Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups

* Convert files to UTF-8.

  * Also correct some people's names
    (one example is Eißfeldt, which was found in a source file.
    Given that the author used an ß at all in a source file
    indicates that the real name has in fact a 'ß' and not an 'ss',
    which is commonly used as a substitute for 'ß' when limited to
    7bit.)

  * Correct town names (Goettingen -> Göttingen)

  * Update Eberhard Mönkeberg's address (http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/8/313)

Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>

101 files changed, 157 insertions, 157 deletions

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/char/cyclades.c b/drivers/char/cyclades.c
index d15234c5965e..523a6b4a3697 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
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/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/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/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/legacy/q40ide.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/q40ide.c
index e628a983ce33..16ba70b46096 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/q40ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/q40ide.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ 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/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/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/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/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/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/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
index 3162223a2ff5..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,
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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/s390/block/dasd_3990_erp.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_3990_erp.c
index 69402f3a1453..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.
  *
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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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]