10 files changed, 17 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/boot/Makefile b/arch/i386/boot/Makefile
index 43cd6220ee49..1e71382d413a 100644
--- a/arch/i386/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/i386/boot/Makefile
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ SVGA_MODE := -DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA
 
 #RAMDISK := -DRAMDISK=512
 
-targets         := vmlinux.bin bootsect bootsect.o setup setup.o \
-                   zImage bzImage
+targets         := vmlinux.bin bootsect bootsect.o \
+                   setup setup.o zImage bzImage
 subdir-         := compressed
 
 hostprogs-y     := tools/build
diff --git a/arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c
index e1330766965c..82a807f9f5e6 100644
--- a/arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ static void close_output_buffer_if_we_run_high(struct moveparams *mv)
         }
 }
 
-
 asmlinkage int decompress_kernel(struct moveparams *mv, void *rmode)
 {
         real_mode = rmode;
diff --git a/arch/i386/boot/edd.S b/arch/i386/boot/edd.S
index 027d6b354ffb..d8d69f2b911d 100644
--- a/arch/i386/boot/edd.S
+++ b/arch/i386/boot/edd.S
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *   projects 1572D, 1484D, 1386D, 1226DT
  * disk signature read by Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
  *      and Andrew Wilks <Andrew_Wilks@dell.com> September 2003, June 2004
- * legacy CHS retreival by Patrick J. LoPresti <patl@users.sourceforge.net>
+ * legacy CHS retrieval by Patrick J. LoPresti <patl@users.sourceforge.net>
  *      March 2004
  * Command line option parsing, Matt Domsch, November 2004
  */
diff --git a/arch/i386/boot/setup.S b/arch/i386/boot/setup.S
index caa1fde6904e..8cb420f40c58 100644
--- a/arch/i386/boot/setup.S
+++ b/arch/i386/boot/setup.S
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * Transcribed from Intel (as86) -> AT&T (gas) by Chris Noe, May 1999.
  * <stiker@northlink.com>
  *
- * Fix to work around buggy BIOSes which dont use carry bit correctly
+ * Fix to work around buggy BIOSes which don't use carry bit correctly
  * and/or report extended memory in CX/DX for e801h memory size detection 
  * call.  As a result the kernel got wrong figures.  The int15/e801h docs
  * from Ralf Brown interrupt list seem to indicate AX/BX should be used
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ bail820:
 
 meme801:
         stc                                     # fix to work around buggy
-        xorw    %cx,%cx                         # BIOSes which dont clear/set
+        xorw    %cx,%cx                         # BIOSes which don't clear/set
         xorw    %dx,%dx                         # carry on pass/error of
                                                 # e801h memory size call
                                                 # or merely pass cx,dx though
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ flush_instr:
 #
 #       but we yet haven't reloaded the CS register, so the default size 
 #       of the target offset still is 16 bit.
-#       However, using an operand prefix (0x66), the CPU will properly
+#       However, using an operand prefix (0x66), the CPU will properly
 #       take our 48 bit far pointer. (INTeL 80386 Programmer's Reference
 #       Manual, Mixing 16-bit and 32-bit code, page 16-6)
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/boot/tools/build.c b/arch/i386/boot/tools/build.c
index 26509b826aed..4a17956512e1 100644
--- a/arch/i386/boot/tools/build.c
+++ b/arch/i386/boot/tools/build.c
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 /*
- *  $Id: build.c,v 1.5 1997/05/19 12:29:58 mj Exp $
- *
  *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
  *  Copyright (C) 1997 Martin Mares
  */
@@ -8,7 +6,8 @@
 /*
  * This file builds a disk-image from three different files:
  *
- * - bootsect: exactly 512 bytes of 8086 machine code, loads the rest
+ * - bootsect: compatibility mbr which prints an error message if
+ *             someone tries to boot the kernel directly.
  * - setup: 8086 machine code, sets up system parm
  * - system: 80386 code for actual system
  *
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.S
index b0df2aeff5dc..6f55565e4d42 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
  *  linux/boot/head.S
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993  Linus Torvalds
- *
- *  $Id: head.S,v 1.3 2001/04/20 00:59:28 ak Exp $                      
  */
 
 /*
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * High loaded stuff by Hans Lermen & Werner Almesberger, Feb. 1996     
+ * High loaded stuff by Hans Lermen & Werner Almesberger, Feb. 1996
  */
 .code32
 .text
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c
index f992aef141b7..b38d5b8b5fb8 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void* memset(void* s, int c, unsigned n);
 void* memcpy(void* dest, const void* src, unsigned n);
 
 static void putstr(const char *);
-  
+
 extern int end;
 static long free_mem_ptr = (long)&end;
 static long free_mem_end_ptr;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/boot/install.sh b/arch/x86_64/boot/install.sh
index f17b40dfc0f4..198af15a7758 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/x86_64/boot/install.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# arch/i386/boot/install.sh
+# arch/x86_64/boot/install.sh
 #
 # This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
 # License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/boot/setup.S b/arch/x86_64/boot/setup.S
index 75d4d2ad93b3..ff58b2832b75 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/boot/setup.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/boot/setup.S
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * Transcribed from Intel (as86) -> AT&T (gas) by Chris Noe, May 1999.
  * <stiker@northlink.com>
  *
- * Fix to work around buggy BIOSes which dont use carry bit correctly
+ * Fix to work around buggy BIOSes which don't use carry bit correctly
  * and/or report extended memory in CX/DX for e801h memory size detection 
  * call.  As a result the kernel got wrong figures.  The int15/e801h docs
  * from Ralf Brown interrupt list seem to indicate AX/BX should be used
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ sse_ok:
 # a whole bunch of different types, and allows memory holes and
 # everything.  We scan through this memory map and build a list
 # of the first 32 memory areas, which we return at [E820MAP].
-# This is documented at http://www.teleport.com/~acpi/acpihtml/topic245.htm
+# This is documented at http://www.acpi.info/, in the ACPI 2.0 specification.
 
 #define SMAP  0x534d4150
 
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ bail820:
 
 meme801:
         stc                                     # fix to work around buggy
-        xorw    %cx,%cx                         # BIOSes which dont clear/set
+        xorw    %cx,%cx                         # BIOSes which don't clear/set
         xorw    %dx,%dx                         # carry on pass/error of
                                                 # e801h memory size call
                                                 # or merely pass cx,dx though
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ flush_instr:
 #
 #       but we yet haven't reloaded the CS register, so the default size 
 #       of the target offset still is 16 bit.
-#       However, using an operant prefix (0x66), the CPU will properly
+#       However, using an operand prefix (0x66), the CPU will properly
 #       take our 48 bit far pointer. (INTeL 80386 Programmer's Reference
 #       Manual, Mixing 16-bit and 32-bit code, page 16-6)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/boot/tools/build.c b/arch/x86_64/boot/tools/build.c
index c2fa66313170..18b5bac1c428 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/boot/tools/build.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/boot/tools/build.c
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 /*
- *  $Id: build.c,v 1.3 2001/06/26 15:14:50 pavel Exp $
- *
  *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
  *  Copyright (C) 1997 Martin Mares
  */
@@ -8,7 +6,8 @@
 /*
  * This file builds a disk-image from three different files:
  *
- * - bootsect: exactly 512 bytes of 8086 machine code, loads the rest
+ * - bootsect: compatibility mbr which prints an error message if
+ *             someone tries to boot the kernel directly.
  * - setup: 8086 machine code, sets up system parm
  * - system: 80386 code for actual system
  *