37 files changed, 57 insertions, 57 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_32.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_32.c
index b28505c544c9..1dc1e19c0a9f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_32.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Getting to provable safe in place decompression is hard.
- * Worst case behaviours need to be analized.
+ * Worst case behaviours need to be analyzed.
  * Background information:
  *
  * The file layout is:
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
  * Adding 32768 instead of 32767 just makes for round numbers.
  * Adding the decompressor_size is necessary as it musht live after all
  * of the data as well.  Last I measured the decompressor is about 14K.
- * 10K of actuall data and 4K of bss.
+ * 10K of actual data and 4K of bss.
  *
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index afd2afe9102d..25337f2b7399 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static u64 acpi_lapic_addr __initdata = APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE;
 
 /*
  * The default interrupt routing model is PIC (8259).  This gets
- * overriden if IOAPICs are enumerated (below).
+ * overridden if IOAPICs are enumerated (below).
  */
 enum acpi_irq_model_id acpi_irq_model = ACPI_IRQ_MODEL_PIC;
 
@@ -414,8 +414,8 @@ acpi_parse_nmi_src(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end
  *
  * Port 0x4d0-4d1 are ECLR1 and ECLR2, the Edge/Level Control Registers
  * for the 8259 PIC.  bit[n] = 1 means irq[n] is Level, otherwise Edge.
- * ECLR1 is IRQ's 0-7 (IRQ 0, 1, 2 must be 0)
- * ECLR2 is IRQ's 8-15 (IRQ 8, 13 must be 0)
+ * ECLR1 is IRQs 0-7 (IRQ 0, 1, 2 must be 0)
+ * ECLR2 is IRQs 8-15 (IRQ 8, 13 must be 0)
  */
 
 void __init acpi_pic_sci_set_trigger(unsigned int irq, u16 trigger)
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ void __init acpi_pic_sci_set_trigger(unsigned int irq, u16 trigger)
         old = inb(0x4d0) | (inb(0x4d1) << 8);
 
         /*
-         * If we use ACPI to set PCI irq's, then we should clear ELCR
+         * If we use ACPI to set PCI IRQs, then we should clear ELCR
          * since we will set it correctly as we enable the PCI irq
          * routing.
          */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
index 793341fffc81..08b07c176962 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ void __devinit setup_local_APIC(void)
          * Set up LVT0, LVT1:
          *
          * set up through-local-APIC on the BP's LINT0. This is not
-         * strictly necessery in pure symmetric-IO mode, but sometimes
+         * strictly necessary in pure symmetric-IO mode, but sometimes
          * we delegate interrupts to the 8259A.
          */
         /*
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ void __devinit setup_local_APIC(void)
         } else {
                 if (esr_disable)
                         /*
-                         * Something untraceble is creating bad interrupts on
+                         * Something untraceable is creating bad interrupts on
                          * secondary quads ... for the moment, just leave the
                          * ESR disabled - we can't do anything useful with the
                          * errors anyway - mbligh
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
index 32f2365c26ed..17089a041028 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
  *         screen-blanking and gpm (Stephen Rothwell); Linux 1.99.4
  *    1.2a:Simple change to stop mysterious bug reports with SMP also added
  *         levels to the printk calls. APM is not defined for SMP machines.
- *         The new replacment for it is, but Linux doesn't yet support this.
+ *         The new replacement for it is, but Linux doesn't yet support this.
  *         Alan Cox Linux 2.1.55
  *    1.3: Set up a valid data descriptor 0x40 for buggy BIOS's
  *    1.4: Upgraded to support APM 1.2. Integrated ThinkPad suspend patch by
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 5f8af875f457..1ff88c7f45cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static void __cpuinit init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_HT
         /*
          * On a AMD multi core setup the lower bits of the APIC id
-         * distingush the cores.
+         * distinguish the cores.
          */
         if (c->x86_max_cores > 1) {
                 int cpu = smp_processor_id();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
index 473eac883c7b..9681fa15ddf0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static u32 __cpuinit ramtop(void)		/* 16388 */
                         continue;
                 /*
                  *      Don't MCR over reserved space. Ignore the ISA hole
-                 *      we frob around that catastrophy already
+                 *      we frob around that catastrophe already
                  */
                                         
                 if (e820.map[i].type == E820_RESERVED)
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static void __cpuinit init_c3(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
                 c->x86_capability[5] = cpuid_edx(0xC0000001);
         }
 
-        /* Cyrix III family needs CX8 & PGE explicity enabled. */
+        /* Cyrix III family needs CX8 & PGE explicitly enabled. */
         if (c->x86_model >=6 && c->x86_model <= 9) {
                 rdmsr (MSR_VIA_FCR, lo, hi);
                 lo |= (1<<1 | 1<<7);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index d506201d397c..e2fcf2051bdb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static void __cpuinit get_cpu_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, int early)
 
 static int __init x86_fxsr_setup(char * s)
 {
-        /* Tell all the other CPU's to not use it... */
+        /* Tell all the other CPUs to not use it... */
         disable_x86_fxsr = 1;
 
         /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
index 32f0bda3fc95..f03e9153618e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static int nforce2_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 
         freqs.old = nforce2_get(policy->cpu);
         freqs.new = target_fsb * fid * 100;
-        freqs.cpu = 0;          /* Only one CPU on nForce2 plattforms */
+        freqs.cpu = 0;          /* Only one CPU on nForce2 platforms */
 
         if (freqs.old == freqs.new)
                 return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
index ed2bda127c44..2ed7db2fd257 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
  *      of any nature resulting due to the use of this software. This
  *      software is provided AS-IS with no warranties.
  *
- * Theoritical note:
+ * Theoretical note:
  *
  *      (see Geode(tm) CS5530 manual (rev.4.1) page.56)
  *
  *      CPU frequency control on NatSemi Geode GX1/GXLV processor and CS55x0
- *      are based on Suspend Moduration.
+ *      are based on Suspend Modulation.
  *
  *      Suspend Modulation works by asserting and de-asserting the SUSP# pin
  *      to CPU(GX1/GXLV) for configurable durations. When asserting SUSP#
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@
 
 /* SUSCFG bits */
 #define SUSMOD          (1<<0)  /* enable/disable suspend modulation */
-/* the belows support only with cs5530 (after rev.1.2)/cs5530A */
+/* the below is supported only with cs5530 (after rev.1.2)/cs5530A */
 #define SMISPDUP        (1<<1)  /* select how SMI re-enable suspend modulation: */
                                 /* IRQTC timer or read SMI speedup disable reg.(F1BAR[08-09h]) */
 #define SUSCFG          (1<<2)  /* enable powering down a GXLV processor. "Special 3Volt Suspend" mode */
-/* the belows support only with cs5530A */
+/* the below is supported only with cs5530A */
 #define PWRSVE_ISA      (1<<3)  /* stop ISA clock  */
 #define PWRSVE          (1<<4)  /* active idle */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index c06ac680c9ca..9c36a53676b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static void count_off_irt(struct powernow_k8_data *data)
         return;
 }
 
-/* the voltage stabalization time */
+/* the voltage stabilization time */
 static void count_off_vst(struct powernow_k8_data *data)
 {
         udelay(data->vstable * VST_UNITS_20US);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.h
index b06c812208ca..7c4f6e0faed4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.h
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ struct powernow_k8_data {
 #define PLL_LOCK_CONVERSION (1000/5) /* ms to ns, then divide by clock period */
 
 #define MAXIMUM_VID_STEPS 1  /* Current cpus only allow a single step of 25mV */
-#define VST_UNITS_20US 20   /* Voltage Stabalization Time is in units of 20us */
+#define VST_UNITS_20US 20   /* Voltage Stabilization Time is in units of 20us */
 
 /*
- * Most values of interest are enocoded in a single field of the _PSS
+ * Most values of interest are encoded in a single field of the _PSS
  * entries: the "control" value.
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
index 4aa2ff8d3c43..88d66fb8411d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static void __cpuinit init_cyrix(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
                 u32 vendor, device;
                 /* It isn't really a PCI quirk directly, but the cure is the
                    same. The MediaGX has deep magic SMM stuff that handles the
-                   SB emulation. It thows away the fifo on disable_dma() which
+                   SB emulation. It throws away the fifo on disable_dma() which
                    is wrong and ruins the audio. 
 
                    Bug2: VSA1 has a wrap bug so that using maximum sized DMA 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c
index 2287d4863a8a..9964be3de2b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ static void prepare_set(void)
         write_cr0(cr0);
         wbinvd();
 
-        /* Cyrix ARRs - everything else were excluded at the top */
+        /* Cyrix ARRs - everything else was excluded at the top */
         ccr3 = getCx86(CX86_CCR3);
 
-        /* Cyrix ARRs - everything else were excluded at the top */
+        /* Cyrix ARRs - everything else was excluded at the top */
         setCx86(CX86_CCR3, (ccr3 & 0x0f) | 0x10);
 
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
index 56f64e34829f..992f08dfbb6c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static inline void k8_enable_fixed_iorrs(void)
 
 /**
  * Checks and updates an fixed-range MTRR if it differs from the value it
- * should have. If K8 extenstions are wanted, update the K8 SYSCFG MSR also.
+ * should have. If K8 extentions are wanted, update the K8 SYSCFG MSR also.
  * see AMD publication no. 24593, chapter 7.8.1, page 233 for more information
  * \param msr MSR address of the MTTR which should be checked and updated
  * \param changed pointer which indicates whether the MTRR needed to be changed
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
index 5e4be30ff903..9abbdf7562c5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ static int __init mtrr_init_finialize(void)
         if (use_intel())
                 mtrr_state_warn();
         else {
-                /* The CPUs haven't MTRR and seemes not support SMP. They have
+                /* The CPUs haven't MTRR and seem to not support SMP. They have
                  * specific drivers, we use a tricky method to support
                  * suspend/resume for them.
                  * TBD: is there any system with such CPU which supports
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820_32.c
index d58039e8de74..58fd54eb5577 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820_32.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ void __init e820_register_memory(void)
         int i;
 
         /*
-         * Search for the bigest gap in the low 32 bits of the e820
+         * Search for the biggest gap in the low 32 bits of the e820
          * memory space.
          */
         last = 0x100000000ull;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index f8367074da0d..772afab8f196 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static int hpet_clocksource_register(void)
          *
          * hpet period is in femto seconds per cycle
          * so we need to convert this to ns/cyc units
-         * aproximated by mult/2^shift
+         * approximated by mult/2^shift
          *
          *  fsec/cyc * 1nsec/1000000fsec = nsec/cyc = mult/2^shift
          *  fsec/cyc * 1ns/1000000fsec * 2^shift = mult
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c b/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
index 5cc8841ca2c6..a42c80745325 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int pit_next_event(unsigned long delta, struct clock_event_device *evt)
  * On UP the PIT can serve all of the possible timer functions. On SMP systems
  * it can be solely used for the global tick.
  *
- * The profiling and update capabilites are switched off once the local apic is
+ * The profiling and update capabilities are switched off once the local apic is
  * registered. This mechanism replaces the previous #ifdef LOCAL_APIC -
  * !using_apic_timer decisions in do_timer_interrupt_hook()
  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c
index 5f10c7189534..03e88fc00e5a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ tryanotherirq:
 
         imbalance = move_this_load;
         
-        /* For physical_balance case, we accumlated both load
+        /* For physical_balance case, we accumulated both load
          * values in the one of the siblings cpu_irq[],
          * to use the same code for physical and logical processors
          * as much as possible. 
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ void destroy_irq(unsigned int irq)
 }
 
 /*
- * MSI mesage composition
+ * MSI message composition
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI
 static int msi_compose_msg(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int irq, struct msi_msg *msg)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
index 13abb4ebfb79..7a05a7f6099a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_32.c
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ void __init mp_config_acpi_legacy_irqs (void)
 
         /* 
          * Use the default configuration for the IRQs 0-15.  Unless
-         * overriden by (MADT) interrupt source override entries.
+         * overridden by (MADT) interrupt source override entries.
          */
         for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
                 int idx;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_32.c
index 99102ec5fade..ff5431cc03ee 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_32.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ void send_sigtrap(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs, int error_code)
         /* User-mode eip? */
         info.si_addr = user_mode_vm(regs) ? (void __user *) regs->eip : NULL;
 
-        /* Send us the fakey SIGTRAP */
+        /* Send us the fake SIGTRAP */
         force_sig_info(SIGTRAP, &info, tsk);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
index 978dc0196a0f..18e6eaf138ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
         /*
          * NOTE: before this point _nobody_ is allowed to allocate
          * any memory using the bootmem allocator.  Although the
-         * alloctor is now initialised only the first 8Mb of the kernel
+         * allocator is now initialised only the first 8Mb of the kernel
          * virtual address space has been mapped.  All allocations before
          * paging_init() has completed must use the alloc_bootmem_low_pages()
          * variant (which allocates DMA'able memory) and care must be taken
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
index 6dc394b87255..9bdd83022f5f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static void fastcall do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
         signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
         if (signr > 0) {
-                /* Reenable any watchpoints before delivering the
+                /* Re-enable any watchpoints before delivering the
                  * signal to user space. The processor register will
                  * have been cleared if the watchpoint triggered
                  * inside the kernel.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smp_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smp_32.c
index 791d9f8036ae..9ced828d5556 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smp_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smp_32.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
  *
  *              B stepping CPUs may hang. There are hardware work arounds
  *      for this. We warn about it in case your board doesn't have the work
- *      arounds. Basically thats so I can tell anyone with a B stepping
+ *      arounds. Basically that's so I can tell anyone with a B stepping
  *      CPU and SMP problems "tough".
  *
  *      Specific items [From Pentium Processor Specification Update]
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ void leave_mm(unsigned long cpu)
  * 1a1) cpu_clear(cpu, old_mm->cpu_vm_mask);
  *      Stop ipi delivery for the old mm. This is not synchronized with
  *      the other cpus, but smp_invalidate_interrupt ignore flush ipis
- *      for the wrong mm, and in the worst case we perform a superflous
+ *      for the wrong mm, and in the worst case we perform a superfluous
  *      tlb flush.
  * 1a2) set cpu_tlbstate to TLBSTATE_OK
  *      Now the smp_invalidate_interrupt won't call leave_mm if cpu0
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
index be3faac04719..1b9ee68c98a2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static void __cpuinit start_secondary(void *unused)
         /*
          * We need to hold call_lock, so there is no inconsistency
          * between the time smp_call_function() determines number of
-         * IPI receipients, and the time when the determination is made
+         * IPI recipients, and the time when the determination is made
          * for which cpus receive the IPI. Holding this
          * lock helps us to not include this cpu in a currently in progress
          * smp_call_function().
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/summit_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/summit_32.c
index 91c7acc8d999..72f463401592 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/summit_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/summit_32.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int __init setup_pci_node_map_for_wpeg(int wpeg_num, int last_bus)
 
         switch (rio_devs[wpeg_num]->type){
         case CompatWPEG:
-                /* The Compatability Winnipeg controls the 2 legacy buses,
+                /* The Compatibility Winnipeg controls the 2 legacy buses,
                  * the 66MHz PCI bus [2 slots] and the 2 "extra" buses in case
                  * a PCI-PCI bridge card is used in either slot: total 5 buses.
                  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c
index e87a3939ed40..cb19df7aee0f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int check_tsc_unstable(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(check_tsc_unstable);
 
-/* Accellerators for sched_clock()
+/* Accelerators for sched_clock()
  * convert from cycles(64bits) => nanoseconds (64bits)
  *  basic equation:
  *              ns = cycles / (freq / ns_per_sec)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mach-default/setup.c b/arch/x86/mach-default/setup.c
index 47207ca71045..0c28a071824c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mach-default/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mach-default/setup.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void __init time_init_hook(void)
  * mca_nmi_hook - hook into MCA specific NMI chain
  *
  * Description:
- *      The MCA (Microchannel Arcitecture) has an NMI chain for NMI sources
+ *      The MCA (Microchannel Architecture) has an NMI chain for NMI sources
  *      along the MCA bus.  Use this to hook into that chain if you will need
  *      it.
  **/
diff --git a/arch/x86/mach-generic/default.c b/arch/x86/mach-generic/default.c
index 8685208d8512..1af0cc7648f0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mach-generic/default.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mach-generic/default.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* 
- * Default generic APIC driver. This handles upto 8 CPUs.
+ * Default generic APIC driver. This handles up to 8 CPUs.
  */
 #define APIC_DEFINITION 1
 #include <linux/threads.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/mach-generic/probe.c b/arch/x86/mach-generic/probe.c
index 4121d1551800..f410d3cb5659 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mach-generic/probe.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mach-generic/probe.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void __init generic_bigsmp_probe(void)
         /*
          * This routine is used to switch to bigsmp mode when
          * - There is no apic= option specified by the user
-         * - generic_apic_probe() has choosen apic_default as the sub_arch
+         * - generic_apic_probe() has chosen apic_default as the sub_arch
          * - we find more than 8 CPUs in acpi LAPIC listing with xAPIC support
          */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c b/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
index e4928aa6bdfb..c5f2692273e6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ find_smp_config(void)
 
         /* The boot CPU must be extended */
         voyager_extended_vic_processors = 1<<boot_cpu_id;
-        /* initially, all of the first 8 cpu's can boot */
+        /* initially, all of the first 8 CPUs can boot */
         voyager_allowed_boot_processors = 0xff;
         /* set up everything for just this CPU, we can alter
          * this as we start the other CPUs later */
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ static struct call_data_struct * call_data;
 
 /* execute a thread on a new CPU.  The function to be called must be
  * previously set up.  This is used to schedule a function for
- * execution on all CPU's - set up the function then broadcast a
+ * execution on all CPUs - set up the function then broadcast a
  * function_interrupt CPI to come here on each CPU */
 static void
 smp_call_function_interrupt(void)
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ voyager_smp_call_function_mask (cpumask_t cpumask,
  * CPI here.  We don't use this actually for counting so losing
  * ticks doesn't matter 
  *
- * FIXME: For those CPU's which actually have a local APIC, we could
+ * FIXME: For those CPUs which actually have a local APIC, we could
  * try to use it to trigger this interrupt instead of having to
  * broadcast the timer tick.  Unfortunately, all my pentium DYADs have
  * no local APIC, so I can't do this
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ smp_local_timer_interrupt(void)
 
         /*
          * We take the 'long' return path, and there every subsystem
-         * grabs the apropriate locks (kernel lock/ irq lock).
+         * grabs the appropriate locks (kernel lock/ irq lock).
          *
          * we might want to decouple profiling from the 'long path',
          * and do the profiling totally in assembly.
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ set_vic_irq_affinity(unsigned int irq, cpumask_t mask)
         real_mask = cpus_addr(mask)[0] & voyager_extended_vic_processors;
         
         if(cpus_addr(mask)[0] == 0)
-                /* can't have no cpu's to accept the interrupt -- extremely
+                /* can't have no CPUs to accept the interrupt -- extremely
                  * bad things will happen */
                 return;
 
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ set_vic_irq_affinity(unsigned int irq, cpumask_t mask)
         }
         /* this is magic, we now have the correct affinity maps, so
          * enable the interrupt.  This will send an enable CPI to
-         * those cpu's who need to enable it in their local masks,
+         * those CPUs who need to enable it in their local masks,
          * causing them to correct for the new affinity . If the
          * interrupt is currently globally disabled, it will simply be
          * disabled again as it comes in (voyager lazy disable).  If
diff --git a/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c b/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c
index f9d595338159..50f9366c411e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ check_from_kernel(void)
 {
         if(voyager_status.switch_off) {
                 
-                /* FIXME: This should be configureable via proc */
+                /* FIXME: This should be configurable via proc */
                 execute("umask 600; echo 0 > /etc/initrunlvl; kill -HUP 1");
         } else if(voyager_status.power_fail) {
                 VDEBUG(("Voyager daemon detected AC power failure\n"));
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/boot_ioremap_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/boot_ioremap_32.c
index 4de95a17a7d4..f14da2a53ece 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/boot_ioremap_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/boot_ioremap_32.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 /*
  * We need to use the 2-level pagetable functions, but CONFIG_X86_PAE
- * keeps that from happenning.  If anyone has a better way, I'm listening.
+ * keeps that from happening.  If anyone has a better way, I'm listening.
  *
  * boot_pte_t is defined only if this all works correctly
  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/discontig_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/discontig_32.c
index 13893772cc48..fe608a45ffb6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/discontig_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/discontig_32.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ unsigned long __init setup_memory(void)
          * When mapping a NUMA machine we allocate the node_mem_map arrays
          * from node local memory.  They are then mapped directly into KVA
          * between zone normal and vmalloc space.  Calculate the size of
-         * this space and use it to adjust the boundry between ZONE_NORMAL
+         * this space and use it to adjust the boundary between ZONE_NORMAL
          * and ZONE_HIGHMEM.
          */
         find_max_pfn();
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault_32.c
index 4d3e538c57ab..d6181597a0a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault_32.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ fastcall void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
         /* When running in the kernel we expect faults to occur only to
          * addresses in user space.  All other faults represent errors in the
-         * kernel and should generate an OOPS.  Unfortunatly, in the case of an
+         * kernel and should generate an OOPS.  Unfortunately, in the case of an
          * erroneous fault occurring in a code path which already holds mmap_sem
          * we will deadlock attempting to validate the fault against the
          * address space.  Luckily the kernel only validly references user
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ fastcall void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
          * exceptions table.
          *
          * As the vast majority of faults will be valid we will only perform
-         * the source reference check when there is a possibilty of a deadlock.
+         * the source reference check when there is a possibility of a deadlock.
          * Attempt to lock the address space, if we cannot we then validate the
          * source.  If this is invalid we can skip the address space check,
          * thus avoiding the deadlock.
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_x86_model.h b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_x86_model.h
index abb1aa95b979..45b605fa71d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_x86_model.h
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_x86_model.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct op_msrs {
 struct pt_regs;
 
 /* The model vtable abstracts the differences between
- * various x86 CPU model's perfctr support.
+ * various x86 CPU models' perfctr support.
  */
 struct op_x86_model_spec {
         unsigned int const num_counters;
diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/irq.c b/arch/x86/pci/irq.c
index c52150fdf82b..88d8f5c0ecb5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/pci/irq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/pci/irq.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void eisa_set_level_irq(unsigned int irq)
 }
 
 /*
- * Common IRQ routing practice: nybbles in config space,
+ * Common IRQ routing practice: nibbles in config space,
  * offset by some magic constant.
  */
 static unsigned int read_config_nybble(struct pci_dev *router, unsigned offset, unsigned nr)
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ static __init int via_router_probe(struct irq_router *r,
         /* FIXME: We should move some of the quirk fixup stuff here */
 
         /*
-         * work arounds for some buggy BIOSes
+         * workarounds for some buggy BIOSes
          */
         if (device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_82C586_0) {
                 switch(router->device) {