Syrjälä for patches and fixing nasting 16 bit color bug.
  *
  *  This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
  *  License. See the file COPYING in the main directory of this archive for
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
index a22ccf9485a4..267422f66255 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ config VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK
          The scrollback buffer of the standard VGA console is located in
          the VGA RAM.  The size of this RAM is fixed and is quite small.
          If you require a larger scrollback buffer, this can be placed in
-         System RAM which is dynamically allocated during intialization.
+         System RAM which is dynamically allocated during initialization.
          Placing the scrollback buffer in System RAM will slightly slow
          down the console.
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c
index e8e38edb9b5b..481d58f7535d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c
+++ b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Linux framebuffer driver for Intel(R) 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/915GM/
  * 945G/945GM integrated graphics chips.
  *
- * Copyright � 2002, 2003 David Dawes <dawes@xfree86.org>
+ * Copyright �� 2002, 2003 David Dawes <dawes@xfree86.org>
  *                   2004 Sylvain Meyer
  *                   2006 David Airlie
  *
diff --git a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c
index 2a0e32074f7d..5f6fb7d2c408 100644
--- a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c
+++ b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Linux framebuffer driver for Intel(R) 865G integrated graphics chips.
  *
- * Copyright � 2002, 2003 David Dawes <dawes@xfree86.org>
+ * Copyright �� 2002, 2003 David Dawes <dawes@xfree86.org>
  *                   2004 Sylvain Meyer
  *
  * This driver consists of two parts.  The first part (intelfbdrv.c) provides
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap/Kconfig b/drivers/video/omap/Kconfig
index 7f4d25b8a184..f4fcf11b290d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/omap/Kconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ config FB_OMAP
           Frame buffer driver for OMAP based boards.
 
 config FB_OMAP_BOOTLOADER_INIT
-        bool "Check bootloader initializaion"
+        bool "Check bootloader initialization"
         depends on FB_OMAP
         help
           Say Y here if you want to enable checking if the bootloader has
diff --git a/drivers/video/s3c2410fb.c b/drivers/video/s3c2410fb.c
index ae08d4587091..5857ccf5f6b1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/s3c2410fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/s3c2410fb.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  *      - Add support for different devices
  *      - Backlight support
  *
- * 2004-09-05: Herbert P�tzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
+ * 2004-09-05: Herbert Pötzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
  *      - added clock (de-)allocation code
  *      - added fixem fbmem option
  *
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
  *      - code cleanup
  *      - added a forgotten return in h1940fb_init
  *
- * 2004-07-19: Herbert P�tzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
+ * 2004-07-19: Herbert Pötzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
  *      - code cleanup and extended debugging
  *
  * 2004-07-15: Arnaud Patard <arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org>
diff --git a/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.c b/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.c
index ff9e805c43bc..c31f549ebea0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.c
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
  *
  * Authors:
- *   Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
- *   Michel D�nzer <michel-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ *   Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ *   Michel Dänzer <michel-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
  *   Alan Hourihane <alanh-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.h b/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.h
index 1fc6695a49d2..c4aba59d4809 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.h
+++ b/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
  *
  * Authors:
- *   Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ *   Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
  */
 
 #ifndef _VERMILION_H_
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c b/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
index c5982502c03d..f236954d2536 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  *      i6300esb:       Watchdog timer driver for Intel 6300ESB chipset
  *
  *      (c) Copyright 2004 Google Inc.
- *      (c) Copyright 2005 David H�rdeman <david@2gen.com>
+ *      (c) Copyright 2005 David Härdeman <david@2gen.com>
  *
  *      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  *      modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *      Initial version 0.01
  *  2004YYZZ Ross Biro
  *      Version 0.02
- *  20050210 David H�rdeman <david@2gen.com>
+ *  20050210 David Härdeman <david@2gen.com>
  *      Ported driver to kernel 2.6
  */
 
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static void __exit watchdog_cleanup (void)
 module_init(watchdog_init);
 module_exit(watchdog_cleanup);
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Ross Biro and David H�rdeman");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Ross Biro and David Härdeman");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Intel 6300ESB chipsets");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c
index 415083990097..cafc465f2ae3 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static void supermicro_old_pre_keepalive(unsigned long acpibase)
  *        For P4DPx:
  *        BIOS setup -> Advanced -> I/O Device Configuration -> Watch Dog
  *       This setting enables or disables Watchdog function. When enabled, the
- *       default watchdog timer is set to be 5 minutes (about 4’35”). It is
+ *       default watchdog timer is set to be 5 minutes (about 4m35s). It is
  *       enough to load and run the OS. The application (service or driver) has
  *       to take over the control once OS is running up and before watchdog
  *       expires.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
index d9e821d08deb..51826c216d6d 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *      which is based on wdt.c.
  *      Original copyright messages:
  *
- *      (c) Copyright 2003 P�draig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
+ *      (c) Copyright 2003 Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
  *
  *      (c) Copyright 2000-2001 Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@linux.org.pl>
  *
diff --git a/drivers/zorro/zorro.ids b/drivers/zorro/zorro.ids
index 5bd4b05d4c45..560fef2a7b1c 100644
--- a/drivers/zorro/zorro.ids
+++ b/drivers/zorro/zorro.ids
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
         0100  RH 800C [HD Controller]
         0200  RH 800C [RAM Expansion]
 0861  Kato
-# The Rainbow II and III are actually made by Ingenieurb�ro Helfrich
+# The Rainbow II and III are actually made by Ingenieurbüro Helfrich
         2000  Rainbow II [Graphics Card]
         2100  Rainbow III [Graphics Card]
         8000  Melody MPEG [Audio Card]
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_em86.c b/fs/binfmt_em86.c
index 576dd7de2278..f95ae9789c91 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_em86.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_em86.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  *  linux/fs/binfmt_em86.c
  *
  *  Based on linux/fs/binfmt_script.c
- *  Copyright (C) 1996  Martin von L�wis
+ *  Copyright (C) 1996  Martin von Löwis
  *  original #!-checking implemented by tytso.
  *
  *  em86 changes Copyright (C) 1997  Jim Paradis
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 42e94b3ab7be..b53c7e5f41bb 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  *  binfmt_misc.c
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 1997 Richard G�nther
+ *  Copyright (C) 1997 Richard Günther
  *
  *  binfmt_misc detects binaries via a magic or filename extension and invokes
  *  a specified wrapper. This should obsolete binfmt_java, binfmt_em86 and
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_script.c b/fs/binfmt_script.c
index 4d0e0f6d3273..ab33939b12a7 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_script.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_script.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  *  linux/fs/binfmt_script.c
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 1996  Martin von L�wis
+ *  Copyright (C) 1996  Martin von Löwis
  *  original #!-checking implemented by tytso.
  */
 
diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
index aa359a2e4ce6..09e3d306e96f 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  *  (C) 1991  Linus Torvalds - minix filesystem
  *      1992, 1993, 1994  Eric Youngdale Modified for ISO 9660 filesystem.
- *      1994  Eberhard Moenkeberg - multi session handling.
+ *      1994  Eberhard Mönkeberg - multi session handling.
  *      1995  Mark Dobie - allow mounting of some weird VideoCDs and PhotoCDs.
  *      1997  Gordon Chaffee - Joliet CDs
  *      1998  Eric Lammerts - ISO 9660 Level 3
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c
index df0b8535de84..df25ecc418af 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ int dtSearch(struct inode *ip, struct component_name * key, ino_t * data,
               getChild:
                 /* update max. number of pages to split */
                 if (BT_STACK_FULL(btstack)) {
-                        /* Something's corrupted, mark filesytem dirty so
+                        /* Something's corrupted, mark filesystem dirty so
                          * chkdsk will fix it.
                          */
                         jfs_error(sb, "stack overrun in dtSearch!");
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c b/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
index e87b44ee9ac9..4b0334590ee5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  *                              from being used (thanks to Leo Spiekman)
  *      Andy Walker     :       Allow to specify the NFS server in nfs_root
  *                              without giving a path name
- *      Swen Th�mmler   :       Allow to specify the NFS options in nfs_root
+ *      Swen Thümmler  :       Allow to specify the NFS options in nfs_root
  *                              without giving a path name. Fix BOOTP request
  *                              for domainname (domainname is NIS domain, not
  *                              DNS domain!). Skip dummy devices for BOOTP.
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
index 345798ebd366..37c11e194372 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ ToDo/Notes:
           own locking so it does not matter if the vfs inode is locked.
         - Fix bug in mft record writing where we forgot to set the device in
           the buffers when mapping them after the VM had discarded them.
-          Thanks to Martin MOKREJŠ for the bug report.
+          Thanks to Martin MOKREJÅ for the bug report.
 
 2.1.22 - Many bug and race fixes and error handling improvements.
 
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ tng-0.0.4 - Big changes, getting in line with Al Viro's comments.
           for reading $MFT (ntfs_mft_readpage). In the process create dedicated
           address space operations (ntfs_mft_aops) for $MFT inode mapping. Also
           removed the now superfluous exports from the kernel core patch.
-        - Fix a bug where kfree() was used insted of ntfs_free().
+        - Fix a bug where kfree() was used instead of ntfs_free().
         - Change map_mft_record() to take ntfs_inode as argument instead of
           vfs inode. Dito for unmap_mft_record(). Adapt all callers.
         - Add pointer to ntfs_volume to ntfs_inode.
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/sysctl.c b/fs/ntfs/sysctl.c
index 4847fbfb0107..9ef85e628fe1 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/sysctl.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * sysctl.c - Code for sysctl handling in NTFS Linux kernel driver. Part of
  *            the Linux-NTFS project. Adapted from the old NTFS driver,
- *            Copyright (C) 1997 Martin von L�wis, R�gis Duchesne
+ *            Copyright (C) 1997 Martin von Löwis, Régis Duchesne
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2002-2005 Anton Altaparmakov
  *
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/sysctl.h b/fs/ntfs/sysctl.h
index beda5bf96405..d4f8ce920d95 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/sysctl.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs/sysctl.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * sysctl.h - Defines for sysctl handling in NTFS Linux kernel driver. Part of
  *            the Linux-NTFS project. Adapted from the old NTFS driver,
- *            Copyright (C) 1997 Martin von L�wis, R�gis Duchesne
+ *            Copyright (C) 1997 Martin von Löwis, Régis Duchesne
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Anton Altaparmakov
  *
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
index 014e73978dac..3094ddb7a254 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ out:
  * directory locks. The dentries have already been deleted on other
  * nodes via ocfs2_remote_dentry_delete().
  *
- * Normally, the VFS handles the d_move() for the file sytem, after
+ * Normally, the VFS handles the d_move() for the file system, after
  * the ->rename() callback. OCFS2 wants to handle this internally, so
  * the new lock can be created atomically with respect to the cluster.
  */
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 57adfe90d5ae..98c3781bc069 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static int finish_unfinished(struct super_block *s)
 
 /* to protect file being unlinked from getting lost we "safe" link files
    being unlinked. This link will be deleted in the same transaction with last
-   item of file. mounting the filesytem we scan all these links and remove
+   item of file. mounting the filesystem we scan all these links and remove
    files which almost got lost */
 void add_save_link(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
                    struct inode *inode, int truncate)
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index d28fde7e1cfb..ceaf2e3d594c 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *  Added kerneld support: Jacques Gelinas and Bjorn Ekwall
  *  Added change_root: Werner Almesberger & Hans Lermen, Feb '96
  *  Added options to /proc/mounts:
- *    Torbj�rn Lindh (torbjorn.lindh@gopta.se), April 14, 1996.
+ *    Torbjörn Lindh (torbjorn.lindh@gopta.se), April 14, 1996.
  *  Added devfs support: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>, 13-JAN-1998
  *  Heavily rewritten for 'one fs - one tree' dcache architecture. AV, Mar 2000
  */
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ restart:
 }
 
 /*
- * Call the ->sync_fs super_op against all filesytems which are r/w and
+ * Call the ->sync_fs super_op against all filesystems which are r/w and
  * which implement it.
  *
  * This operation is careful to avoid the livelock which could easily happen
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ restart:
  * is used only here.  We set it against all filesystems and then clear it as
  * we sync them.  So redirtied filesystems are skipped.
  *
- * But if process A is currently running sync_filesytems and then process B
+ * But if process A is currently running sync_filesystems and then process B
  * calls sync_filesystems as well, process B will set all the s_need_sync_fs
  * flags again, which will cause process A to resync everything.  Fix that with
  * a local mutex.
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index d3be1e7fb48b..27d1785b7644 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ int sysfs_add_file(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const struct attribute *attr,
 /**
  *      sysfs_create_file - create an attribute file for an object.
  *      @kobj:  object we're creating for. 
- *      @attr:  atrribute descriptor.
+ *      @attr:  attribute descriptor.
  */
 
 int sysfs_create_file(struct kobject * kobj, const struct attribute * attr)
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/arch-aaec2000/aaec2000.h b/include/asm-arm/arch-aaec2000/aaec2000.h
index 002227924b9f..a6d1ee0980f2 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/arch-aaec2000/aaec2000.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/arch-aaec2000/aaec2000.h
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@
 #define TIMER3_CLEAR    __REG(0x80000e0c)       /* Timer 3 Clear Register */
 
 /* Timer Control register bits */
-#define TIMER_CTRL_ENABLE       (1 << 7) /* Enable (Start° Timer */
+#define TIMER_CTRL_ENABLE       (1 << 7) /* Enable (Start Timer) */
 #define TIMER_CTRL_PERIODIC     (1 << 6) /* Periodic Running Mode */
 #define TIMER_CTRL_FREE_RUNNING (0 << 6) /* Normal Running Mode */
 #define TIMER_CTRL_CLKSEL_508K  (1 << 3) /* 508KHz Clock select (Timer 1, 2) */
-#define TIMER_CTRL_CLKSEL_2K    (0 << 3) /* 2KHz Clock Select (Timer 1, 2)*/
+#define TIMER_CTRL_CLKSEL_2K    (0 << 3) /* 2KHz Clock Select (Timer 1, 2) */
 
 /* Power and State Control */
 #define POWER_BASE      __REG(0x80000400)
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/dma-mapping.h b/include/asm-arm/dma-mapping.h
index 678134bf2475..1eb8aac43228 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ extern void dma_sync_sg_for_device(struct device*, struct scatterlist*, int, enu
  *
  * On the SA-1111, a bug limits DMA to only certain regions of RAM.
  * On the IXP425, the PCI inbound window is 64MB (256MB total RAM)
- * On some ADI engineering sytems, PCI inbound window is 32MB (12MB total RAM)
+ * On some ADI engineering systems, PCI inbound window is 32MB (12MB total RAM)
  *
  * The following are helper functions used by the dmabounce subystem
  *
diff --git a/include/asm-blackfin/system.h b/include/asm-blackfin/system.h
index 2b3d47d0bbb6..4a927379ee1c 100644
--- a/include/asm-blackfin/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-blackfin/system.h
@@ -128,9 +128,7 @@ extern unsigned long irq_flags;
 #define mb()   asm volatile (""   : : :"memory")
 #define rmb()  asm volatile (""   : : :"memory")
 #define wmb()  asm volatile (""   : : :"memory")
-#define set_rmb(var, value)    do { (void) xchg(&var, value); } while (0)
-#define set_mb(var, value)     set_rmb(var, value)
-#define set_wmb(var, value)    do { var = value; wmb(); } while (0)
+#define set_mb(var, value) do { (void) xchg(&var, value); } while (0)
 
 #define read_barrier_depends()          do { } while(0)
 
diff --git a/include/asm-h8300/system.h b/include/asm-h8300/system.h
index 7807018f8500..2c1e83f7b419 100644
--- a/include/asm-h8300/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-h8300/system.h
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ asmlinkage void resume(void);
 #define mb()   asm volatile (""   : : :"memory")
 #define rmb()  asm volatile (""   : : :"memory")
 #define wmb()  asm volatile (""   : : :"memory")
-#define set_rmb(var, value)    do { xchg(&var, value); } while (0)
-#define set_mb(var, value)     set_rmb(var, value)
+#define set_mb(var, value) do { xchg(&var, value); } while (0)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 #define smp_mb()        mb()
diff --git a/include/asm-m68knommu/system.h b/include/asm-m68knommu/system.h
index 1bd1142685e1..15b4c7d45c94 100644
--- a/include/asm-m68knommu/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-m68knommu/system.h
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ asmlinkage void resume(void);
 #define mb()   asm volatile (""   : : :"memory")
 #define rmb()  asm volatile (""   : : :"memory")
 #define wmb()  asm volatile (""   : : :"memory")
-#define set_rmb(var, value)    do { xchg(&var, value); } while (0)
-#define set_mb(var, value)     set_rmb(var, value)
+#define set_mb(var, value) do { xchg(&var, value); } while (0)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 #define smp_mb()        mb()
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/pci/bridge.h b/include/asm-mips/pci/bridge.h
index b84feebf2cef..5f4b9d4e4114 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/pci/bridge.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/pci/bridge.h
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ typedef struct bridge_err_cmdword_s {
                  BRIDGE_ISR_PMU_ESIZE_FAULT)
 
 /*
- * List of Errors which are fatal and kill the sytem
+ * List of Errors which are fatal and kill the system
  */
 #define BRIDGE_ISR_ERROR_FATAL          \
                 ((BRIDGE_ISR_XTALK_ERROR & ~BRIDGE_ISR_XREAD_REQ_TIMEOUT)|\
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/io.h b/include/asm-powerpc/io.h
index bf14ab4ef4c9..e44cdfc8493a 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/io.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/io.h
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static inline void name at					\
 #else
 /*
  * Enforce synchronisation of stores vs. spin_unlock
- * (this does it explicitely, though our implementation of spin_unlock
+ * (this does it explicitly, though our implementation of spin_unlock
  * does it implicitely too)
  */
 static inline void mmiowb(void)
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/paca.h b/include/asm-powerpc/paca.h
index 98c6bd5756b7..f6dfce025adf 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/paca.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/paca.h
@@ -121,7 +121,5 @@ struct paca_struct {
 
 extern struct paca_struct paca[];
 
-void setup_boot_paca(void);
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_PACA_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-sh/se7751.h b/include/asm-sh/se7751.h
index 02ca9347f043..b36792ac5d66 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh/se7751.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh/se7751.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #define PA_LED          0xba000000      /* LED */
 #define PA_BCR          0xbb000000      /* FPGA on the MS7751SE01 */
 
-#define PA_MRSHPC       0xb83fffe0      /* MR-SHPC-01 PCMCIA controler */
+#define PA_MRSHPC       0xb83fffe0      /* MR-SHPC-01 PCMCIA controller */
 #define PA_MRSHPC_MW1   0xb8400000      /* MR-SHPC-01 memory window base */
 #define PA_MRSHPC_MW2   0xb8500000      /* MR-SHPC-01 attribute window base */
 #define PA_MRSHPC_IO    0xb8600000      /* MR-SHPC-01 I/O window base */
diff --git a/include/asm-sh/systemh7751.h b/include/asm-sh/systemh7751.h
index b143bb2a2ca7..4161122c84ef 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh/systemh7751.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh/systemh7751.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #define PA_LED          0xba000000      /* LED */
 #define PA_BCR          0xbb000000      /* FPGA on the MS7751SE01 */
 
-#define PA_MRSHPC       0xb83fffe0      /* MR-SHPC-01 PCMCIA controler */
+#define PA_MRSHPC       0xb83fffe0      /* MR-SHPC-01 PCMCIA controller */
 #define PA_MRSHPC_MW1   0xb8400000      /* MR-SHPC-01 memory window base */
 #define PA_MRSHPC_MW2   0xb8500000      /* MR-SHPC-01 attribute window base */
 #define PA_MRSHPC_IO    0xb8600000      /* MR-SHPC-01 I/O window base */
diff --git a/include/asm-sh64/system.h b/include/asm-sh64/system.h
index 5ff94644e8c8..be2a15ffcc55 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh64/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh64/system.h
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ extern void __xchg_called_with_bad_pointer(void);
 #define smp_read_barrier_depends()      do { } while (0)
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
-#define set_rmb(var, value) do { (void)xchg(&var, value); } while (0)
-#define set_mb(var, value) set_rmb(var, value)
+#define set_mb(var, value) do { (void)xchg(&var, value); } while (0)
 
 /* Interrupt Control */
 #ifndef HARD_CLI
diff --git a/include/asm-v850/system.h b/include/asm-v850/system.h
index 0de2481fd990..a34ddfafd561 100644
--- a/include/asm-v850/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-v850/system.h
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ static inline int irqs_disabled (void)
 #define rmb()                   mb ()
 #define wmb()                   mb ()
 #define read_barrier_depends()  ((void)0)
-#define set_rmb(var, value)     do { xchg (&var, value); } while (0)
-#define set_mb(var, value)      set_rmb (var, value)
+#define set_mb(var, value)      do { xchg (&var, value); } while (0)
 
 #define smp_mb()        mb ()
 #define smp_rmb()       rmb ()
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/hpet.h b/include/asm-x86/hpet.h
index 4f51519fc199..b1f3c1ea55d9 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/hpet.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/hpet.h
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HPET_TIMER
 
-/*
- * Documentation on HPET can be found at:
- *      http://www.intel.com/ial/home/sp/pcmmspec.htm
- *      ftp://download.intel.com/ial/home/sp/mmts098.pdf
- */
-
 #define HPET_MMAP_SIZE          1024
 
 #define HPET_ID                 0x000
diff --git a/include/linux/cdrom.h b/include/linux/cdrom.h
index 2b641b176e7f..c6d3e22c0624 100644
--- a/include/linux/cdrom.h
+++ b/include/linux/cdrom.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * -- <linux/cdrom.h>
  * General header file for linux CD-ROM drivers 
  * Copyright (C) 1992         David Giller, rafetmad@oxy.edu
- *               1994, 1995   Eberhard Moenkeberg, emoenke@gwdg.de
+ *               1994, 1995   Eberhard Mönkeberg, emoenke@gwdg.de
  *               1996         David van Leeuwen, david@tm.tno.nl
  *               1997, 1998   Erik Andersen, andersee@debian.org
  *               1998-2002    Jens Axboe, axboe@suse.de
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
                                            (struct cdrom_multisession) */
 #define CDROM_GET_MCN           0x5311 /* Obtain the "Universal Product Code" 
                                            if available (struct cdrom_mcn) */
-#define CDROM_GET_UPC           CDROM_GET_MCN  /* This one is depricated, 
+#define CDROM_GET_UPC           CDROM_GET_MCN  /* This one is deprecated, 
                                           but here anyway for compatibility */
 #define CDROMRESET              0x5312 /* hard-reset the drive */
 #define CDROMVOLREAD            0x5313 /* Get the drive's volume setting 
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ struct cdrom_generic_command
 #define GPMODE_TO_PROTECT_PAGE          0x1d
 #define GPMODE_CAPABILITIES_PAGE        0x2a
 #define GPMODE_ALL_PAGES                0x3f
-/* Not in Mt. Fuji, but in ATAPI 2.6 -- depricated now in favor
+/* Not in Mt. Fuji, but in ATAPI 2.6 -- deprecated now in favor
  * of MODE_SENSE_POWER_PAGE */
 #define GPMODE_CDROM_PAGE               0x0d
 
diff --git a/include/linux/crypto.h b/include/linux/crypto.h
index fc32694287e2..f3110ebe894a 100644
--- a/include/linux/crypto.h
+++ b/include/linux/crypto.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2005 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
  *
  * Portions derived from Cryptoapi, by Alexander Kjeldaas <astor@fast.no>
- * and Nettle, by Niels M�ller.
+ * and Nettle, by Niels Möller.
  * 
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1657e995f72c..1bcce660cf03 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ static inline int break_lease(struct inode *inode, unsigned int mode)
 
 extern int do_truncate(struct dentry *, loff_t start, unsigned int time_attrs,
                        struct file *filp);
-extern long do_sys_open(int fdf, const char __user *filename, int flags,
+extern long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags,
                         int mode);
 extern struct file *filp_open(const char *, int, int);
 extern struct file * dentry_open(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *, int);
diff --git a/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h b/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h
index efa292a52e7e..56ae438ae510 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ struct ipmi_smi_handlers
         /* Enable/disable firmware maintenance mode.  Note that this
            is *not* the modes defined, this is simply an on/off
            setting.  The message handler does the mode handling.  Note
-           that this is called from interupt context, so it cannot
+           that this is called from interrupt context, so it cannot
            block. */
         void (*set_maintenance_mode)(void *send_info, int enable);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index ff3f857f6957..ac050830a873 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -832,9 +832,11 @@ struct request_sock;
  *      incoming sk_buff @skb has been associated with a particular socket, @sk.
  *      @sk contains the sock (not socket) associated with the incoming sk_buff.
  *      @skb contains the incoming network data.
- * @socket_getpeersec:
+ * @socket_getpeersec_stream:
  *      This hook allows the security module to provide peer socket security
- *      state to userspace via getsockopt SO_GETPEERSEC.
+ *      state for unix or connected tcp sockets to userspace via getsockopt
+ *      SO_GETPEERSEC.  For tcp sockets this can be meaningful if the
+ *      socket is associated with an ipsec SA.
  *      @sock is the local socket.
  *      @optval userspace memory where the security state is to be copied.
  *      @optlen userspace int where the module should copy the actual length
@@ -843,6 +845,17 @@ struct request_sock;
  *      by the caller.
  *      Return 0 if all is well, otherwise, typical getsockopt return
  *      values.
+ * @socket_getpeersec_dgram:
+ *      This hook allows the security module to provide peer socket security
+ *      state for udp sockets on a per-packet basis to userspace via
+ *      getsockopt SO_GETPEERSEC.  The application must first have indicated
+ *      the IP_PASSSEC option via getsockopt.  It can then retrieve the
+ *      security state returned by this hook for a packet via the SCM_SECURITY
+ *      ancillary message type.
+ *      @skb is the skbuff for the packet being queried
+ *      @secdata is a pointer to a buffer in which to copy the security data
+ *      @seclen is the maximum length for @secdata
+ *      Return 0 on success, error on failure.
  * @sk_alloc_security:
  *      Allocate and attach a security structure to the sk->sk_security field,
  *      which is used to copy security attributes between local stream sockets.
diff --git a/include/net/irda/irttp.h b/include/net/irda/irttp.h
index cf80c1af5854..32c385dd9e06 100644
--- a/include/net/irda/irttp.h
+++ b/include/net/irda/irttp.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 /* Receive queue sizes */
 /* Minimum of credit that the peer should hold.
- * If the peer has less credits than 9 frames, we will explicitely send
+ * If the peer has less credits than 9 frames, we will explicitly send
  * him some credits (through irttp_give_credit() and a specific frame).
  * Note that when we give credits it's likely that it won't be sent in
  * this LAP window, but in the next one. So, we make sure that the peer
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 /* This is the default maximum number of credits held by the peer, so the
  * default maximum number of frames he can send us before needing flow
  * control answer from us (this may be negociated differently at TSAP setup).
- * We want to minimise the number of times we have to explicitely send some
+ * We want to minimise the number of times we have to explicitly send some
  * credit to the peer, hoping we can piggyback it on the return data. In
  * particular, it doesn't make sense for us to send credit more than once
  * per LAP window.
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 0dd0e7a1f632..f605a969ea61 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -70,15 +70,7 @@
 /*
  * This is one of the first .c files built. Error out early if we have compiler
  * trouble.
- *
- * Versions of gcc older than that listed below may actually compile and link
- * okay, but the end product can have subtle run time bugs.  To avoid associated
- * bogus bug reports, we flatly refuse to compile with a gcc that is known to be
- * too old from the very beginning.
  */
-#if (__GNUC__ < 3) || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 2)
-#error Sorry, your GCC is too old. It builds incorrect kernels.
-#endif
 
 #if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 1 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ == 0
 #warning gcc-4.1.0 is known to miscompile the kernel.  A different compiler version is recommended.
@@ -288,7 +280,7 @@ static int __init unknown_bootoption(char *param, char *val)
                 return 0;
 
         /*
-         * Preemptive maintenance for "why didn't my mispelled command
+         * Preemptive maintenance for "why didn't my misspelled command
          * line work?"
          */
         if (strchr(param, '.') && (!val || strchr(param, '.') < val)) {
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index b2b2c2b0a49b..b6d2ff7e37ee 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int hrtimer_reprogram(struct hrtimer *timer,
         /*
          * When the callback is running, we do not reprogram the clock event
          * device. The timer callback is either running on a different CPU or
-         * the callback is executed in the hrtimer_interupt context. The
+         * the callback is executed in the hrtimer_interrupt context. The
          * reprogramming is handled either by the softirq, which called the
          * callback or at the end of the hrtimer_interrupt.
          */
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ void __timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer, void *addr)
 #endif
 
 /*
- * Counterpart to lock_timer_base above:
+ * Counterpart to lock_hrtimer_base above:
  */
 static inline
 void unlock_hrtimer_base(const struct hrtimer *timer, unsigned long *flags)
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 3886bd8230fe..6f6e03e91595 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic);
  *  'F' - Module has been forcibly loaded.
  *  'S' - SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
  *  'R' - User forced a module unload.
- *  'M' - Machine had a machine check experience.
+ *  'M' - System experienced a machine check exception.
  *  'B' - System has hit bad_page.
  *  'U' - Userspace-defined naughtiness.
  *
diff --git a/kernel/power/snapshot.c b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
index ccc95ac07bed..78039b477d2b 100644
--- a/kernel/power/snapshot.c
+++ b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
@@ -1005,11 +1005,12 @@ copy_data_pages(struct memory_bitmap *copy_bm, struct memory_bitmap *orig_bm)
         }
         memory_bm_position_reset(orig_bm);
         memory_bm_position_reset(copy_bm);
-        do {
+        for(;;) {
                 pfn = memory_bm_next_pfn(orig_bm);
-                if (likely(pfn != BM_END_OF_MAP))
-                        copy_data_page(memory_bm_next_pfn(copy_bm), pfn);
-        } while (pfn != BM_END_OF_MAP);
+                if (unlikely(pfn == BM_END_OF_MAP))
+                        break;
+                copy_data_page(memory_bm_next_pfn(copy_bm), pfn);
+        }
 }
 
 /* Total number of image pages */
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index afe76ec2e7fe..7581e331b139 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3310,7 +3310,6 @@ unsigned long long task_sched_runtime(struct task_struct *p)
 /*
  * Account user cpu time to a process.
  * @p: the process that the cpu time gets accounted to
- * @hardirq_offset: the offset to subtract from hardirq_count()
  * @cputime: the cpu time spent in user space since the last update
  */
 void account_user_time(struct task_struct *p, cputime_t cputime)
@@ -5146,7 +5145,7 @@ static int __migrate_task_irq(struct task_struct *p, int src_cpu, int dest_cpu)
 }
 
 /*
- * Figure out where task on dead CPU should go, use force if neccessary.
+ * Figure out where task on dead CPU should go, use force if necessary.
  * NOTE: interrupts should be disabled by the caller
  */
 static void move_task_off_dead_cpu(int dead_cpu, struct task_struct *p)
@@ -5525,7 +5524,7 @@ migration_call(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 
         case CPU_ONLINE:
         case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN:
-                /* Strictly unneccessary, as first user will wake it. */
+                /* Strictly unnecessary, as first user will wake it. */
                 wake_up_process(cpu_rq(cpu)->migration_thread);
                 break;
 
diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index 9f360f68aad6..354e74bc17c1 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ out:
 
         stats->version = TASKSTATS_VERSION;
         /*
-         * Accounting subsytems can also add calls here to modify
+         * Accounting subsystems can also add calls here to modify
          * fields of taskstats.
          */
         return rc;
diff --git a/lib/argv_split.c b/lib/argv_split.c
index fad6ce4f7b57..5205a8dae5bc 100644
--- a/lib/argv_split.c
+++ b/lib/argv_split.c
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
-#include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 
 static const char *skip_sep(const char *cp)
 {
diff --git a/lib/kernel_lock.c b/lib/kernel_lock.c
index e0fdfddb406e..f73e2f8c308f 100644
--- a/lib/kernel_lock.c
+++ b/lib/kernel_lock.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * lib/kernel_lock.c
  *
  * This is the traditional BKL - big kernel lock. Largely
- * relegated to obsolescense, but used by various less
+ * relegated to obsolescence, but used by various less
  * important (or lazy) subsystems.
  */
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 2e4eae5b0824..5886147252d0 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
         else
                 subsystem = kobject_name(&kset->kobj);
         if (!subsystem) {
-                pr_debug("unset subsytem caused the event to drop!\n");
+                pr_debug("unset subsystem caused the event to drop!\n");
                 return 0;
         }
 
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index b1f03b0eb7f1..c070ec0c15bf 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ config DISCONTIGMEM_MANUAL
           in their physical address spaces, and this option provides
           more efficient handling of these holes.  However, the vast
           majority of hardware has quite flat address spaces, and
-          can have degraded performance from extra overhead that
+          can have degraded performance from the extra overhead that
           this option imposes.
 
           Many NUMA configurations will have this as the only option.
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 034617f8cdb2..8b809ecefa39 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ static long region_chg(struct list_head *head, long f, long t)
 
         /* If we are below the current region then a new region is required.
          * Subtle, allocate a new region at the position but make it zero
-         * size such that we can guarentee to record the reservation. */
+         * size such that we can guarantee to record the reservation. */
         if (&rg->link == head || t < rg->from) {
                 nrg = kmalloc(sizeof(*nrg), GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!nrg)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 142683df8755..eefd5b68bc42 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2713,7 +2713,7 @@ int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, in
                 return 0;
 
         down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-        /* ignore errors, just check how much was sucessfully transfered */
+        /* ignore errors, just check how much was successfully transferred */
         while (len) {
                 int bytes, ret, offset;
                 void *maddr;
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 091b9c6c2529..1833879f8438 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int __add_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
                 err = __add_section(zone, i << PFN_SECTION_SHIFT);
 
                 /*
-                 * EEXIST is finally dealed with by ioresource collision
+                 * EEXIST is finally dealt with by ioresource collision
                  * check. see add_memory() => register_memory_resource()
                  * Warning will be printed if there is collision.
                  */
diff --git a/mm/mempool.c b/mm/mempool.c
index 02d5ec3feabc..a46eb1b4bb66 100644
--- a/mm/mempool.c
+++ b/mm/mempool.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_free_slab);
 
 /*
  * A commonly used alloc and free fn that kmalloc/kfrees the amount of memory
- * specfied by pool_data
+ * specified by pool_data
  */
 void *mempool_kmalloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, void *pool_data)
 {
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 4d6ee03db946..6a207e8d17ea 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ move_newpage:
  * The function returns after 10 attempts or if no pages
  * are movable anymore because to has become empty
  * or no retryable pages exist anymore. All pages will be
- * retruned to the LRU or freed.
+ * returned to the LRU or freed.
  *
  * Return: Number of pages not migrated or error code.
  */
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 42fb84e9e815..8f09333f78e1 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfree);
 void *__vmalloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot)
 {
         /*
-         * kmalloc doesn't like __GFP_HIGHMEM for some reason
+         *  You can't specify __GFP_HIGHMEM with kmalloc() since kmalloc()
+         * returns only a logical address.
          */
         return kmalloc(size, (gfp_mask | __GFP_COMP) & ~__GFP_HIGHMEM);
 }
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 7845462064f4..838a5e31394c 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ int __set_page_dirty_no_writeback(struct page *page)
  * mapping is pinned by the vma's ->vm_file reference.
  *
  * We take care to handle the case where the page was truncated from the
- * mapping by re-checking page_mapping() insode tree_lock.
+ * mapping by re-checking page_mapping() inside tree_lock.
  */
 int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page *page)
 {
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 43f757fcf30f..da69d833e067 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static unsigned long __meminitdata dma_reserve;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP
   /*
-   * MAX_ACTIVE_REGIONS determines the maxmimum number of distinct
+   * MAX_ACTIVE_REGIONS determines the maximum number of distinct
    * ranges of memory (RAM) that may be registered with add_active_range().
    * Ranges passed to add_active_range() will be merged if possible
    * so the number of times add_active_range() can be called is
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ int zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z, int order, unsigned long mark,
  * skip over zones that are not allowed by the cpuset, or that have
  * been recently (in last second) found to be nearly full.  See further
  * comments in mmzone.h.  Reduces cache footprint of zonelist scans
- * that have to skip over alot of full or unallowed zones.
+ * that have to skip over a lot of full or unallowed zones.
  *
  * If the zonelist cache is present in the passed in zonelist, then
  * returns a pointer to the allowed node mask (either the current
@@ -2358,7 +2358,7 @@ void build_all_zonelists(void)
                 __build_all_zonelists(NULL);
                 cpuset_init_current_mems_allowed();
         } else {
-                /* we have to stop all cpus to guaranntee there is no user
+                /* we have to stop all cpus to guarantee there is no user
                    of zonelist */
                 stop_machine_run(__build_all_zonelists, NULL, NR_CPUS);
                 /* cpuset refresh routine should be here */
@@ -2864,7 +2864,7 @@ static int __meminit first_active_region_index_in_nid(int nid)
 
 /*
  * Basic iterator support. Return the next active range of PFNs for a node
- * Note: nid == MAX_NUMNODES returns next region regardles of node
+ * Note: nid == MAX_NUMNODES returns next region regardless of node
  */
 static int __meminit next_active_region_index_in_nid(int index, int nid)
 {
diff --git a/mm/prio_tree.c b/mm/prio_tree.c
index b4e76c25f953..603ae98d9694 100644
--- a/mm/prio_tree.c
+++ b/mm/prio_tree.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * Radix priority search tree for address_space->i_mmap
  *
  * For each vma that map a unique set of file pages i.e., unique [radix_index,
- * heap_index] value, we have a corresponing priority search tree node. If
+ * heap_index] value, we have a corresponding priority search tree node. If
  * multiple vmas have identical [radix_index, heap_index] value, then one of
  * them is used as a tree node and others are stored in a vm_set list. The tree
  * node points to the first vma (head) of the list using vm_set.head.
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 54eb555c4ef8..cfa6be4e378e 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * initialized objects.
  *
  * This means, that your constructor is used only for newly allocated
- * slabs and you must pass objects with the same intializations to
+ * slabs and you must pass objects with the same initializations to
  * kmem_cache_free.
  *
  * Each cache can only support one memory type (GFP_DMA, GFP_HIGHMEM,
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpuup_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
                  * structure is usually allocated from kmem_cache_create() and
                  * gets destroyed at kmem_cache_destroy().
                  */
-                /* fall thru */
+                /* fall through */
 #endif
         case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
         case CPU_UP_CANCELED_FROZEN:
@@ -3806,7 +3806,7 @@ const char *kmem_cache_name(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmem_cache_name);
 
 /*
- * This initializes kmem_list3 or resizes varioius caches for all nodes.
+ * This initializes kmem_list3 or resizes various caches for all nodes.
  */
 static int alloc_kmemlist(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 {
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index a65eff8a517a..9ac88323d237 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * This file contains the default values for the opereation of the
+ * This file contains the default values for the operation of the
  * Linux VM subsystem. Fine-tuning documentation can be found in
  * Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt.
  * Started 18.12.91
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 2e01af365848..af77e171e339 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__get_vm_area);
 
 /**
- *      get_vm_area  -  reserve a contingous kernel virtual area
+ *      get_vm_area  -  reserve a contiguous kernel virtual area
  *      @size:          size of the area
  *      @flags:         %VM_IOREMAP for I/O mappings or VM_ALLOC
  *
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ found:
 }
 
 /**
- *      remove_vm_area  -  find and remove a contingous kernel virtual area
+ *      remove_vm_area  -  find and remove a continuous kernel virtual area
  *      @addr:          base address
  *
  *      Search for the kernel VM area starting at @addr, and remove it.
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static void __vunmap(void *addr, int deallocate_pages)
  *      vfree  -  release memory allocated by vmalloc()
  *      @addr:          memory base address
  *
- *      Free the virtually contiguous memory area starting at @addr, as
+ *      Free the virtually continuous memory area starting at @addr, as
  *      obtained from vmalloc(), vmalloc_32() or __vmalloc(). If @addr is
  *      NULL, no operation is performed.
  *
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index cb474cc99645..e5a9597e3bbc 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker);
  * percentages of the lru and ageable caches.  This should balance the seeks
  * generated by these structures.
  *
- * If the vm encounted mapped pages on the LRU it increase the pressure on
+ * If the vm encountered mapped pages on the LRU it increase the pressure on
  * slab to avoid swapping.
  *
  * We do weird things to avoid (scanned*seeks*entries) overflowing 32 bits.
diff --git a/net/9p/Kconfig b/net/9p/Kconfig
index eecbf12f6393..71bc110aebf8 100644
--- a/net/9p/Kconfig
+++ b/net/9p/Kconfig
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ config NET_9P_DEBUG
         bool "Debug information"
         depends on NET_9P
         help
-          Say Y if you want the 9P subsistem to log debug information.
+          Say Y if you want the 9P subsystem to log debug information.
 
diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_ds_in.c b/net/ax25/ax25_ds_in.c
index e37d217a986a..8273b1200eee 100644
--- a/net/ax25/ax25_ds_in.c
+++ b/net/ax25/ax25_ds_in.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int ax25_ds_state1_machine(ax25_cb *ax25, struct sk_buff *skb, int framet
                 }
                 ax25_dama_on(ax25);
 
-                /* according to DK4EG�s spec we are required to
+                /* according to DK4EG's spec we are required to
                  * send a RR RESPONSE FINAL NR=0.
                  */
 
diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_ds_subr.c b/net/ax25/ax25_ds_subr.c
index a49773ff2b92..b5e59787be2f 100644
--- a/net/ax25/ax25_ds_subr.c
+++ b/net/ax25/ax25_ds_subr.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void ax25_ds_enquiry_response(ax25_cb *ax25)
         ax25_cb *ax25o;
         struct hlist_node *node;
 
-        /* Please note that neither DK4EG�s nor DG2FEF�s
+        /* Please note that neither DK4EG's nor DG2FEF's
          * DAMA spec mention the following behaviour as seen
          * with TheFirmware:
          *
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
index 1f78c3e336d8..347e935faaf0 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
    BNEP implementation for Linux Bluetooth stack (BlueZ).
    Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Inventel Systemes
    Written 2001-2002 by
-        Cl�ment Moreau <clement.moreau@inventel.fr>
+        Clément Moreau <clement.moreau@inventel.fr>
         David Libault  <david.libault@inventel.fr>
 
    Copyright (C) 2002 Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c b/net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c
index 9092816f58de..95e3837e4312 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/bnep/netdev.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
    BNEP implementation for Linux Bluetooth stack (BlueZ).
    Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Inventel Systemes
    Written 2001-2002 by
-        Cl�ment Moreau <clement.moreau@inventel.fr>
+        Clément Moreau <clement.moreau@inventel.fr>
         David Libault  <david.libault@inventel.fr>
 
    Copyright (C) 2002 Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
index d5a09eaef915..817169e718c1 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static int translate_table(char *name, struct ebt_table_info *newinfo)
                                 return -EINVAL;
                         }
 
-        /* we now know the following (along with E=mc�):
+        /* we now know the following (along with E=mc��):
            - the nr of entries in each chain is right
            - the size of the allocated space is right
            - all valid hooks have a corresponding chain
diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index 7ac703171ff3..c4719edb55c0 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Alexey Kuznetsov  <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>
  * Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
- * Jens L��s <jens.laas@data.slu.se>
+ * Jens Låås <jens.laas@data.slu.se>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
diff --git a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.c b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.c
index 9b58dd67acb6..d309e8f19992 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.c
+++ b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ int ieee80211_wx_set_encode(struct ieee80211_device *ieee,
                                                (*crypt)->priv);
                 sec.flags |= (1 << key);
                 /* This ensures a key will be activated if no key is
-                 * explicitely set */
+                 * explicitly set */
                 if (key == sec.active_key)
                         sec.flags |= SEC_ACTIVE_KEY;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
index d894f616c3d6..9f9fd2c6f6e2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ config TCP_CONG_ILLINOIS
         depends on EXPERIMENTAL
         default n
         ---help---
-        TCP-Illinois is a sender-side modificatio of TCP Reno for
+        TCP-Illinois is a sender-side modification of TCP Reno for
         high speed long delay links. It uses round-trip-time to
         adjust the alpha and beta parameters to achieve a higher average
         throughput and maintain fairness.
diff --git a/net/irda/discovery.c b/net/irda/discovery.c
index af0cea721d2a..80c33f408e3f 100644
--- a/net/irda/discovery.c
+++ b/net/irda/discovery.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void irlmp_expire_discoveries(hashbin_t *log, __u32 saddr, int force)
         /* Drop the spinlock before calling the higher layers, as
          * we can't guarantee they won't call us back and create a
          * deadlock. We will work on our own private data, so we
-         * don't care to be interupted. - Jean II */
+         * don't care to be interrupted. - Jean II */
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&log->hb_spinlock, flags);
 
         if(buffer == NULL)
diff --git a/net/irda/iriap.c b/net/irda/iriap.c
index ee3889fa49ab..dc5e34a01620 100644
--- a/net/irda/iriap.c
+++ b/net/irda/iriap.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/iriap_event.c b/net/irda/iriap_event.c
index 99b18dc7a0b7..8fb9d7277ca8 100644
--- a/net/irda/iriap_event.c
+++ b/net/irda/iriap_event.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irias_object.c b/net/irda/irias_object.c
index cf302457097b..cbcf04380f3a 100644
--- a/net/irda/irias_object.c
+++ b/net/irda/irias_object.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_client.c b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_client.c
index 87039c2fb6a2..fff52d57a200 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_client.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_client.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_client_event.c b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_client_event.c
index 843ab6fbb394..6afcee59e906 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_client_event.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_client_event.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_common.c b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_common.c
index f5778ef3ccc7..a4b56e25a917 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_common.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_common.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_eth.c b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_eth.c
index 340f04a36b02..7f9c8542e5fc 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_eth.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_eth.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_event.c b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_event.c
index 623e0fd16c19..a9750a801388 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_event.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_event.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_filter.c b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_filter.c
index e6346b88f934..4384be9a6888 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_filter.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_filter.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_provider.c b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_provider.c
index aac66434e473..13db942812e4 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_provider.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_provider.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_provider_event.c b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_provider_event.c
index ef401bd6ea00..10ece5a47522 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_provider_event.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_provider_event.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irlap_event.c b/net/irda/irlap_event.c
index a8b8873aa263..4c33bf5c8354 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlap_event.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlap_event.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irlap_frame.c b/net/irda/irlap_frame.c
index 77ac27e81161..4f3764546b2f 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlap_frame.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlap_frame.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irlmp.c b/net/irda/irlmp.c
index 7db92ced2c02..cedff8068fbc 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlmp.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlmp.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irlmp_event.c b/net/irda/irlmp_event.c
index 65ffa981510a..1bba87e78609 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlmp_event.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlmp_event.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irlmp_frame.c b/net/irda/irlmp_frame.c
index 559302d3fe66..0a79d9aeb08c 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlmp_frame.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlmp_frame.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irmod.c b/net/irda/irmod.c
index 8ba703da2797..01554b996b9b 100644
--- a/net/irda/irmod.c
+++ b/net/irda/irmod.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irqueue.c b/net/irda/irqueue.c
index d058b467f9e4..40c28efaed95 100644
--- a/net/irda/irqueue.c
+++ b/net/irda/irqueue.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irsysctl.c b/net/irda/irsysctl.c
index 525343a1c521..565cbf0421cd 100644
--- a/net/irda/irsysctl.c
+++ b/net/irda/irsysctl.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/irttp.c b/net/irda/irttp.c
index 1311976c9dfe..97db158c9274 100644
--- a/net/irda/irttp.c
+++ b/net/irda/irttp.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/timer.c b/net/irda/timer.c
index d3a6ee8cc4a2..d730099080a2 100644
--- a/net/irda/timer.c
+++ b/net/irda/timer.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/irda/wrapper.c b/net/irda/wrapper.c
index a7a7f191f1a8..e71286768a48 100644
--- a/net/irda/wrapper.c
+++ b/net/irda/wrapper.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
  *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
diff --git a/net/iucv/iucv.c b/net/iucv/iucv.c
index 983058d432dc..a2f5a6ea3895 100644
--- a/net/iucv/iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/iucv.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static void iucv_block_cpu(void *data)
  * iucv_declare_cpu
  * @data: unused
  *
- * Declare a interupt buffer on this cpu.
+ * Declare a interrupt buffer on this cpu.
  */
 static void iucv_declare_cpu(void *data)
 {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_CONNMARK.c b/net/netfilter/xt_CONNMARK.c
index 8cc324b159e9..856793e8db7a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_CONNMARK.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_CONNMARK.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <net/checksum.h>
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Henrik Nordstrom <hno@marasytems.com>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Henrik Nordstrom <hno@marasystems.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IP tables CONNMARK matching module");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ipt_CONNMARK");
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_connmark.c b/net/netfilter/xt_connmark.c
index 1071fc54d6d3..9f67920af41f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_connmark.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_connmark.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/netfilter/x_tables.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/xt_connmark.h>
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Henrik Nordstrom <hno@marasytems.com>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Henrik Nordstrom <hno@marasystems.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IP tables connmark match module");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ipt_connmark");
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_limit.c b/net/netfilter/xt_limit.c
index 4fcca797150f..f263a77e57b7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_limit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_limit.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/* (C) 1999 J�r�me de Vivie <devivie@info.enserb.u-bordeaux.fr>
- * (C) 1999 Herv� Eychenne <eychenne@info.enserb.u-bordeaux.fr>
+/* (C) 1999 Jérôme de Vivie <devivie@info.enserb.u-bordeaux.fr>
+ * (C) 1999 Hervé Eychenne <eychenne@info.enserb.u-bordeaux.fr>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
diff --git a/net/sched/em_meta.c b/net/sched/em_meta.c
index e9989610712c..ceda8890ab0e 100644
--- a/net/sched/em_meta.c
+++ b/net/sched/em_meta.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
  *      ppp0..9.
  *
  *      NOTE: Certain meta values depend on other subsystems and are
- *            only available if that subsytem is enabled in the kernel.
+ *            only available if that subsystem is enabled in the kernel.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_midi_emul.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_midi_emul.c
index d7c4fb86b9eb..17b3e6f13ca3 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_midi_emul.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_midi_emul.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static void reset_all_channels(struct snd_midi_channel_set *chset);
  * such as GM, GS and XG.
  * There modes that this module will run in are:
  *   Generic MIDI - no interpretation at all, it will just save current values
- *                  of controlers etc.
+ *                  of controllers etc.
  *   GM - You can use all gm_ prefixed elements of chan.  Controls, RPN, NRPN,
  *        SysEx will be interpreded as defined in General Midi.
  *   GS - You can use all gs_ prefixed elements of chan. Codes for GS will be
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ snd_midi_process_event(struct snd_midi_op *ops,
                                    ev->data.control.value);
                 break;
         case SNDRV_SEQ_EVENT_NONREGPARAM:
-                /* Break it back into its controler values */
+                /* Break it back into its controller values */
                 chan->param_type = SNDRV_MIDI_PARAM_TYPE_NONREGISTERED;
                 chan->control[MIDI_CTL_MSB_DATA_ENTRY]
                         = (ev->data.control.value >> 7) & 0x7f;
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ snd_midi_process_event(struct snd_midi_op *ops,
                 nrpn(ops, drv, chan, chanset);
                 break;
         case SNDRV_SEQ_EVENT_REGPARAM:
-                /* Break it back into its controler values */
+                /* Break it back into its controller values */
                 chan->param_type = SNDRV_MIDI_PARAM_TYPE_REGISTERED;
                 chan->control[MIDI_CTL_MSB_DATA_ENTRY]
                         = (ev->data.control.value >> 7) & 0x7f;
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ note_off(struct snd_midi_op *ops, void *drv, struct snd_midi_channel *chan,
 }
 
 /*
- * Do all driver independent operations for this controler and pass
+ * Do all driver independent operations for this controller and pass
  * events that need to take place immediately to the driver.
  */
 static void
diff --git a/sound/drivers/opl3/opl3_midi.c b/sound/drivers/opl3/opl3_midi.c
index 1b6f227af370..3557b6e20eb5 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/opl3/opl3_midi.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/opl3/opl3_midi.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ static void snd_opl3_pitch_ctrl(struct snd_opl3 *opl3, struct snd_midi_channel *
 }
 
 /*
- * Deal with a controler type event.  This includes all types of
+ * Deal with a controller type event.  This includes all types of
  * control events, not just the midi controllers
  */
 void snd_opl3_control(void *p, int type, struct snd_midi_channel *chan)
diff --git a/sound/isa/es18xx.c b/sound/isa/es18xx.c
index 4a7367a8ff9d..c1af28fd4a1f 100644
--- a/sound/isa/es18xx.c
+++ b/sound/isa/es18xx.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static int snd_es18xx_capture_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
                          (snd_pcm_format_width(runtime->format) == 16 ? 0x04 : 0x00) |
                          (snd_pcm_format_unsigned(runtime->format) ? 0x00 : 0x20));
 
-        /* Set DMA controler */
+        /* Set DMA controller */
         snd_dma_program(chip->dma1, runtime->dma_addr, size, DMA_MODE_READ | DMA_AUTOINIT);
 
         return 0;
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ static int snd_es18xx_playback2_prepare(struct snd_es18xx *chip,
                          (snd_pcm_format_width(runtime->format) == 16 ? 0x04 : 0x00) |
                          (snd_pcm_format_unsigned(runtime->format) ? 0x00 : 0x20));
 
-        /* Set DMA controler */
+        /* Set DMA controller */
         snd_dma_program(chip->dma1, runtime->dma_addr, size, DMA_MODE_WRITE | DMA_AUTOINIT);
 
         return 0;
diff --git a/sound/mips/au1x00.c b/sound/mips/au1x00.c
index 8a61a1191861..24460a558bf7 100644
--- a/sound/mips/au1x00.c
+++ b/sound/mips/au1x00.c
@@ -498,8 +498,8 @@ snd_au1000_ac97_read(struct snd_ac97 *ac97, unsigned short reg)
         int             i;
 
         spin_lock(&au1000->ac97_lock);
-/* would rather use the interupt than this polling but it works and I can't
-get the interupt driven case to work efficiently */
+/* would rather use the interrupt than this polling but it works and I can't
+get the interrupt driven case to work efficiently */
         for (i = 0; i < 0x5000; i++)
                 if (!(au1000->ac97_ioport->status & AC97C_CP))
                         break;
@@ -535,8 +535,8 @@ snd_au1000_ac97_write(struct snd_ac97 *ac97, unsigned short reg, unsigned short
         int i;
 
         spin_lock(&au1000->ac97_lock);
-/* would rather use the interupt than this polling but it works and I can't
-get the interupt driven case to work efficiently */
+/* would rather use the interrupt than this polling but it works and I can't
+get the interrupt driven case to work efficiently */
         for (i = 0; i < 0x5000; i++)
                 if (!(au1000->ac97_ioport->status & AC97C_CP))
                         break;
diff --git a/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0.c b/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0.c
index f70286a7364a..26819e2f5761 100644
--- a/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0.c
+++ b/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ snd_vortex_create(struct snd_card *card, struct pci_dev *pci, vortex_t ** rchip)
 
         /* Init audio core.
          * This must be done before we do request_irq otherwise we can get spurious
-         * interupts that we do not handle properly and make a mess of things */
+         * interrupts that we do not handle properly and make a mess of things */
         if ((err = vortex_core_init(chip)) != 0) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "hw core init failed\n");
                 goto core_out;
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 91651bdfa761..e6a67b58f296 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * Power down the audio subsytem pmdown_time msecs after close is called.
+ * Power down the audio subsystem pmdown_time msecs after close is called.
  * This is to ensure there are no pops or clicks in between any music tracks
  * due to DAPM power cycling.
  */
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
index b3193e687db7..29a546fecacf 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  *    o Automatic Mic Bias support
  *    o Jack insertion power event initiation - e.g. hp insertion will enable
  *      sinks, dacs, etc
- *    o Delayed powerdown of audio susbsytem to reduce pops between a quick
+ *    o Delayed powerdown of audio susbsystem to reduce pops between a quick
  *      device reopen.
  *
  *  Todo:
diff --git a/sound/synth/emux/emux_synth.c b/sound/synth/emux/emux_synth.c
index 3733118d39bb..478369bb38c3 100644
--- a/sound/synth/emux/emux_synth.c
+++ b/sound/synth/emux/emux_synth.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ snd_emux_update_port(struct snd_emux_port *port, int update)
 
 
 /*
- * Deal with a controler type event.  This includes all types of
+ * Deal with a controller type event.  This includes all types of
  * control events, not just the midi controllers
  */
 void