Fix occurrences of "the the "

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

37 files changed, 40 insertions, 40 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/rd.c b/drivers/block/rd.c
index 43d4ebcb3b44..a1512da32410 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rd.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static int ramdisk_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 }
 
 /*
- * ->writepage to the the blockdev's mapping has to redirty the page so that the
+ * ->writepage to the blockdev's mapping has to redirty the page so that the
  * VM doesn't go and steal it.  We return AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE so that the VM
  * won't try to (pointlessly) write the page again for a while.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_dma.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_dma.c
index 892db7096986..32ed19c9ec1c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_dma.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int drm_dma_setup(drm_device_t * dev)
  * \param dev DRM device.
  *
  * Free all pages associated with DMA buffers, the buffers and pages lists, and
- * finally the the drm_device::dma structure itself.
+ * finally the drm_device::dma structure itself.
  */
 void drm_dma_takedown(drm_device_t * dev)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c
index 35540cfb43dd..b5c5b9fa84c3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static __inline__ struct page *drm_do_vm_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
  * \param address access address.
  * \return pointer to the page structure.
  *
- * Get the the mapping, find the real physical page to map, get the page, and
+ * Get the mapping, find the real physical page to map, get the page, and
  * return it.
  */
 static __inline__ struct page *drm_do_vm_shm_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/r300_reg.h b/drivers/char/drm/r300_reg.h
index a881f96c983e..ecda760ae8c0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/r300_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/r300_reg.h
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ I am fairly certain that they are correct unless stated otherwise in comments.
 #       define R300_PVS_CNTL_1_PROGRAM_START_SHIFT   0
 #       define R300_PVS_CNTL_1_POS_END_SHIFT         10
 #       define R300_PVS_CNTL_1_PROGRAM_END_SHIFT     20
-/* Addresses are relative the the vertex program parameters area. */
+/* Addresses are relative to the vertex program parameters area. */
 #define R300_VAP_PVS_CNTL_2                 0x22D4
 #       define R300_PVS_CNTL_2_PARAM_OFFSET_SHIFT 0
 #       define R300_PVS_CNTL_2_PARAM_COUNT_SHIFT  16
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
index e91b43a014b0..4ea587983aef 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ static ssize_t cmm_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
         /*
          * wait for atr to become valid.
          * note: it is important to lock this code. if we dont, the monitor
-         * could be run between test_bit and the the call the sleep on the
+         * could be run between test_bit and the call to sleep on the
          * atr-queue.  if *then* the monitor detects atr valid, it will wake up
          * any process on the atr-queue, *but* since we have been interrupted,
          * we do not yet sleep on this queue. this would result in a missed
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c b/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
index c0188de3cc66..79cec50a242f 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ static void __devinit init_mmio_iops_siimage(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 
         /*
          *      Now set up the hw. We have to do this ourselves as
-         *      the MMIO layout isnt the same as the the standard port
+         *      the MMIO layout isnt the same as the standard port
          *      based I/O
          */
 
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c b/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
index 6a1a0572275e..835937e38529 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@ static int nodemgr_host_thread(void *__hi)
                         generation = get_hpsb_generation(host);
 
                         /* If we get a reset before we are done waiting, then
-                         * start the the waiting over again */
+                         * start the waiting over again */
                         if (generation != g)
                                 g = generation, i = 0;
                 }
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasync.h b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasync.h
index af3eb9e795b5..85784a7ffb25 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasync.h
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasync.h
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ typedef struct
 #define SERIAL_HOOK_RING 0x85
 #define SERIAL_HOOK_DETACH 0x8f
  unsigned char Flags;           /* function refinements   */
- /* parameters passed by the the ATTACH request      */
+ /* parameters passed by the ATTACH request      */
  SERIAL_INT_CB InterruptHandler; /* called on each interrupt  */
  SERIAL_DPC_CB DeferredHandler; /* called on hook state changes */
  void   *HandlerContext; /* context for both handlers */
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_usb.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_usb.c
index 99e70d4103b6..1f18f1993387 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_usb.c
@@ -1217,11 +1217,11 @@ usb_init(hfcusb_data * hfc)
         /* aux = output, reset off */
         write_usb(hfc, HFCUSB_CIRM, 0x10);
 
-        /* set USB_SIZE to match the the wMaxPacketSize for INT or BULK transfers */
+        /* set USB_SIZE to match the wMaxPacketSize for INT or BULK transfers */
         write_usb(hfc, HFCUSB_USB_SIZE,
                   (hfc->packet_size / 8) | ((hfc->packet_size / 8) << 4));
 
-        /* set USB_SIZE_I to match the the wMaxPacketSize for ISO transfers */
+        /* set USB_SIZE_I to match the wMaxPacketSize for ISO transfers */
         write_usb(hfc, HFCUSB_USB_SIZE_I, hfc->iso_packet_size);
 
         /* enable PCM/GCI master mode */
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c
index 68ed3a788083..9200a30dd1b9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2004-6 Patrick Boettcher (patrick.boettcher@desy.de)
  * see dvb-usb-init.c for copyright information.
  *
- * This file contains functions for initializing the the input-device and for handling remote-control-queries.
+ * This file contains functions for initializing the input-device and for handling remote-control-queries.
  */
 #include "dvb-usb-common.h"
 #include <linux/usb/input.h>
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c
index 110536843e8e..e725f612a6b7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
     TDA10021  - Single Chip Cable Channel Receiver driver module
-               used on the the Siemens DVB-C cards
+               used on the Siemens DVB-C cards
 
     Copyright (C) 1999 Convergence Integrated Media GmbH <ralph@convergence.de>
     Copyright (C) 2004 Markus Schulz <msc@antzsystem.de>
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/ves1x93.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/ves1x93.c
index 54d7b07571b8..23fd0303c91b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/ves1x93.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/ves1x93.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static int ves1x93_read_status(struct dvb_frontend* fe, fe_status_t* status)
          * The ves1893 sometimes returns sync values that make no sense,
          * because, e.g., the SIGNAL bit is 0, while some of the higher
          * bits are 1 (and how can there be a CARRIER w/o a SIGNAL?).
-         * Tests showed that the the VITERBI and SYNC bits are returned
+         * Tests showed that the VITERBI and SYNC bits are returned
          * reliably, while the SIGNAL and CARRIER bits ar sometimes wrong.
          * If such a case occurs, we read the value again, until we get a
          * valid value.
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
index bec67609500f..2c7b158ce7e1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ static int em28xx_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 
         endpoint = &interface->cur_altsetting->endpoint[1].desc;
 
-        /* check if the the device has the iso in endpoint at the correct place */
+        /* check if the device has the iso in endpoint at the correct place */
         if ((endpoint->bmAttributes & USB_ENDPOINT_XFERTYPE_MASK) !=
             USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_ISOC) {
                 em28xx_err(DRIVER_NAME " probing error: endpoint is non-ISO endpoint!\n");
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
index 876fd2768242..982b115193f8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  *
  * Portions of this code were also copied from usbvideo.c
  *
- * Special thanks to the the whole team at Sourceforge for help making
+ * Special thanks to the whole team at Sourceforge for help making
  * this driver become a reality.  Notably:
  * Andy Armstrong who reverse engineered the color encoding and
  * Pavel Machek and Chris Cheney who worked on reverse engineering the
diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
index 97471af4309c..5021d1a2a1d4 100644
--- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
+++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
@@ -3585,7 +3585,7 @@ initChainBuffers(MPT_ADAPTER *ioc)
          * index = chain_idx
          *
          * Calculate the number of chain buffers needed(plus 1) per I/O
-         * then multiply the the maximum number of simultaneous cmds
+         * then multiply the maximum number of simultaneous cmds
          *
          * num_sge = num sge in request frame + last chain buffer
          * scale = num sge per chain buffer if no chain element
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/nettel.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/nettel.c
index 9f53c655af3a..7b96cd02f82b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/nettel.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/nettel.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ int __init nettel_init(void)
         /* Turn other PAR off so the first probe doesn't find it */
         *intel1par = 0;
 
-        /* Probe for the the size of the first Intel flash */
+        /* Probe for the size of the first Intel flash */
         nettel_intel_map.size = maxsize;
         nettel_intel_map.phys = intel0addr;
         nettel_intel_map.virt = ioremap_nocache(intel0addr, maxsize);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
index 000794c6caf5..0537fac8de74 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ static int onenand_check_maf(int manuf)
  * @param mtd           MTD device structure
  *
  * OneNAND detection method:
- *   Compare the the values from command with ones from register
+ *   Compare the values from command with ones from register
  */
 static int onenand_probe(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 724bce51f936..223517dcbcfd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -3461,7 +3461,7 @@ void bond_unregister_arp(struct bonding *bond)
 /*---------------------------- Hashing Policies -----------------------------*/
 
 /*
- * Hash for the the output device based upon layer 3 and layer 4 data. If
+ * Hash for the output device based upon layer 3 and layer 4 data. If
  * the packet is a frag or not TCP or UDP, just use layer 3 data.  If it is
  * altogether not IP, mimic bond_xmit_hash_policy_l2()
  */
diff --git a/drivers/net/eepro.c b/drivers/net/eepro.c
index 39654e1e2bed..47680237f783 100644
--- a/drivers/net/eepro.c
+++ b/drivers/net/eepro.c
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ static void eepro_tx_timeout (struct net_device *dev)
         printk (KERN_ERR "%s: transmit timed out, %s?\n", dev->name,
                 "network cable problem");
         /* This is not a duplicate. One message for the console,
-           one for the the log file  */
+           one for the log file  */
         printk (KERN_DEBUG "%s: transmit timed out, %s?\n", dev->name,
                 "network cable problem");
         eepro_complete_selreset(ioaddr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ee.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ee.c
index f15aebde7b90..52c99d01d568 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ee.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ee.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ ixgb_wait_eeprom_command(struct ixgb_hw *hw)
  * hw - Struct containing variables accessed by shared code
  *
  * Reads the first 64 16 bit words of the EEPROM and sums the values read.
- * If the the sum of the 64 16 bit words is 0xBABA, the EEPROM's checksum is
+ * If the sum of the 64 16 bit words is 0xBABA, the EEPROM's checksum is
  * valid.
  *
  * Returns:
diff --git a/drivers/net/meth.h b/drivers/net/meth.h
index 84960dae2a22..ea3b8fc86d1e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/meth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/meth.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ typedef struct rx_packet {
                                        /*   Note: when loopback is set this bit becomes collision control.  Setting this bit will */
                                        /*         cause a collision to be reported. */
 
-                                       /* Bits 5 and 6 are used to determine the the Destination address filter mode */
+                                       /* Bits 5 and 6 are used to determine the Destination address filter mode */
 #define METH_ACCEPT_MY 0                        /* 00: Accept PHY address only */
 #define METH_ACCEPT_MCAST 0x20  /* 01: Accept physical, broadcast, and multicast filter matches only */
 #define METH_ACCEPT_AMCAST 0x40 /* 10: Accept physical, broadcast, and all multicast packets */
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/interrupt.c b/drivers/net/tulip/interrupt.c
index 9b08afbd1f65..ea896777bcaf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/interrupt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/interrupt.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ done:
             This would turn on IM for devices that is not contributing
             to backlog congestion with unnecessary latency.
 
-             We monitor the the device RX-ring and have:
+             We monitor the device RX-ring and have:
 
              HW Interrupt Mitigation either ON or OFF.
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
index fa440706fb4a..38f3b99716b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ static int start_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                 np->tx_ring[entry].length |= DescEndRing;
 
         /* Now acquire the irq spinlock.
-         * The difficult race is the the ordering between
+         * The difficult race is the ordering between
          * increasing np->cur_tx and setting DescOwned:
          * - if np->cur_tx is increased first the interrupt
          *   handler could consider the packet as transmitted
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/xircom_cb.c b/drivers/net/tulip/xircom_cb.c
index 985a1810ca59..2470b1ee33c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/xircom_cb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/xircom_cb.c
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ static int enable_promisc(struct xircom_private *card)
 
 
 /*
-link_status() checks the the links status and will return 0 for no link, 10 for 10mbit link and 100 for.. guess what.
+link_status() checks the links status and will return 0 for no link, 10 for 10mbit link and 100 for.. guess what.
 
 Must be called in locked state with interrupts disabled
 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/typhoon.c b/drivers/net/typhoon.c
index f2dd7763cd0b..f72573594121 100644
--- a/drivers/net/typhoon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/typhoon.c
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ typhoon_issue_command(struct typhoon *tp, int num_cmd, struct cmd_desc *cmd,
 
         typhoon_inc_cmd_index(&ring->lastWrite, num_cmd);
 
-        /* "I feel a presence... another warrior is on the the mesa."
+        /* "I feel a presence... another warrior is on the mesa."
          */
         wmb();
         iowrite32(ring->lastWrite, tp->ioaddr + TYPHOON_REG_CMD_READY);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/airport.c b/drivers/net/wireless/airport.c
index 38fac3bbcd82..7d5b8c2cc614 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/airport.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/airport.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static int airport_hard_reset(struct orinoco_private *priv)
         /* Vitally important.  If we don't do this it seems we get an
          * interrupt somewhere during the power cycle, since
          * hw_unavailable is already set it doesn't get ACKed, we get
-         * into an interrupt loop and the the PMU decides to turn us
+         * into an interrupt loop and the PMU decides to turn us
          * off. */
         disable_irq(dev->irq);
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_rw.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_rw.c
index bbd5b8b66f42..d6b06ab81188 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_rw.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_rw.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /*
  * The room for the SCCB (only for writing) is not equal to a pages size
- * (as it is specified as the maximum size in the the SCLP documentation)
+ * (as it is specified as the maximum size in the SCLP documentation)
  * because of the additional data structure described above.
  */
 #define MAX_SCCB_ROOM (PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(struct sclp_buffer))
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c
index 29d176036e5c..0b96d49dd636 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c
@@ -2860,7 +2860,7 @@ qeth_flush_buffers(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue, int under_int,
                         if (!atomic_read(&queue->set_pci_flags_count)){
                                 /*
                                  * there's no outstanding PCI any more, so we
-                                 * have to request a PCI to be sure the the PCI
+                                 * have to request a PCI to be sure that the PCI
                                  * will wake at some time in the future then we
                                  * can flush packed buffers that might still be
                                  * hanging around, which can happen if no
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_qdio.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_qdio.c
index cb08ca3cc0f9..bdf5782b8a7a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_qdio.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_qdio.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ zfcp_qdio_handler_error_check(struct zfcp_adapter *adapter, unsigned int status,
                 * Since we have been using this adapter, it is save to assume
                 * that it is not failed but recoverable. The card seems to
                 * report link-up events by self-initiated queue shutdown.
-                * That is why we need to clear the the link-down flag
+                * That is why we need to clear the link-down flag
                 * which is set again in case we have missed by a mile.
                 */
                zfcp_erp_adapter_reopen(
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_pci.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_pci.c
index 8d72bbae96ad..0bada0028aa0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_pci.c
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ ahd_aic790X_setup(struct ahd_softc *ahd)
                               |  AHD_BUSFREEREV_BUG;
                 ahd->bugs |= AHD_LQOOVERRUN_BUG|AHD_EARLY_REQ_BUG;
 
-                /* If the user requested the the SLOWCRC bit to be set. */
+                /* If the user requested that the SLOWCRC bit to be set. */
                 if (aic79xx_slowcrc)
                         ahd->features |= AHD_AIC79XXB_SLOWCRC;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/Makefile b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/Makefile
index e6b70123940c..e78ce0fa44d2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # This file is licensed under GPLv2.
 #
-# This file is part of the the aic94xx driver.
+# This file is part of the aic94xx driver.
 #
 # The aic94xx driver is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c b/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
index a965ed3548d5..564ea90ed3a0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static struct ParameterData __devinitdata cfg_data[] = {
 
 
 /*
- * Safe settings. If set to zero the the BIOS/default values with
+ * Safe settings. If set to zero the BIOS/default values with
  * command line overrides will be used. If set to 1 then safe and
  * slow settings will be used.
  */
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static void __devinit fix_settings(void)
 
 /*
  * Mapping from the eeprom delay index value (index into this array)
- * to the the number of actual seconds that the delay should be for.
+ * to the number of actual seconds that the delay should be for.
  */
 static char __devinitdata eeprom_index_to_delay_map[] = 
         { 1, 3, 5, 10, 16, 30, 60, 120 };
@@ -4136,7 +4136,7 @@ static void __devinit trms1040_write_all(struct NvRamType *eeprom, unsigned long
  * @io_port:    base I/O address
  * @addr:       offset into SEEPROM
  *
- * Returns the the byte read.
+ * Returns the byte read.
  **/
 static u8 __devinit trms1040_get_data(unsigned long io_port, u8 addr)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 61fbcdcbb009..1f5a07bf2a75 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int scsi_queue_insert(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int reason)
  * @retries:    number of times to retry request
  * @flags:      or into request flags;
  *
- * returns the req->errors value which is the the scsi_cmnd result
+ * returns the req->errors value which is the scsi_cmnd result
  * field.
  **/
 int scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c b/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c
index b5332e679c46..88fb56d5db8f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ static int auerswald_addservice (pauerswald_t cp, pauerscon_t scp)
 }
 
 
-/* remove a service from the the device
+/* remove a service from the device
    scp->id must be set! */
 static void auerswald_removeservice (pauerswald_t cp, pauerscon_t scp)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.h b/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.h
index cbb53e065d6c..82db5a8e528e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.h
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ extern void usbnet_disconnect(struct usb_interface *);
 
 
 /* Drivers that reuse some of the standard USB CDC infrastructure
- * (notably, using multiple interfaces according to the the CDC
+ * (notably, using multiple interfaces according to the CDC
  * union descriptor) get some helper code.
  */
 struct cdc_state {
diff --git a/drivers/video/i810/i810_main.c b/drivers/video/i810/i810_main.c
index 7e760197cf29..1a7d7789d877 100644
--- a/drivers/video/i810/i810_main.c
+++ b/drivers/video/i810/i810_main.c
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ static int __devinit i810_alloc_agp_mem(struct fb_info *info)
  * @info: pointer to device specific info structure
  *
  * DESCRIPTION:
- * Sets the the user monitor's horizontal and vertical
+ * Sets the user monitor's horizontal and vertical
  * frequency limits
  */
 static void __devinit i810_init_monspecs(struct fb_info *info)
diff --git a/drivers/video/skeletonfb.c b/drivers/video/skeletonfb.c
index 842b5cd054c6..836a612af977 100644
--- a/drivers/video/skeletonfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/skeletonfb.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  *  of it. 
  *
  *  First the roles of struct fb_info and struct display have changed. Struct
- *  display will go away. The way the the new framebuffer console code will
+ *  display will go away. The way the new framebuffer console code will
  *  work is that it will act to translate data about the tty/console in 
  *  struct vc_data to data in a device independent way in struct fb_info. Then
  *  various functions in struct fb_ops will be called to store the device