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
  ...

52 files changed, 153 insertions, 187 deletions

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