15 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
index 75099efb3bf3..f9f6783e4bdd 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  *
  *  This driver programs the PCX-U/PCX-W performance counters
  *  on the PA-RISC 2.0 chips.  The driver keeps all images now
- *  internally to the kernel to hopefully eliminate the possiblity
+ *  internally to the kernel to hopefully eliminate the possibility
  *  of a bad image halting the CPU.  Also, there are different
  *  images for the PCX-W and later chips vs the PCX-U chips.
  *
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
index 137dc22afa42..d84d19224a95 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static int __init vdso_init(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
         /*
-         * Fill up the "systemcfg" stuff for backward compatiblity
+         * Fill up the "systemcfg" stuff for backward compatibility
          */
         strcpy((char *)vdso_data->eye_catcher, "SYSTEMCFG:PPC64");
         vdso_data->version.major = SYSTEMCFG_MAJOR;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_cell.c b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_cell.c
index ae06c6236d9c..52c98edcd703 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_cell.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_cell.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static int pm_rtas_activate_signals(u32 node, u32 count)
          * There is no debug setup required for the cycles event.
          * Note that only events in the same group can be used.
          * Otherwise, there will be conflicts in correctly routing
-         * the signals on the debug bus.  It is the responsiblity
+         * the signals on the debug bus.  It is the responsibility
          * of the OProfile user tool to check the events are in
          * the same group.
          */
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
index 8e67d5c642a4..6bd5f8866c74 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_termios_input_baud_rate);
  *      For maximal back compatibility with legacy SYS5/POSIX *nix behaviour
  *      we need to carefully set the bits when the user does not get the
  *      desired speed. We allow small margins and preserve as much of possible
- *      of the input intent to keep compatiblity.
+ *      of the input intent to keep compatibility.
  *
  *      Locking: Caller should hold termios lock. This is already held
  *      when calling this function from the driver termios handler.
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c
index 90b56ed8651f..507e13d9a57c 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ isdn_net_ciscohdlck_slarp_send_keepalive(unsigned long data)
         *(__be32 *)(p +  4) = cpu_to_be32(CISCO_SLARP_KEEPALIVE);
         *(__be32 *)(p +  8) = cpu_to_be32(lp->cisco_myseq);
         *(__be32 *)(p + 12) = cpu_to_be32(lp->cisco_yourseq);
-        *(__be16 *)(p + 16) = cpu_to_be16(0xffff); // reliablity, always 0xffff
+        *(__be16 *)(p + 16) = cpu_to_be16(0xffff); // reliability, always 0xffff
         p += 18;
 
         isdn_net_write_super(lp, skb);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index ed1038164019..e412980763bd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ static int crypt_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
                 goto bad_cipher;
         }
 
-        /* Compatiblity mode for old dm-crypt cipher strings */
+        /* Compatibility mode for old dm-crypt cipher strings */
         if (!chainmode || (strcmp(chainmode, "plain") == 0 && !ivmode)) {
                 chainmode = "cbc";
                 ivmode = "plain";
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
index 0241a7c5c34a..8b8558fcb042 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ static int dvb_net_do_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
                 return ret;
         }
 
-        /* binary compatiblity cruft */
+        /* binary compatibility cruft */
         case __NET_ADD_IF_OLD:
         {
                 struct __dvb_net_if_old *dvbnetif = parg;
diff --git a/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.c b/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.c
index 75fa32e34fd0..685cc3a4d2a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
  *
  *      Change by Mike Sullivan et al.:
  *      + added turbo card support. No need to use lanaid to configure
- *      the adapter into isa compatiblity mode.
+ *      the adapter into isa compatibility mode.
  *
  *      Changes by Burt Silverman to allow the computer to behave nicely when
  *      a cable is pulled or not in place, or a PCMCIA card is removed hot.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/hermes_dld.c b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/hermes_dld.c
index a3eefe109df4..84200da900b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/hermes_dld.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/hermes_dld.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static const struct {							\
 
 #define DEFAULT_PDR(pid) default_pdr_data_##pid
 
-/*  HWIF Compatiblity */
+/*  HWIF Compatibility */
 DEFINE_DEFAULT_PDR(0x0005, 10, "\x00\x00\x06\x00\x01\x00\x01\x00\x01\x00");
 
 /* PPPPSign */
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ int hermes_apply_pda_with_defaults(hermes_t *hw,
                                          record_id + 1, pdi);
                         }
                         break;
-                case 0x5: /*  HWIF Compatiblity */
+                case 0x5: /*  HWIF Compatibility */
                         default_pdi = (struct pdi *) &DEFAULT_PDR(0x0005);
                         break;
                 case 0x108: /* PPPPSign */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c b/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c
index 36c21b19e5d7..b59e240f2385 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static int twa_chrdev_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int
                 break;
         case TW_IOCTL_GET_COMPATIBILITY_INFO:
                 tw_ioctl->driver_command.status = 0;
-                /* Copy compatiblity struct into ioctl data buffer */
+                /* Copy compatibility struct into ioctl data buffer */
                 tw_compat_info = (TW_Compatibility_Info *)tw_ioctl->data_buffer;
                 memcpy(tw_compat_info, &tw_dev->tw_compat_info, sizeof(TW_Compatibility_Info));
                 break;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c b/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c
index faa0fcfed71e..ff04821549aa 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
    Copyright (C) 1999-2009 3ware Inc.
 
-   Kernel compatiblity By:      Andre Hedrick <andre@suse.com>
+   Kernel compatibility By:     Andre Hedrick <andre@suse.com>
    Non-Copyright (C) 2000       Andre Hedrick <andre@suse.com>
    
    Further tiny build fixes and trivial hoovering    Alan Cox
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/nsp32.c b/drivers/scsi/nsp32.c
index 2be7d5b018d2..2c98a6ee973b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/nsp32.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/nsp32.c
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ static irqreturn_t do_nsp32_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
                 nsp32_msg(KERN_ERR, "Received unexpected BMCNTERR IRQ! ");
                 /*
                  * TODO: To be implemented improving bus master
-                 * transfer reliablity when BMCNTERR is occurred in
+                 * transfer reliability when BMCNTERR is occurred in
                  * AutoSCSI phase described in specification.
                  */
         }
diff --git a/drivers/uwb/neh.c b/drivers/uwb/neh.c
index 0af8916d9bef..78510a1f410d 100644
--- a/drivers/uwb/neh.c
+++ b/drivers/uwb/neh.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void uwb_rc_neh_put(struct uwb_rc_neh *neh)
  *       0xff is invalid, so they must not be used. Initialization
  *       fills up those two in the bitmap so they are not allocated.
  *
- * We spread the allocation around to reduce the posiblity of two
+ * We spread the allocation around to reduce the possibility of two
  * consecutive opened @neh's getting the same context ID assigned (to
  * avoid surprises with late events that timed out long time ago). So
  * first we search from where @rc->ctx_roll is, if not found, we
diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 2dfb3e7a040d..5364d0beca2a 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ int tcf_action_copy_stats(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *a,
                 goto errout;
 
         /* compat_mode being true specifies a call that is supposed
-         * to add additional backward compatiblity statistic TLVs.
+         * to add additional backward compatibility statistic TLVs.
          */
         if (compat_mode) {
                 if (a->type == TCA_OLD_COMPAT)
diff --git a/sound/pci/ice1712/juli.c b/sound/pci/ice1712/juli.c
index fd948bfd9aef..9c0f78ea2c41 100644
--- a/sound/pci/ice1712/juli.c
+++ b/sound/pci/ice1712/juli.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static struct snd_kcontrol_new juli_mute_controls[] __devinitdata = {
          * inputs) are fed from Xilinx.
          *
          * I even checked traces on board and coded a support in driver for
-         * an alternative possiblity - the unused I2S ICE output channels
+         * an alternative possibility - the unused I2S ICE output channels
          * switched to HW-IN/SPDIF-IN and providing the monitoring signal to
          * the DAC - to no avail. The I2S outputs seem to be unconnected.
          *