76 files changed, 134 insertions, 130 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs b/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs
index 8195c4e0d0a1..8ffd28bf6598 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Description:
         races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is
         against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
         The files fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h were removed,
-        along with the the assorted devfs function calls throughout the
+        along with the assorted devfs function calls throughout the
         kernel tree.
 
 Users:
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
index a2b2b4d187c5..38f88b6ae405 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ X!Iinclude/linux/kobject.h
 !Ekernel/rcupdate.c
      </sect1>
 
+     <sect1><title>Device Resource Management</title>
+!Edrivers/base/devres.c
+     </sect1>
+
   </chapter>
 
   <chapter id="adt">
diff --git a/Documentation/MSI-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/MSI-HOWTO.txt
index d389388c733e..0d8240774fca 100644
--- a/Documentation/MSI-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/MSI-HOWTO.txt
@@ -480,8 +480,8 @@ The PCI stack provides 3 possible levels of MSI disabling:
 
 6.1. Disabling MSI on a single device
 
-Under some circumstances, it might be required to disable MSI on a
-single device, It may be achived by either not calling pci_enable_msi()
+Under some circumstances it might be required to disable MSI on a
+single device.  This may be achieved by either not calling pci_enable_msi()
 or all, or setting the pci_dev->no_msi flag before (most of the time
 in a quirk).
 
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ being able to route MSI between busses. In this case, MSI have to be
 disabled on all devices behind this bridge. It is achieves by setting
 the PCI_BUS_FLAGS_NO_MSI flag in the pci_bus->bus_flags of the bridge
 subordinate bus. There is no need to set the same flag on bridges that
-are below the broken brigde. When pci_enable_msi() is called to enable
+are below the broken bridge. When pci_enable_msi() is called to enable
 MSI on a device, pci_msi_supported() takes care of checking the NO_MSI
 flag in all parent busses of the device.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Interrupts b/Documentation/arm/Interrupts
index 72c93de8cd4e..0d3dbf1099bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/Interrupts
+++ b/Documentation/arm/Interrupts
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ So, what's changed?
 
 3. set_GPIO_IRQ_edge() is obsolete, and should be replaced by set_irq_type.
 
-4. Direct access to SA1111 INTPOL is depreciated.  Use set_irq_type instead.
+4. Direct access to SA1111 INTPOL is deprecated.  Use set_irq_type instead.
 
 5. A handler is expected to perform any necessary acknowledgement of the
    parent IRQ via the correct chip specific function.  For instance, if
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/H1940.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/H1940.txt
index d6b1de92b111..f4a7b22c8664 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/H1940.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/H1940.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Support
 
     http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH1940
 
-  Herbert Pötzl pages:
+  Herbert Pötzl pages:
 
     http://vserver.13thfloor.at/H1940/
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Maintainers
 -----------
 
   This project is being maintained and developed by a variety
-  of people, including Ben Dooks, Arnaud Patard, and Herbert Pötzl.
+  of people, including Ben Dooks, Arnaud Patard, and Herbert Pötzl.
 
   Thanks to the many others who have also provided support.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/auxdisplay/cfag12864b b/Documentation/auxdisplay/cfag12864b
index 3572b98f45b8..b714183d4125 100644
--- a/Documentation/auxdisplay/cfag12864b
+++ b/Documentation/auxdisplay/cfag12864b
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ Select (17)------------------------------(16) Data / Instruction
 Ground (18)---[GND]              [+5v]---(19) LED +
 Ground (19)---[GND]
 Ground (20)---[GND]              E    A             Values:
-Ground (21)---[GND]       [GND]---[P1]---(18) Vee    · R = Resistor = 22 ohm
-Ground (22)---[GND]                |                 · P1 = Preset = 10 Kohm
-Ground (23)---[GND]       ----   S ------( 3) V0     · P2 = Preset = 1 Kohm
+Ground (21)---[GND]       [GND]---[P1]---(18) Vee    - R = Resistor = 22 ohm
+Ground (22)---[GND]                |                 - P1 = Preset = 10 Kohm
+Ground (23)---[GND]       ----   S ------( 3) V0     - P2 = Preset = 1 Kohm
 Ground (24)---[GND]       |  |
 Ground (25)---[GND] [GND]---[P2]---[R]---(20) LED -
 
diff --git a/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt b/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt
index d097f09ee15a..f609ebf9c78f 100644
--- a/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt
@@ -113,4 +113,4 @@ cause unexpected behaviour and can be a security hazard.
 There is a web page about binfmt_misc at
 http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~rguenth/linux/binfmt_misc.html
 
-Richard Günther <rguenth@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de>
+Richard Günther <rguenth@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de>
diff --git a/Documentation/block/ioprio.txt b/Documentation/block/ioprio.txt
index 96ccf681075e..1b930ef5a079 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/ioprio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/ioprio.txt
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ Intro
 -----
 
 With the introduction of cfq v3 (aka cfq-ts or time sliced cfq), basic io
-priorities is supported for reads on files. This enables users to io nice
-processes or process groups, similar to what has been possible to cpu
-scheduling for ages. This document mainly details the current possibilites
-with cfq, other io schedulers do not support io priorities so far.
+priorities are supported for reads on files.  This enables users to io nice
+processes or process groups, similar to what has been possible with cpu
+scheduling for ages.  This document mainly details the current possibilities
+with cfq; other io schedulers do not support io priorities thus far.
 
 Scheduling classes
 ------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt
index 53d62c1e1c94..fc647492e940 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Contents
 
 1. Introduction
 
-cpufreq-stats is a driver that provices CPU frequency statistics for each CPU.
+cpufreq-stats is a driver that provides CPU frequency statistics for each CPU.
 These statistics are provided in /sysfs as a bunch of read_only interfaces. This
 interface (when configured) will appear in a separate directory under cpufreq
 in /sysfs (<sysfs root>/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/stats/) for each CPU.
diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/api-intro.txt b/Documentation/crypto/api-intro.txt
index 9b84b805ab75..a2ac6d294793 100644
--- a/Documentation/crypto/api-intro.txt
+++ b/Documentation/crypto/api-intro.txt
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Portions of this API were derived from the following projects:
 and;
   
   Nettle (http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/)
-    Niels Möller
+    Niels Möller
 
 Original developers of the crypto algorithms:
 
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ SHA1 algorithm contributors:
   
 DES algorithm contributors:
   Raimar Falke
-  Gisle Sælensminde
-  Niels Möller
+  Gisle Sælensminde
+  Niels Möller
 
 Blowfish algorithm contributors:
   Herbert Valerio Riedel
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt
index f7c9262b2dc8..19c4a6e13676 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt
+++ b/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ host bridges to peripheral buses, and most controllers integrated
 into system-on-chip platforms.  What they usually have in common
 is direct addressing from a CPU bus.  Rarely, a platform_device will
 be connected through a segment of some other kind of bus; but its
-registers will still be directly addressible.
+registers will still be directly addressable.
 
 Platform devices are given a name, used in driver binding, and a
 list of resources such as addresses and IRQs.
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ three different ways to find such a match:
       usually register later during booting, or by module loading.
 
     - Registering a driver using platform_driver_probe() works just like
-      using platform_driver_register(), except that the the driver won't
+      using platform_driver_register(), except that the driver won't
       be probed later if another device registers.  (Which is OK, since
       this interface is only for use with non-hotpluggable devices.)
 
diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb b/Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb
index 46b78b7331c2..bf2a9cdfe7bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb
+++ b/Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb
@@ -228,5 +228,5 @@ Patches, comments and suggestions are very very welcome.
 
    Ulf Hermenau for helping me out with traditional chinese.
 
-   André Smoktun and Christian Frömmel for supporting me with
+   André Smoktun and Christian Frömmel for supporting me with
     hardware and listening to my problems very patiently.
diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/contributors.txt b/Documentation/dvb/contributors.txt
index 4c33cced5f65..4865addebe1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/dvb/contributors.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dvb/contributors.txt
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Michael Dreher <michael@5dot1.de>
 Andreas 'randy' Weinberger
   for the support of the Fujitsu-Siemens Activy budget DVB-S
 
-Kenneth Aafløy <ke-aa@frisurf.no>
+Kenneth Aafløy <ke-aa@frisurf.no>
   for adding support for Typhoon DVB-S budget card
 
 Ernst Peinlich <e.peinlich@inode.at>
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/aty128fb.txt b/Documentation/fb/aty128fb.txt
index 069262fb619d..b605204fcfe1 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/aty128fb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/aty128fb.txt
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ Accepted options:
 
 noaccel  - do not use acceleration engine. It is default.
 accel    - use acceleration engine. Not finished.
-vmode:x  - chooses PowerMacintosh video mode <x>. Depreciated.
-cmode:x  - chooses PowerMacintosh colour mode <x>. Depreciated.
+vmode:x  - chooses PowerMacintosh video mode <x>. Deprecated.
+cmode:x  - chooses PowerMacintosh colour mode <x>. Deprecated.
 <XxX@X>  - selects startup videomode. See modedb.txt for detailed
            explanation. Default is 640x480x8bpp.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt b/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt
index 610e7801207b..b3e3a0356839 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt
@@ -215,11 +215,11 @@ vertical retrace time is the sum of the upper margin, the lower margin and the
 vsync length.
 
   +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
-  |          |                ^                            |          |       |
+  |          |                ↑                            |          |       |
   |          |                |upper_margin                |          |       |
-  |          |                ¥                            |          |       |
+  |          |                ↓                            |          |       |
   +----------###############################################----------+-------+
-  |          #                ^                            #          |       |
+  |          #                ↑                            #          |       |
   |          #                |                            #          |       |
   |          #                |                            #          |       |
   |          #                |                            #          |       |
@@ -238,15 +238,15 @@ vsync length.
   |          #                |                            #          |       |
   |          #                |                            #          |       |
   |          #                |                            #          |       |
-  |          #                ¥                            #          |       |
+  |          #                ↓                            #          |       |
   +----------###############################################----------+-------+
-  |          |                ^                            |          |       |
+  |          |                ↑                            |          |       |
   |          |                |lower_margin                |          |       |
-  |          |                ¥                            |          |       |
+  |          |                ↓                            |          |       |
   +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
-  |          |                ^                            |          |       |
+  |          |                ↑                            |          |       |
   |          |                |vsync_len                   |          |       |
-  |          |                ¥                            |          |       |
+  |          |                ↓                            |          |       |
   +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
 
 The frame buffer device expects all horizontal timings in number of dotclocks
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/imacfb.txt b/Documentation/fb/imacfb.txt
index 759028545a7e..316ec9bb7deb 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/imacfb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/imacfb.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ How to use it?
 ==============
 
 Imacfb does not have any kind of autodetection of your machine.
-You have to add the fillowing kernel parameters in your elilo.conf:
+You have to add the following kernel parameters in your elilo.conf:
         Macbook :
                 video=imacfb:macbook
         MacMini :
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/sstfb.txt b/Documentation/fb/sstfb.txt
index df27f5bf15db..550ca775a4cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/sstfb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/sstfb.txt
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 Introduction
 
           This is a frame buffer device driver for 3dfx' Voodoo Graphics 
-        (aka voodoo 1, aka sst1) and Voodoo² (aka Voodoo 2, aka CVG) based 
+        (aka voodoo 1, aka sst1) and Voodoo² (aka Voodoo 2, aka CVG) based 
         video boards. It's highly experimental code, but is guaranteed to work
-        on my computer, with my "Maxi Gamer 3D" and "Maxi Gamer 3d²" boards,
+        on my computer, with my "Maxi Gamer 3D" and "Maxi Gamer 3d²" boards,
         and with me "between chair and keyboard". Some people tested other
         combinations and it seems that it works.
           The main page is located at <http://sstfb.sourceforge.net>, and if
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 59c14159cc47..d866551be037 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ ata *);
 
 locking rules:
         all may block, none have BKL
-                i_sem(inode)
+                i_mutex(inode)
 lookup:         yes
 create:         yes
 link:           yes (both)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ setxattr:	yes
 getxattr:       no
 listxattr:      no
 removexattr:    yes
-        Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_sem on
+        Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_mutex on
 victim.
         cross-directory ->rename() has (per-superblock) ->s_vfs_rename_sem.
         ->truncate() is never called directly - it's a callback, not a
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ doesn't take the BKL.
 ->read on directories probably must go away - we should just enforce -EISDIR
 in sys_read() and friends.
 
-->fsync() has i_sem on inode.
+->fsync() has i_mutex on inode.
 
 --------------------------- dquot_operations -------------------------------
 prototypes:
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt
index 38aba03efc5e..fa45c3baed98 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ History
 2.07 More fixes for Warp Server. Now it really works
 2.08 Creating new files is not so slow on large disks
      An attempt to sync deleted file does not generate filesystem error
-2.09 Fixed error on extremly fragmented files
+2.09 Fixed error on extremely fragmented files
 
 
  vim: set textwidth=80:
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
index 81779068b09b..8ee10ec88293 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ end of the line.
 Note the "Should sync?" parameter "nosync" means that the two mirrors are
 already in sync which will be the case on a clean shutdown of Windows.  If the
 mirrors are not clean, you can specify the "sync" option instead of "nosync"
-and the Device-Mapper driver will then copy the entirey of the "Source Device"
+and the Device-Mapper driver will then copy the entirety of the "Source Device"
 to the "Target Device" or if you specified multipled target devices to all of
 them.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 4f3e84c520a5..8756a07f4dc3 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Table 1-3: Kernel info in /proc
  mounts      Mounted filesystems                               
  net         Networking info (see text)                        
  partitions  Table of partitions known to the system           
- pci         Depreciated info of PCI bus (new way -> /proc/bus/pci/, 
+ pci         Deprecated info of PCI bus (new way -> /proc/bus/pci/,
              decoupled by lspci                                 (2.4)
  rtc         Real time clock                                   
  scsi        SCSI info (see text)                              
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt
index 7fbb6ffe5769..18d23f9a18c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ If the current buffer is full, i.e. all sub-buffers remain unconsumed,
 the callback returns 0 to indicate that the buffer switch should not
 occur yet, i.e. until the consumer has had a chance to read the
 current set of ready sub-buffers.  For the relay_buf_full() function
-to make sense, the consumer is reponsible for notifying the relay
+to make sense, the consumer is responsible for notifying the relay
 interface when sub-buffers have been consumed via
 relay_subbufs_consumed().  Any subsequent attempts to write into the
 buffer will again invoke the subbuf_start() callback with the same
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/xip.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/xip.txt
index 6c0cef10eb4d..3cc4010521a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/xip.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/xip.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ completely. With execute-in-place, read&write type operations are performed
 directly from/to the memory backed storage device. For file mappings, the
 storage device itself is mapped directly into userspace.
 
-This implementation was initialy written for shared memory segments between
+This implementation was initially written for shared memory segments between
 different virtual machines on s390 hardware to allow multiple machines to
 share the same binaries and libraries.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbstub.txt b/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbstub.txt
index 9304fb36ae8a..b92bfd902a4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbstub.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbstub.txt
@@ -126,5 +126,5 @@ GDB stub and the debugger:
 
 Furthermore, the GDB stub will intercept a number of exceptions automatically
 if they are caused by kernel execution. It will also intercept BUG() macro
-invokation.
+invocation.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/adm1026 b/Documentation/hwmon/adm1026
index 473c689d7924..f4327db2307e 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/adm1026
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/adm1026
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ temperature sensor inputs. Both the PWM output and the DAC output can be
 used to control fan speed. Usually only one of these two outputs will be
 used. Write the minimum PWM or DAC value to the appropriate control
 register. Then set the low temperature limit in the tmin values for each
-temperature sensor. The range of control is fixed at 20 °C, and the
+temperature sensor. The range of control is fixed at 20 °C, and the
 largest difference between current and tmin of the temperature sensors sets
 the control output. See the datasheet for several example circuits for
 controlling fan speed with the PWM and DAC outputs. The fan speed sensors
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/gl518sm b/Documentation/hwmon/gl518sm
index ce0881883bca..229f8b789185 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/gl518sm
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/gl518sm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Supported chips:
 
 Authors:
         Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
-        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
         Hong-Gunn Chew <hglinux@gunnet.org>
         Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm83 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm83
index f7aad1489cb0..a04d1fe9269c 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm83
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm83
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Unconfirmed motherboards:
 The LM82 is confirmed to have been found on most AMD Geode reference
 designs and test platforms.
 
-The driver has been successfully tested by Magnus Forsström, who I'd
+The driver has been successfully tested by Magnus Forsström, who I'd
 like to thank here. More testers will be of course welcome.
 
 The fact that the LM83 is only scarcely used can be easily explained.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sis5595 b/Documentation/hwmon/sis5595
index b7ae36b8cdf5..4f8877a34f37 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/sis5595
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sis5595
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Supported chips:
     Datasheet: Publicly available at the Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. site.
 
 Authors:
-        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
+        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
         Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>,
         Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> 2.6 port
 
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/via686a b/Documentation/hwmon/via686a
index a936fb3824b2..d651b25f7519 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/via686a
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/via686a
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Supported chips:
     Datasheet: On request through web form (http://www.via.com.tw/en/support/datasheets/)
 
 Authors:
-        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
+        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
         Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>
         Bob Dougherty <bobd@stanford.edu>
         (Some conversion-factor data were contributed by
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83792d b/Documentation/hwmon/w83792d
index 8171c285bb55..14a668ed8aaa 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/w83792d
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83792d
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Known problems:
           by CR[0x49h].
         - The function of vid and vrm has not been finished, because I'm NOT
           very familiar with them. Adding support is welcome.
-        - The function of chassis open detection needs more tests.
+       - The function of chassis open detection needs more tests.
         - If you have ASUS server board and chip was not found: Then you will
           need to upgrade to latest (or beta) BIOS. If it does not help please
           contact us.
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i810 b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i810
index 83c3b9743c3c..778210ee1583 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i810
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i810
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Supported adapters:
 Authors: 
         Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, 
         Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com>,
-        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
+        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
         Ralph Metzler <rjkm@thp.uni-koeln.de>,
         Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-sis96x b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-sis96x
index 08d7b2dac69a..266481fd26e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-sis96x
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-sis96x
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>
  - design hints and bug fixes
 Alexander Maylsh <amalysh@web.de>
  - ditto, plus an important datasheet... almost the one I really wanted
-Hans-Günter Lütke Uphues <hg_lu@t-online.de>
+Hans-Günter Lütke Uphues <hg_lu@t-online.de>
  - patch for SiS735
 Robert Zwerus <arzie@dds.nl>
  - testing for SiS645DX
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-via b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-via
index 55edfe1a640b..343870661ac3 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-via
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-via
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Supported adapters:
   * VIA Technologies, InC. VT82C586B
     Datasheet: Publicly available at the VIA website
 
-Author: Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+Author: Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
 
 Description
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro
index 775f489e86f6..06b4be3ef6d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Supported adapters:
     Datasheet: available on request and under NDA from VIA
 
 Authors:
-        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
+        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
         Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>,
         Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol
index b4022c914210..579b92d5f3a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ We have found some I2C devices that needs the following modifications:
 
   Flags I2C_M_IGNORE_NAK
     Normally message is interrupted immediately if there is [NA] from the
-    client. Setting this flag treats any [NA] as [A], and all of
+    client. Setting this flag treats any [NA] as [A], and all of
     message is sent.
     These messages may still fail to SCL lo->hi timeout.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/i2o/README b/Documentation/i2o/README
index 9aa6ddb446eb..0ebf58c73f54 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2o/README
+++ b/Documentation/i2o/README
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ Juha Sievanen, University of Helsinki Finland
         Bug fixes
         Core code extensions
 
-Auvo Häkkinen, University of Helsinki Finland
+Auvo Häkkinen, University of Helsinki Finland
         LAN OSM code
         /Proc interface to LAN class
         Bug fixes
         Core code extensions
 
-Taneli Vähäkangas, University of Helsinki Finland
+Taneli Vähäkangas, University of Helsinki Finland
         Fixes to i2o_config
 
 CREDITS
diff --git a/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt b/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt
index 668f4d0d97d6..ab050621e20f 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ reporting mode for joystick 1, with both buttons being logically assigned to
 the mouse. After any joystick command, the ikbd assumes that joysticks are
 connected to both Joystick0 and Joystick1. Any mouse command (except MOUSE
 DISABLE) then causes port 0 to again be scanned as if it were a mouse, and
-both buttons are logically connected to it. If a mouse diable command is
+both buttons are logically connected to it. If a mouse disable command is
 received while port 0 is presumed to be a mouse, the button is logically
-assigned to Joystick1 ( until the mouse is reenabled by another mouse command).
+assigned to Joystick1 (until the mouse is reenabled by another mouse command).
 
 9. ikbd Command Set
 
diff --git a/Documentation/input/xpad.txt b/Documentation/input/xpad.txt
index 5427bdf225ed..aae0d404c566 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/xpad.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/xpad.txt
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@ of buttons, see section 0.3 - Unknown Controllers
 I've tested this with Stepmania, and it works quite well.
 
 
-0.3 Unkown Controllers
+0.3 Unknown Controllers
 ----------------------
-If you have an unkown xbox controller, it should work just fine with
+If you have an unknown xbox controller, it should work just fine with
 the default settings.
 
 HOWEVER if you have an unknown dance pad not listed below, it will not
 work UNLESS you set "dpad_to_buttons" to 1 in the module configuration.
 
-PLEASE if you have an unkown controller, email Dom <binary1230@yahoo.com> with
+PLEASE, if you have an unknown controller, email Dom <binary1230@yahoo.com> with
 a dump from /proc/bus/usb and a description of the pad (manufacturer, country,
 whether it is a dance pad or normal controller) so that we can add your pad
 to the list of supported devices, ensuring that it will work out of the
diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS b/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS
index e1b3023efaa8..7c17c837064f 100644
--- a/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS
+++ b/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 I want to thank all who contributed to this project and especially to:
 (in alphabetical order)
 
-Thomas Bogendörfer (tsbogend@bigbug.franken.de)
+Thomas Bogendörfer (tsbogend@bigbug.franken.de)
   Tester, lots of bugfixes and hints.
 
 Alan Cox (alan@redhat.com)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Alan Cox (alan@redhat.com)
 Henner Eisen (eis@baty.hanse.de)
   For X.25 implementation.
 
-Volker Götz (volker@oops.franken.de)
+Volker Götz (volker@oops.franken.de)
   For contribution of man-pages, the imontty-tool and a perfect
   maintaining of the mailing-list at hub-wue.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/README b/Documentation/isdn/README
index 761595243931..6783437f21c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/isdn/README
+++ b/Documentation/isdn/README
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ README for the ISDN-subsystem
      the script tools/tcltk/isdnmon. You can add actions for line-status
      changes. See the comments at the beginning of the script for how to
      do that. There are other tty-based tools in the tools-subdirectory
-     contributed by Michael Knigge (imon), Volker Götz (imontty) and
+     contributed by Michael Knigge (imon), Volker Götz (imontty) and
      Andreas Kool (isdnmon).
 
    l) For initial testing, you can set the verbose-level to 2 (default: 0).
diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/README.icn b/Documentation/isdn/README.icn
index a5f55eadb3ca..13f833d4e910 100644
--- a/Documentation/isdn/README.icn
+++ b/Documentation/isdn/README.icn
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ $Id: README.icn,v 1.7 2000/08/06 09:22:51 armin Exp $
 You can get the ICN-ISDN-card from:
 
 Thinking Objects Software GmbH
-Versbacher Röthe 159
-97078 Würzburg
+Versbacher Röthe 159
+97078 Würzburg
 Tel: +49 931 2877950
 Fax: +49 931 2877951
 
diff --git a/Documentation/java.txt b/Documentation/java.txt
index c768dc63b34e..3cce3fbb6644 100644
--- a/Documentation/java.txt
+++ b/Documentation/java.txt
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ the execution bit, then just do
 
 
 originally by Brian A. Lantz, brian@lantz.com
-heavily edited for binfmt_misc by Richard Günther
+heavily edited for binfmt_misc by Richard Günther
 new scripts by Colin J. Watson <cjw44@cam.ac.uk>
 added executable Jar file support by Kurt Huwig <kurt@iku-netz.de>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt
index c68dafeda7a7..d9e3b199929b 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 
      * Title: "Design and Implementation of the Second Extended
        Filesystem"
-       Author: Rémy Card, Theodore Ts'o, Stephen Tweedie.
+       Author: Rémy Card, Theodore Ts'o, Stephen Tweedie.
        URL: http://web.mit.edu/tytso/www/linux/ext2intro.html
        Keywords: ext2, linux fs history, inode, directory, link, devices,
        VFS, physical structure, performance, benchmarks, ext2fs library,
diff --git a/Documentation/m68k/README.buddha b/Documentation/m68k/README.buddha
index ef484a719bb9..3ea9827ba3c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/m68k/README.buddha
+++ b/Documentation/m68k/README.buddha
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ always  shows a "no IRQ here" on the Buddha, and accesses to
 the  third  IDE  port  are  going into data's Nirwana on the
 Buddha.
 
-                            Jens Schönfeld february 19th, 1997
+                            Jens Schönfeld february 19th, 1997
                                         updated may 27th, 1997
                              eMail: sysop@nostlgic.tng.oche.de
 
diff --git a/Documentation/magic-number.txt b/Documentation/magic-number.txt
index 0e740c812d12..bd450e797558 100644
--- a/Documentation/magic-number.txt
+++ b/Documentation/magic-number.txt
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ SAVEKMSG_MAGIC1       0x53415645  savekmsg          arch/*/amiga/config.c
 GDA_MAGIC             0x58464552  gda               include/asm-mips64/sn/gda.h
 RED_MAGIC1            0x5a2cf071  (any)             mm/slab.c
 STL_PORTMAGIC         0x5a7182c9  stlport           include/linux/stallion.h
-EEPROM_MAGIC_VALUE    0X5ab478d2  lanai_dev         drivers/atm/lanai.c
+EEPROM_MAGIC_VALUE    0x5ab478d2  lanai_dev         drivers/atm/lanai.c
 HDLCDRV_MAGIC         0x5ac6e778  hdlcdrv_state     include/linux/hdlcdrv.h
 EPCA_MAGIC            0x5c6df104  channel           include/linux/epca.h
 PCXX_MAGIC            0x5c6df104  channel           drivers/char/pcxx.h
diff --git a/Documentation/netlabel/introduction.txt b/Documentation/netlabel/introduction.txt
index a4ffba1694c8..5ecd8d1dcf4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlabel/introduction.txt
+++ b/Documentation/netlabel/introduction.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The communication layer exists to allow NetLabel configuration and monitoring
 from user space.  The NetLabel communication layer uses a message based
 protocol built on top of the Generic NETLINK transport mechanism.  The exact
 formatting of these NetLabel messages as well as the Generic NETLINK family
-names can be found in the the 'net/netlabel/' directory as comments in the
+names can be found in the 'net/netlabel/' directory as comments in the
 header files as well as in 'include/net/netlabel.h'.
 
  * Security Module API
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/6pack.txt b/Documentation/networking/6pack.txt
index 48ed2b711bd2..d0777a1200e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/6pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/6pack.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 This is the 6pack-mini-HOWTO, written by
 
-Andreas Könsgen DG3KQ
+Andreas Könsgen DG3KQ
 Internet: ajk@iehk.rwth-aachen.de
 AMPR-net: dg3kq@db0pra.ampr.org
 AX.25:    dg3kq@db0ach.#nrw.deu.eu
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt
index fb8dc6422a52..7907435a661c 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ on current cpu. This primitive is called by dev->poll(), when
 it completes its work. The device cannot be out of poll list at this
 call, if it is then clearly it is a BUG(). You'll know ;->
 
-All these above nethods are used below. So keep reading for clarity.
+All of the above methods are used below, so keep reading for clarity.
 
 Device driver changes to be made when porting NAPI
 ==================================================
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
index 5a232d946be3..db0cd5169581 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ You can find the latest version of this document at
 
 Please send me your comments to
 
-    Ulisses Alonso Camaró <uaca@i.hate.spam.alumni.uv.es>
+    Ulisses Alonso Camaró <uaca@i.hate.spam.alumni.uv.es>
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 + Why use PACKET_MMAP
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/slicecom.hun b/Documentation/networking/slicecom.hun
index 5acf1918694a..bed2f045e550 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/slicecom.hun
+++ b/Documentation/networking/slicecom.hun
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 SliceCOM adapter felhasznaloi dokumentacioja - 0.51 verziohoz
 
-Bartók István <bartoki@itc.hu>
+Bartók István <bartoki@itc.hu>
 Utolso modositas: Wed Aug 29 17:26:58 CEST 2001
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/slicecom.txt b/Documentation/networking/slicecom.txt
index 32d3b916afad..c82c0cf981b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/slicecom.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/slicecom.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
 SliceCOM adapter user's documentation - for the 0.51 driver version
 
-Written by Bartók István <bartoki@itc.hu>
+Written by Bartók István <bartoki@itc.hu>
 
-English translation: Lakatos György <gyuri@itc.hu>
+English translation: Lakatos György <gyuri@itc.hu>
 Mon Dec 11 15:28:42 CET 2000
 
 Last modified: Wed Aug 29 17:25:37 CEST 2001
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tms380tr.txt b/Documentation/networking/tms380tr.txt
index c169a57bc925..1f73e13058df 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/tms380tr.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/tms380tr.txt
@@ -71,24 +71,24 @@ Below find attached the setting for the SK NET TR 4/16 ISA adapters
   CHAPTER 1     LOCATION OF DIP-SWITCH
   ==============================================================
 
-UÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
-þUÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿                         UÄÄÄÄÄ¿            UÄÄÄ¿         þ
-þAÄÄÄÄÄÄU                      W1 AÄÄÄÄÄU     UÄÄÄÄ¿ þ   þ         þ
-þUÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿                                     þ    þ þ   þ      UÄÄÅ¿
-þAÄÄÄÄÄÄU              UÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿          AÄÄÄÄU þ   þ      þ  þþ
-þUÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿              þ           þ          UÄÄÄ¿  AÄÄÄU      AÄÄÅU
-þAÄÄÄÄÄÄU              þ TMS380C26 þ          þ   þ                þ
-þUÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿              þ           þ          AÄÄÄU                AÄ¿
-þAÄÄÄÄÄÄU              þ           þ                               þ þ
-þ                      AÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄU                               þ þ
-þ                                                                  þ þ
-þ                                                                  AÄU
-þ                                                                  þ
-þ                                                                  þ
-þ                                                                  þ
-þ                                                                  þ
-AÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄAÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄAÄÄAÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄAÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄU
-             AÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄU  AÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄU
+UÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
+þUÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿                         UÄÄÄÄÄ¿            UÄÄÄ¿         þ
+þAÄÄÄÄÄÄU                      W1 AÄÄÄÄÄU     UÄÄÄÄ¿ þ   þ         þ
+þUÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿                                     þ    þ þ   þ      UÄÄÅ¿
+þAÄÄÄÄÄÄU              UÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿          AÄÄÄÄU þ   þ      þ  þþ
+þUÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿              þ           þ          UÄÄÄ¿  AÄÄÄU      AÄÄÅU
+þAÄÄÄÄÄÄU              þ TMS380C26 þ          þ   þ                þ
+þUÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿              þ           þ          AÄÄÄU                AÄ¿
+þAÄÄÄÄÄÄU              þ           þ                               þ þ
+þ                      AÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄU                               þ þ
+þ                                                                  þ þ
+þ                                                                  AÄU
+þ                                                                  þ
+þ                                                                  þ
+þ                                                                  þ
+þ                                                                  þ
+AÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄAÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄAÄÄAÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄAÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄU
+             AÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄU  AÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄU
 
   ==============================================================
   CHAPTER 2     DEFAULT SETTINGS
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ AÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄAÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄAÄÄAÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄAÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄU
   CHAPTER 3     DIP SWITCH W1 DESCRIPTION
   ==============================================================
 
-      UÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄ¿  ON
-      þ 1 þ 2 þ 3 þ 4 þ 5 þ 6 þ 7 þ 8 þ
-      AÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄU  OFF
+      UÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄ¿  ON
+      þ 1 þ 2 þ 3 þ 4 þ 5 þ 6 þ 7 þ 8 þ
+      AÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄAÄÄÄU  OFF
       |AD | BootROM Addr. |  I/O      |
       +-+-+-------+-------+-----+-----+
         |         |             |
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt b/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt
index dd6f46b83dab..6be09ba24a36 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
   3) Disabling the Checksum Computation
 
   On both sender and receiver, checksumming will always be performed
-  and can not be disabled using SO_NO_CHECK. Thus
+  and cannot be disabled using SO_NO_CHECK. Thus
 
         setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_NO_CHECK,  ... );
 
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt b/Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt
index 07dd6d9930a1..bc2ab419a74a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ REVISION HISTORY
                                 creating applications using BiSync
                                 streaming.        
 
-2.0.5   Aug 04, 1999            CHDLC initializatin bug fix.
+2.0.5   Aug 04, 1999            CHDLC initialization bug fix.
                                 PPP interrupt driven driver: 
                                 Fix to the PPP line hangup problem.
                                 New PPP firmware
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ REVISION HISTORY
                                 o cfgft1 GUI csu/dsu configurator
                                 o wancfg GUI configuration file 
                                   configurator.
-                                o Architectual directory changes.
+                                o Architectural directory changes.
 
 beta-2.1.4 Jul 2000             o Dynamic interface configuration:
                                         Network interfaces reflect the state
diff --git a/Documentation/pci.txt b/Documentation/pci.txt
index e2c9d0a0c43d..d38261b67905 100644
--- a/Documentation/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pci.txt
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ E.g. clearing pending interrupts.
 
 3.6 Register IRQ handler
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-While calling request_irq() is the the last step described here,
+While calling request_irq() is the last step described here,
 this is often just another intermediate step to initialize a device.
 This step can often be deferred until the device is opened for use.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/pcieaer-howto.txt b/Documentation/pcieaer-howto.txt
index 16c251230c82..d5da86170106 100644
--- a/Documentation/pcieaer-howto.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pcieaer-howto.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Reporting (AER) driver and provides information on how to use it, as
 well as how to enable the drivers of endpoint devices to conform with
 PCI Express AER driver.
 
-1.2 Copyright © Intel Corporation 2006.
+1.2 Copyright © Intel Corporation 2006.
 
 1.3 What is the PCI Express AER Driver?
 
diff --git a/Documentation/pnp.txt b/Documentation/pnp.txt
index 28037aa1846c..481faf515d53 100644
--- a/Documentation/pnp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pnp.txt
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Plug and Play but it is planned to be in the near future.
 Requirements for a Linux PnP protocol:
 1.) the protocol must use EISA IDs
 2.) the protocol must inform the PnP Layer of a devices current configuration
-- the ability to set resources is optional but prefered.
+- the ability to set resources is optional but preferred.
 
 The following are PnP protocol related functions:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt
index c55bd5079b90..5b8d6953f05e 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ before suspend (it is limited to 500 MB by default).
 
 Article about goals and implementation of Software Suspend for Linux
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Author: G‚ábor Kuti
+Author: G‚ábor Kuti
 Last revised: 2003-10-20 by Pavel Machek
 
 Idea and goals to achieve
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
index d4bfae75c946..b49ce169a63a 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
    Basically, it is a bus of devices, that could act more or less
    as a complete entity (UCC, USB etc ). All of them should be siblings on
    the "root" qe node, using the common properties from there.
-   The description below applies to the the qe of MPC8360 and
+   The description below applies to the qe of MPC8360 and
    more nodes and properties would be extended in the future.
 
    i) Root QE device
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
      - assignment : function number of the pin according to the Pin Assignment
        tables in User Manual.  Each pin can have up to 4 possible functions in
        QE and two options for CPM.
-     - has_irq : indicates if the pin is used as source of exteral
+     - has_irq : indicates if the pin is used as source of external
        interrupts.
 
    Example:
diff --git a/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt b/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt
index 0993969609cf..d30a281c570f 100644
--- a/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt
+++ b/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ Breakpoint 2 at 0x4d87a4: file top.c, line 2609.
 #3  0x5167e6 in readline_internal_char () at readline.c:454
 #4  0x5168ee in readline_internal_charloop () at readline.c:507
 #5  0x51692c in readline_internal () at readline.c:521
-#6  0x5164fe in readline (prompt=0x7ffff810 "\177�ÿ�øx\177�ÿ�÷�Ø\177�ÿ�øx�À")
+#6  0x5164fe in readline (prompt=0x7ffff810 "\177�ÿ�øx\177�ÿ�÷�Ø\177�ÿ�øx�À")
     at readline.c:349
 #7  0x4d7a8a in command_line_input (prrompt=0x564420 "(gdb) ", repeat=1,
     annotation_suffix=0x4d6b44 "prompt") at top.c:2091
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt b/Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt
index 2ce022cec9be..29ce6d87e451 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 $Id: README.aha152x,v 1.2 1999/12/25 15:32:30 fischer Exp fischer $
 Adaptec AHA-1520/1522 SCSI driver for Linux (aha152x)
 
-Copyright 1993-1999 Jürgen Fischer <fischer@norbit.de>
+Copyright 1993-1999 Jürgen Fischer <fischer@norbit.de>
 TC1550 patches by Luuk van Dijk (ldz@xs4all.nl)
 
 
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt b/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt
index 9b894f116d95..5f34d2ba69b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The following information is available in this file:
    2.   Multi-function Twin Channel Device - Two controllers on one chip.
    3.   Command Channel Secondary DMA Engine - Allows scatter gather list
         and SCB prefetch.
-   4.   64 Byte SCB Support - Allows disconnected, unttagged request table
+   4.   64 Byte SCB Support - Allows disconnected, untagged request table
         for all possible target/lun combinations.
    5.   Block Move Instruction Support - Doubles the speed of certain
         sequencer operations.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx_old.txt b/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx_old.txt
index 05667e7308d4..7bd210ab45a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx_old.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx_old.txt
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ linux-1.1.x and fairly stable since linux-1.2.x, and are also in FreeBSD
         or enable Tagged Command Queueing (TCQ) on specific devices.  As of
         driver version 5.1.11, TCQ is now either on or off by default
         according to the setting you choose during the make config process.
-        In order to en/disable TCQ for certian devices at boot time, a user
+        In order to en/disable TCQ for certain devices at boot time, a user
         may use this boot param.  The driver will then parse this message out
         and en/disable the specific device entries that are present based upon
         the value given.  The param line is parsed in the following manner:
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt b/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt
index 88ef88b949f7..39d409a8efe5 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ then the request of the IRQ obviously will not succeed for all the drivers.
 15.1 Problem tracking
 
 Most SCSI problems are due to a non conformant SCSI bus or to buggy
-devices.  If infortunately you have SCSI problems, you can check the
+devices.  If unfortunately you have SCSI problems, you can check the
 following things:
 
 - SCSI bus cables
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
index 3c12422f7f41..b7be95b5bd24 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 This file contains brief information about the SCSI tape driver.
-The driver is currently maintained by Kai Mäkisara (email
+The driver is currently maintained by Kai Mäkisara (email
 Kai.Makisara@kolumbus.fi)
 
 Last modified: Mon Mar  7 21:14:44 2005 by kai.makisara
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/sym53c8xx_2.txt b/Documentation/scsi/sym53c8xx_2.txt
index 2c1745a9df00..3d9f06bb3d00 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/sym53c8xx_2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/sym53c8xx_2.txt
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ devices, ... may cause a SCSI signal to be wrong when te driver reads it.
 15.1 Problem tracking
 
 Most SCSI problems are due to a non conformant SCSI bus or too buggy
-devices.  If infortunately you have SCSI problems, you can check the
+devices.  If unfortunately you have SCSI problems, you can check the
 following things:
 
 - SCSI bus cables
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/tmscsim.txt b/Documentation/scsi/tmscsim.txt
index 8b2168aa4fc7..61c0531e044a 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/tmscsim.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/tmscsim.txt
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ Thanks to Linus Torvalds, Alan Cox, the FSF people, the XFree86 team and
 all the others for the wonderful OS and software.
 Thanks to C.L. Huang and Philip Giang (Tekram) for the initial driver
 release and support.
-Thanks to Doug Ledford, Gérard Roudier for support with SCSI coding.
+Thanks to Doug Ledford, Gérard Roudier for support with SCSI coding.
 Thanks to a lot of people (espec. Chiaki Ishikawa, Andreas Haumer, Hubert 
 Tonneau) for intensively testing the driver (and even risking data loss
 doing this during early revisions).
diff --git a/Documentation/sonypi.txt b/Documentation/sonypi.txt
index c1237a925505..4857acfc50f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/sonypi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sonypi.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Sony Programmable I/O Control Device Driver Readme
 --------------------------------------------------
         Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>
-        Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com>
+        Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com>
         Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Ashley <m.ashley@unsw.edu.au>
         Copyright (C) 2001 Junichi Morita <jun1m@mars.dti.ne.jp>
         Copyright (C) 2000 Takaya Kinjo <t-kinjo@tc4.so-net.ne.jp>
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/oss/mwave b/Documentation/sound/oss/mwave
index 858334bb46b0..5fbcb1609275 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/oss/mwave
+++ b/Documentation/sound/oss/mwave
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ OR the Default= line COULD be
 Default=SBPRO
 
 Reboot to Windows 95 and choose Linux. When booted, use sndconfig to configure
-the sound modules and voilà - ThinkPad sound with Linux.
+the sound modules and voilà - ThinkPad sound with Linux.
 
 Now the gotchas - you can either have CD sound OR Mixers but not both. That's a
 problem with the SB1.5 (CD sound) or SBPRO (Mixers) settings. No one knows why
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 5922e84d9133..111fd28727ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -221,14 +221,14 @@ Controls the kernel's behaviour when an oops or BUG is encountered.
 
 0: try to continue operation
 
-1: panic immediatly.  If the `panic' sysctl is also non-zero then the
+1: panic immediately.  If the `panic' sysctl is also non-zero then the
    machine will be rebooted.
 
 ==============================================================
 
 pid_max:
 
-PID allocation wrap value.  When the kenrel's next PID value
+PID allocation wrap value.  When the kernel's next PID value
 reaches this value, it wraps back to a minimum PID value.
 PIDs of value pid_max or larger are not allocated.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/CREDITS b/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
index 27a721635f92..67c59cdc9959 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
+++ b/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ THANKS file in Inaky's driver):
           will sell keyboards to some of the 3 million (at least)
           Linux users.
 
-        - Many thanks to ing büro h doran [http://www.ibhdoran.com]!
+        - Many thanks to ing büro h doran [http://www.ibhdoran.com]!
           It was almost impossible to get a PC backplate USB connector
           for the motherboard here at Europe (mine, home-made, was
           quite lousy :). Now I know where to acquire nice USB stuff!
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt
index b18e86a22506..5b635ae84944 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ ConnectTech WhiteHEAT 4 port converter
   Connect Tech's Support Department at support@connecttech.com
 
 
-HandSpring Visor, Palm USB, and Clié USB driver
+HandSpring Visor, Palm USB, and Clié USB driver
 
-  This driver works with all HandSpring USB, Palm USB, and Sony Clié USB
+  This driver works with all HandSpring USB, Palm USB, and Sony Clié USB
   devices.
 
   Only when the device tries to connect to the host, will the device show
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ HandSpring Visor, Palm USB, and Clié USB driver
   the port to use for the HotSync transfer. The "Generic" port can be used
   for other device communication, such as a PPP link.
 
-  For some Sony Clié devices, /dev/ttyUSB0 must be used to talk to the
+  For some Sony Clié devices, /dev/ttyUSB0 must be used to talk to the
   device.  This is true for all OS version 3.5 devices, and most devices
   that have had a flash upgrade to a newer version of the OS.  See the
   kernel system log for information on which is the correct port to use.
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/README.pvrusb2 b/Documentation/video4linux/README.pvrusb2
index a4b7ae800866..a747200fe67c 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/README.pvrusb2
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/README.pvrusb2
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Background:
 
   This driver is intended for the "Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB 2.0", which
   is a USB 2.0 hosted TV Tuner.  This driver is a work in progress.
-  Its history started with the reverse-engineering effort by Björn
+  Its history started with the reverse-engineering effort by Björn
   Danielsson <pvrusb2@dax.nu> whose web page can be found here:
 
     http://pvrusb2.dax.nu/
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/Zoran b/Documentation/video4linux/Zoran
index 85c575ac4fb9..295462b2317a 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/Zoran
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/Zoran
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ can generate: PAL , NTSC , SECAM
 
 Conexant bt866 TV encoder
 is used in AVS6EYES, and
-can generate: NTSC/PAL, PAL­M, PAL­N
+can generate: NTSC/PAL, PAL­M, PAL­N
 
 The adv717x, should be able to produce PAL N. But you find nothing PAL N
 specific in the registers. Seem that you have to reuse a other standard
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt
index 5e51c59bf2b0..bf3af5fe558f 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Vaio Picturebook Motion Eye Camera Driver Readme
 ------------------------------------------------
         Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>
-        Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com>
+        Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com>
         Copyright (C) 2000 Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org>
 
 This driver enable the use of video4linux compatible applications with the
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/ov511.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/ov511.txt
index 79af610d4ba5..b3326b167ada 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/ov511.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/ov511.txt
@@ -195,11 +195,11 @@ MODULE PARAMETERS:
   NAME: bandingfilter
   TYPE: integer (Boolean)
   DEFAULT: 0 (off)
-  DESC: Enables the sensor´s banding filter exposure algorithm. This reduces
+  DESC: Enables the sensor´s banding filter exposure algorithm. This reduces
         or stabilizes the "banding" caused by some artificial light sources
         (especially fluorescent). You might have to set lightfreq correctly for
         this to work right. As an added bonus, this sometimes makes it
-        possible to capture your monitor´s output.
+        possible to capture your monitor´s output.
 
   NAME: fastset
   TYPE: integer (Boolean)