147 files changed, 344 insertions, 350 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index abee7f58c1ed..73a8617f1861 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ udev
 ----
 udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with
 only entries for devices actually present.  udev replaces the basic
-functionality of devfs, while allowing persistant device naming for
+functionality of devfs, while allowing persistent device naming for
 devices.
 
 FUSE
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
index 2ffb0d62f0fe..05431621c861 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ size is the size of the area (must be multiples of PAGE_SIZE).
 flags can be or'd together and are
 
 DMA_MEMORY_MAP - request that the memory returned from
-dma_alloc_coherent() be directly writeable.
+dma_alloc_coherent() be directly writable.
 
 DMA_MEMORY_IO - request that the memory returned from
 dma_alloc_coherent() be addressable using read/write/memcpy_toio etc.
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-ISA-LPC.txt b/Documentation/DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
index 705f6be92bdb..e767805b4182 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ lock.
 
 Once the DMA transfer is finished (or timed out) you should disable
 the channel again. You should also check get_dma_residue() to make
-sure that all data has been transfered.
+sure that all data has been transferred.
 
 Example:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/MSI-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/MSI-HOWTO.txt
index 5c34910665d1..d389388c733e 100644
--- a/Documentation/MSI-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/MSI-HOWTO.txt
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ into the field vector of each element contained in a second argument.
 Note that the pre-assigned IOAPIC dev->irq is valid only if the device
 operates in PIN-IRQ assertion mode. In MSI-X mode, any attempt at
 using dev->irq by the device driver to request for interrupt service
-may result unpredictabe behavior.
+may result in unpredictable behavior.
 
 For each MSI-X vector granted, a device driver is responsible for calling
 other functions like request_irq(), enable_irq(), etc. to enable
diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/taskstats.txt b/Documentation/accounting/taskstats.txt
index 92ebf29e9041..ff06b738bb88 100644
--- a/Documentation/accounting/taskstats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/accounting/taskstats.txt
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ a) TASKSTATS_TYPE_AGGR_PID/TGID : attribute containing no payload but indicates
 a pid/tgid will be followed by some stats.
 
 b) TASKSTATS_TYPE_PID/TGID: attribute whose payload is the pid/tgid whose stats
-is being returned.
+are being returned.
 
-c) TASKSTATS_TYPE_STATS: attribute with a struct taskstsats as payload. The
+c) TASKSTATS_TYPE_STATS: attribute with a struct taskstats as payload. The
 same structure is used for both per-pid and per-tgid stats.
 
 3. New message sent by kernel whenever a task exits. The payload consists of a
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ of atomicity).
 
 However, maintaining per-process, in addition to per-task stats, within the
 kernel has space and time overheads. To address this, the taskstats code
-accumalates each exiting task's statistics into a process-wide data structure.
-When the last task of a process exits, the process level data accumalated also
+accumulates each exiting task's statistics into a process-wide data structure.
+When the last task of a process exits, the process level data accumulated also
 gets sent to userspace (along with the per-task data).
 
 When a user queries to get per-tgid data, the sum of all other live threads in
-the group is added up and added to the accumalated total for previously exited
+the group is added up and added to the accumulated total for previously exited
 threads of the same thread group.
 
 Extending taskstats
diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
index 34bf8f60d8f8..c6c9a9c10d7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ it, the pci dma mapping routines and associated data structures have now been
 modified to accomplish a direct page -> bus translation, without requiring
 a virtual address mapping (unlike the earlier scheme of virtual address
 -> bus translation). So this works uniformly for high-memory pages (which
-do not have a correponding kernel virtual address space mapping) and
+do not have a corresponding kernel virtual address space mapping) and
 low-memory pages.
 
 Note: Please refer to DMA-mapping.txt for a discussion on PCI high mem DMA
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ forced such requests to be broken up into small chunks before being passed
 on to the generic block layer, only to be merged by the i/o scheduler
 when the underlying device was capable of handling the i/o in one shot.
 Also, using the buffer head as an i/o structure for i/os that didn't originate
-from the buffer cache unecessarily added to the weight of the descriptors
+from the buffer cache unnecessarily added to the weight of the descriptors
 which were generated for each such chunk.
 
 The following were some of the goals and expectations considered in the
@@ -403,14 +403,14 @@ i.  Should be appropriate as a descriptor for both raw and buffered i/o  -
     for raw i/o.
 ii. Ability to represent high-memory buffers (which do not have a virtual
     address mapping in kernel address space).
-iii.Ability to represent large i/os w/o unecessarily breaking them up (i.e
+iii.Ability to represent large i/os w/o unnecessarily breaking them up (i.e
     greater than PAGE_SIZE chunks in one shot)
 iv. At the same time, ability to retain independent identity of i/os from
     different sources or i/o units requiring individual completion (e.g. for
     latency reasons)
 v.  Ability to represent an i/o involving multiple physical memory segments
     (including non-page aligned page fragments, as specified via readv/writev)
-    without unecessarily breaking it up, if the underlying device is capable of
+    without unnecessarily breaking it up, if the underlying device is capable of
     handling it.
 vi. Preferably should be based on a memory descriptor structure that can be
     passed around different types of subsystems or layers, maybe even
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ Characteristics:
 i. Binary tree
 AS and deadline i/o schedulers use red black binary trees for disk position
 sorting and searching, and a fifo linked list for time-based searching. This
-gives good scalability and good availablility of information. Requests are
+gives good scalability and good availability of information. Requests are
 almost always dispatched in disk sort order, so a cache is kept of the next
 request in sort order to prevent binary tree lookups.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-nforce2.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-nforce2.txt
index 9188337d8f6b..babce1315026 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-nforce2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-nforce2.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
-The cpufreq-nforce2 driver changes the FSB on nVidia nForce2 plattforms.
+The cpufreq-nforce2 driver changes the FSB on nVidia nForce2 platforms.
 
-This works better than on other plattforms, because the FSB of the CPU
+This works better than on other platforms, because the FSB of the CPU
 can be controlled independently from the PCI/AGP clock.
 
 The module has two options:
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
index 4868c34f7509..cc60d29b954c 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ additional_cpus=n (*)	Use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. This option sets
 
 ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT
 to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation
-should only rely on this to count the #of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the
-apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesnt
+should only rely on this to count the # of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the
+apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesn't
 mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this
 parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
index 28c4f79662c2..70690f1a14af 100644
--- a/Documentation/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
                   7 = /dev/full         Returns ENOSPC on write
                   8 = /dev/random       Nondeterministic random number gen.
                   9 = /dev/urandom      Faster, less secure random number gen.
-                 10 = /dev/aio          Asyncronous I/O notification interface
+                 10 = /dev/aio          Asynchronous I/O notification interface
                  11 = /dev/kmsg         Writes to this come out as printk's
   1 block       RAM disk
                   0 = /dev/ram0         First RAM disk
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
 
  55 char        DSP56001 digital signal processor
                   0 = /dev/dsp56k       First DSP56001
- 55 block       Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; eigth controller
+ 55 block       Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; eighth controller
                   0 = /dev/rd/c7d0      First disk, whole disk
                   8 = /dev/rd/c7d1      Second disk, whole disk
                     ...
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
                   1 = /dev/cum1         Callout device for ttyM1
                     ...
 
- 79 block       Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, eigth controller
+ 79 block       Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, eighth controller
                   0 = /dev/ida/c7d0     First logical drive whole disk
                  16 = /dev/ida/c7d1     Second logical drive whole disk
                     ...
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
                   1 = /dev/av1          Second A/V card
                     ...
 
-111 block       Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, eigth controller
+111 block       Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, eighth controller
                   0 = /dev/cciss/c7d0   First logical drive, whole disk
                  16 = /dev/cciss/c7d1   Second logical drive, whole disk
                     ...
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt
index 98b233cb8b36..92d86f7271b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt
+++ b/Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ struct device represents a single device. It mainly contains metadata
 describing the relationship the device has to other entities. 
 
 
-- Embedd a struct device in the bus-specific device type. 
+- Embed a struct device in the bus-specific device type. 
 
 
 struct pci_dev {
diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt b/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt
index 531239b29082..2ecd834585e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ eliminating the need for any additional ioctls.
 The disadvantage is that the driver/hardware has to manage the rest. For
 the application programmer it would be as simple as sending/receiving an
 array to/from the CI ioctls as defined in the Linux DVB API. No changes
-have been made in the API to accomodate this feature.
+have been made in the API to accommodate this feature.
 
 
 * Why the need for another CI interface ?
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ This CI interface follows the CI high level interface, which is not
 implemented by most applications. Hence this area is revisited.
 
 This CI interface is quite different in the case that it tries to
-accomodate all other CI based devices, that fall into the other categories
+accommodate all other CI based devices, that fall into the other categories.
 
 This means that this CI interface handles the EN50221 style tags in the
 Application layer only and no session management is taken care of by the
diff --git a/Documentation/eisa.txt b/Documentation/eisa.txt
index 6a099edadd62..60e361ba08c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/eisa.txt
+++ b/Documentation/eisa.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ res           : root device I/O resource
 bus_base_addr : slot 0 address on this bus
 slots         : max slot number to probe
 force_probe   : Probe even when slot 0 is empty (no EISA mainboard)
-dma_mask      : Default DMA mask. Usualy the bridge device dma_mask.
+dma_mask      : Default DMA mask. Usually the bridge device dma_mask.
 bus_nr        : unique bus id, set by eisa_root_register
 
 ** Driver :
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt
index 060abb0c7004..9e8811f92b84 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Mount options for ADFS
 
   uid=nnn       All files in the partition will be owned by
                 user id nnn.  Default 0 (root).
-  gid=nnn       All files in the partition willbe in group
+  gid=nnn       All files in the partition will be in group
                 nnn.  Default 0 (root).
   ownmask=nnn   The permission mask for ADFS 'owner' permissions
                 will be nnn.  Default 0700.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt
index c3a7afb5eabf..b34cdb50eab4 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ will happen for write(2).
 
 [struct config_group]
 
-A config_item cannot live in a vaccum.  The only way one can be created
+A config_item cannot live in a vacuum.  The only way one can be created
 is via mkdir(2) on a config_group.  This will trigger creation of a
 child item.
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ directory is not empty.
 
 [struct configfs_subsystem]
 
-A subsystem must register itself, ususally at module_init time.  This
+A subsystem must register itself, usually at module_init time.  This
 tells configfs to make the subsystem appear in the file tree.
 
         struct configfs_subsystem {
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt
index a584f05403a4..3d7447738958 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ For each connection the following files exist within this directory:
 
  'waiting'
 
-  The number of requests which are waiting to be transfered to
+  The number of requests which are waiting to be transferred to
   userspace or being processed by the filesystem daemon.  If there is
   no filesystem activity and 'waiting' is non-zero, then the
   filesystem is hung or deadlocked.
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ following will happen:
 
   2) If the request is not yet sent to userspace AND the signal is not
      fatal, then an 'interrupted' flag is set for the request.  When
-     the request has been successfully transfered to userspace and
+     the request has been successfully transferred to userspace and
      this flag is set, an INTERRUPT request is queued.
 
   3) If the request is already sent to userspace, then an INTERRUPT
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt
index 33dc360c8e89..38aba03efc5e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ History
      Fixed race-condition in buffer code - it is in all filesystems in Linux;
         when reading device (cat /dev/hda) while creating files on it, files
         could be damaged
-2.02 Woraround for bug in breada in Linux. breada could cause accesses beyond
+2.02 Workaround for bug in breada in Linux. breada could cause accesses beyond
         end of partition
 2.03 Char, block devices and pipes are correctly created
      Fixed non-crashing race in unlink (Alexander Viro)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
index 35f105b29e3e..13ba649bda75 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ Finally, for a mirrored volume, i.e. raid level 1, the table would look like
 this (note all values are in 512-byte sectors):
 
 --- cut here ---
-# Ofs Size   Raid   Log  Number Region Should Number Source  Start Taget  Start
+# Ofs Size   Raid   Log  Number Region Should Number Source  Start Target Start
 # in  of the type   type of log size   sync?  of     Device  in    Device in
 # vol volume             params              mirrors         Device       Device
 0    2056320 mirror core 2      16     nosync 2    /dev/hda1 0   /dev/hdb1 0
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ Note, a technical ChangeLog aimed at kernel hackers is in fs/ntfs/ChangeLog.
         - Major bug fixes for reading files and volumes in corner cases which
           were being hit by Windows 2k/XP users.
 2.1.2:
-        - Major bug fixes aleviating the hangs in statfs experienced by some
+        - Major bug fixes alleviating the hangs in statfs experienced by some
           users.
 2.1.1:
         - Update handling of compressed files so people no longer get the
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
index 4389c684a80a..af6defd10cb6 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Caveats
 Features which OCFS2 does not support yet:
         - sparse files
         - extended attributes
-        - shared writeable mmap
+        - shared writable mmap
         - loopback is supported, but data written will not
           be cluster coherent.
         - quotas
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 3355e6920105..72af5de1effb 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -1220,9 +1220,9 @@ applications are using mlock(), or if you are running with no swap then
 you probably should increase the lower_zone_protection setting.
 
 The units of this tunable are fairly vague.  It is approximately equal
-to "megabytes".  So setting lower_zone_protection=100 will protect around 100
+to "megabytes," so setting lower_zone_protection=100 will protect around 100
 megabytes of the lowmem zone from user allocations.  It will also make
-those 100 megabytes unavaliable for use by applications and by
+those 100 megabytes unavailable for use by applications and by
 pagecache, so there is a cost.
 
 The effects of this tunable may be observed by monitoring
@@ -1538,10 +1538,10 @@ TCP settings
 tcp_ecn
 -------
 
-This file controls the use of the ECN bit in the IPv4 headers, this is a new
+This file controls the use of the ECN bit in the IPv4 headers. This is a new
 feature about Explicit Congestion Notification, but some routers and firewalls
-block trafic that has this bit set, so it could be necessary to echo 0 to
-/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn, if you want to talk to this sites. For more info
+block traffic that has this bit set, so it could be necessary to echo 0 to
+/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn if you want to talk to these sites. For more info
 you could read RFC2481.
 
 tcp_retrans_collapse
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/spufs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/spufs.txt
index 982645a1981d..1343d118a9b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/spufs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/spufs.txt
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ FILES
    /signal2
        The two signal notification channels of an SPU.  These  are  read-write
        files  that  operate  on  a 32 bit word.  Writing to one of these files
-       triggers an interrupt on the SPU. The  value  writting  to  the  signal
+       triggers an interrupt on the SPU.  The  value  written  to  the  signal
        files can be read from the SPU through a channel read or from host user
        space through the file.  After the value has been read by the  SPU,  it
        is  reset  to zero.  The possible operations on an open signal1 or sig-
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbstub.txt b/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbstub.txt
index 6ce5aa9abbc5..9304fb36ae8a 100644
--- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbstub.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbstub.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ the following things on the "Kernel Hacking" tab:
 Then build as usual, download to the board and execute. Note that if
 "Immediate activation" was selected, then the kernel will wait for GDB to
 attach. If not, then the kernel will boot immediately and GDB will have to
-interupt it or wait for an exception to occur if before doing anything with
+interrupt it or wait for an exception to occur before doing anything with
 the kernel.
 
 
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt b/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt
index 8b0a5fc8bfd9..aaa1cec86f0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ with the main kernel in this regard. Hence the debug mode code (gdbstub) is
 almost completely self-contained. The only external code used is the
 sprintf family of functions.
 
-Futhermore, break.S is so complicated because single-step mode does not
+Furthermore, break.S is so complicated because single-step mode does not
 switch off on entry to an exception. That means unless manually disabled,
 single-stepping will blithely go on stepping into things like interrupts.
 See gdbstub.txt for more information.
diff --git a/Documentation/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide.txt
index 0bf38baa2db9..786c3a766995 100644
--- a/Documentation/ide.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ide.txt
@@ -390,5 +390,5 @@ mlord@pobox.com
 Wed Apr 17 22:52:44 CEST 2002 edited by Marcin Dalecki, the current
 maintainer.
 
-Wed Aug 20 22:31:29 CEST 2003 updated ide boot uptions to current ide.c
+Wed Aug 20 22:31:29 CEST 2003 updated ide boot options to current ide.c
 comments at 2.6.0-test4 time. Maciej Soltysiak <solt@dns.toxicfilms.tv>
diff --git a/Documentation/input/amijoy.txt b/Documentation/input/amijoy.txt
index 4f0e89df5c51..7dc4f175943c 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/amijoy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/amijoy.txt
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ JOY1DAT   Y7  Y6  Y5  Y4  Y3  Y2  Y1  Y0     X7  X6  X5  X4  X3  X2  X1  X0
          |   1    | M0HQ     | JOY0DAT Horizontal Clock (quadrature)   |
          |   2    | M0V      | JOY0DAT Vertical Clock                  |
          |   3    | M0VQ     | JOY0DAT Vertical Clock  (quadrature)    |
-         |   4    | M1V      | JOY1DAT Horizontall Clock               |
-         |   5    | M1VQ     | JOY1DAT Horizontall Clock (quadrature)  |
+         |   4    | M1V      | JOY1DAT Horizontal Clock                |
+         |   5    | M1VQ     | JOY1DAT Horizontal Clock (quadrature)   |
          |   6    | M1V      | JOY1DAT Vertical Clock                  |
          |   7    | M1VQ     | JOY1DAT Vertical Clock (quadrature)     |
          +--------+----------+-----------------------------------------+
diff --git a/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt b/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt
index 1e7e5853ba4c..668f4d0d97d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ LEFT=0x74 & RIGHT=0x75).
 
 5.1 Joystick Event Reporting
 
-In this mode, the ikbd generates a record whever the joystick position is
+In this mode, the ikbd generates a record whenever the joystick position is
 changed (i.e. for each opening or closing of a joystick switch or trigger).
 
 The joystick event record is two bytes of the form:
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ default to 1 at RESET (or power-up).
 9.7 SET MOUSE SCALE
 
     0x0C
-    X                   ; horizontal mouse ticks per internel X
-    Y                   ; vertical mouse ticks per internel Y
+    X                   ; horizontal mouse ticks per internal X
+    Y                   ; vertical mouse ticks per internal Y
 
 This command sets the scale factor for the ABSOLUTE MOUSE POSITIONING mode.
 In this mode, the specified number of mouse phase changes ('clicks') must
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ mouse position.
     0x0F
 
 This command makes the origin of the Y axis to be at the bottom of the
-logical coordinate system internel to the ikbd for all relative or absolute
+logical coordinate system internal to the ikbd for all relative or absolute
 mouse motion. This causes mouse motion toward the user to be negative in sign
 and away from the user to be positive.
 
@@ -597,8 +597,8 @@ mode or FIRE BUTTON MONITORING mode.
 
 10. SCAN CODES
 
-The key scan codes return by the ikbd are chosen to simplify the
-implementaion of GSX.
+The key scan codes returned by the ikbd are chosen to simplify the
+implementation of GSX.
 
 GSX Standard Keyboard Mapping.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/input/yealink.txt b/Documentation/input/yealink.txt
index 0a8c97e87d47..5360e434486c 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/yealink.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/yealink.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Reading /sys/../lineX will return the format string with its current value:
   888888888888
   Linux Rocks!
 
-Writing to /sys/../lineX will set the coresponding LCD line.
+Writing to /sys/../lineX will set the corresponding LCD line.
  - Excess characters are ignored.
  - If less characters are written than allowed, the remaining digits are
    unchanged.
diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt
index 8ec32cc49eb1..62d4af44ec4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ CDROM_DISC_STATUS		Get disc type, etc.
             Ok, this is where problems start.  The current interface for
             the CDROM_DISC_STATUS ioctl is flawed.  It makes the false
             assumption that CDs are all CDS_DATA_1 or all CDS_AUDIO, etc.
-            Unfortunatly, while this is often the case, it is also
+            Unfortunately, while this is often the case, it is also
             very common for CDs to have some tracks with data, and some
             tracks with audio.  Just because I feel like it, I declare
             the following to be the best way to cope.  If the CD has
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 50f4eddf899c..4b3d6710c504 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ more details, with real examples.
         be included in a library, lib.a.
         All objects listed with lib-y are combined in a single
         library for that directory.
-        Objects that are listed in obj-y and additionaly listed in
-        lib-y will not be included in the library, since they will anyway
-        be accessible.
+        Objects that are listed in obj-y and additionally listed in
+        lib-y will not be included in the library, since they will
+        be accessible anyway.
         For consistency, objects listed in lib-m will be included in lib.a.
 
         Note that the same kbuild makefile may list files to be built-in
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ Both possibilities are described in the following.
         Host programs can be made up based on composite objects.
         The syntax used to define composite objects for host programs is
         similar to the syntax used for kernel objects.
-        $(<executeable>-objs) lists all objects used to link the final
+        $(<executable>-objs) lists all objects used to link the final
         executable.
 
         Example:
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
         In this example, there are two possible targets, requiring different
         options to the linker. The linker options are specified using the
         LDFLAGS_$@ syntax - one for each potential target.
-        $(targets) are assinged all potential targets, by which kbuild knows
+        $(targets) are assigned all potential targets, by which kbuild knows
         the targets and will:
                 1) check for commandline changes
                 2) delete target during make clean
diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/keys.txt
index 3da586bc7859..60c665d9cfaa 100644
--- a/Documentation/keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/keys.txt
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ about the status of the key service:
         R       Revoked
         D       Dead
         Q       Contributes to user's quota
-        U       Under contruction by callback to userspace
+        U       Under construction by callback to userspace
         N       Negative key
 
      This file must be enabled at kernel configuration time as it allows anyone
diff --git a/Documentation/laptop-mode.txt b/Documentation/laptop-mode.txt
index c487186eb2b9..6f639e3473af 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptop-mode.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptop-mode.txt
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ contains the following options:
 MAX_AGE:
 
 Maximum time, in seconds, of hard drive spindown time that you are
-confortable with. Worst case, it's possible that you could lose this
+comfortable with. Worst case, it's possible that you could lose this
 amount of work if your battery fails while you're in laptop mode.
 
 MINIMUM_BATTERY_MINUTES:
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ It should be installed as /etc/default/laptop-mode on Debian, and as
 
 --------------------CONFIG FILE BEGIN-------------------------------------------
 # Maximum time, in seconds, of hard drive spindown time that you are
-# confortable with. Worst case, it's possible that you could lose this
+# comfortable with. Worst case, it's possible that you could lose this
 # amount of work if your battery fails you while in laptop mode.
 #MAX_AGE=600
 
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ fi
 # set defaults instead:
 
 # Maximum time, in seconds, of hard drive spindown time that you are
-# confortable with. Worst case, it's possible that you could lose this
+# comfortable with. Worst case, it's possible that you could lose this
 # amount of work if your battery fails you while in laptop mode.
 MAX_AGE=${MAX_AGE:-'600'}
 
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ ACPI integration
 Dax Kelson submitted this so that the ACPI acpid daemon will
 kick off the laptop_mode script and run hdparm. The part that
 automatically disables laptop mode when the battery is low was
-writen by Jan Topinski.
+written by Jan Topinski.
 
 -----------------/etc/acpi/events/ac_adapter BEGIN------------------------------
 event=ac_adapter
diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index 7751704b6db1..58408dd023c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ There are some minimal guarantees that may be expected of a CPU:
 
         STORE *X = c, d = LOAD *X
 
-     (Loads and stores overlap if they are targetted at overlapping pieces of
+     (Loads and stores overlap if they are targeted at overlapping pieces of
      memory).
 
 And there are a number of things that _must_ or _must_not_ be assumed:
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt
index 93af3e87c65b..fb8dc6422a52 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ There are two types of event register ACK mechanisms.
                 Move all to dev->poll()
 
 C) Ability to detect new work correctly.
-NAPI works by shutting down event interrupts when theres work and
-turning them on when theres none. 
+NAPI works by shutting down event interrupts when there's work and
+turning them on when there's none. 
 New packets might show up in the small window while interrupts were being 
 re-enabled (refer to appendix 2).  A packet might sneak in during the period 
 we are enabling interrupts. We only get to know about such a packet when the 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Locking rules and environmental guarantees
 only one CPU can pick the initial interrupt and hence the initial
 netif_rx_schedule(dev);
 - The core layer invokes devices to send packets in a round robin format.
-This implies receive is totaly lockless because of the guarantee only that 
+This implies receive is totally lockless because of the guarantee that only 
 one CPU is executing it.
 -  contention can only be the result of some other CPU accessing the rx
 ring. This happens only in close() and suspend() (when these methods
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ static int my_poll (struct net_device *dev, int *budget)
                         an interrupt will be generated */
                         goto done;
         }
-        /* done! at least thats what it looks like ;->
+        /* done! at least that's what it looks like ;->
         if new packets came in after our last check on status bits
         they'll be caught by the while check and we go back and clear them 
         since we havent exceeded our quota */
@@ -535,11 +535,11 @@ done:
         * 1. it can race with disabling irqs in irq handler (which are done to 
         * schedule polls)
         * 2. it can race with dis/enabling irqs in other poll threads
-        * 3. if an irq raised after the begining of the outer  beginning 
-        * loop(marked in the code above), it will be immediately
+        * 3. if an irq raised after the beginning of the outer beginning 
+        * loop (marked in the code above), it will be immediately
         * triggered here.
         *
-        * Summarizing: the logic may results in some redundant irqs both
+        * Summarizing: the logic may result in some redundant irqs both
         * due to races in masking and due to too late acking of already
         * processed irqs. The good news: no events are ever lost.
         */
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ a)
         
 5) dev->close() and dev->suspend() issues
 ==========================================
-The driver writter neednt worry about this. The top net layer takes
+The driver writer needn't worry about this; the top net layer takes
 care of it.
 
 6) Adding new Stats to /proc 
@@ -622,9 +622,9 @@ FC should be programmed to apply in the case when the system cant pull out
 packets fast enough i.e send a pause only when you run out of rx buffers.
 Note FC in itself is a good solution but we have found it to not be
 much of a commodity feature (both in NICs and switches) and hence falls
-under the same category as using NIC based mitigation. Also experiments
-indicate that its much harder to resolve the resource allocation
-issue (aka lazy receiving that NAPI offers) and hence quantify its usefullness
+under the same category as using NIC based mitigation. Also, experiments
+indicate that it's much harder to resolve the resource allocation
+issue (aka lazy receiving that NAPI offers) and hence quantify its usefulness
 proved harder. In any case, FC works even better with NAPI but is not
 necessary.
 
@@ -678,10 +678,10 @@ routine:
 CSR5 bit of interest is only the rx status. 
 If you look at the last if statement: 
 you just finished grabbing all the packets from the rx ring .. you check if
-status bit says theres more packets just in ... it says none; you then
+status bit says there are more packets just in ... it says none; you then
 enable rx interrupts again; if a new packet just came in during this check,
 we are counting that CSR5 will be set in that small window of opportunity
-and that by re-enabling interrupts, we would actually triger an interrupt
+and that by re-enabling interrupts, we would actually trigger an interrupt
 to register the new packet for processing.
 
 [The above description nay be very verbose, if you have better wording 
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt b/Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt
index 64896470e279..6387d3decf85 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ c) The driver's hardware probe routine is designed to avoid
    with device probing.  To avoid this behaviour, add one
    to the `io=' module parameter.  This doesn't actually change
    the I/O address, but it is a flag to tell the driver
-   topartially initialise the hardware before trying to
+   to partially initialise the hardware before trying to
    identify the card.  This could be dangerous if you are
    not sure that there is a cs89x0 card at the provided address.
 
@@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ I/O Address    	Device                        IRQ      Device
                                                 12       Mouse (PS/2)                              
 Memory Address  Device                          13       Math Coprocessor
 --------------  ---------------------           14       Hard Disk controller
-A000-BFFF       EGA Graphics Adpater
-A000-C7FF       VGA Graphics Adpater
+A000-BFFF       EGA Graphics Adapter
+A000-C7FF       VGA Graphics Adapter
 B000-BFFF       Mono Graphics Adapter
 B800-BFFF       Color Graphics Adapter
 E000-FFFF       AT BIOS
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/iphase.txt b/Documentation/networking/iphase.txt
index 493203a080a8..55eac4a784e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/iphase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/iphase.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Installation
     1M. The RAM size decides the number of buffers and buffer size. The default 
     size and number of buffers are set as following: 
 
-          Totol    Rx RAM   Tx RAM   Rx Buf   Tx Buf   Rx buf   Tx buf
+          Total    Rx RAM   Tx RAM   Rx Buf   Tx Buf   Rx buf   Tx buf
          RAM size   size     size     size     size      cnt      cnt
          --------  ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------
            128K      64K      64K      10K      10K       6        6
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
index 12a008a5c221..5a232d946be3 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ the necessary memory, so normally limits can be reached.
 -------------------
 
 If you check the source code you will see that what I draw here as a frame
-is not only the link level frame. At the begining of each frame there is a 
+is not only the link level frame. At the beginning of each frame there is a 
 header called struct tpacket_hdr used in PACKET_MMAP to hold link level's frame
 meta information like timestamp. So what we draw here a frame it's really 
 the following (from include/linux/if_packet.h):
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt b/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt
index c8eee23be8c0..c6cf4a3c16e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ Current:
 Result: OK: 13101142(c12220741+d880401) usec, 10000000 (60byte,0frags)
   763292pps 390Mb/sec (390805504bps) errors: 39664
 
-Confguring threads and devices
-==============================
+Configuring threads and devices
+================================
 This is done via the /proc interface easiest done via pgset in the scripts
 
 Examples:
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Examples:
                                          there must be no spaces between the
                                          arguments. Leading zeros are required.
                                          Do not set the bottom of stack bit,
-                                         thats done automatically. If you do
+                                         that's done automatically. If you do
                                          set the bottom of stack bit, that
                                          indicates that you want to randomly
                                          generate that address and the flag
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/proc_net_tcp.txt b/Documentation/networking/proc_net_tcp.txt
index 59cb915c3713..5e21f7cb6383 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/proc_net_tcp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/proc_net_tcp.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ up into 3 parts because of the length of the line):
 
    1000        0 54165785 4 cd1e6040 25 4 27 3 -1
     |          |    |     |    |     |  | |  | |--> slow start size threshold, 
-    |          |    |     |    |     |  | |  |      or -1 if the treshold
+    |          |    |     |    |     |  | |  |      or -1 if the threshold
     |          |    |     |    |     |  | |  |      is >= 0xFFFF
     |          |    |     |    |     |  | |  |----> sending congestion window
     |          |    |     |    |     |  | |-------> (ack.quick<<1)|ack.pingpong
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt b/Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt
index 4e1cc745ec63..8590a954df1d 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ Possible modes:
       depending on the load of the system. If the driver detects that the
       system load is too high, the driver tries to shield the system against 
       too much network load by enabling interrupt moderation. If - at a later
-      time - the CPU utilizaton decreases again (or if the network load is 
+      time - the CPU utilization decreases again (or if the network load is 
       negligible) the interrupt moderation will automatically be disabled.
 
 Interrupt moderation should be used when the driver has to handle one or more
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/slicecom.txt b/Documentation/networking/slicecom.txt
index 2f04c9267f89..32d3b916afad 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/slicecom.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/slicecom.txt
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ comx0/boardnum	- board number of the SliceCom in the PC (using the 'natural'
 
 Though the options below are to be set on a single interface, they apply to the
 whole board. The restriction, to use them on 'UP' interfaces, is because the 
-command sequence below could lead to unpredicable results.
+command sequence below could lead to unpredictable results.
 
         # echo 0        >boardnum
         # echo internal >clock_source
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt b/Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt
index 0cf654147634..653978dcea7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ beta-2.1.4 Jul 2000		o Dynamic interface configuration:
 
 beta3-2.1.4 Jul 2000            o X25 M_BIT Problem fix.
                                 o Added the Multi-Port PPP
-                                  Updated utilites for the Multi-Port PPP.
+                                  Updated utilities for the Multi-Port PPP.
 
 2.1.4   Aut 2000
                                 o In X25API:
@@ -444,13 +444,13 @@ beta1-2.1.5 	Nov 15 2000
                                         
                                 o Cpipemon
                                         - Added set FT1 commands to the cpipemon. Thus CSU/DSU
-                                          configuraiton can be performed using cpipemon.
+                                          configuration can be performed using cpipemon.
                                           All systems that cannot run cfgft1 GUI utility should
                                           use cpipemon to configure the on board CSU/DSU.
 
 
                                 o Keyboard Led Monitor/Debugger
-                                        - A new utilty /usr/sbin/wpkbdmon uses keyboard leds
+                                        - A new utility /usr/sbin/wpkbdmon uses keyboard leds
                                           to convey operational statistic information of the 
                                           Sangoma WANPIPE cards.
                                         NUM_LOCK    = Line State  (On=connected,    Off=disconnected)
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ beta1-2.1.5 	Nov 15 2000
                                         - Appropriate number of devices are dynamically loaded 
                                           based on the number of Sangoma cards found.
 
-                                          Note: The kernel configuraiton option 
+                                          Note: The kernel configuration option 
                                                 CONFIG_WANPIPE_CARDS has been taken out.
                                         
                                 o Fixed the Frame Relay and Chdlc network interfaces so they are
diff --git a/Documentation/pnp.txt b/Documentation/pnp.txt
index 9ff966bf76e6..28037aa1846c 100644
--- a/Documentation/pnp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pnp.txt
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static const struct pnp_id pnp_dev_table[] = {
 Please note that the character 'X' can be used as a wild card in the function
 portion (last four characters).
 ex:
-        /* Unkown PnP modems */
+        /* Unknown PnP modems */
         {       "PNPCXXX",              UNKNOWN_DEV     },
 
 Supported PnP card IDs can optionally be defined.
diff --git a/Documentation/power/pci.txt b/Documentation/power/pci.txt
index 24edf25b3bb7..c750f9f2e76e 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/pci.txt
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Description:
         events, which is implicit if it doesn't even support it in the first
         place).
 
-        Note that the PMC Register in the device's PM Capabilties has a bitmask
+        Note that the PMC Register in the device's PM Capabilities has a bitmask
         of the states it supports generating PME# from. D3hot is bit 3 and
         D3cold is bit 4. So, while a value of 4 as the state may not seem
         semantically correct, it is. 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ to wake the system up. (However, it is possible that a device may support
 some non-standard way of generating a wake event on sleep.)
 
 Bits 15:11 of the PMC (Power Mgmt Capabilities) Register in a device's
-PM Capabilties describe what power states the device supports generating a 
+PM Capabilities describe what power states the device supports generating a 
 wake event from:
 
 +------------------+
diff --git a/Documentation/power/states.txt b/Documentation/power/states.txt
index 3e5e5d3ff419..0931a330d362 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/states.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/states.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ setup via another operating system for it to use. Despite the
 inconvenience, this method requires minimal work by the kernel, since
 the firmware will also handle restoring memory contents on resume. 
 
-If the kernel is responsible for persistantly saving state, a mechanism 
+If the kernel is responsible for persistently saving state, a mechanism
 called 'swsusp' (Swap Suspend) is used to write memory contents to
 free swap space. swsusp has some restrictive requirements, but should
 work in most cases. Some, albeit outdated, documentation can be found
diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt
index 9ea2208b43b5..e635e6f1e316 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ add:
 
 If the thread is needed for writing the image to storage, you should
 instead set the PF_NOFREEZE process flag when creating the thread (and
-be very carefull).
+be very careful).
 
 
 Q: What is the difference between "platform", "shutdown" and
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
index 27b457c09729..4ac2d641fcb6 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
                          - Change version 16 format to always align
                            property data to 4 bytes. Since tokens are
                            already aligned, that means no specific
-                           required alignement between property size
+                           required alignment between property size
                            and property data. The old style variable
                            alignment would make it impossible to do
                            "simple" insertion of properties using
                            memove (thanks Milton for
                            noticing). Updated kernel patch as well
-                         - Correct a few more alignement constraints
+                         - Correct a few more alignment constraints
                          - Add a chapter about the device-tree
                            compiler and the textural representation of
                            the tree that can be "compiled" by dtc.
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ address which can extend beyond that limit.
       console device if any. Typically, if you have serial devices on
       your board, you may want to put the full path to the one set as
       the default console in the firmware here, for the kernel to pick
-      it up as it's own default console. If you look at the funciton
+      it up as its own default console. If you look at the function
       set_preferred_console() in arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c, you'll see
       that the kernel tries to find out the default console and has
       knowledge of various types like 8250 serial ports. You may want
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ should have the following properties:
         - interrupt-parent : contains the phandle of the interrupt
           controller which handles interrupts for this device
         - interrupts : a list of tuples representing the interrupt
-          number and the interrupt sense and level for each interupt
+          number and the interrupt sense and level for each interrupt
           for this device.
 
 This information is used by the kernel to build the interrupt table
diff --git a/Documentation/robust-futex-ABI.txt b/Documentation/robust-futex-ABI.txt
index 8529a17ffaa1..535f69fab45f 100644
--- a/Documentation/robust-futex-ABI.txt
+++ b/Documentation/robust-futex-ABI.txt
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ any point:
  1) the 'head' pointer or an subsequent linked list pointer
     is not a valid address of a user space word
  2) the calculated location of the 'lock word' (address plus
-    'offset') is not the valud address of a 32 bit user space
+    'offset') is not the valid address of a 32 bit user space
     word
  3) if the list contains more than 1 million (subject to
     future kernel configuration changes) elements.
diff --git a/Documentation/robust-futexes.txt b/Documentation/robust-futexes.txt
index 76e8064b8c3a..0a9446a53bd1 100644
--- a/Documentation/robust-futexes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/robust-futexes.txt
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ for new threads, without the need of another syscall.]
 So there is virtually zero overhead for tasks not using robust futexes,
 and even for robust futex users, there is only one extra syscall per
 thread lifetime, and the cleanup operation, if it happens, is fast and
-straightforward. The kernel doesnt have any internal distinction between
+straightforward. The kernel doesn't have any internal distinction between
 robust and normal futexes.
 
 If a futex is found to be held at exit time, the kernel sets the
diff --git a/Documentation/s390/crypto/crypto-API.txt b/Documentation/s390/crypto/crypto-API.txt
index 29dee792c887..41a8b07da05a 100644
--- a/Documentation/s390/crypto/crypto-API.txt
+++ b/Documentation/s390/crypto/crypto-API.txt
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ name of the respective module is given in square brackets.
 
 - SHA1 Digest Algorithm [sha1 -> sha1_z990]
 - DES Encrypt/Decrypt Algorithm (64bit key) [des -> des_z990]
-- Tripple DES Encrypt/Decrypt Algorithm (128bit key) [des3_ede128 -> des_z990]
-- Tripple DES Encrypt/Decrypt Algorithm (192bit key) [des3_ede -> des_z990]
+- Triple DES Encrypt/Decrypt Algorithm (128bit key) [des3_ede128 -> des_z990]
+- Triple DES Encrypt/Decrypt Algorithm (192bit key) [des3_ede -> des_z990]
 
 In order to load, for example, the sha1_z990 module when the sha1 algorithm is
 requested (see 3.2.) add 'alias sha1 sha1_z990' to /etc/modprobe.conf.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt b/Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt
index 904d49e90ef2..6aa9a891f3d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ The following information is available in this file:
         - Correct a reference to free'ed memory during controller
           shutdown.
         - Reset the bus on an SE->LVD change.  This is required
-          to reset our transcievers.
+          to reset our transceivers.
 
    1.3.5 (March 24th, 2003)
         - Fix a few register window mode bugs.
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ The following information is available in this file:
    1.3.0 (January 21st, 2003)
         - Full regression testing for all U320 products completed.
         - Added abort and target/lun reset error recovery handler and
-          interrupt coalessing.
+          interrupt coalescing.
 
    1.2.0 (November 14th, 2002)
         - Added support for Domain Validation
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx_old.txt b/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx_old.txt
index c92f4473193b..05667e7308d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx_old.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx_old.txt
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ linux-1.1.x and fairly stable since linux-1.2.x, and are also in FreeBSD
               En/Disable High Byte LVD Termination
 
         The upper 2 bits that deal with LVD termination only apply to Ultra2
-        controllers.  Futhermore, due to the current Ultra2 controller
+        controllers.  Furthermore, due to the current Ultra2 controller
         designs, these bits are tied together such that setting either bit
         enables both low and high byte LVD termination.  It is not possible
         to only set high or low byte LVD termination in this manner.  This is
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ linux-1.1.x and fairly stable since linux-1.2.x, and are also in FreeBSD
     the commas to periods, insmod won't interpret this as more than one
     string and write junk into our binary image.  I consider it a bug in
     the insmod program that even if you wrap your string in quotes (quotes
-    that pass the shell mind you and that insmod sees) it still treates
+    that pass the shell mind you and that insmod sees) it still treats
     a comma inside of those quotes as starting a new variable, resulting
     in memory scribbles if you don't switch the commas to periods.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt b/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt
index 35f6b8ed2295..9707941704e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
       This needs the RD-Bit to be disabled on IM_OTHER_SCSI_CMD_CMD which 
       allows data to be written from the system to the device. It is a
       necessary step to be allowed to set blocksize of SCSI-tape-drives and 
-      the tape-speed, whithout confusing the SCSI-Subsystem.
+      the tape-speed, without confusing the SCSI-Subsystem.
    2) The recognition of a tape is included in the check_devices routine.
       This is done by checking for TYPE_TAPE, that is already defined in
       the kernel-scsi-environment. The markup of a tape is done in the 
@@ -710,8 +710,8 @@
       of troubles with some controllers and after I wanted to apply some
       extensions, it jumped out in the same situation, on my w/cache, as like 
       on D. Weinehalls' Model 56, having integrated SCSI. This gave me the 
-      descissive hint to move the code-part out and declare it global. Now,
-      it seems to work by far much better an more stable. Let us see, what
+      decisive hint to move the code-part out and declare it global. Now
+      it seems to work far better and more stable. Let us see what
       the world thinks of it...
    3) By the way, only Sony DAT-drives seem to show density code 0x13. A
       test with a HP drive gave right results, so the problem is vendor-
@@ -822,10 +822,10 @@
    A long period of collecting bugreports from all corners of the world
    now lead to the following corrections to the code:
    1) SCSI-2 F/W support crashed with a COMMAND ERROR. The reason for this 
-      was, that it is possible to disbale Fast-SCSI for the external bus.
-      The feature-control command, where this crash appeared regularly tried
+      was that it is possible to disable Fast-SCSI for the external bus.
+      The feature-control command, where this crash appeared regularly, tried
       to set the maximum speed of 10MHz synchronous transfer speed and that
-      reports a COMMAND ERROR, if external bus Fast-SCSI is disabled. Now,
+      reports a COMMAND ERROR if external bus Fast-SCSI is disabled. Now,
       the feature-command probes down from maximum speed until the adapter 
       stops to complain, which is at the same time the maximum possible
       speed selected in the reference program. So, F/W external can run at
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@
       completed in such a way, that they are now completely conform to the
       demands in the technical description of IBM. Main candidates were the
       DEVICE_INQUIRY, REQUEST_SENSE and DEVICE_CAPACITY commands. They must
-      be tranferred by bypassing the internal command buffer of the adapter
+      be transferred by bypassing the internal command buffer of the adapter
       or else the response can be a random result. GET_POS_INFO would be more
       safe in usage, if one could use the SUPRESS_EXCEPTION_SHORT, but this
       is not allowed by the technical references of IBM. (Sorry, folks, the
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/in2000.txt b/Documentation/scsi/in2000.txt
index 80f104042645..c3e2a90475d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/in2000.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/in2000.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ UPDATE NEWS: version 1.32 - 28 Mar 98
 UPDATE NEWS: version 1.31 - 6 Jul 97
 
    Fixed a bug that caused incorrect SCSI status bytes to be
-   returned from commands sent to LUN's greater than 0. This
+   returned from commands sent to LUNs greater than 0. This
    means that CDROM changers work now! Fixed a bug in the
    handling of command-line arguments when loaded as a module.
    Also put all the header data in in2000.h where it belongs.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/libsas.txt b/Documentation/scsi/libsas.txt
index 9e2078b2a615..aa54f54c4a50 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/libsas.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/libsas.txt
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ struct sas_task {
         task_proto -- _one_ of enum sas_proto
         scatter -- pointer to scatter gather list array
         num_scatter -- number of elements in scatter
-        total_xfer_len -- total number of bytes expected to be transfered
+        total_xfer_len -- total number of bytes expected to be transferred
         data_dir -- PCI_DMA_...
         task_done -- callback when the task has finished execution
 };
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt b/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt
index 58ad8db333d9..caf10b155185 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ SCSI standard documentations are available at SYMBIOS ftp server:
 
           ftp://ftp.symbios.com/
 
-Usefull SCSI tools written by Eric Youngdale are available at tsx-11:
+Useful SCSI tools written by Eric Youngdale are available at tsx-11:
 
           ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scsi/scsiinfo-X.Y.tar.gz
           ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/scsi/scsidev-X.Y.tar.gz
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-changer.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-changer.txt
index d74bbd29eb3a..032399b16a53 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-changer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-changer.txt
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ If the module finds the changer, it prints some messages about the
 device [ try "dmesg" if you don't see anything ] and should show up in
 /proc/devices. If not....  some changers use ID ? / LUN 0 for the
 device and ID ? / LUN 1 for the robot mechanism. But Linux does *not*
-look for LUN's other than 0 as default, becauce there are to many
+look for LUNs other than 0 as default, because there are too many
 broken devices. So you can try:
 
   1) echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 ID 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ because the kernel will translate the error codes into human-readable
 strings then.
 
 You can display these messages with the dmesg command (or check the
-logfiles).  If you email me some question becauce of a problem with the
+logfiles).  If you email me some question because of a problem with the
 driver, please include these messages.
 
 
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt
index b964eef2f62f..7acbebb17fa6 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ with the command.
 
  - otherwise
         scsi_eh_scmd_add(scmd, 0) is invoked for the command.  See
-        [1-3] for details of this funciton.
+        [1-3] for details of this function.
 
 
 [1-2-2] Completing a scmd w/ timeout
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
index 5ff65b184265..3c12422f7f41 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ pairs are separated with a comma (no spaces allowed). A colon can be
 used instead of the equal mark. The definition is prepended by the
 string st=. Here is an example:
 
-        st=buffer_kbs:64,write_threhold_kbs:60
+        st=buffer_kbs:64,write_threshold_kbs:60
 
 The following syntax used by the old kernel versions is also supported:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/sym53c8xx_2.txt b/Documentation/scsi/sym53c8xx_2.txt
index 26c8a08ca3ea..2c1745a9df00 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/sym53c8xx_2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/sym53c8xx_2.txt
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ appropriate mailing lists or news-groups.  Send me a copy in order to
 be sure I will receive it.  Obviously, a bug in the driver code is
 possible.
 
-  My cyrrent email address: Gerard Roudier <groudier@free.fr>
+  My current email address: Gerard Roudier <groudier@free.fr>
 
 Allowing disconnections is important if you use several devices on
 your SCSI bus but often causes problems with buggy devices.
diff --git a/Documentation/sharedsubtree.txt b/Documentation/sharedsubtree.txt
index 2d8f403eb6eb..ccf1cebe744f 100644
--- a/Documentation/sharedsubtree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sharedsubtree.txt
@@ -942,13 +942,13 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same.
         ->mnt_slave
         ->mnt_master
 
-        ->mnt_share links togather all the mount to/from which this vfsmount
+        ->mnt_share links together all the mount to/from which this vfsmount
                 send/receives propagation events.
 
         ->mnt_slave_list links all the mounts to which this vfsmount propagates
                 to.
 
-        ->mnt_slave links togather all the slaves that its master vfsmount
+        ->mnt_slave links together all the slaves that its master vfsmount
                 propagates to.
 
         ->mnt_master points to the master vfsmount from which this vfsmount
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
index 3472d9c4ef1b..9fef210ab50a 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
                   dmx6fire, dsp24, dsp24_value, dsp24_71, ez8,
                   phase88, mediastation
     omni        - Omni I/O support for MidiMan M-Audio Delta44/66
-    cs8427_timeout - reset timeout for the CS8427 chip (S/PDIF transciever)
+    cs8427_timeout - reset timeout for the CS8427 chip (S/PDIF transceiver)
                      in msec resolution, default value is 500 (0.5 sec)
 
     This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. Note: The consumer part
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audigy-mixer.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audigy-mixer.txt
index 5132fd95e074..7f10dc6ff28c 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audigy-mixer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audigy-mixer.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This is based on SB-Live-mixer.txt.
 
 The EMU10K2 chips have a DSP part which can be programmed to support 
 various ways of sample processing, which is described here.
-(This acticle does not deal with the overall functionality of the 
+(This article does not deal with the overall functionality of the 
 EMU10K2 chips. See the manuals section for further details.)
 
 The ALSA driver programs this portion of chip by default code
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/SB-Live-mixer.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/SB-Live-mixer.txt
index 651adaf60473..f5639d40521d 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/SB-Live-mixer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/SB-Live-mixer.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 The EMU10K1 chips have a DSP part which can be programmed to support
 various ways of sample processing, which is described here.
-(This acticle does not deal with the overall functionality of the 
+(This article does not deal with the overall functionality of the 
 EMU10K1 chips. See the manuals section for further details.)
 
 The ALSA driver programs this portion of chip by default code
diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
index 02a481225b0d..c815c5206e84 100644
--- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Review cycle:
    Contact the kernel security team for more details on this procedure.
 
 
-Review committe:
+Review committee:
 
  - This is made up of a number of kernel developers who have volunteered for
    this task, and a few that haven't.
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
index 5c3a51905969..aa986a35e994 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ or otherwise protected/tainted binaries. The modes are
         readable by root only. This allows the end user to remove
         such a dump but not access it directly. For security reasons
         core dumps in this mode will not overwrite one another or
-        other files. This mode is appropriate when adminstrators are
+        other files. This mode is appropriate when administrators are
         attempting to debug problems in a normal environment.
 
 ==============================================================
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index 20d0d797f539..e96a341eb7e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ the high water marks for each per cpu page list.
 
 zone_reclaim_mode:
 
-Zone_reclaim_mode allows to set more or less agressive approaches to
+Zone_reclaim_mode allows someone to set more or less aggressive approaches to
 reclaim memory when a zone runs out of memory. If it is set to zero then no
 zone reclaim occurs. Allocations will be satisfied from other zones / nodes
 in the system.
diff --git a/Documentation/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt
index b60590eca18f..628013f944c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@
 
 
 
-  Making it world-writeable looks bad, but it seems not to be
+  Making it world-writable looks bad, but it seems not to be
   exploitable as a security hole.  However, it does allow anyone to cre-
   ate useless tap devices (useless because they can't configure them),
   which is a DOS attack.  A somewhat more secure alternative would to be
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/hiddev.txt b/Documentation/usb/hiddev.txt
index 6a790754e963..6e8c9f1d2f22 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/hiddev.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/hiddev.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ interfaces, but have similar sorts of communication needs. The two big
 examples for this are power devices (especially uninterruptable power
 supplies) and monitor control on higher end monitors.
 
-To support these disparite requirements, the Linux USB system provides
+To support these disparate requirements, the Linux USB system provides
 HID events to two separate interfaces:
 * the input subsystem, which converts HID events into normal input
 device interfaces (such as keyboard, mouse and joystick) and a
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/rio.txt b/Documentation/usb/rio.txt
index ab21db454694..aee715af7db7 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/rio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/rio.txt
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ are in no way responsible for any damage that may occur, no matter how
 inconsequential.
 
 It seems that the Rio has a problem when sending .mp3 with low batteries.
-I suggest when the batteries are low and want to transfer stuff that you
+I suggest when the batteries are low and you want to transfer stuff that you
 replace it with a fresh one. In my case, what happened is I lost two 16kb
 blocks (they are no longer usable to store information to it). But I don't
-know if thats normal or not. It could simply be a problem with the flash 
+know if that's normal or not; it could simply be a problem with the flash 
 memory.
 
 In an extreme case, I left my Rio playing overnight and the batteries wore 
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt
index 50436e1663ea..d61f6e7865de 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Keyspan USA-series Serial Adapters
   
   Current status:
     The USA-18X, USA-28X, USA-19, USA-19W and USA-49W are supported and
-    have been pretty throughly tested at various baud rates with 8-N-1
+    have been pretty thoroughly tested at various baud rates with 8-N-1
     character settings.  Other character lengths and parity setups are
     presently untested.
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ Cypress M8 CY4601 Family Serial Driver
         together without hacking the adapter to set the line high.
 
         The driver is smp safe.  Performance with the driver is rather low when using
-        it for transfering files.  This is being worked on, but I would be willing to
+        it for transferring files.  This is being worked on, but I would be willing to
         accept patches.  An urb queue or packet buffer would likely fit the bill here.
 
         If you have any questions, problems, patches, feature requests, etc. you can
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ Belkin USB Serial Adapter F5U103
       Parity       N,E,O,M,S
       Handshake    None, Software (XON/XOFF), Hardware (CTSRTS,CTSDTR)*
       Break        Set and clear
-      Line contrl  Input/Output query and control **
+      Line control Input/Output query and control **
 
       *  Hardware input flow control is only enabled for firmware
          levels above 2.06.  Read source code comments describing Belkin
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ Belkin USB Serial Adapter F5U103
          automatic hardware flow control.
 
   TO DO List:
-    -- Add true modem contol line query capability.  Currently tracks the
+    -- Add true modem control line query capability.  Currently tracks the
        states reported by the interrupt and the states requested.
     -- Add error reporting back to application for UART error conditions.
     -- Add support for flush ioctls.
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
index 7e8ae83e9847..8d16f6f3c4ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ returned value is the temperature in degrees fahrenheit.
 
 Finally the SETOPTIONS ioctl can be used to control some aspects of
 the cards operation; right now the pcwd driver is the only one
-supporting thiss ioctl.
+supporting this ioctl.
 
     int options = 0;
     ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, options);
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index e182992ff799..846e77a78710 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -155,16 +155,16 @@ L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
 S:      Maintained
 
 9P FILE SYSTEM
-P:      Eric Van Hensbergen
-M:      ericvh@gmail.com
-P:      Ron Minnich
-M:      rminnich@lanl.gov
-P:      Latchesar Ionkov
-M:      lucho@ionkov.net
-L:      v9fs-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
-W:      http://v9fs.sf.net
-T:      git kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/ericvh/v9fs.git
-S:      Maintained
+P:      Eric Van Hensbergen
+M:      ericvh@gmail.com
+P:      Ron Minnich
+M:      rminnich@lanl.gov
+P:      Latchesar Ionkov
+M:      lucho@ionkov.net
+L:      v9fs-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
+W:      http://v9fs.sf.net
+T:      git kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/ericvh/v9fs.git
+S:      Maintained
 
 A2232 SERIAL BOARD DRIVER
 P:      Enver Haase
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ M:	ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru
 S:      Maintained for 2.4; PCI support for 2.6.
 
 AMD GEODE PROCESSOR/CHIPSET SUPPORT
-P:      Jordan Crouse
-M:      info-linux@geode.amd.com
+P:      Jordan Crouse
+M:      info-linux@geode.amd.com
 L:      info-linux@geode.amd.com
 W:      http://www.amd.com/us-en/ConnectivitySolutions/TechnicalResources/0,,50_2334_2452_11363,00.html
 S:      Supported
@@ -601,13 +601,13 @@ M:	maxk@qualcomm.com
 S:      Maintained
 
 BONDING DRIVER
-P:   Chad Tindel
-M:   ctindel@users.sourceforge.net
-P:   Jay Vosburgh
-M:   fubar@us.ibm.com
-L:   bonding-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
-W:   http://sourceforge.net/projects/bonding/
-S:   Supported
+P:      Chad Tindel
+M:      ctindel@users.sourceforge.net
+P:      Jay Vosburgh
+M:      fubar@us.ibm.com
+L:      bonding-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
+W:      http://sourceforge.net/projects/bonding/
+S:      Supported
 
 BROADBAND PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE
 P:      Arnd Bergmann
@@ -744,8 +744,8 @@ W:	http://www.bullopensource.org/cpuset/
 S:      Supported
 
 CRAMFS FILESYSTEM
-W:     http://sourceforge.net/projects/cramfs/
-S:     Orphan
+W:      http://sourceforge.net/projects/cramfs/
+S:      Orphan
 
 CRIS PORT
 P:      Mikael Starvik
@@ -1054,11 +1054,11 @@ W:	http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1/
 S:      Maintained
 
 EMULEX LPFC FC SCSI DRIVER
-P:      James Smart
-M:      james.smart@emulex.com
-L:      linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
-W:      http://sourceforge.net/projects/lpfcxxxx
-S:      Supported
+P:      James Smart
+M:      james.smart@emulex.com
+L:      linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
+W:      http://sourceforge.net/projects/lpfcxxxx
+S:      Supported
 
 EPSON 1355 FRAMEBUFFER DRIVER
 P:      Christopher Hoover
@@ -1495,16 +1495,16 @@ L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 S:      Maintained
 
 INTEL FRAMEBUFFER DRIVER (excluding 810 and 815)
-P:      Sylvain Meyer
-M:      sylvain.meyer@worldonline.fr
-L:      linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
-S:      Maintained
+P:      Sylvain Meyer
+M:      sylvain.meyer@worldonline.fr
+L:      linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
+S:      Maintained
 
 INTEL 810/815 FRAMEBUFFER DRIVER
-P:      Antonino Daplas
-M:      adaplas@pol.net
-L:      linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
-S:      Maintained
+P:      Antonino Daplas
+M:      adaplas@pol.net
+L:      linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
+S:      Maintained
 
 INTEL APIC/IOAPIC, LOWLEVEL X86 SMP SUPPORT
 P:      Ingo Molnar
@@ -1830,11 +1830,11 @@ L:	linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
 S:      Maintained
 
 LINUX FOR POWERPC EMBEDDED PPC83XX AND PPC85XX
-P:     Kumar Gala
-M:     galak@kernel.crashing.org
-W:     http://www.penguinppc.org/
-L:     linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
-S:     Maintained
+P:      Kumar Gala
+M:      galak@kernel.crashing.org
+W:      http://www.penguinppc.org/
+L:      linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
+S:      Maintained
 
 LINUX FOR POWERPC PA SEMI PWRFICIENT
 P:      Olof Johansson
@@ -1933,10 +1933,10 @@ W: 	http://www.syskonnect.com
 S:      Supported
 
 MAN-PAGES: MANUAL PAGES FOR LINUX -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7
-P: Michael Kerrisk
-M: mtk-manpages@gmx.net
-W: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages
-S: Maintained
+P:      Michael Kerrisk
+M:      mtk-manpages@gmx.net
+W:      ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages
+S:      Maintained
 
 MARVELL MV643XX ETHERNET DRIVER
 P:      Dale Farnsworth
@@ -1953,11 +1953,11 @@ L:	linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
 S:      Maintained
 
 MEGARAID SCSI DRIVERS
-P:     Neela Syam Kolli
-M:     Neela.Kolli@engenio.com
-S:     linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
-W:     http://megaraid.lsilogic.com
-S:     Maintained
+P:      Neela Syam Kolli
+M:      Neela.Kolli@engenio.com
+S:      linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
+W:      http://megaraid.lsilogic.com
+S:      Maintained
 
 MEMORY MANAGEMENT
 L:      linux-mm@kvack.org
@@ -2186,10 +2186,10 @@ T:	git kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aia21/ntfs-2.6.git
 S:      Maintained
 
 NVIDIA (rivafb and nvidiafb) FRAMEBUFFER DRIVER
-P:      Antonino Daplas
-M:      adaplas@pol.net
-L:      linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
-S:      Maintained
+P:      Antonino Daplas
+M:      adaplas@pol.net
+L:      linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
+S:      Maintained
 
 OPENCORES I2C BUS DRIVER
 P:      Peter Korsgaard
@@ -2539,10 +2539,10 @@ RISCOM8 DRIVER
 S:      Orphan
 
 S3 SAVAGE FRAMEBUFFER DRIVER
-P:      Antonino Daplas
-M:      adaplas@pol.net
-L:      linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
-S:      Maintained
+P:      Antonino Daplas
+M:      adaplas@pol.net
+L:      linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
+S:      Maintained
 
 S390
 P:      Martin Schwidefsky
@@ -2623,10 +2623,10 @@ L:	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
 S:      Maintained
 
 SCTP PROTOCOL
-P: Sridhar Samudrala
-M: sri@us.ibm.com
-L: lksctp-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
-S: Supported
+P:      Sridhar Samudrala
+M:      sri@us.ibm.com
+L:      lksctp-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
+S:      Supported
 
 SCx200 CPU SUPPORT
 P:      Jim Cromie
@@ -2794,9 +2794,9 @@ L:	tpmdd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
 S:      Maintained
 
 Telecom Clock Driver for MCPL0010
-P: Mark Gross
-M: mark.gross@intel.com
-S: Supported
+P:      Mark Gross
+M:      mark.gross@intel.com
+S:      Supported
 
 TENSILICA XTENSA PORT (xtensa):
 P:      Chris Zankel
@@ -2943,9 +2943,9 @@ L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 S:      Maintained
 
 TI PARALLEL LINK CABLE DRIVER
-P:     Romain Lievin
-M:     roms@lpg.ticalc.org
-S:     Maintained
+P:      Romain Lievin
+M:      roms@lpg.ticalc.org
+S:      Maintained
 
 TIPC NETWORK LAYER
 P:      Per Liden
@@ -2995,12 +2995,12 @@ L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 S:      Maintained
 
 TRIVIAL PATCHES
-P:      Adrian Bunk
-M:      trivial@kernel.org
-L:      linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
-W:      http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk/trivial/
-T:      git kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial.git
-S:      Maintained
+P:      Adrian Bunk
+M:      trivial@kernel.org
+L:      linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
+W:      http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk/trivial/
+T:      git kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial.git
+S:      Maintained
 
 TMS380 TOKEN-RING NETWORK DRIVER
 P:      Adam Fritzler
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/Kconfig
index 57f23b465392..e316bd93313f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/Kconfig
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ config IXP4XX_INDIRECT_PCI
              into the kernel and we can use the standard read[bwl]/write[bwl]
              macros. This is the preferred method due to speed but it
              limits the system to just 64MB of PCI memory. This can be 
-             problamatic if using video cards and other memory-heavy devices.
+             problematic if using video cards and other memory-heavy devices.
           
           2) If > 64MB of memory space is required, the IXP4xx can be 
              configured to use indirect registers to access PCI This allows 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-lh7a40x/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-lh7a40x/Kconfig
index 147b01928a9b..6f4c6a1798c1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-lh7a40x/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-lh7a40x/Kconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ config MACH_KEV7A400
         help
           Say Y here if you are using the Sharp KEV7A400 development
           board.  This hardware is discontinued, so I'd be very
-          suprised if you wanted this option.
+          surprised if you wanted this option.
 
 config MACH_LPD7A400
         bool "LPD7A400 Card Engine"
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/Kconfig
index 63965c78de8c..9aa26b99045d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/Kconfig
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ config SMDK2440_CPU2442
 config MACH_S3C2413
         bool
         help
-          Internal node for S3C2413 verison of SMDK2413, so that
+          Internal node for S3C2413 version of SMDK2413, so that
           machine_is_s3c2413() will work when MACH_SMDK2413 is
           selected
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index c0bfb8212b77..b09a19f87d68 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ config CPU_ARM940T
         select CPU_CP15_MPU
         help
           ARM940T is a member of the ARM9TDMI family of general-
-          purpose microprocessors with MPU and seperate 4KB
+          purpose microprocessors with MPU and separate 4KB
           instruction and 4KB data cases, each with a 4-word line
           length.
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/Kconfig b/arch/cris/arch-v10/Kconfig
index 44eb1b9accb3..c7ea9efd0104 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/Kconfig
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ config ETRAX_DEF_R_WAITSTATES
         depends on ETRAX_ARCH_V10
         default "95a6"
         help
-          Waitstates for SRAM, Flash and peripherials (not DRAM).  95f8 is a
+          Waitstates for SRAM, Flash and peripherals (not DRAM).  95f8 is a
           good choice for most Axis products...
 
 config ETRAX_DEF_R_BUS_CONFIG
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/Kconfig b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/Kconfig
index 734d5f3a5304..e7e724bc0ba6 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/Kconfig
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ config ETRAX_DS1302_TRICKLE_CHARGE
         default "0"
         help
           This controls the initial value of the trickle charge register.
-          0 = disabled (use this if you are unsure or have a non rechargable battery)
+          0 = disabled (use this if you are unsure or have a non rechargeable battery)
           Otherwise the following values can be OR:ed together to control the
           charge current:
           1 = 2kohm, 2 = 4kohm, 3 = 4kohm
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/eeprom.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/eeprom.c
index 6e1f191a71e3..284ebfda03f0 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/eeprom.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/eeprom.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*!*****************************************************************************
 *!
-*!  Implements an interface for i2c compatible eeproms to run under linux.
-*!  Supports 2k, 8k(?) and 16k. Uses adaptive timing adjustents by
+*!  Implements an interface for i2c compatible eeproms to run under Linux.
+*!  Supports 2k, 8k(?) and 16k. Uses adaptive timing adjustments by
 *!  Johan.Adolfsson@axis.com
 *!
 *!  Probing results:
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 *!  Revision 1.8  2001/06/15 13:24:29  jonashg
 *!  * Added verification of pointers from userspace in read and write.
 *!  * Made busy counter volatile.
-*!  * Added define for inital write delay.
+*!  * Added define for initial write delay.
 *!  * Removed warnings by using loff_t instead of unsigned long.
 *!
 *!  Revision 1.7  2001/06/14 15:26:54  jonashg
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/i2c.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/i2c.c
index 6114596c3b33..092c724a645f 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/i2c.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/i2c.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 *! Update Port B register and shadow even when running with hardware support
 *!   to avoid glitches when reading bits
 *! Never set direction to out in i2c_inbyte
-*! Removed incorrect clock togling at end of i2c_inbyte
+*! Removed incorrect clock toggling at end of i2c_inbyte
 *!
 *! Revision 1.8  2002/08/13 06:31:53  starvik
 *! Made SDA and SCL line configurable
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/kgdb.c
index 34528da98817..07628a13c6c4 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 *!
 *! Revision 1.2  2002/11/19 14:35:24  starvik
 *! Changes from linux 2.4
-*! Changed struct initializer syntax to the currently prefered notation
+*! Changed struct initializer syntax to the currently preferred notation
 *!
 *! Revision 1.1  2001/12/17 13:59:27  bjornw
 *! Initial revision
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
index a33097f95362..f64624fc4504 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ config ETRAX_SERIAL_PORT0_DMA7_IN
         help
           Enables the DMA7 input channel for ser0 (ttyS0).
           If you do not enable DMA, an interrupt for each character will be
-          used when receiveing data.
+          used when receiving data.
           Normally you want to use DMA, unless you use the DMA channel for
           something else.
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ config ETRAX_SERIAL_PORT1_DMA5_IN
         help
           Enables the DMA5 input channel for ser1 (ttyS1).
           If you do not enable DMA, an interrupt for each character will be
-          used when receiveing data.
+          used when receiving data.
           Normally you want this on, unless you use the DMA channel for
           something else.
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ config ETRAX_SERIAL_PORT2_DMA3_IN
         help
           Enables the DMA3 input channel for ser2 (ttyS2).
           If you do not enable DMA, an interrupt for each character will be
-          used when receiveing data.
+          used when receiving data.
           Normally you want to use DMA, unless you use the DMA channel for
           something else.
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ config ETRAX_SERIAL_PORT3_DMA9_IN
         help
           Enables the DMA9 input channel for ser3 (ttyS3).
           If you do not enable DMA, an interrupt for each character will be
-          used when receiveing data.
+          used when receiving data.
           Normally you want to use DMA, unless you use the DMA channel for
           something else.
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c b/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c
index db8e1fcfa047..14691cda05c3 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 ** If a device prefetches beyond the end of a valid pdir entry, it will cause
 ** a hard failure, ie. MCA.  Version 3.0 and later of the zx1 LBA should
 ** disconnect on 4k boundaries and prevent such issues.  If the device is
-** particularly agressive, this option will keep the entire pdir valid such
+** particularly aggressive, this option will keep the entire pdir valid such
 ** that prefetching will hit a valid address.  This could severely impact
 ** error containment, and is therefore off by default.  The page that is
 ** used for spill-over is poisoned, so that should help debugging somewhat.
@@ -258,10 +258,10 @@ static u64 prefetch_spill_page;
 
 /*
 ** DMA_CHUNK_SIZE is used by the SCSI mid-layer to break up
-** (or rather not merge) DMA's into managable chunks.
+** (or rather not merge) DMAs into manageable chunks.
 ** On parisc, this is more of the software/tuning constraint
-** rather than the HW. I/O MMU allocation alogorithms can be
-** faster with smaller size is (to some degree).
+** rather than the HW. I/O MMU allocation algorithms can be
+** faster with smaller sizes (to some degree).
 */
 #define DMA_CHUNK_SIZE  (BITS_PER_LONG*iovp_size)
 
diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig b/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig
index 6d920d4bdc3d..c1bc22c6d0d8 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ config ROMVEC
         depends on ROM
         help
           This is almost always the same as the base of the ROM. Since on all
-          68000 type varients the vectors are at the base of the boot device
+          68000 type variants the vectors are at the base of the boot device
           on system startup.
 
 config ROMVECSIZE
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ config ROMVECSIZE
         depends on ROM
         help
           Define the size of the vector region in ROM. For most 68000
-          varients this would be 0x400 bytes in size. Set to 0 if you do
+          variants this would be 0x400 bytes in size. Set to 0 if you do
           not want a vector region at the start of the ROM.
 
 config ROMSTART
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 1443024b1c7c..22bb540b5c05 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ config MIPS_DISABLE_OBSOLETE_IDE
         bool
 
 #
-# Endianess selection.  Suffiently obscure so many users don't know what to
+# Endianess selection.  Sufficiently obscure so many users don't know what to
 # answer,so we try hard to limit the available choices.  Also the use of a
 # choice statement should be more obvious to the user.
 #
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ choice
         help
           Some MIPS machines can be configured for either little or big endian
           byte order. These modes require different kernels and a different
-          Linux distribution.  In general there is one prefered byteorder for a
+          Linux distribution.  In general there is one preferred byteorder for a
           particular system but some systems are just as commonly used in the
           one or the other endianess.
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 0673dbedb241..116d7d3683ed 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ config PPC_MAPLE
         default n
         help
           This option enables support for the Maple 970FX Evaluation Board.
-          For more informations, refer to <http://www.970eval.com>
+          For more information, refer to <http://www.970eval.com>
 
 config PPC_PASEMI
         depends on PPC_MULTIPLATFORM && PPC64
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/Kconfig
index 7edb6b461382..edcd5b875b66 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/Kconfig
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ config MPC834x_SYS
           Be aware that PCI buses can only function when SYS board is plugged
           into the PIB (Platform IO Board) board from Freescale which provide
           3 PCI slots.  The PIBs PCI initialization is the bootloader's
-          responsiblilty.
+          responsibility.
 
 config MPC834x_ITX
         bool "Freescale MPC834x ITX"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ config MPC834x_ITX
           This option enables support for the MPC 834x ITX evaluation board.
 
           Be aware that PCI initialization is the bootloader's
-          responsiblilty.
+          responsibility.
 
 config MPC8360E_PB
         bool "Freescale MPC8360E PB"
diff --git a/arch/ppc/Kconfig b/arch/ppc/Kconfig
index 077711e63104..ef018e25fb07 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ppc/Kconfig
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ config MPC834x_SYS
           Be aware that PCI buses can only function when SYS board is plugged
           into the PIB (Platform IO Board) board from Freescale which provide
           3 PCI slots.  The PIBs PCI initialization is the bootloader's
-          responsiblilty.
+          responsibility.
 
 config EV64360
         bool "Marvell-EV64360BP"
diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index 6a461d4caeff..bffc7e176970 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ config SH_SHMIN
         bool "SHMIN"
         select CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7706
         help
-          Select SHMIN if configureing for the SHMIN board
+          Select SHMIN if configuring for the SHMIN board.
 
 config SH_UNKNOWN
         bool "BareCPU"
diff --git a/arch/sh64/lib/dbg.c b/arch/sh64/lib/dbg.c
index 1326f45f31eb..4310fc87444e 100644
--- a/arch/sh64/lib/dbg.c
+++ b/arch/sh64/lib/dbg.c
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ void show_excp_regs(char *from, int trapnr, int signr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 /* ======================================================================= */
 
 /*
-** Depending on <base> scan the MMU, Data or Instrction side
+** Depending on <base> scan the MMU, Data or Instruction side
 ** looking for a valid mapping matching Eaddr & asid.
 ** Return -1 if not found or the TLB id entry otherwise.
 ** Note: it works only for 4k pages!
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index 2f96610a83e9..92a7c8a636d3 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ config SPARC_LED
         tristate "Sun4m LED driver"
         help
           This driver toggles the front-panel LED on sun4m systems
-          in a user-specifyable manner.  It's state can be probed
-          by reading /proc/led and it's blinking mode can be changed
+          in a user-specifiable manner.  Its state can be probed
+          by reading /proc/led and its blinking mode can be changed
           via writes to /proc/led
 
 source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
index 2f880cb167a5..0cad3546cb89 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static int winch_thread(void *arg)
         /* These are synchronization calls between various UML threads on the
          * host - since they are not different kernel threads, we cannot use
          * kernel semaphores. We don't use SysV semaphores because they are
-         * persistant. */
+         * persistent. */
         count = os_read_file(pipe_fd, &c, sizeof(c));
         if(count != sizeof(c))
                 printk("winch_thread : failed to read synchronization byte, "
diff --git a/drivers/atm/iphase.c b/drivers/atm/iphase.c
index 9ed1c60048f0..bb7ef570514c 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/iphase.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/iphase.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static void clear_lockup (struct atm_vcc *vcc, IADEV *dev) {
 **  |  R | NZ |  5-bit exponent  |        9-bit mantissa         |
 **  +----+----+------------------+-------------------------------+
 ** 
-**    R = reserverd (written as 0)
+**    R = reserved (written as 0)
 **    NZ = 0 if 0 cells/sec; 1 otherwise
 **
 **    if NZ = 1, rate = 1.mmmmmmmmm x 2^(eeeee) cells/sec
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index 2af12fc45115..ad8b537ad47b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ config HPET
         help
           If you say Y here, you will have a miscdevice named "/dev/hpet/".  Each
           open selects one of the timers supported by the HPET.  The timers are
-          non-periodioc and/or periodic.
+          non-periodic and/or periodic.
 
 config HPET_RTC_IRQ
         bool "HPET Control RTC IRQ" if !HPET_EMULATE_RTC
diff --git a/drivers/char/rio/riocmd.c b/drivers/char/rio/riocmd.c
index 4df6ab2206a1..167ebc84e8d7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/rio/riocmd.c
+++ b/drivers/char/rio/riocmd.c
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ int RIOUnUse(unsigned long iPortP, struct CmdBlk *CmdBlkP)
 ** 
 ** Packet is an actual packet structure to be filled in with the packet
 ** information associated with the command. You need to fill in everything,
-** as the command processore doesn't process the command packet in any way.
+** as the command processor doesn't process the command packet in any way.
 ** 
 ** The PreFuncP is called before the packet is enqueued on the host rup.
 ** PreFuncP is called as (*PreFuncP)(PreArg, CmdBlkP);. PreFuncP must
diff --git a/drivers/char/rio/rioinit.c b/drivers/char/rio/rioinit.c
index 99f3df02b61c..0794844369d6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/rio/rioinit.c
+++ b/drivers/char/rio/rioinit.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int RIOBoardTest(unsigned long paddr, void __iomem *caddr, unsigned char type, i
 ** which value will be written into memory.
 ** Call with op set to zero means that the RAM will not be read and checked
 ** before it is written.
-** Call with op not zero, and the RAM will be read and compated with val[op-1]
+** Call with op not zero and the RAM will be read and compared with val[op-1]
 ** to check that the data from the previous phase was retained.
 */
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/rio/rioparam.c b/drivers/char/rio/rioparam.c
index 1066d9760704..bb498d24adcc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/rio/rioparam.c
+++ b/drivers/char/rio/rioparam.c
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ static char *_rioparam_c_sccs_ = "@(#)rioparam.c	1.3";
 ** command bit set onto the port. The command bit is in the len field,
 ** and gets ORed in with the actual byte count.
 **
-** When you send a packet with the command bit set, then the first
-** data byte ( data[0] ) is interpretted as the command to execute.
+** When you send a packet with the command bit set the first
+** data byte (data[0]) is interpreted as the command to execute.
 ** It also governs what data structure overlay should accompany the packet.
 ** Commands are defined in cirrus/cirrus.h
 **
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static char *_rioparam_c_sccs_ = "@(#)rioparam.c	1.3";
 **
 ** Most commands do not use the remaining bytes in the data array. The
 ** exceptions are OPEN MOPEN and CONFIG. (NB. As with the SI CONFIG and
-** OPEN are currently analagous). With these three commands the following
+** OPEN are currently analogous). With these three commands the following
 ** 11 data bytes are all used to pass config information such as baud rate etc.
 ** The fields are also defined in cirrus.h. Some contain straightforward
 ** information such as the transmit XON character. Two contain the transmit and
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 8ccee9c769f8..e3a267622bb6 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ static int idefloppy_begin_format(ide_drive_t *drive, int __user *arg)
 /*
 ** Get ATAPI_FORMAT_UNIT progress indication.
 **
-** Userland gives a pointer to an int.  The int is set to a progresss
+** Userland gives a pointer to an int.  The int is set to a progress
 ** indicator 0-65536, with 65536=100%.
 **
 ** If the drive does not support format progress indication, we just check
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/os_4bri.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/os_4bri.c
index 11e6f937c1e4..7b4ec3f60dbf 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/os_4bri.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/os_4bri.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ int diva_4bri_init_card(diva_os_xdi_adapter_t * a)
 
 /*
 **  Cleanup function will be called for master adapter only
-**  this is garanteed by design: cleanup callback is set
+**  this is guaranteed by design: cleanup callback is set
 **  by master adapter only
 */
 static int diva_4bri_cleanup_adapter(diva_os_xdi_adapter_t * a)
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc4s8s_l1.h b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc4s8s_l1.h
index e8f9c077fa85..9d5d2a56b4e9 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc4s8s_l1.h
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc4s8s_l1.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 /*
 *  include Genero generated HFC-4S/8S header file hfc48scu.h
-*  for comlete register description. This will define _HFC48SCU_H_
+*  for complete register description. This will define _HFC48SCU_H_
 *  to prevent redefinitions
 */
 
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnl2.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnl2.c
index 6d0431725555..cd3b5ad53491 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnl2.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnl2.c
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ l2_tei_remove(struct FsmInst *fi, int event, void *arg)
 }
 
 static void
-l2_st14_persistant_da(struct FsmInst *fi, int event, void *arg)
+l2_st14_persistent_da(struct FsmInst *fi, int event, void *arg)
 {
         struct PStack *st = fi->userdata;
         
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ l2_st14_persistant_da(struct FsmInst *fi, int event, void *arg)
 }
 
 static void
-l2_st5_persistant_da(struct FsmInst *fi, int event, void *arg)
+l2_st5_persistent_da(struct FsmInst *fi, int event, void *arg)
 {
         struct PStack *st = fi->userdata;
 
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ l2_st5_persistant_da(struct FsmInst *fi, int event, void *arg)
 }
 
 static void
-l2_st6_persistant_da(struct FsmInst *fi, int event, void *arg)
+l2_st6_persistent_da(struct FsmInst *fi, int event, void *arg)
 {
         struct PStack *st = fi->userdata;
 
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ l2_st6_persistant_da(struct FsmInst *fi, int event, void *arg)
 }
 
 static void
-l2_persistant_da(struct FsmInst *fi, int event, void *arg)
+l2_persistent_da(struct FsmInst *fi, int event, void *arg)
 {
         struct PStack *st = fi->userdata;
 
@@ -1612,14 +1612,14 @@ static struct FsmNode L2FnList[] __initdata =
         {ST_L2_6, EV_L2_FRAME_ERROR, l2_frame_error},
         {ST_L2_7, EV_L2_FRAME_ERROR, l2_frame_error_reest},
         {ST_L2_8, EV_L2_FRAME_ERROR, l2_frame_error_reest},
-        {ST_L2_1, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_st14_persistant_da},
+        {ST_L2_1, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_st14_persistent_da},
         {ST_L2_2, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_st24_tei_remove},
         {ST_L2_3, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_st3_tei_remove},
-        {ST_L2_4, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_st14_persistant_da},
-        {ST_L2_5, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_st5_persistant_da},
-        {ST_L2_6, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_st6_persistant_da},
-        {ST_L2_7, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_persistant_da},
-        {ST_L2_8, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_persistant_da},
+        {ST_L2_4, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_st14_persistent_da},
+        {ST_L2_5, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_st5_persistent_da},
+        {ST_L2_6, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_st6_persistent_da},
+        {ST_L2_7, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_persistent_da},
+        {ST_L2_8, EV_L1_DEACTIVATE, l2_persistent_da},
 };
 
 #define L2_FN_COUNT (sizeof(L2FnList)/sizeof(struct FsmNode))
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/budget-patch.c b/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/budget-patch.c
index fc1267b8c892..9a155396d6ac 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/budget-patch.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/budget-patch.c
@@ -500,14 +500,14 @@ static int budget_patch_attach (struct saa7146_dev* dev, struct saa7146_pci_exte
 
 /*      New design (By Emard)
 **      this rps1 code will copy internal HS event to GPIO3 pin.
-**      GPIO3 is in budget-patch hardware connectd to port B VSYNC
+**      GPIO3 is in budget-patch hardware connected to port B VSYNC
 
 **      HS is an internal event of 7146, accessible with RPS
 **      and temporarily raised high every n lines
 **      (n in defined in the RPS_THRESH1 counter threshold)
 **      I think HS is raised high on the beginning of the n-th line
 **      and remains high until this n-th line that triggered
-**      it is completely received. When the receiption of n-th line
+**      it is completely received. When the reception of n-th line
 **      ends, HS is lowered.
 
 **      To transmit data over DMA, 7146 needs changing state at
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static int budget_patch_attach (struct saa7146_dev* dev, struct saa7146_pci_exte
 **      hardware debug note: a working budget card (including budget patch)
 **      with vpeirq() interrupt setup in mode "0x90" (every 64K) will
 **      generate 3 interrupts per 25-Hz DMA frame of 2*188*512 bytes
-**      and that means 3*25=75 Hz of interrupt freqency, as seen by
+**      and that means 3*25=75 Hz of interrupt frequency, as seen by
 **      watch cat /proc/interrupts
 **
 **      If this frequency is 3x lower (and data received in the DMA
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static int budget_patch_attach (struct saa7146_dev* dev, struct saa7146_pci_exte
 **      this means VSYNC line is not connected in the hardware.
 **      (check soldering pcb and pins)
 **      The same behaviour of missing VSYNC can be duplicated on budget
-**      cards, by seting DD1_INIT trigger mode 7 in 3rd nibble.
+**      cards, by setting DD1_INIT trigger mode 7 in 3rd nibble.
 */
 
         // Setup RPS1 "program" (p35)
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/Kconfig b/drivers/media/video/Kconfig
index bf267552941f..b8fde5cf4735 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/video/Kconfig
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ config VIDEO_HELPER_CHIPS_AUTO
           decode audio/video standards. This option will autoselect
           all pertinent modules to each selected video module.
 
-          Unselect this only if you know exaclty what you are doing, since
+          Unselect this only if you know exactly what you are doing, since
           it may break support on some boards.
 
           In doubt, say Y.
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-if.c b/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-if.c
index 46c114830884..e8db6e58d390 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-if.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-if.c
@@ -1095,8 +1095,7 @@ static int pwc_video_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         PWC_DEBUG_OPEN(">> video_open called(vdev = 0x%p).\n", vdev);
 
         pdev = (struct pwc_device *)vdev->priv;
-        if (pdev == NULL)
-                BUG();
+        BUG_ON(!pdev);
         if (pdev->vopen) {
                 PWC_DEBUG_OPEN("I'm busy, someone is using the device.\n");
                 return -EBUSY;
diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
index e5c72719debc..051b7c5b8f03 100644
--- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
+++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
@@ -6185,7 +6185,7 @@ mpt_spi_log_info(MPT_ADAPTER *ioc, u32 log_info)
                 "Abort",                                        /* 12h */
                 "IO Not Yet Executed",                          /* 13h */
                 "IO Executed",                                  /* 14h */
-                "Persistant Reservation Out Not Affiliation Owner", /* 15h */
+                "Persistent Reservation Out Not Affiliation Owner", /* 15h */
                 "Open Transmit DMA Abort",                      /* 16h */
                 "IO Device Missing Delay Retry",                /* 17h */
                 NULL,                                           /* 18h */
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/omap.c b/drivers/mmc/omap.c
index 762fa2895891..d593ef342e75 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/omap.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/omap.c
@@ -640,8 +640,7 @@ mmc_omap_prepare_dma(struct mmc_omap_host *host, struct mmc_data *data)
         }
 
         /* Max limit for DMA frame count is 0xffff */
-        if (unlikely(count > 0xffff))
-                BUG();
+        BUG_ON(count > 0xffff);
 
         OMAP_MMC_WRITE(host->base, BUF, buf);
         omap_set_dma_transfer_params(dma_ch, OMAP_DMA_DATA_TYPE_S16,
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
index 24747bdc3e19..d132ed571f13 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ config MTD_BAST_MAXSIZE
         default "4"
 
 config MTD_SHARP_SL
-        bool "ROM maped on Sharp SL Series"
+        bool "ROM mapped on Sharp SL Series"
         depends on MTD && ARCH_PXA
         help
           This enables access to the flash chip on the Sharp SL Series of PDAs.
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c
index 92b5d883d7b0..65e5ee552010 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct mtd_partition flagadm_parts[] = {
                 .size =         FLASH_PARTITION2_SIZE
         },
         {
-                .name =         "Persistant storage",
+                .name =         "Persistent storage",
                 .offset =       FLASH_PARTITION3_ADDR,
                 .size =         FLASH_PARTITION3_SIZE
         }
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 6e863aa9894c..b6c70c58ae99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ config IFB
         tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
         depends on NET_CLS_ACT
         ---help---
-          This is an intermidiate driver that allows sharing of
+          This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
           resources.
           To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
           will be called ifb.  If you want to use more than one ifb
@@ -2136,7 +2136,7 @@ config SK98LIN
           This driver supports the original Yukon chipset. A cleaner driver is 
           also available (skge) which seems to work better than this one.
 
-          This driver does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset. A seperate
+          This driver does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset. A separate
           driver, sky2, is provided to support Yukon2-based adapters.
 
           The following adapters are supported by this driver:
diff --git a/drivers/net/e100.c b/drivers/net/e100.c
index 19ab3441269c..3a8df479cbda 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e100.c
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ static void e100_setup_ucode(struct nic *nic, struct cb *cb, struct sk_buff *skb
 *  the literal in the instruction before the code is loaded, the
 *  driver can change the algorithm.
 *
-*  INTDELAY - This loads the dead-man timer with its inital value.
+*  INTDELAY - This loads the dead-man timer with its initial value.
 *    When this timer expires the interrupt is asserted, and the
 *    timer is reset each time a new packet is received.  (see
 *    BUNDLEMAX below to set the limit on number of chained packets)
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c
index 65077f39da69..796c4f7d4260 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c
@@ -3868,7 +3868,7 @@ e1000_phy_hw_reset(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 *
 * hw - Struct containing variables accessed by shared code
 *
-* Sets bit 15 of the MII Control regiser
+* Sets bit 15 of the MII Control register
 ******************************************************************************/
 int32_t
 e1000_phy_reset(struct e1000_hw *hw)
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
index b79ec0d7480f..ecb61f876f27 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ config FIXED_PHY
         depends on PHYLIB
         ---help---
           Adds the driver to PHY layer to cover the boards that do not have any PHY bound,
-          but with the ability to manipulate with speed/link in software. The relavant MII
-          speed/duplex parameters could be effectively handled in user-specified  fuction.
+          but with the ability to manipulate the speed/link in software. The relevant MII
+          speed/duplex parameters could be effectively handled in a user-specified function.
           Currently tested with mpc866ads.
 
 config FIXED_MII_10_FDX
diff --git a/drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skdrv2nd.h b/drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skdrv2nd.h
index 778d9e618ebd..3fa67171e832 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skdrv2nd.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skdrv2nd.h
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ struct s_IOCTL {
 
 /*
 ** Interim definition of SK_DRV_TIMER placed in this file until 
-** common modules have boon finallized
+** common modules have been finalized
 */
 #define SK_DRV_TIMER                    11 
 #define SK_DRV_MODERATION_TIMER         1
diff --git a/drivers/net/sk98lin/skdim.c b/drivers/net/sk98lin/skdim.c
index 07c1b4c8699d..37ce03fb8de3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sk98lin/skdim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sk98lin/skdim.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ SkDimEnableModerationIfNeeded(SK_AC *pAC) {
 
 /*******************************************************************************
 ** Function     : SkDimDisplayModerationSettings
-** Description  : Displays the current settings regaring interrupt moderation
+** Description  : Displays the current settings regarding interrupt moderation
 ** Programmer   : Ralph Roesler
 ** Last Modified: 22-mar-03
 ** Returns      : void (!)
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ EnableIntMod(SK_AC *pAC) {
 
 /*******************************************************************************
 ** Function     : DisableIntMod()
-** Description  : Disbles the interrupt moderation independent of what inter-
+** Description  : Disables the interrupt moderation independent of what inter-
 **                rupts are running or not
 ** Programmer   : Ralph Roesler
 ** Last Modified: 23-mar-03
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
index 1f742814a01c..72120d5c2f7b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
@@ -6920,8 +6920,8 @@ static int ipw_qos_association(struct ipw_priv *priv,
 }
 
 /*
-* handling the beaconing responces. if we get different QoS setting
-* of the network from the the associated setting adjust the QoS
+* handling the beaconing responses. if we get different QoS setting
+* off the network from the associated setting, adjust the QoS
 * setting
 */
 static int ipw_qos_association_resp(struct ipw_priv *priv,
diff --git a/drivers/parisc/ccio-dma.c b/drivers/parisc/ccio-dma.c
index 68cb3a080050..fe3f5f5365c5 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/ccio-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/ccio-dma.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ typedef unsigned long space_t;
 **   This bit tells U2 to do R/M/W for partial cachelines. "Streaming"
 **   data can avoid this if the mapping covers full cache lines.
 ** o STOP_MOST is needed for atomicity across cachelines.
-**   Apperently only "some EISA devices" need this.
+**   Apparently only "some EISA devices" need this.
 **   Using CONFIG_ISA is hack. Only the IOA with EISA under it needs
 **   to use this hint iff the EISA devices needs this feature.
 **   According to the U2 ERS, STOP_MOST enabled pages hurt performance.
diff --git a/drivers/parisc/iosapic.c b/drivers/parisc/iosapic.c
index c2949b4367e5..12bab64a62a1 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/iosapic.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/iosapic.c
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@
 **
 ** PA Firmware
 ** -----------
-** PA-RISC platforms have two fundementally different types of firmware.
+** PA-RISC platforms have two fundamentally different types of firmware.
 ** For PCI devices, "Legacy" PDC initializes the "INTERRUPT_LINE" register
 ** and BARs similar to a traditional PC BIOS.
 ** The newer "PAT" firmware supports PDC calls which return tables.
-** PAT firmware only initializes PCI Console and Boot interface.
-** With these tables, the OS can progam all other PCI devices.
+** PAT firmware only initializes the PCI Console and Boot interface.
+** With these tables, the OS can program all other PCI devices.
 **
 ** One such PAT PDC call returns the "Interrupt Routing Table" (IRT).
 ** The IRT maps each PCI slot's INTA-D "output" line to an I/O SAPIC
diff --git a/drivers/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
index 5f1b9f58070e..3cfb0a3575e6 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ config PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE
           smaller speedup on single processor machines.
 
           But it can also cause lots of bad things to happen.  A number
-          of PCI drivers can not properly handle running in this way,
+          of PCI drivers cannot properly handle running in this way,
           some will just not work properly at all, while others might
           decide to blow up power supplies with a huge load all at once,
           so use this option at your own risk.
 
           It is very unwise to use this option if you are not using a
           boot process that can handle devices being created in any
-          order.  A program that can create persistant block and network
+          order.  A program that can create persistent block and network
           device names (like udev) is a good idea if you wish to use
           this option.
 
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/ibmphp_hpc.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/ibmphp_hpc.c
index c3ac98a0a6a6..f55ac3885cb3 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/ibmphp_hpc.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/ibmphp_hpc.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ static u8 hpc_readcmdtoindex (u8 cmd, u8 index)
 *
 * Action:  issue a READ command to HPC
 *
-* Input:   pslot   - can not be NULL for READ_ALLSTAT
+* Input:   pslot   - cannot be NULL for READ_ALLSTAT
 *          pstatus - can be NULL for READ_ALLSTAT
 *
 * Return   0 or error codes
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/claw.h b/drivers/s390/net/claw.h
index 969be465309c..1ee9a6f06541 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/claw.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/claw.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #define CLAW_COMPLETE           0xff   /* flag to indicate i/o completed */
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------*
-*     CLAW control comand code                         *
+*     CLAW control command code                        *
 *------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 #define SYSTEM_VALIDATE_REQUEST   0x01  /* System Validate request */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_reg_def.h b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_reg_def.h
index b79f45f3ad47..a11f4e6d8bd9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_reg_def.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_reg_def.h
@@ -2000,7 +2000,7 @@
  * The host accesses this scratch in a different manner from the
  * central sequencer. The sequencer has to use CSEQ registers CSCRPAGE
  * and CMnSCRPAGE to access the scratch memory. A flat mapping of the
- * scratch memory is avaliable for software convenience and to prevent
+ * scratch memory is available for software convenience and to prevent
  * corruption while the sequencer is running. This memory is mapped
  * onto addresses 800h - BFFh, total of 400h bytes.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_sds.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_sds.c
index de7c04d4254d..e5a0ec37e954 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_sds.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_sds.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct asd_ocm_dir {
 
 #define OCM_INIT_DIR_ENTRIES    5
 /***************************************************************************
-*  OCM dircetory default
+*  OCM directory default
 ***************************************************************************/
 static struct asd_ocm_dir OCMDirInit =
 {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static struct asd_ocm_dir OCMDirInit =
 };
 
 /***************************************************************************
-*  OCM dircetory Entries default
+*  OCM directory Entries default
 ***************************************************************************/
 static struct asd_ocm_dir_ent OCMDirEntriesInit[OCM_INIT_DIR_ENTRIES] =
 {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c b/drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c
index 6cc2bc2f62be..adb8eb4f5fd1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static inline struct list_head *ncr_list_pop(struct list_head *head)
 **      power of 2 cache line size.
 **      Enhanced in linux-2.3.44 to provide a memory pool 
 **      per pcidev to support dynamic dma mapping. (I would 
-**      have preferred a real bus astraction, btw).
+**      have preferred a real bus abstraction, btw).
 **
 **==========================================================
 */
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ struct head {
 **      The first four bytes (scr_st[4]) are used inside the script by 
 **      "COPY" commands.
 **      Because source and destination must have the same alignment
-**      in a DWORD, the fields HAVE to be at the choosen offsets.
+**      in a DWORD, the fields HAVE to be at the chosen offsets.
 **              xerr_st         0       (0x34)  scratcha
 **              sync_st         1       (0x05)  sxfer
 **              wide_st         3       (0x03)  scntl3
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ struct head {
 **      the DSA (data structure address) register points
 **      to this substructure of the ccb.
 **      This substructure contains the header with
-**      the script-processor-changable data and
+**      the script-processor-changeable data and
 **      data blocks for the indirect move commands.
 **
 **----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -5107,7 +5107,7 @@ void ncr_complete (struct ncb *np, struct ccb *cp)
 
 /*
 **      This CCB has been skipped by the NCR.
-**      Queue it in the correponding unit queue.
+**      Queue it in the corresponding unit queue.
 */
 static void ncr_ccb_skipped(struct ncb *np, struct ccb *cp)
 {
@@ -5896,8 +5896,8 @@ static void ncr_log_hard_error(struct ncb *np, u16 sist, u_char dstat)
 **
 **      In normal cases, interrupt conditions occur one at a 
 **      time. The ncr is able to stack in some extra registers 
-**      other interrupts that will occurs after the first one.
-**      But severall interrupts may occur at the same time.
+**      other interrupts that will occur after the first one.
+**      But, several interrupts may occur at the same time.
 **
 **      We probably should only try to deal with the normal 
 **      case, but it seems that multiple interrupts occur in 
@@ -6796,7 +6796,7 @@ void ncr_int_sir (struct ncb *np)
 **      The host status field is set to HS_NEGOTIATE to mark this
 **      situation.
 **
-**      If the target doesn't answer this message immidiately
+**      If the target doesn't answer this message immediately
 **      (as required by the standard), the SIR_NEGO_FAIL interrupt
 **      will be raised eventually.
 **      The handler removes the HS_NEGOTIATE status, and sets the
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.h b/drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.h
index cb8b7701431e..b39357d9af8d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.h
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 **      Same as option 1, but also deal with 
 **      misconfigured interrupts.
 **
-**      - Edge triggerred instead of level sensitive.
+**      - Edge triggered instead of level sensitive.
 **      - No interrupt line connected.
 **      - IRQ number misconfigured.
 **      
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ struct ncr_driver_setup {
 
 /*
 **      Initial setup.
-**      Can be overriden at startup by a command line.
+**      Can be overridden at startup by a command line.
 */
 #define SCSI_NCR_DRIVER_SETUP                   \
 {                                               \
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ struct scr_tblsel {
 **-----------------------------------------------------------
 **      On 810A, 860, 825A, 875, 895 and 896 chips the content 
 **      of SFBR register can be used as data (SCR_SFBR_DATA).
-**      The 896 has additionnal IO registers starting at 
+**      The 896 has additional IO registers starting at 
 **      offset 0x80. Bit 7 of register offset is stored in 
 **      bit 7 of the SCRIPTS instruction first DWORD.
 **-----------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/drivers/spi/Kconfig b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
index 23334c8bc4c7..d895a1adb428 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ config SPI
           controller and a chipselect.  Most SPI slaves don't support
           dynamic device discovery; some are even write-only or read-only.
 
-          SPI is widely used by microcontollers to talk with sensors,
+          SPI is widely used by microcontrollers to talk with sensors,
           eeprom and flash memory, codecs and various other controller
           chips, analog to digital (and d-to-a) converters, and more.
           MMC and SD cards can be accessed using SPI protocol; and for
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
index cf10cbc98f80..cc60759083bf 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ config USB_U132_HCD
           adapter will *NOT* work with PC cards that do not contain an OHCI
           controller.
 
-          For those PC cards that contain multiple OHCI controllers only ther
+          For those PC cards that contain multiple OHCI controllers only the
           first one is used.
 
           The driver consists of two modules, the "ftdi-elan" module is a
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c
index 32c635ecbf31..a00d1595656c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ int usb_ftdi_elan_read_pcimem(struct platform_device *pdev, u8 addressofs,
 int usb_ftdi_elan_write_pcimem(struct platform_device *pdev, u8 addressofs,
         u8 width, u32 data);
 /*
-* these can not be inlines because we need the structure offset!!
+* these cannot be inlines because we need the structure offset!!
 * Does anyone have a better way?????
 */
 #define u132_read_pcimem(u132, member, data) \
@@ -3045,7 +3045,7 @@ static struct hc_driver u132_hc_driver = {
 * This function may be called by the USB core whilst the "usb_all_devices_rwsem"
 * is held for writing, thus this module must not call usb_remove_hcd()
 * synchronously - but instead should immediately stop activity to the
-* device and ansynchronously call usb_remove_hcd()
+* device and asynchronously call usb_remove_hcd()
 */
 static int __devexit u132_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
@@ -3241,7 +3241,7 @@ static int u132_resume(struct platform_device *pdev)
 #define u132_resume NULL
 #endif
 /*
-* this driver is loaded explicitely by ftdi_u132
+* this driver is loaded explicitly by ftdi_u132
 *
 * the platform_driver struct is static because it is per type of module
 */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/usb_u132.h b/drivers/usb/misc/usb_u132.h
index 551ba8906d62..5b5a3e621daa 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/usb_u132.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/usb_u132.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 * the kernel to load the "u132-hcd" module.
 *
 * The "ftdi-u132" module provides the interface to the inserted
-* PC card and the "u132-hcd" module uses the API to send and recieve
+* PC card and the "u132-hcd" module uses the API to send and receive
 * data. The API features call-backs, so that part of the "u132-hcd"
 * module code will run in the context of one of the kernel threads
 * of the "ftdi-u132" module.
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c b/drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c
index bdb58100fc1d..5e3ac281a2f8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 *       to TASK_RUNNING will be lost and write_chan's subsequent call to
 *       schedule() will never return (unless it catches a signal).
 *       This race condition occurs because write_bulk_callback() (and thus
-*       the wakeup) are called asynchonously from an interrupt, rather than
+*       the wakeup) are called asynchronously from an interrupt, rather than
 *       from the scheduler.  We can avoid the race by calling the wakeup
 *       from the scheduler queue and that's our fix:  Now, at the end of
 *       write_bulk_callback() we queue up a wakeup call on the scheduler
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 7b1511d50b05..b3b5aa0edff9 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ config SYSFS
 
         Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate.
         /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in
-        delegating policy decisions, like persistantly naming devices.
+        delegating policy decisions, like persistently naming devices.
 
         sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root
         partition.  If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ config BEFS_FS
         help
           The BeOS File System (BeFS) is the native file system of Be, Inc's
           BeOS. Notable features include support for arbitrary attributes
-          on files and directories, and database-like indeces on selected
+          on files and directories, and database-like indices on selected
           attributes. (Also note that this driver doesn't make those features
           available at this time). It is a 64 bit filesystem, so it supports
           extremely large volumes and files.
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 94766599db00..277a5f2d18ad 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -367,8 +367,7 @@ void fastcall __put_ioctx(struct kioctx *ctx)
 {
         unsigned nr_events = ctx->max_reqs;
 
-        if (unlikely(ctx->reqs_active))
-                BUG();
+        BUG_ON(ctx->reqs_active);
 
         cancel_delayed_work(&ctx->wq);
         flush_workqueue(aio_wq);
@@ -505,8 +504,7 @@ static int __aio_put_req(struct kioctx *ctx, struct kiocb *req)
         assert_spin_locked(&ctx->ctx_lock);
 
         req->ki_users --;
-        if (unlikely(req->ki_users < 0))
-                BUG();
+        BUG_ON(req->ki_users < 0);
         if (likely(req->ki_users))
                 return 0;
         list_del(&req->ki_list);                /* remove from active_reqs */
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_filsys.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_filsys.h
index 9901928668cf..eb550b339bb8 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_filsys.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_filsys.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 #define JFS_SWAP_BYTES          0x00100000      /* running on big endian computer */
 
 /* Directory index */
-#define JFS_DIR_INDEX           0x00200000      /* Persistant index for */
+#define JFS_DIR_INDEX           0x00200000      /* Persistent index for */
                                                 /* directory entries    */
 
 
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index 85ce23268302..ac93174c9639 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ static int flush_journal_list(struct super_block *s,
                 }
 
                 /* if someone has this block in a newer transaction, just make
-                 ** sure they are commited, and don't try writing it to disk
+                 ** sure they are committed, and don't try writing it to disk
                  */
                 if (pjl) {
                         if (atomic_read(&pjl->j_commit_left))
@@ -3384,7 +3384,7 @@ static int remove_from_transaction(struct super_block *p_s_sb,
 
 /*
 ** for any cnode in a journal list, it can only be dirtied of all the
-** transactions that include it are commited to disk.
+** transactions that include it are committed to disk.
 ** this checks through each transaction, and returns 1 if you are allowed to dirty,
 ** and 0 if you aren't
 **
@@ -3426,7 +3426,7 @@ static int can_dirty(struct reiserfs_journal_cnode *cn)
 }
 
 /* syncs the commit blocks, but does not force the real buffers to disk
-** will wait until the current transaction is done/commited before returning 
+** will wait until the current transaction is done/committed before returning 
 */
 int journal_end_sync(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
                      struct super_block *p_s_sb, unsigned long nblocks)
diff --git a/include/asm-m68knommu/mcfmbus.h b/include/asm-m68knommu/mcfmbus.h
index 13df9d41bd1a..319899c47a2c 100644
--- a/include/asm-m68knommu/mcfmbus.h
+++ b/include/asm-m68knommu/mcfmbus.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #define MCFMBUS_MFDR_MBC(a)     ((a)&0x3F)         /*M-Bus Clock*/
 
 /*
-*       Define bit flags in Controll Register
+*       Define bit flags in Control Register
 */
 
 #define MCFMBUS_MBCR_MEN           (0x80)  /* M-Bus Enable                 */
diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/dma.h b/include/asm-parisc/dma.h
index da2cf373e31c..31ad0f05af3d 100644
--- a/include/asm-parisc/dma.h
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/dma.h
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 
 /*
 ** DMA_CHUNK_SIZE is used by the SCSI mid-layer to break up
-** (or rather not merge) DMA's into managable chunks.
+** (or rather not merge) DMAs into manageable chunks.
 ** On parisc, this is more of the software/tuning constraint
-** rather than the HW. I/O MMU allocation alogorithms can be
-** faster with smaller size is (to some degree).
+** rather than the HW. I/O MMU allocation algorithms can be
+** faster with smaller sizes (to some degree).
 */
 #define DMA_CHUNK_SIZE  (BITS_PER_LONG*PAGE_SIZE)
 
diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/pci.h b/include/asm-parisc/pci.h
index 7b8ad118d2fe..7b3be9ac0dda 100644
--- a/include/asm-parisc/pci.h
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/pci.h
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ extern int parisc_bus_is_phys; 	/* in arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c */
 /*
 ** Most PCI devices (eg Tulip, NCR720) also export the same registers
 ** to both MMIO and I/O port space.  Due to poor performance of I/O Port
-** access under HP PCI bus adapters, strongly reccomend use of MMIO
+** access under HP PCI bus adapters, strongly recommend the use of MMIO
 ** address space.
 **
 ** While I'm at it more PA programming notes:
diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/ropes.h b/include/asm-parisc/ropes.h
index 5542dd00472b..007a880615eb 100644
--- a/include/asm-parisc/ropes.h
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/ropes.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
-** The number of pdir entries to "free" before issueing
+** The number of pdir entries to "free" before issuing
 ** a read to PCOM register to flush out PCOM writes.
 ** Interacts with allocation granularity (ie 4 or 8 entries
 ** allocated and free'd/purged at a time might make this
diff --git a/include/linux/ixjuser.h b/include/linux/ixjuser.h
index fd1756d3a47e..88b45895746d 100644
--- a/include/linux/ixjuser.h
+++ b/include/linux/ixjuser.h
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ typedef struct {
 * structures.  If the freq0 variable is non-zero, the tone table contents
 * for the tone_index are updated to the frequencies and gains defined.  It
 * should be noted that DTMF tones cannot be reassigned, so if DTMF tone
-* table indexs are used in a cadence the frequency and gain variables will
+* table indexes are used in a cadence the frequency and gain variables will
 * be ignored.
 *
 * If the array elements contain frequency parameters the driver will
diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h
index c8d5f207c3d4..0ec6e28bccd2 100644
--- a/include/linux/jiffies.h
+++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 #define __jiffy_data  __attribute__((section(".data")))
 
 /*
- * The 64-bit value is not volatile - you MUST NOT read it
+ * The 64-bit value is not atomic - you MUST NOT read it
  * without sampling the sequence number in xtime_lock.
  * get_jiffies_64() will do this for you as appropriate.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index b9b5e4ba166a..6738283ac385 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct user;
  * context (spinlock, irq-handler, ...).
  *
  * This is a useful debugging help to be able to catch problems early and not
- * be biten later when the calling function happens to sleep when it is not
+ * be bitten later when the calling function happens to sleep when it is not
  * supposed to.
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY
diff --git a/include/linux/mqueue.h b/include/linux/mqueue.h
index 8db9d75541a6..8b5a79615fbf 100644
--- a/include/linux/mqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/mqueue.h
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_MQUEUE_H
 #define _LINUX_MQUEUE_H
 
-#include <linux/types.h>
-
 #define MQ_PRIO_MAX     32768
 /* per-uid limit of kernel memory used by mqueue, in bytes */
 #define MQ_BYTES_MAX    819200
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
index 73e0becec086..62a7169aed8b 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ enum reiserfs_mount_options {
 /* -o hash={tea, rupasov, r5, detect} is meant for properly mounting 
 ** reiserfs disks from 3.5.19 or earlier.  99% of the time, this option
 ** is not required.  If the normal autodection code can't determine which
-** hash to use (because both hases had the same value for a file)
+** hash to use (because both hashes had the same value for a file)
 ** use this option to force a specific hash.  It won't allow you to override
 ** the existing hash on the FS, so if you have a tea hash disk, and mount
 ** with -o hash=rupasov, the mount will fail.
diff --git a/include/linux/textsearch.h b/include/linux/textsearch.h
index 7dac8f04d28e..004808a6df1d 100644
--- a/include/linux/textsearch.h
+++ b/include/linux/textsearch.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct ts_config;
 /**
  * struct ts_state - search state
  * @offset: offset for next match
- * @cb: control buffer, for persistant variables of get_next_block()
+ * @cb: control buffer, for persistent variables of get_next_block()
  */
 struct ts_state
 {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct ts_config
          * Called repeatedly until 0 is returned. Must assign the
          * head of the next block of data to &*dst and return the length
          * of the block or 0 if at the end. consumed == 0 indicates
-         * a new search. May store/read persistant values in state->cb.
+         * a new search. May store/read persistent values in state->cb.
          */
         unsigned int            (*get_next_block)(unsigned int consumed,
                                                   const u8 **dst,
diff --git a/lib/textsearch.c b/lib/textsearch.c
index 2cb4a437942e..98bcadc01185 100644
--- a/lib/textsearch.c
+++ b/lib/textsearch.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  *       configuration according to the specified parameters.
  *   (3) User starts the search(es) by calling _find() or _next() to
  *       fetch subsequent occurrences. A state variable is provided
- *       to the algorihtm to store persistant variables.
+ *       to the algorihtm to store persistent variables.
  *   (4) Core eventually resets the search offset and forwards the find()
  *       request to the algorithm.
  *   (5) Algorithm calls get_next_block() provided by the user continously
diff --git a/net/wanrouter/af_wanpipe.c b/net/wanrouter/af_wanpipe.c
index 6f39faa15832..c2059733e15a 100644
--- a/net/wanrouter/af_wanpipe.c
+++ b/net/wanrouter/af_wanpipe.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 * Due Credit:
 *               Wanpipe socket layer is based on Packet and 
 *               the X25 socket layers. The above sockets were 
-*               used for the specific use of Sangoma Technoloiges 
+*               used for the specific use of Sangoma Technologies 
 *               API programs. 
 *               Packet socket Authors: Ross Biro, Fred N. van Kempen and 
 *                                      Alan Cox.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 * Apr 25, 2000  Nenad Corbic     o Added the ability to send zero length packets.
 * Mar 13, 2000  Nenad Corbic     o Added a tx buffer check via ioctl call.
 * Mar 06, 2000  Nenad Corbic     o Fixed the corrupt sock lcn problem.
-*                                  Server and client applicaton can run
+*                                  Server and client application can run
 *                                  simultaneously without conflicts.
 * Feb 29, 2000  Nenad Corbic     o Added support for PVC protocols, such as
 *                                  CHDLC, Frame Relay and HDLC API.
diff --git a/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c b/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c
index 9479659277ae..316211d9f17d 100644
--- a/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c
+++ b/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *
 *               This module is completely hardware-independent and provides
 *               the following common services for the WAN Link Drivers:
-*                o WAN device managenment (registering, unregistering)
+*                o WAN device management (registering, unregistering)
 *                o Network interface management
 *                o Physical connection management (dial-up, incoming calls)
 *                o Logical connection management (switched virtual circuits)
diff --git a/sound/Kconfig b/sound/Kconfig
index e0d791a98452..95949b6806ac 100644
--- a/sound/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/Kconfig
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ source "sound/arm/Kconfig"
 
 source "sound/mips/Kconfig"
 
-# the following will depenend on the order of config.
+# the following will depend on the order of config.
 # here assuming USB is defined before ALSA
 source "sound/usb/Kconfig"
 
-# the following will depenend on the order of config.
+# the following will depend on the order of config.
 # here assuming PCMCIA is defined before ALSA
 source "sound/pcmcia/Kconfig"
 
diff --git a/sound/oss/cs46xx.c b/sound/oss/cs46xx.c
index 6e3c41f530e6..b1c5d8286e40 100644
--- a/sound/oss/cs46xx.c
+++ b/sound/oss/cs46xx.c
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static unsigned int cs_set_adc_rate(struct cs_state *state, unsigned int rate)
                 rate = 48000 / 9;
 
         /*
-         *  We can not capture at at rate greater than the Input Rate (48000).
+         *  We cannot capture at at rate greater than the Input Rate (48000).
          *  Return an error if an attempt is made to stray outside that limit.
          */
         if (rate > 48000)
@@ -4754,8 +4754,8 @@ static int cs_hardware_init(struct cs_card *card)
         mdelay(5 * cs_laptop_wait);             /* Shouldnt be needed ?? */
         
 /*
-* If we are resuming under 2.2.x then we can not schedule a timeout.
-* so, just spin the CPU.
+* If we are resuming under 2.2.x then we cannot schedule a timeout,
+* so just spin the CPU.
 */
         if (card->pm.flags & CS46XX_PM_IDLE) {
         /*