14 files changed, 24 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
index 5f57c7ccd4ba..97f397e2fb3a 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
                         <para>Central frequency of the channel.</para>
 
-                        <para>For ISDB-T the channels are usally transmitted with an offset of 143kHz. E.g. a
+                        <para>For ISDB-T the channels are usually transmitted with an offset of 143kHz. E.g. a
                                 valid frequncy could be 474143 kHz. The stepping is bound to the bandwidth of
                                 the channel which is 6MHz.</para>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/frontend.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/frontend.xml
index 78d756de5906..60c6976fb311 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/frontend.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/frontend.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ consistently to the DiSEqC commands as described in the DiSEqC spec.</para>
 <section id="frontend_sec_tone">
 <title>SEC continuous tone</title>
 
-<para>The continous 22KHz tone is usually used with non-DiSEqC capable LNBs to switch the
+<para>The continuous 22KHz tone is usually used with non-DiSEqC capable LNBs to switch the
 high/low band of a dual-band LNB. When using DiSEqC epuipment this voltage has to
 be switched consistently to the DiSEqC commands as described in the DiSEqC
 spec.</para>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
index f66f4df18690..67e7ab41c0a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ as it would be on UP.
 There is a furthur optimization possible here: remember our original
 cache code, where there were no reference counts and the caller simply
 held the lock whenever using the object?  This is still possible: if
-you hold the lock, noone can delete the object, so you don't need to
+you hold the lock, no one can delete the object, so you don't need to
 get and put the reference count.
 </para>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
index 8c5411cfeaf0..cdd1bb9aac0d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ and other resources, etc.
            <listitem>
            <para>
            This is indicated by ICRC bit in the ERROR register and
-           means that corruption occurred during data transfer.  Upto
+           means that corruption occurred during data transfer.  Up to
            ATA/ATAPI-7, the standard specifies that this bit is only
            applicable to UDMA transfers but ATA/ATAPI-8 draft revision
            1f says that the bit may be applicable to multiword DMA and
@@ -1045,10 +1045,10 @@ and other resources, etc.
            <term>ABRT error during data transfer or on completion</term>
            <listitem>
            <para>
-           Upto ATA/ATAPI-7, the standard specifies that ABRT could be
+           Up to ATA/ATAPI-7, the standard specifies that ABRT could be
            set on ICRC errors and on cases where a device is not able
            to complete a command.  Combined with the fact that MWDMA
-           and PIO transfer errors aren't allowed to use ICRC bit upto
+           and PIO transfer errors aren't allowed to use ICRC bit up to
            ATA/ATAPI-7, it seems to imply that ABRT bit alone could
            indicate tranfer errors.
            </para>
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ and other resources, etc.
         <para>
         Depending on commands, not all STATUS/ERROR bits are
         applicable.  These non-applicable bits are marked with
-        &quot;na&quot; in the output descriptions but upto ATA/ATAPI-7
+        &quot;na&quot; in the output descriptions but up to ATA/ATAPI-7
         no definition of &quot;na&quot; can be found.  However,
         ATA/ATAPI-8 draft revision 1f describes &quot;N/A&quot; as
         follows.
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ and other resources, etc.
 
         <listitem>
         <para>
-        CHS set up with INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS (seldomly used)
+        CHS set up with INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS (seldom used)
         </para>
         </listitem>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
index 620eb3f6a90a..6f242d5dee9a 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip)
                                 Reed-Solomon library.
                         </para>
                         <para>
-                                The ECC bytes must be placed immidiately after the data
+                                The ECC bytes must be placed immediately after the data
                                 bytes in order to make the syndrome generator work. This
                                 is contrary to the usual layout used by software ECC. The
                                 separation of data and out of band area is not longer
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip)
                                 holds the bad block table. Store a pointer to the pattern  
                                 in the pattern field. Further the length of the pattern has to be 
                                 stored in len and the offset in the spare area must be given
-                                in the offs member of the nand_bbt_descr stucture. For mirrored
+                                in the offs member of the nand_bbt_descr structure. For mirrored
                                 bad block tables different patterns are mandatory.</para></listitem>
                                 <listitem><para>Table creation</para>
                                 <para>Set the option NAND_BBT_CREATE to enable the table creation
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip)
                                 <listitem><para>Table version control</para>
                                 <para>Set the option NAND_BBT_VERSION to enable the table version control.
                                 It's highly recommended to enable this for mirrored tables with write
-                                support. It makes sure that the risk of loosing the bad block
+                                support. It makes sure that the risk of losing the bad block
                                 table information is reduced to the loss of the information about the
                                 one worn out block which should be marked bad. The version is stored in
                                 4 consecutive bytes in the spare area of the device. The position of
@@ -1060,19 +1060,19 @@ data in this page</entry>
 <row>
 <entry>0x3D</entry>
 <entry>ECC byte 21</entry>
-<entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the eigth 256 Bytes of data
+<entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the eighth 256 Bytes of data
 in this page</entry>
 </row>
 <row>
 <entry>0x3E</entry>
 <entry>ECC byte 22</entry>
-<entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the eigth 256 Bytes of data
+<entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the eighth 256 Bytes of data
 in this page</entry>
 </row>
 <row>
 <entry>0x3F</entry>
 <entry>ECC byte 23</entry>
-<entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the eigth 256 Bytes of data
+<entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the eighth 256 Bytes of data
 in this page</entry>
 </row>
 </tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl
index 53f4f8d3b810..346e552fa2cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@
      <sect1 id="machine-constraint">
        <title>Constraints</title>
        <para>
-         As well as definining the connections the machine interface
-         also provides constraints definining the operations that
+         As well as defining the connections the machine interface
+         also provides constraints defining the operations that
          clients are allowed to perform and the parameters that may be
          set.  This is required since generally regulator devices will
          offer more flexibility than it is safe to use on a given
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
index b4665b9c40b0..7c4b514d62b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ framework to set up sysfs files for this region. Simply leave it alone.
         perform some initialization. After that, your hardware
         starts working and will generate an interrupt as soon
         as it's finished, has some data available, or needs your
-        attention because an error occured.
+        attention because an error occurred.
         </para>
         <para>
         <filename>/dev/uioX</filename> is a read-only file. A
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl
index af293606fbe3..8d57c1888dca 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ usbdev_ioctl (int fd, int ifno, unsigned request, void *param)
                     </para><para>
                     This request lets kernel drivers talk to user mode code
                     through filesystem operations even when they don't create
-                    a charactor or block special device.
+                    a character or block special device.
                     It's also been used to do things like ask devices what
                     device special file should be used.
                     Two pre-defined ioctls are used
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/common.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/common.xml
index dbab79c215c1..9028721438dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/common.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/common.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 2002-11-20. --></para>
 
       <para>By convention system administrators create various
 character device special files with these major and minor numbers in
-the <filename>/dev</filename> directory. The names recomended for the
+the <filename>/dev</filename> directory. The names recommended for the
 different V4L2 device types are listed in <xref linkend="devices" />.
 </para>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/controls.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/controls.xml
index 2fae3e87ce73..a920ee80f640 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/controls.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/controls.xml
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ values are:</entry>
               </row><row><entry spanname="descr">Mutes the audio when
 capturing. This is not done by muting audio hardware, which can still
 produce a slight hiss, but in the encoder itself, guaranteeing a fixed
-and reproducable audio bitstream. 0 = unmuted, 1 = muted.</entry>
+and reproducible audio bitstream. 0 = unmuted, 1 = muted.</entry>
               </row>
               <row><entry></entry></row>
               <row id="v4l2-mpeg-video-encoding">
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-subdev.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-subdev.xml
index 21caff6d159b..05c8fefcbcbe 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-subdev.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-subdev.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     processing hardware.</para>
 
     <figure id="pipeline-scaling">
-      <title>Image Format Negotation on Pipelines</title>
+      <title>Image Format Negotiation on Pipelines</title>
       <mediaobject>
         <imageobject>
           <imagedata fileref="pipeline.pdf" format="PS" />
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/libv4l.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/libv4l.xml
index c14fc3db2a81..3cb10ec51929 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/libv4l.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/libv4l.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ and is not locked sets the cid to the scaled value.
                         <para>int v4l2_get_control(int fd, int cid) -
 This function returns a value of 0 - 65535, scaled to from the actual range
 of the given v4l control id. when the cid does not exist, could not be
-accessed for some reason, or some error occured 0 is returned.
+accessed for some reason, or some error occurred 0 is returned.
 </para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
                 </section>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/remote_controllers.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/remote_controllers.xml
index 3c3b667b28e7..160e464d44b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/remote_controllers.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/remote_controllers.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ different IR's. Due to that, V4L2 API now specifies a standard for mapping Media
 <row><entry><constant>KEY_LEFT</constant></entry><entry>Left key</entry><entry>LEFT</entry></row>
 <row><entry><constant>KEY_RIGHT</constant></entry><entry>Right key</entry><entry>RIGHT</entry></row>
 
-<row><entry><emphasis role="bold">Miscelaneous keys</emphasis></entry></row>
+<row><entry><emphasis role="bold">Miscellaneous keys</emphasis></entry></row>
 
 <row><entry><constant>KEY_DOT</constant></entry><entry>Return a dot</entry><entry>.</entry></row>
 <row><entry><constant>KEY_FN</constant></entry><entry>Select a function</entry><entry>FUNCTION</entry></row>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl
index 0ba149de2608..58ced2346e67 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl
@@ -4784,7 +4784,7 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
         FM registers can be directly accessed through the direct-FM API,
       defined in <filename>&lt;sound/asound_fm.h&gt;</filename>. In
       ALSA native mode, FM registers are accessed through
-      the Hardware-Dependant Device direct-FM extension API, whereas in
+      the Hardware-Dependent Device direct-FM extension API, whereas in
       OSS compatible mode, FM registers can be accessed with the OSS
       direct-FM compatible API in <filename>/dev/dmfmX</filename> device. 
       </para>