188 files changed, 284 insertions, 307 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
index b83389145f28..5d0e26a5c34c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ config ACPI_PROCFS
        depends on PROC_FS
        ---help---
          For backwards compatibility, this option allows
-          depricated /proc/acpi/ files to exist, even when
+          deprecated /proc/acpi/ files to exist, even when
          they have been replaced by functions in /sys.
          The deprecated files (and their replacements) include:
diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index 10bc3f64c453..47c806040524 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ static void ahci_port_intr(struct ata_port *ap)
                return;
        }
-        /* hmmm... a spurious interupt */
+        /* hmmm... a spurious interrupt */
        /* if !NCQ, ignore.  No modern ATA device has broken HSM
         * implementation for non-NCQ commands.
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index f9e4cd527942..8227c45109ec 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ err_out:
 *      @pdev: PCI device
 *
 *      Some PCI ATA devices report simplex mode but in fact can be told to
- *      enter non simplex mode. This implements the neccessary logic to
+ *      enter non simplex mode. This implements the necessary logic to
 *      perform the task on such devices. Calling it on other devices will
 *      have -undefined- behaviour.
 */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_cmd64x.c b/drivers/ata/pata_cmd64x.c
index 9e412c26b2a3..7acbbd9ee469 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_cmd64x.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_cmd64x.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static void cmd64x_set_dmamode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
        regU &= ~(0x05 << adev->devno);
        if (adev->dma_mode >= XFER_UDMA_0) {
-                /* Merge thge timing value */
+                /* Merge the timing value */
                regU |= udma_data[adev->dma_mode - XFER_UDMA_0] << shift;
                /* Merge the control bits */
                regU |= 1 << adev->devno; /* UDMA on */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_cs5530.c b/drivers/ata/pata_cs5530.c
index 57e827e4109e..e1818fdd9159 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_cs5530.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_cs5530.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static void cs5530_set_dmamode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
 *
 *      Called when the libata layer is about to issue a command. We wrap
 *      this interface so that we can load the correct ATA timings if
- *      neccessary.  Specifically we have a problem that there is only
+ *      necessary.  Specifically we have a problem that there is only
 *      one MWDMA/UDMA bit.
 */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_cs5535.c b/drivers/ata/pata_cs5535.c
index 3578593a882b..01324530d052 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_cs5535.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_cs5535.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 * Documentation:
 *      Available from AMD web site.
 * TODO
- *      Review errata to see if serializing is neccessary
+ *      Review errata to see if serializing is necessary
 */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_it821x.c b/drivers/ata/pata_it821x.c
index 988ef736b936..ca9aae09daed 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_it821x.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_it821x.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct it821x_dev
 /*
 *      We allow users to force the card into non raid mode without
- *      flashing the alternative BIOS. This is also neccessary right now
+ *      flashing the alternative BIOS. This is also necessary right now
 *      for embedded platforms that cannot run a PC BIOS but are using this
 *      device.
 */
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static void it821x_passthru_bmdma_stop(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 *      @ap: ATA port
 *      @device: Device number (not pointer)
 *
- *      Device selection hook. If neccessary perform clock switching
+ *      Device selection hook. If necessary perform clock switching
 */
 static void it821x_passthru_dev_select(struct ata_port *ap,
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_mpiix.c b/drivers/ata/pata_mpiix.c
index d5483087a3fa..c0d9e0cf208c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_mpiix.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_mpiix.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static void mpiix_set_piomode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
 *
 *      Called when the libata layer is about to issue a command. We wrap
 *      this interface so that we can load the correct ATA timings if
- *      neccessary. Our logic also clears TIME0/TIME1 for the other device so
+ *      necessary. Our logic also clears TIME0/TIME1 for the other device so
 *      that, even if we get this wrong, cycles to the other device will
 *      be made PIO0.
 */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_ns87410.c b/drivers/ata/pata_ns87410.c
index 6e8e55745b7b..9fe66fd75017 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_ns87410.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_ns87410.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static void ns87410_set_piomode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
 *
 *      Called when the libata layer is about to issue a command. We wrap
 *      this interface so that we can load the correct ATA timings if
- *      neccessary.
+ *      necessary.
 */
 static unsigned int ns87410_qc_issue_prot(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_oldpiix.c b/drivers/ata/pata_oldpiix.c
index 3cd5eb2b6c91..44da09ace52c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_oldpiix.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_oldpiix.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static void oldpiix_set_dmamode (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
 *
 *      Called when the libata layer is about to issue a command. We wrap
 *      this interface so that we can load the correct ATA timings if
- *      neccessary. Our logic also clears TIME0/TIME1 for the other device so
+ *      necessary. Our logic also clears TIME0/TIME1 for the other device so
 *      that, even if we get this wrong, cycles to the other device will
 *      be made PIO0.
 */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_radisys.c b/drivers/ata/pata_radisys.c
index d5b76497f4a2..8109b08fc024 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_radisys.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_radisys.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static void radisys_set_dmamode (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
 *
 *      Called when the libata layer is about to issue a command. We wrap
 *      this interface so that we can load the correct ATA timings if
- *      neccessary. Our logic also clears TIME0/TIME1 for the other device so
+ *      necessary. Our logic also clears TIME0/TIME1 for the other device so
 *      that, even if we get this wrong, cycles to the other device will
 *      be made PIO0.
 */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_sc1200.c b/drivers/ata/pata_sc1200.c
index 21ebc485ca4b..725a8586cd6e 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_sc1200.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_sc1200.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static void sc1200_set_dmamode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
 *
 *      Called when the libata layer is about to issue a command. We wrap
 *      this interface so that we can load the correct ATA timings if
- *      neccessary.  Specifically we have a problem that there is only
+ *      necessary.  Specifically we have a problem that there is only
 *      one MWDMA/UDMA bit.
 */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_sil680.c b/drivers/ata/pata_sil680.c
index 4dc2e73298fd..5c1e9cb59ecb 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_sil680.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_sil680.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 *
 *      If you have strange problems with nVidia chipset systems please
 *      see the SI support documentation and update your system BIOS
- *      if neccessary
+ *      if necessary
 *
 * TODO
 *      If we know all our devices are LBA28 (or LBA28 sized)  we could use
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
index 5d41b6612d7f..ea7a9a652e61 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static struct ata_port_operations via_port_ops_noirq = {
 *      @pdev: PCI device
 *      @flags: configuration flags
 *
- *      Set the FIFO properties for this device if neccessary. Used both on
+ *      Set the FIFO properties for this device if necessary. Used both on
 *      set up and on and the resume path
 */
diff --git a/drivers/atm/firestream.c b/drivers/atm/firestream.c
index 94ebc9dc40fd..f8f7139c07c1 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/firestream.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/firestream.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ static irqreturn_t fs_irq (int irq, void *dev_id)
        /* print the bits in the ISR register. */
        if (fs_debug & FS_DEBUG_IRQ) {
-                /* The FS_DEBUG things are unneccesary here. But this way it is
+                /* The FS_DEBUG things are unnecessary here. But this way it is
                   clear for grep that these are debug prints. */
                fs_dprintk (FS_DEBUG_IRQ,  "IRQ status:");
                for (i=0;i<27;i++) 
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index ca4d7f0d09b7..ce4b1e484e64 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -204,23 +204,6 @@ config BLK_DEV_COW_COMMON
        bool
        default BLK_DEV_UBD
-config MMAPPER
-        tristate "Example IO memory driver (BROKEN)"
-        depends on UML && BROKEN
-        ---help---
-          The User-Mode Linux port can provide support for IO Memory
-          emulation with this option.  This allows a host file to be
-          specified as an I/O region on the kernel command line. That file
-          will be mapped into UML's kernel address space where a driver can
-          locate it and do whatever it wants with the memory, including
-          providing an interface to it for UML processes to use.
-          For more information, see
-          <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/iomem.html>.
-          If you'd like to be able to provide a simulated IO port space for
-          User-Mode Linux processes, say Y.  If unsure, say N.
 config BLK_DEV_LOOP
        tristate "Loopback device support"
        ---help---
@@ -351,7 +334,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT
        default "16"
        depends on BLK_DEV_RAM
        help
-          The default value is 16 RAM disks. Change this if you know what
+          The default value is 16 RAM disks. Change this if you know what you
          are doing. If you boot from a filesystem that needs to be extracted
          in memory, you will need at least one RAM disk (e.g. root on cramfs).
@@ -361,7 +344,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE
        default "4096"
        help
          The default value is 4096 kilobytes. Only change this if you know
-          what are you doing.
+          what you are doing.
 config BLK_DEV_RAM_BLOCKSIZE
        int "Default RAM disk block size (bytes)"
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 589cbbd9cd4f..56e23042728a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 *
 * Maximum number of loop devices when compiled-in now selectable by passing
 * max_loop=<1-255> to the kernel on boot.
- * Erik I. Bols�, <eriki@himolde.no>, Oct 31, 1999
+ * Erik I. Bolsø, <eriki@himolde.no>, Oct 31, 1999
 *
 * Completely rewrite request handling to be make_request_fn style and
 * non blocking, pushing work to a helper thread. Lots of fixes from
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index ac4a0cb217ab..6332acad078c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -508,7 +508,6 @@ error_out:
                nbd_end_request(req);
                spin_lock(q->queue_lock);
        }
-        return;
 }
 static int nbd_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
diff --git a/drivers/block/rd.c b/drivers/block/rd.c
index 08176d23a46c..47f8ac6cce57 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rd.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int rd_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
                /*
                 * Deep badness.  rd_blkdev_pagecache_IO() needs to allocate
                 * pagecache pages within a request_fn.  We cannot recur back
-                 * into the filesytem which is mounted atop the ramdisk, because
+                 * into the filesystem which is mounted atop the ramdisk, because
                 * that would deadlock on fs locks.  And we really don't want
                 * to reenter rd_blkdev_pagecache_IO when we're already within
                 * that function.
diff --git a/drivers/char/cyclades.c b/drivers/char/cyclades.c
index d15234c5965e..d1bd0f08a331 100644
--- a/drivers/char/cyclades.c
+++ b/drivers/char/cyclades.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
 *
 * Revision 1.36.3.8  1996/06/07 16:29:00  bentson
 * starting minor number at zero; added missing verify_area
- * as noted by Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de>
+ * as noted by Heiko Eißfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de>
 *
 * Revision 1.36.3.7  1996/04/19 21:06:18  bentson
 * remove unneeded boot message & fix CLOCAL hardware flow
@@ -727,8 +727,6 @@ static struct tty_driver *cy_serial_driver;
   driver to probe addresses at a different address, add it to
   this table.  If the driver is probing some other board and
   causing problems, remove the offending address from this table.
-   The cy_setup function extracts additional addresses from the
-   boot options line.  The form is "cyclades=address,address..."
 */
 static unsigned int cy_isa_addresses[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.c
index 3ad319070704..4b8e7db5a232 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 * Simple open hash tab implementation.
 *
 * Authors:
- * Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ * Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
 */
 #include "drmP.h"
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.h b/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.h
index 0f1376774168..573e333ac457 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_hashtab.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 * Simple open hash tab implementation.
 *
 * Authors:
- * Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ * Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
 */
 #ifndef DRM_HASHTAB_H
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_mm.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_mm.c
index 3e6bc14f7441..86f4eb61a6a4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_mm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_mm.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 * Aligned allocations can also see improvement.
 *
 * Authors:
- * Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ * Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
 */
 #include "drmP.h"
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_pci.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_pci.c
index e292bb0eaca2..b55d5bc6ea61 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_pci.c
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 * \todo Implement the remaining ioctl's for the PCI pools.
 * \todo The wrappers here are so thin that they would be better off inlined..
 *
- * \author Jose Fonseca <jrfonseca@tungstengraphics.com>
+ * \author José Fonseca <jrfonseca@tungstengraphics.com>
 * \author Leif Delgass <ldelgass@retinalburn.net>
 */
 /*
- * Copyright 2003 Jos�Fonseca.
+ * Copyright 2003 José Fonseca.
 * Copyright 2003 Leif Delgass.
 * All Rights Reserved.
 *
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_sarea.h b/drivers/char/drm/drm_sarea.h
index f5466966081e..e040f47f369f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_sarea.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_sarea.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 * \file drm_sarea.h
 * \brief SAREA definitions
 *
- * \author Michel D�nzer <michel@daenzer.net>
+ * \author Michel Dänzer <michel@daenzer.net>
 */
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.c
index 8421a93946d8..926f146390ce 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 * struct or a context identifier.
 *
 * Authors:
- * Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ * Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
 */
 #include "drm_sman.h"
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.h b/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.h
index 39a39fefeef1..08ecf83ad5d4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_sman.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 * struct or a context identifier.
 *
 * Authors:
- * Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ * Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
 */
 #ifndef DRM_SMAN_H
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/r128_drv.h b/drivers/char/drm/r128_drv.h
index 250d2aa46581..5041bd8dbed8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/r128_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/r128_drv.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 *    Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <faith@valinux.com>
 *    Kevin E. Martin <martin@valinux.com>
 *    Gareth Hughes <gareth@valinux.com>
- *    Michel D�zer <daenzerm@student.ethz.ch>
+ *    Michel Dänzer <daenzerm@student.ethz.ch>
 */
 #ifndef __R128_DRV_H__
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/radeon_irq.c b/drivers/char/drm/radeon_irq.c
index 2b2407ee490e..84f5bc36252b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/radeon_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/radeon_irq.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 *
 * Authors:
 *    Keith Whitwell <keith@tungstengraphics.com>
- *    Michel D�zer <michel@daenzer.net>
+ *    Michel Dänzer <michel@daenzer.net>
 */
 #include "drmP.h"
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/radeon_state.c b/drivers/char/drm/radeon_state.c
index 69c9f2febf43..f824f2f5fdc2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/radeon_state.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/radeon_state.c
@@ -3005,7 +3005,7 @@ static int radeon_cp_getparam(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_fil
                /*
                 * This ioctl() doesn't work on 64-bit platforms because hw_lock is a
                 * pointer which can't fit into an int-sized variable.  According to
-                 * Michel D�nzer, the ioctl() is only used on embedded platforms, so
+                 * Michel Dänzer, the ioctl() is only used on embedded platforms, so
                 * not supporting it shouldn't be a problem.  If the same functionality
                 * is needed on 64-bit platforms, a new ioctl() would have to be added,
                 * so backwards-compatibility for the embedded platforms can be
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/sis_mm.c b/drivers/char/drm/sis_mm.c
index 8c66838ff515..6be1c5757580 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/sis_mm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/sis_mm.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 /*
 * Authors:
- *    Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ *    Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
 */
 #include "drmP.h"
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/via_mm.c b/drivers/char/drm/via_mm.c
index 9afc1684348d..3ffbf8649833 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/via_mm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/via_mm.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 /*
- * Authors: Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ * Authors: Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
 */
 #include "drmP.h"
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/via_verifier.h b/drivers/char/drm/via_verifier.h
index 28b50296a7bd..d6f8214b69f5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/via_verifier.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/via_verifier.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 * ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 *
- * Author: Thomas Hellstr�m 2004.
+ * Author: Thomas Hellström 2004.
 */
 #ifndef _VIA_VERIFIER_H_
diff --git a/drivers/char/esp.c b/drivers/char/esp.c
index 0f8fb135da53..28607763ae64 100644
--- a/drivers/char/esp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/esp.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 *
 *  rs_set_termios fixed to look also for changes of the input
 *      flags INPCK, BRKINT, PARMRK, IGNPAR and IGNBRK.
- *                                            Bernd Anh�pl 05/17/96.
+ *                                            Bernd Anhäupl 05/17/96.
 *
 * --- End of notices from serial.c ---
 *
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c
index e13dd1892bfd..3f35a1c562b1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 * Mostly based on original driver:
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2005 Nokia Corporation
- * Author: Juha Yrj��<juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
+ * Author: Juha Yrjölä <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
 *
 * This file is licensed under  the terms of the GNU General Public
 * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
diff --git a/drivers/char/i8k.c b/drivers/char/i8k.c
index cd406416effd..30e564516422 100644
--- a/drivers/char/i8k.c
+++ b/drivers/char/i8k.c
@@ -371,14 +371,14 @@ static int i8k_proc_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
        int fn_key, cpu_temp, ac_power;
        int left_fan, right_fan, left_speed, right_speed;
-        cpu_temp        = i8k_get_temp(0);                      /* 11100 �s */
+        cpu_temp        = i8k_get_temp(0);                      /* 11100 ��s */
-        left_fan        = i8k_get_fan_status(I8K_FAN_LEFT);     /*   580 �s */
+        left_fan        = i8k_get_fan_status(I8K_FAN_LEFT);     /*   580 ��s */
-        right_fan       = i8k_get_fan_status(I8K_FAN_RIGHT);    /*   580 �s */
+        right_fan       = i8k_get_fan_status(I8K_FAN_RIGHT);    /*   580 ��s */
-        left_speed      = i8k_get_fan_speed(I8K_FAN_LEFT);      /*   580 �s */
+        left_speed      = i8k_get_fan_speed(I8K_FAN_LEFT);      /*   580 ��s */
-        right_speed     = i8k_get_fan_speed(I8K_FAN_RIGHT);     /*   580 �s */
+        right_speed     = i8k_get_fan_speed(I8K_FAN_RIGHT);     /*   580 ��s */
-        fn_key          = i8k_get_fn_status();                  /*   750 �s */
+        fn_key          = i8k_get_fn_status();                  /*   750 ��s */
        if (power_status)
-                ac_power = i8k_get_power_status();              /* 14700 �s */
+                ac_power = i8k_get_power_status();              /* 14700 ��s */
        else
                ac_power = -1;
diff --git a/drivers/char/n_tty.c b/drivers/char/n_tty.c
index 038056911934..596c7173997b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/char/n_tty.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static inline void finish_erasing(struct tty_struct *tty)
 *      @c: character input
 *      @tty: terminal device
 *
- *      Perform erase and neccessary output when an erase character is
+ *      Perform erase and necessary output when an erase character is
 *      present in the stream from the driver layer. Handles the complexities
 *      of UTF-8 multibyte symbols.
 */
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static inline void n_tty_receive_overrun(struct tty_struct *tty)
 *      @c: character
 *
 *      Process a parity error and queue the right data to indicate
- *      the error case if neccessary. Locking as per n_tty_receive_buf.
+ *      the error case if necessary. Locking as per n_tty_receive_buf.
 */
 static inline void n_tty_receive_parity_error(struct tty_struct *tty,
                                              unsigned char c)
diff --git a/drivers/char/rocket.c b/drivers/char/rocket.c
index 7e6a3a413bb2..d83419c3857e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/rocket.c
+++ b/drivers/char/rocket.c
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static void rp_do_poll(unsigned long dummy)
                /*  Get a ptr to the board's control struct */
                ctlp = sCtlNumToCtlPtr(ctrl);
-                /*  Get the interupt status from the board */
+                /*  Get the interrupt status from the board */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
                if (ctlp->BusType == isPCI)
                        CtlMask = sPCIGetControllerIntStatus(ctlp);
diff --git a/drivers/char/sonypi.c b/drivers/char/sonypi.c
index 9782cb4d30dc..877e53dcb996 100644
--- a/drivers/char/sonypi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/sonypi.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2005 Narayanan R S <nars@kadamba.org>
 *
- * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alc�ve <www.alcove.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com>
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Ashley <m.ashley@unsw.edu.au>
 *
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 13a53575a016..f36fecd3fd26 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_ldisc_deref);
 *      @tty: terminal to activate ldisc on
 *
 *      Set the TTY_LDISC flag when the line discipline can be called
- *      again. Do neccessary wakeups for existing sleepers.
+ *      again. Do necessary wakeups for existing sleepers.
 *
 *      Note: nobody should set this bit except via this function. Clearing
 *      directly is allowed.
@@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_hangup);
 *
 *      The user has asked via system call for the terminal to be hung up.
 *      We do this synchronously so that when the syscall returns the process
- *      is complete. That guarantee is neccessary for security reasons.
+ *      is complete. That guarantee is necessary for security reasons.
 */
 void tty_vhangup(struct tty_struct * tty)
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(stop_tty);
 *      @tty: tty to start
 *
 *      Start a tty that has been stopped if at all possible. Perform
- *      any neccessary wakeups and propagate the TIOCPKT status. If this
+ *      any necessary wakeups and propagate the TIOCPKT status. If this
 *      is the tty was previous stopped and is being started then the
 *      driver start method is invoked and the line discipline woken.
 *
@@ -2877,7 +2877,7 @@ static int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file * filp, int on)
 *      @tty: tty to fake input into
 *      @p: pointer to character
 *
- *      Fake input to a tty device. Does the neccessary locking and
+ *      Fake input to a tty device. Does the necessary locking and
 *      input management.
 *
 *      FIXME: does not honour flow control ??
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
index 0def089cc1f2..7a003504c265 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ static void change_termios(struct tty_struct * tty, struct ktermios * new_termio
 *      @arg: user data
 *      @opt: option information
 *
- *      Helper function to prepare termios data and run neccessary other
+ *      Helper function to prepare termios data and run necessary other
 *      functions before using change_termios to do the actual changes.
 *
 *      Locking:
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-transaction.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-transaction.c
index 9959b799dbe2..c00d4a9b39e5 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-transaction.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-transaction.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ fw_fill_request(struct fw_packet *packet, int tcode, int tlabel,
 *
 * @param card the card from which to send the request
 * @param tcode the tcode for this transaction.  Do not use
- *   TCODE_LOCK_REQUEST directly, insted use TCODE_LOCK_MASK_SWAP
+ *   TCODE_LOCK_REQUEST directly, instead use TCODE_LOCK_MASK_SWAP
 *   etc. to specify tcode and ext_tcode.
 * @param node_id the destination node ID (bus ID and PHY ID concatenated)
 * @param generation the generation for which node_id is valid
diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-ff.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-ff.c
index 22329feb3b5a..4c210e16b1b4 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-ff.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-ff.c
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 /*
- * $Id: hid-ff.c,v 1.2 2002/04/18 22:02:47 jdeneux Exp $
- *
 *  Force feedback support for hid devices.
 *  Not all hid devices use the same protocol. For example, some use PID,
 *  other use their own proprietary procotol.
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/gl520sm.c b/drivers/hwmon/gl520sm.c
index a3b56c816e11..2d39d8fc2389 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/gl520sm.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/gl520sm.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
    gl520sm.c - Part of lm_sensors, Linux kernel modules for hardware
                monitoring
    Copyright (c) 1998, 1999  Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
-                              Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+                              Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
    Copyright (c) 2005        Maarten Deprez <maartendeprez@users.sourceforge.net>
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ static void __exit sensors_gl520sm_exit(void)
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, "
-        "Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, "
+        "Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, "
        "Maarten Deprez <maartendeprez@users.sourceforge.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("GL520SM driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c b/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
index 860b71ccbb86..7e2d9787babc 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
                for hardware monitoring
    Copyright (C) 1998 - 2001 Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
-                        Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, and
+                        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, and
                        Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>
    Ported to Linux 2.6 by Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> with
    the help of Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c b/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c
index 8f63dada6019..2635bba1e3fc 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
                for hardware monitoring
    Copyright (c) 1998 - 2002  Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
-                        Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
+                        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
                        Mark Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>,
                        and Bob Dougherty <bobd@stanford.edu>
    (Some conversion-factor data were contributed by Jonathan Teh Soon Yew
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ static void __exit sm_via686a_exit(void)
        }
 }
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, "
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, "
              "Mark Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com> "
              "and Bob Dougherty <bobd@stanford.edu>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VIA 686A Sensor device");
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
index 7f0a0a62cf60..a37cb6b8593c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.                */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-/* With some changes from Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, Ky�sti M�lkki
+/* With some changes from Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, Kyösti Mälkki
   <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi> and Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pca.c b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pca.c
index 36fdf971f080..2a16211f12e5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pca.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pca.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static int pca_init(struct i2c_algo_pca_data *adap)
        pca_outw(adap, I2C_PCA_ADR, own << 1);
        pca_set_con(adap, I2C_PCA_CON_ENSIO | clock);
-        udelay(500); /* 500 �s for oscilator to stabilise */
+        udelay(500); /* 500 ��s for oscilator to stabilise */
        return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pcf.c b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pcf.c
index ecb2c2d7d540..ab2e6f3498b4 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pcf.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pcf.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.                */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-/* With some changes from Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi> and 
+/* With some changes from Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi> and
   Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl> ,and also from Martin Bailey
   <mbailey@littlefeet-inc.com> */
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig b/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig
index de95c75efb41..c466c6cfc2e5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ config I2C_IXP2000
        depends on ARCH_IXP2000
        select I2C_ALGOBIT
        help
-          Say Y here if you have an Intel IXP2000(2400, 2800, 2850) based 
+          Say Y here if you have an Intel IXP2000 (2400, 2800, 2850) based 
          system and are using GPIO lines for an I2C bus.
          This support is also available as a module. If so, the module
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ config I2C_POWERMAC
        default y
        help
          This exposes the various PowerMac i2c interfaces to the linux i2c
-          layer and to userland. It is used by various drivers on the powemac
+          layer and to userland. It is used by various drivers on the PowerMac
-          platform, thus should generally be enabled.
+          platform, and should generally be enabled.
          This support is also available as a module.  If so, the module
          will be called i2c-powermac.
@@ -438,12 +438,12 @@ config I2C_SIMTEC
        tristate "Simtec Generic I2C interface"
        select I2C_ALGOBIT
        help
-          If you say yes to this option, support will be inclyded for
+          If you say yes to this option, support will be included for
          the Simtec Generic I2C interface. This driver is for the
          simple I2C bus used on newer Simtec products for general
          I2C, such as DDC on the Simtec BBD2016A.
-          This driver can also be build as a module. If so, the module
+          This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
          will be called i2c-simtec.
 config SCx200_I2C
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-elektor.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-elektor.c
index 804f0a551c05..b7a9977b025f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-elektor.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-elektor.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.                */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-/* With some changes from Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi> and even
+/* With some changes from Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi> and even
   Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl> */
 /* Partialy rewriten by Oleg I. Vdovikin for mmapped support of
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hydra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hydra.c
index 9832f773651d..f9972f9651e4 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hydra.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hydra.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
    Based on i2c Support for Via Technologies 82C586B South Bridge
-    Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+    Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c
index e08bacadd6bc..9b43ff7270d0 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 *      Copyright 1995-97 Simon G. Vogl
 *                1998-99 Hans Berglund
 *
- *      With some changes from Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi> 
+ *      With some changes from Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
 *      and even Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
index e471e3bfdc1e..89a30028ddb6 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 * Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> and Imre Deak <imre.deak@nokia.com>
 * Copyright (C) 2005 Nokia Corporation
 *
- * Cleaned up by Juha Yrj�l� <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
+ * Cleaned up by Juha Yrjölä <juha.yrjola@nokia.com>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light.c
index 49a95e2887bc..c6faf9bdad18 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Simon G. Vogl
   With some changes from:
   Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
-   Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+   Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
   
   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.c
index 039a07fde908..59ba2086d2f9 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Simon G. Vogl
   With some changes from:
   Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
-   Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+   Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
   
   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-via.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-via.c
index 81520868797b..61716f6b14dc 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-via.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-via.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    i2c Support for Via Technologies 82C586B South Bridge
-    Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+    Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static void __exit i2c_vt586b_exit(void)
 }
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("i2c for Via vt82c586b southbridge");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c
index edc275002f80..c9ce77f13c0e 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
    i2c-viapro.c - Part of lm_sensors, Linux kernel modules for hardware
              monitoring
    Copyright (c) 1998 - 2002  Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
-    Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com>, Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
+    Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com>, Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
    Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>
    Copyright (C) 2005 - 2007  Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index e73d58c43f38..1a4e8dc03b36 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.                */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-/* With some changes from Ky�sti M�lkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>.
+/* With some changes from Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>.
   All SMBus-related things are written by Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
   SMBus 2.0 support by Mark Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com> and
   Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> */
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index ca843522f91d..57a5f63d6ae3 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 *                       Reformat to match kernel tabbing style.
 *                       Add CDROM_GET_UPC ioctl.
 * 3.10  Apr 10, 1996 -- Fix compilation error with STANDARD_ATAPI.
- * 3.11  Apr 29, 1996 -- Patch from Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de>
+ * 3.11  Apr 29, 1996 -- Patch from Heiko Eißfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de>
 *                       to remove redundant verify_area calls.
 * 3.12  May  7, 1996 -- Rudimentary changer support.  Based on patches
 *                        from Gerhard Zuber <zuber@berlin.snafu.de>.
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 *                      - Minimize the TOC reading - only do it when we
 *                        know a media change has occurred.
 *                      - Moved all the CDROMREADx ioctls to the Uniform layer.
- *                      - Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de> supplied
+ *                      - Heiko Eißfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de> supplied
 *                        some fixes for CDI.
 *                      - CD-ROM leaving door locked fix from Andries
 *                        Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ static int cdrom_read_toc(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request_sense *sense)
                   If we get an error for the regular case, we assume
                   a CDI without additional audio tracks. In this case
                   the readable TOC is empty (CDI tracks are not included)
-                   and only holds the Leadout entry. Heiko Ei�feldt */
+                   and only holds the Leadout entry. Heiko Eißfeldt */
                ntracks = 0;
                stat = cdrom_read_tocentry(drive, CDROM_LEADOUT, 1, 0,
                                           (char *)&toc->hdr,
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index e5a86a962b26..7b9181b5469d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ typedef struct os_dat_s {
 *      The following parameter is used to select the point in the internal
 *      tape fifo in which we will start to refill the buffer. Decreasing
 *      the following parameter will improve the system's latency and
- *      interactive response, while using a high value might improve sytem
+ *      interactive response, while using a high value might improve system
 *      throughput.
 */
 #define IDETAPE_FIFO_THRESHOLD          2
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/q40ide.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/q40ide.c
index 44cdb745a6ff..a73db1bd482d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/q40ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/q40ide.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void q40_ide_setup_ports ( hw_regs_t *hw,
 /* 
 * the static array is needed to have the name reported in /proc/ioports,
- * hwif->name unfortunately isn�t available yet
+ * hwif->name unfortunately isn't available yet
 */
 static const char *q40_ide_names[Q40IDE_NUM_HWIFS]={
        "ide0", "ide1"
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c b/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c
index 1a7ddd12e65c..5c9975435319 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/it821x.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct it821x_dev
 /*
 *      We allow users to force the card into non raid mode without
- *      flashing the alternative BIOS. This is also neccessary right now
+ *      flashing the alternative BIOS. This is also necessary right now
 *      for embedded platforms that cannot run a PC BIOS but are using this
 *      device.
 */
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static void __devinit init_hwif_it821x(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
        /*
         *      Not in the docs but according to the reference driver
-         *      this is neccessary.
+         *      this is necessary.
         */
        pci_read_config_byte(hwif->pci_dev, 0x08, &conf);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c b/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
index dc915cb22bec..6d99441c605b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 *
 *      If you have strange problems with nVidia chipset systems please
 *      see the SI support documentation and update your system BIOS
- *      if neccessary
+ *      if necessary
 *
 *  The Dell DRAC4 has some interesting features including effectively hot
 *  unplugging/replugging the virtual CD interface when the DRAC is reset.
diff --git a/drivers/input/fixp-arith.h b/drivers/input/fixp-arith.h
index ed3d2da0c485..3089d7382325 100644
--- a/drivers/input/fixp-arith.h
+++ b/drivers/input/fixp-arith.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 *
 * Should you need to contact me, the author, you can do so by
- * e-mail - mail your message to <deneux@ifrance.com>
+ * e-mail - mail your message to <johann.deneux@gmail.com>
 */
 #include <linux/types.h>
diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/db9.c b/drivers/input/joystick/db9.c
index 27fc475bd3a1..a6ca9d5e252f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/joystick/db9.c
+++ b/drivers/input/joystick/db9.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 *  Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Vojtech Pavlik
 *
 *  Based on the work of:
- *      Andree Borrmann         Mats Sj�vall
+ *      Andree Borrmann         Mats Sjövall
 */
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/iforce/Makefile b/drivers/input/joystick/iforce/Makefile
index 17ae42bf9ffd..74daff49ab6e 100644
--- a/drivers/input/joystick/iforce/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/input/joystick/iforce/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for the I-Force driver
 #
-# By Johann Deneux <deneux@ifrance.com>
+# By Johann Deneux <johann.deneux@gmail.com>
 #
 # Goal definition
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/omap-keypad.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/omap-keypad.c
index 76f1969552c5..babc913d5492 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/omap-keypad.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/omap-keypad.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 * OMAP Keypad Driver
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2003 Nokia Corporation
- * Written by Timo Ter�s <ext-timo.teras@nokia.com>
+ * Written by Timo Teräs <ext-timo.teras@nokia.com>
 *
 * Added support for H2 & H3 Keypad
 * Copyright (C) 2004 Texas Instruments
@@ -481,6 +481,6 @@ static void __exit omap_kp_exit(void)
 module_init(omap_kp_init);
 module_exit(omap_kp_exit);
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Timo Ter�s");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Timo Teräs");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("OMAP Keypad Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
index 7acc6351bb44..8f5c7b90187d 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ config INPUT_WISTRON_BTNS
        select LEDS_CLASS
        select CHECK_SIGNATURE
        help
-          Say Y here for support of Winstron laptop button interface, used on
+          Say Y here for support of Wistron laptop button interfaces, used on
          laptops of various brands, including Acer and Fujitsu-Siemens. If
-          available, mail and wifi leds will be controlable via /sys/class/leds.
+          available, mail and wifi LEDs will be controllable via /sys/class/leds.
          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
          be called wistron_btns.
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
index da316d13d7f5..21a9c0b69a1f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ static void psmouse_activate(struct psmouse *psmouse)
 /*
 * psmouse_deactivate() puts the mouse into poll mode so that we don't get motion
- * reports from it unless we explicitely request it.
+ * reports from it unless we explicitly request it.
 */
 static void psmouse_deactivate(struct psmouse *psmouse)
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/vsxxxaa.c b/drivers/input/mouse/vsxxxaa.c
index 4a321576f345..404eedd5ffa2 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/vsxxxaa.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/vsxxxaa.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ vsxxxaa_handle_POR_packet (struct vsxxxaa *mouse)
        /*
         * Check for Power-On-Reset packets. These are sent out
-         * after plugging the mouse in, or when explicitely
+         * after plugging the mouse in, or when explicitly
         * requested by sending 'T'.
         *
         * [0]: 1       0       1       0       R3      R2      R1      R0
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000_isa.c b/drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000_isa.c
index 09ea50dd3459..819ea85576a3 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000_isa.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/act2000/act2000_isa.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ act2000_isa_enable_irq(act2000_card * card)
 /*
 * Install interrupt handler, enable irq on card.
- * If irq is -1, choose next free irq, else irq is given explicitely.
+ * If irq is -1, choose next free irq, else irq is given explicitly.
 */
 int
 act2000_isa_config_irq(act2000_card * card, short irq)
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/capifunc.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/capifunc.c
index 82edc1c1db7a..4d425c644d41 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/capifunc.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/capifunc.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ void sendf(APPL * appl, word command, dword Id, word Number, byte * format, ...)
                                  DBG_BLK((((char *)(long)GET_DWORD(&msg.info.data_b3_ind.Data)) + i,
                                        ((dlength - i) < 256) ? (dlength - i) : 256))
                                  if (!(myDriverDebugHandle.dbgMask & DL_PRV0))
-                                          break; /* not more if not explicitely requested */
+                                          break; /* not more if not explicitly requested */
                                }
                        }
                        break;
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ static u16 diva_send_message(struct capi_ctr *ctrl,
                                        ((GET_WORD(&msg->info.data_b3_req.Data_Length) - j) <
                                          256) ? (GET_WORD(&msg->info.data_b3_req.Data_Length) - j) : 256))
                                if (!(myDriverDebugHandle.dbgMask & DL_PRV0))
-                                        break;  /* not more if not explicitely requested */
+                                        break;  /* not more if not explicitly requested */
                        }
                }
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/amd7930_fn.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/amd7930_fn.c
index 3b19caeba258..c0d7036404a5 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/amd7930_fn.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/amd7930_fn.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ Amd7930_init(struct IsdnCardState *cs)
                /* read */
                if (*ptr++ >= 0x100) {
                        if (cmd < 8)
-                                /* setzt Register zur�ck */
+                                /* reset register */
                                rByteAMD(cs, cmd);
                        else {
                                wByteAMD(cs, 0x00, cmd);
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/enternow_pci.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/enternow_pci.c
index b73027ff50e8..39f421ed8de8 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/enternow_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/enternow_pci.c
@@ -75,16 +75,16 @@
 static const char *enternow_pci_rev = "$Revision: 1.1.4.5 $";
-/* f�r PowerISDN PCI */
+/* for PowerISDN PCI */
 #define TJ_AMD_IRQ                                              0x20
 #define TJ_LED1                                                 0x40
 #define TJ_LED2                                                 0x80
-/* Das Fenster zum AMD...
+/* The window to [the] AMD [chip]...
- * Ab Adresse hw.njet.base + TJ_AMD_PORT werden vom AMD jeweils 8 Bit in
+ * From address hw.njet.base + TJ_AMD_PORT onwards, the AMD
- * den TigerJet i/o-Raum gemappt
+ * maps [consecutive/multiple] 8 bits into the TigerJet I/O space
- * -> 0x01 des AMD bei hw.njet.base + 0C4 */
+ * -> 0x01 of the AMD at hw.njet.base + 0C4 */
 #define TJ_AMD_PORT                                             0xC0
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ static const char *enternow_pci_rev = "$Revision: 1.1.4.5 $";
 static unsigned char
 ReadByteAmd7930(struct IsdnCardState *cs, unsigned char offset)
 {
-        /* direktes Register */
+        /* direct register */
        if(offset < 8)
                return (inb(cs->hw.njet.isac + 4*offset));
-        /* indirektes Register */
+        /* indirect register */
        else {
                outb(offset, cs->hw.njet.isac + 4*AMD_CR);
                return(inb(cs->hw.njet.isac + 4*AMD_DR));
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ ReadByteAmd7930(struct IsdnCardState *cs, unsigned char offset)
 static void
 WriteByteAmd7930(struct IsdnCardState *cs, unsigned char offset, unsigned char value)
 {
-        /* direktes Register */
+        /* direct register */
        if(offset < 8)
                outb(value, cs->hw.njet.isac + 4*offset);
-        /* indirektes Register */
+        /* indirect register */
        else {
                outb(offset, cs->hw.njet.isac + 4*AMD_CR);
                outb(value, cs->hw.njet.isac + 4*AMD_DR);
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c
index 077080aca799..fba8b624ffcf 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* $Id: hfc_pci.c,v 1.48.2.4 2004/02/11 13:21:33 keil Exp $
 *
- * low level driver for CCD�s hfc-pci based cards
+ * low level driver for CCD's hfc-pci based cards
 *
 * Author       Werner Cornelius
 *              based on existing driver for CCD hfc ISA cards
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.c
index 268dced6c34a..c69a77a80062 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * isdnhdlc.c  --  General purpose ISDN HDLC decoder.
 *
- *Copyright (C) 2002    Wolfgang M�es      <wolfgang@iksw-muees.de>
+ *Copyright (C) 2002    Wolfgang Mües      <wolfgang@iksw-muees.de>
 *              2001    Frode Isaksen      <fisaksen@bewan.com>
 *              2001    Kai Germaschewski  <kai.germaschewski@gmx.de>
 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Wolfgang M�es <wolfgang@iksw-muees.de>, "
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Wolfgang Mües <wolfgang@iksw-muees.de>, "
              "Frode Isaksen <fisaksen@bewan.com>, "
              "Kai Germaschewski <kai.germaschewski@gmx.de>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("General purpose ISDN HDLC decoder");
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.h b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.h
index 45167d2f8fb0..cf0a95a24015 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.h
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnhdlc.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * Neccessary because some ISDN devices don't have HDLC
 * controllers. Also included: a bit reversal table.
 *
- *Copyright (C) 2002    Wolfgang M�es      <wolfgang@iksw-muees.de>
+ *Copyright (C) 2002    Wolfgang Mües      <wolfgang@iksw-muees.de>
 *              2001    Frode Isaksen      <fisaksen@bewan.com>
 *              2001    Kai Germaschewski  <kai.germaschewski@gmx.de>
 *
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/jade.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/jade.c
index 43d61d1bc5b6..70840a710acf 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/jade.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/jade.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ initjade(struct IsdnCardState *cs)
        cs->BC_Write_Reg(cs, 1, jade_HDLC_IMR,  0x00);
        /* Setup host access to hdlc controller */
        jade_write_indirect(cs, jade_HDLCCNTRACCESS, (jadeINDIRECT_HAH1|jadeINDIRECT_HAH2));
-        /* Unmask HDLC int (don�t forget DSP int later on)*/
+        /* Unmask HDLC int (don't forget DSP int later on)*/
        cs->BC_Write_Reg(cs, -1,jade_INT, (jadeINT_HDLC1|jadeINT_HDLC2));
        /* once again TRANSPARENT */    
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/capi.c b/drivers/isdn/pcbit/capi.c
index 7b55e151f1b0..ac5a91ccde81 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/pcbit/capi.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/pcbit/capi.c
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 /*
 *        Documentation:
- *        - "Common ISDN API - Perfil Portugu�s - Vers�o 2.1",
+ *        - "Common ISDN API - Perfil Português - Versão 2.1",
 *           Telecom Portugal, Fev 1992.
- *        - "Common ISDN API - Especifica��o de protocolos para 
+ *        - "Common ISDN API - Especificação de protocolos para
 *           acesso aos canais B", Inesc, Jan 1994.
 */
diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-s3c24xx.c b/drivers/leds/leds-s3c24xx.c
index 50914439d861..0fd640751294 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-s3c24xx.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-s3c24xx.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static void s3c24xx_led_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
        struct s3c24xx_gpio_led *led = to_gpio(led_cdev);
        struct s3c24xx_led_platdata *pd = led->pdata;
-        /* there will be a sort delay between setting the output and
+        /* there will be a short delay between setting the output and
         * going from output to input when using tristate. */
        s3c2410_gpio_setpin(pd->gpio, (value ? 1 : 0) ^
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
index f7c509b7a8ea..dc741d3a4531 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ pmu_sr_intr(void)
                        req = current_req;
                        /* 
                         * For PMU sleep and freq change requests, we lock the
-                         * PMU until it's explicitely unlocked. This avoids any
+                         * PMU until it's explicitly unlocked. This avoids any
                         * spurrious event polling getting in
                         */
                        current_req = req->next;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index b41f945df8a1..0eb5416798bd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void clone_init(struct dm_crypt_io *, struct bio *);
 * Different IV generation algorithms:
 *
 * plain: the initial vector is the 32-bit little-endian version of the sector
- *        number, padded with zeros if neccessary.
+ *        number, padded with zeros if necessary.
 *
 * essiv: "encrypted sector|salt initial vector", the sector number is
 *        encrypted with the bulk cipher using a salt as key. The salt
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 16775a0df7f6..85478d6a9c1a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 *
 * Better read-balancing code written by Mika Kuoppala <miku@iki.fi>, 2000
 *
- * Fixes to reconstruction by Jakob �stergaard" <jakob@ostenfeld.dk>
+ * Fixes to reconstruction by Jakob Østergaard" <jakob@ostenfeld.dk>
 * Various fixes by Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
 *
 * Changes by Peter T. Breuer <ptb@it.uc3m.es> 31/1/2003 to support
diff --git a/drivers/media/common/saa7146_hlp.c b/drivers/media/common/saa7146_hlp.c
index d2905720eb74..9c905399a233 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/saa7146_hlp.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/saa7146_hlp.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int sort_and_eliminate(u32* values, int* count)
                return -EINVAL;
        }
-        /* bubble sort the first �count� items of the array �values� */
+        /* bubble sort the first @count items of the array @values */
        for( top = *count; top > 0; top--) {
                for( low = 0, high = 1; high < top; low++, high++) {
                        if( values[low] > values[high] ) {
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/bt878.c b/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/bt878.c
index eca602d9b3de..85e36a1d6d78 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/bt878.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/bt878.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static irqreturn_t bt878_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
                if (!(astat = (stat & mask)))
                        return IRQ_NONE;        /* this interrupt is not for me */
 /*              dprintk("bt878(%d) debug: irq count %d, stat 0x%8.8x, mask 0x%8.8x\n",bt->nr,count,stat,mask); */
-                btwrite(astat, BT878_AINT_STAT);        /* try to clear interupt condition */
+                btwrite(astat, BT878_AINT_STAT);        /* try to clear interrupt condition */
                if (astat & (BT878_ASCERR | BT878_AOCERR)) {
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/cinergyT2/cinergyT2.c b/drivers/media/dvb/cinergyT2/cinergyT2.c
index 154a7ce7cb82..a05e5c182288 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/cinergyT2/cinergyT2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/cinergyT2/cinergyT2.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * TerraTec Cinergy T�/qanu USB2 DVB-T adapter.
+ * TerraTec Cinergy T��/qanu USB2 DVB-T adapter.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2004 Daniel Mack <daniel@qanu.de> and
 *                  Holger Waechtler <holger@qanu.de>
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c b/drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c
index 288e79f2cb0f..7902ae1d9a18 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/dvb-ttusb-budget.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ struct ttusb {
        struct dvb_frontend* fe;
 };
-/* ugly workaround ... don't know why it's neccessary to read */
+/* ugly workaround ... don't know why it's necessary to read */
 /* all result codes. */
 #define DEBUG 0
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
index dd6a7d68b07f..3abd9fa54d2c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ struct tvcard bttv_tvcards[] = {
                .has_radio      = 1,
        },
        [BTTV_BOARD_LIFETEC_9415] = {
-                /* Tim R�stermundt <rosterm@uni-muenster.de>
+                /* Tim Röstermundt <rosterm@uni-muenster.de>
                in de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware:
                        options bttv card=0 pll=1 radio=1 gpiomask=0x18e0
                        gpiomux =0x44c71f,0x44d71f,0,0x44d71f,0x44dfff
@@ -2824,7 +2824,7 @@ struct tvcard bttv_tvcards[] = {
        },
                /* ---- card 0x8b ---------------------------------- */
        [BTTV_BOARD_PV_M4900] = {
-                /* S�rgio Fortier <sergiofortier@yahoo.com.br> */
+                /* Sérgio Fortier <sergiofortier@yahoo.com.br> */
                .name           = "Prolink PixelView PlayTV MPEG2 PV-M4900",
                .video_inputs   = 3,
                .audio_inputs   = 1,
@@ -4709,18 +4709,18 @@ adtvk503_audio(struct bttv *btv, struct video_audio *v, int set)
 *
 * The board hardwire Y0 (xpoint) to MUX1 and MUXOUT to Yin.
 * GPIO pins are wired as:
- *  GPIO[0:3] - AX[0:3] (xpoint) - P1[0:3] (microcontroler)
+ *  GPIO[0:3] - AX[0:3] (xpoint) - P1[0:3] (microcontroller)
- *  GPIO[4:6] - AY[0:2] (xpoint) - P1[4:6] (microcontroler)
+ *  GPIO[4:6] - AY[0:2] (xpoint) - P1[4:6] (microcontroller)
- *  GPIO[7]   - DATA (xpoint)    - P1[7] (microcontroler)
+ *  GPIO[7]   - DATA (xpoint)    - P1[7] (microcontroller)
- *  GPIO[8]   -                  - P3[5] (microcontroler)
+ *  GPIO[8]   -                  - P3[5] (microcontroller)
- *  GPIO[9]   - RESET (xpoint)   - P3[6] (microcontroler)
+ *  GPIO[9]   - RESET (xpoint)   - P3[6] (microcontroller)
- *  GPIO[10]  - STROBE (xpoint)  - P3[7] (microcontroler)
+ *  GPIO[10]  - STROBE (xpoint)  - P3[7] (microcontroller)
- *  GPINTR    -                  - P3[4] (microcontroler)
+ *  GPINTR    -                  - P3[4] (microcontroller)
 *
- * The microcontroler is a 80C32 like. It should be possible to change xpoint
+ * The microcontroller is a 80C32 like. It should be possible to change xpoint
- * configuration either directly (as we are doing) or using the microcontroler
+ * configuration either directly (as we are doing) or using the microcontroller
 * which is also wired to I2C interface. I have no further info on the
- * microcontroler features, one would need to disassembly the firmware.
+ * microcontroller features, one would need to disassembly the firmware.
 * note: the vendor refused to give any information on this product, all
 *       that stuff was found using a multimeter! :)
 */
@@ -4788,7 +4788,7 @@ static void tibetCS16_init(struct bttv *btv)
 * The analog switch is controlled by the "master", but the detection order
 * of the four BT878A chips is in an order which I just don't understand.
 * The "master" is actually the second controller to be detected.  The
- * logic on the board uses logical numbers for the 4 controlers, but
+ * logic on the board uses logical numbers for the 4 controllers, but
 * those numbers are different from the detection sequence.  When working
 * with the analog switch, we need to "map" from the detection sequence
 * over to the board's logical controller number.  This mapping sequence
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
index b8d5327c438d..e467682aabd7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ static int em28xx_set_fmt(struct em28xx *dev, unsigned int cmd, struct v4l2_form
        /* stop io in case it is already in progress */
        if (dev->stream == STREAM_ON) {
-                em28xx_videodbg("VIDIOC_SET_FMT: interupting stream\n");
+                em28xx_videodbg("VIDIOC_SET_FMT: interrupting stream\n");
                if ((ret = em28xx_stream_interrupt(dev)))
                        return ret;
        }
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/meye.c b/drivers/media/video/meye.c
index 7533fc203319..69283926a8dc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/meye.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/meye.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>
 *
- * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alc�ve <www.alcove.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com>
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2000 Andrew Tridgell <tridge@valinux.com>
 *
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/meye.h b/drivers/media/video/meye.h
index 323d0074120d..d535748df445 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/meye.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/meye.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>
 *
- * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alc�ve <www.alcove.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com>
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2000 Andrew Tridgell <tridge@valinux.com>
 *
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c b/drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c
index e20aa3612a7c..ad0232935df6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ static int i2c_senddata(struct saa5246a_device *t, ...)
        return i2c_sendbuf(t, buf[0], ct-1, buf+1);
 }
-/* Get count number of bytes from I�C-device at address adr, store them in buf.
+/* Get count number of bytes from I��C-device at address adr, store them in buf.
 * Start & stop handshaking is done by this routine, ack will be sent after the
 * last byte to inhibit further sending of data. If uaccess is 'true', data is
- * written to user-space with put_user. Returns -1 if I�C-device didn't send
+ * written to user-space with put_user. Returns -1 if I��C-device didn't send
 * acknowledge, 0 otherwise
 */
 static int i2c_getdata(struct saa5246a_device *t, int count, u8 *buf)
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c b/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c
index 17f1e2e9a66b..94bb59a32b17 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c
@@ -291,10 +291,10 @@ static int i2c_senddata(struct saa5249_device *t, ...)
        return i2c_sendbuf(t, buf[0], ct-1, buf+1);
 }
-/* Get count number of bytes from I�C-device at address adr, store them in buf. Start & stop
+/* Get count number of bytes from I��C-device at address adr, store them in buf. Start & stop
 * handshaking is done by this routine, ack will be sent after the last byte to inhibit further
 * sending of data. If uaccess is 'true', data is written to user-space with put_user.
- * Returns -1 if I�C-device didn't send acknowledge, 0 otherwise
+ * Returns -1 if I��C-device didn't send acknowledge, 0 otherwise
 */
 static int i2c_getdata(struct saa5249_device *t, int count, u8 *buf)
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
index ff555129c82f..db3c9e3deb26 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ read_frame(struct vicam_camera *cam, int framenum)
                request[7] = realShutter >> 8;
        }
-        // Per John Markus Bj�rndalen, byte at index 8 causes problems if it isn't 0
+        // Per John Markus Bjørndalen, byte at index 8 causes problems if it isn't 0
        request[8] = 0;
        // bytes 9-15 do not seem to affect exposure or image quality
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c
index c3440b280d20..321249240d05 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 * Video4linux 1/2 integration by Justin Schoeman
 * <justin@suntiger.ee.up.ac.za>
 * 2.4 PROCFS support ported from 2.4 kernels by
- *  I�aki Garc�a Etxebarria <garetxe@euskalnet.net>
+ *  Iñaki García Etxebarria <garetxe@euskalnet.net>
 * Makefile fix by "W. Michael Petullo" <mike@flyn.org>
 * 2.4 devfs support ported from 2.4 kernels by
 *  Dan Merillat <dan@merillat.org>
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/README b/drivers/message/i2o/README
index a81f851f7b5d..911fc3021e3b 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/README
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/README
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ Juha Sievanen, University of Helsinki Finland
        Bug fixes
        Core code extensions
-Auvo H�kkinen, University of Helsinki Finland
+Auvo Häkkinen, University of Helsinki Finland
        LAN OSM code
        /Proc interface to LAN class
        Bug fixes
        Core code extensions
-Taneli V�h�kangas, University of Helsinki Finland
+Taneli Vähäkangas, University of Helsinki Finland
        Fixes to i2o_config
 CREDITS
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/exec-osm.c b/drivers/message/i2o/exec-osm.c
index ce8f1a34ed21..6cbcc21de518 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/exec-osm.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/exec-osm.c
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 *
 *      Fixes/additions:
 *              Philipp Rumpf
- *              Juha Siev�nen <Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
+ *              Juha Sievänen <Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
- *              Auvo H�kkinen <Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
+ *              Auvo Häkkinen <Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
 *              Deepak Saxena <deepak@plexity.net>
 *              Boji T Kannanthanam <boji.t.kannanthanam@intel.com>
 *              Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>:
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
index 84e046e94f5f..c0fb77dc19bb 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 *              Added basic ioctl() support
 *      Deepak Saxena (06/07/1999):
 *              Added software download ioctl (still testing)
- *      Auvo H�kkinen (09/10/1999):
+ *      Auvo Häkkinen (09/10/1999):
 *              Changes to i2o_cfg_reply(), ioctl_parms()
 *              Added ioct_validate()
- *      Taneli V�h�kangas (09/30/1999):
+ *      Taneli Vähäkangas (09/30/1999):
 *              Fixed ioctl_swdl()
- *      Taneli V�h�kangas (10/04/1999):
+ *      Taneli Vähäkangas (10/04/1999):
 *              Changed ioctl_swdl(), implemented ioctl_swul() and ioctl_swdel()
 *      Deepak Saxena (11/18/1999):
 *              Added event managmenet support
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.c
index 06892ac2286e..6fdd072201f9 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.c
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 *
 *
 *      Fixes/additions:
- *              Juha Siev�nen (Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI),
+ *              Juha Sievänen (Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI),
- *              Auvo H�kkinen (Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI)
+ *              Auvo Häkkinen (Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI)
 *              University of Helsinki, Department of Computer Science
 *                      LAN entries
 *              Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com>
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c b/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c
index a1ec16a075c6..7814a06ae970 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 *
 *      Fixes/additions:
 *              Philipp Rumpf
- *              Juha Siev�nen <Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
+ *              Juha Sievänen <Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
- *              Auvo H�kkinen <Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
+ *              Auvo Häkkinen <Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
 *              Deepak Saxena <deepak@plexity.net>
 *              Boji T Kannanthanam <boji.t.kannanthanam@intel.com>
 *              Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>:
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/pci.c b/drivers/message/i2o/pci.c
index 3661e6e065d2..685a89547a51 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/pci.c
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 *
 *      Fixes/additions:
 *              Philipp Rumpf
- *              Juha Siev�nen <Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
+ *              Juha Sievänen <Juha.Sievanen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
- *              Auvo H�kkinen <Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
+ *              Auvo Häkkinen <Auvo.Hakkinen@cs.Helsinki.FI>
 *              Deepak Saxena <deepak@plexity.net>
 *              Boji T Kannanthanam <boji.t.kannanthanam@intel.com>
 *              Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>:
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
index a20a51efe118..25716193a534 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ config MFD_SM501
         ---help---
          This is the core driver for the Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia
          companion chip. This device is a multifunction device which may
-          provide numerous interfaces including USB host controller USB gadget,
+          provide numerous interfaces including USB host controller, USB gadget,
-          Asyncronous Serial ports, Audio functions and a dual display video
+          asynchronous serial ports, audio functions, and a dual display video
          interface. The device may be connected by PCI or local bus with
          varying functions enabled.
diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
index cf02ddc3436f..b5e67c0ff433 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ config THINKPAD_ACPI
          For more information about this driver see 
          <file:Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt> and <http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/> .
-          This driver was formely known as ibm-acpi.
+          This driver was formerly known as ibm-acpi.
          If you have an IBM or Lenovo ThinkPad laptop, say Y or M here.
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ config THINKPAD_ACPI_BAY
        default y
        ---help---
          Allows the thinkpad_acpi driver to handle removable bays.  It will
-          eletrically disable the device in the bay, and also generate
+          electrically disable the device in the bay, and also generate
          notifications when the bay lever is ejected or inserted.
          If you are not sure, say Y here.
diff --git a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/remote.c b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/remote.c
index 1d9defb1a10c..477bb43c899c 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/remote.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/remote.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 *
 * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2004
 *
- * Authors: Max Asb�ck <amax@us.ibm.com>
+ * Authors: Max Asböck <amax@us.ibm.com>
 *          Vernon Mauery <vernux@us.ibm.com>
 *
 */
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c b/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c
index 1bfbb87e5793..bb13858f60a1 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2005 Narayanan R S <nars@kadamba.org>
 *
- * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alc�ve <www.alcove.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com>
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Ashley <m.ashley@unsw.edu.au>
 *
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static void do_sony_laptop_release_key(struct work_struct *work)
 static DECLARE_WORK(sony_laptop_release_key_work,
                do_sony_laptop_release_key);
-/* forward event to the input subsytem */
+/* forward event to the input subsystem */
 static void sony_laptop_report_input_event(u8 event)
 {
        struct input_dev *jog_dev = sony_laptop_input.jog_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
index 2a2a125b0c76..a592fc04cf78 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ config MTD_PHYSMAP_BANKWIDTH
        help
          This is the total width of the data bus of the flash devices
          in octets. For example, if you have a data bus width of 32
-          bits, you would set the bus width octect value to 4. This is
+          bits, you would set the bus width octet value to 4. This is
          used internally by the CFI drivers.
          Ignore this option if you use run-time physmap configuration
          (i.e., run-time calling physmap_configure()).
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ config MTD_PMC_MSP_EVM
        depends on PMC_MSP && MTD_CFI
        select MTD_PARTITIONS
        help
-          This provides a 'mapping' driver which support the way
+          This provides a 'mapping' driver which supports the way
-          in which user-programmable flash chips are connected on the
+          in which user-programmable flash chips are connected on the
-          PMC-Sierra MSP eval/demo boards
+          PMC-Sierra MSP eval/demo boards.
 choice
-        prompt "Maximum mappable memory avialable for flash IO"
+        prompt "Maximum mappable memory available for flash IO"
        depends on MTD_PMC_MSP_EVM
        default MSP_FLASH_MAP_LIMIT_32M
diff --git a/drivers/net/8139too.c b/drivers/net/8139too.c
index 973b684c11e3..eef6fecfff2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/8139too.c
+++ b/drivers/net/8139too.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
                Jean-Jacques Michel - bug fix
-                Tobias Ringstr�m - Rx interrupt status checking suggestion
+                Tobias Ringström - Rx interrupt status checking suggestion
                Andrew Morton - Clear blocked signals, avoid
                buffer overrun setting current->comm.
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 2cafa5c1783e..ce34b539bf38 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ config BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
        depends on BFIN_MAC && BF537
        default y
        help
-          To get maximum network performace, you should use L1 memory as rx/tx buffers.
+          To get maximum network performance, you should use L1 memory as rx/tx buffers.
          Say N here if you want to reserve L1 memory for other uses.
 config BFIN_TX_DESC_NUM
diff --git a/drivers/net/amd8111e.c b/drivers/net/amd8111e.c
index 1cc74ec88a58..eebf5bb2b03a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/amd8111e.c
+++ b/drivers/net/amd8111e.c
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ static struct net_device_stats *amd8111e_get_stats(struct net_device * dev)
        return new_stats;
 }
-/* This function recalculate the interupt coalescing  mode on every interrupt
+/* This function recalculate the interrupt coalescing  mode on every interrupt
 according to the datarate and the packet rate.
 */
 static int amd8111e_calc_coalesce(struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ariadne.c b/drivers/net/ariadne.c
index 3fa3bccd1adb..10f3a196be32 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ariadne.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ariadne.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 *  Amiga Linux/m68k Ariadne Ethernet Driver
 *
- *  � Copyright 1995-2003 by Geert Uytterhoeven (geert@linux-m68k.org)
+ *  �� Copyright 1995-2003 by Geert Uytterhoeven (geert@linux-m68k.org)
 *                           Peter De Schrijver (p2@mind.be)
 *
 *  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/drivers/net/ariadne.h b/drivers/net/ariadne.h
index f7913d5a39f1..bb613f292e04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ariadne.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ariadne.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 *  Amiga Linux/m68k Ariadne Ethernet Driver
 *
- *  � Copyright 1995 by Geert Uytterhoeven (geert@linux-m68k.org)
+ *  �� Copyright 1995 by Geert Uytterhoeven (geert@linux-m68k.org)
 *                      Peter De Schrijver
 *                     (Peter.DeSchrijver@linux.cc.kuleuven.ac.be)
 *
diff --git a/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c b/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
index 185f98e3964c..504b7ce2747d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static struct {
 static int num_ifs;
 /*
- * Setup the base address and interupt of the Au1xxx ethernet macs
+ * Setup the base address and interrupt of the Au1xxx ethernet macs
 * based on cpu type and whether the interface is enabled in sys_pinfunc
 * register. The last interface is enabled if SYS_PF_NI2 (bit 4) is 0.
 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 80c0c8c415ed..855dc10ffa1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static int expected_refcount = -1;
 static struct class *netdev_class;
 /*--------------------------- Data Structures -----------------------------*/
-/* Bonding sysfs lock.  Why can't we just use the subsytem lock?
+/* Bonding sysfs lock.  Why can't we just use the subsystem lock?
 * Because kobject_register tries to acquire the subsystem lock.  If
 * we already hold the lock (which we would if the user was creating
 * a new bond through the sysfs interface), we deadlock.
diff --git a/drivers/net/e100.c b/drivers/net/e100.c
index 64f35e20fd48..3dbaec680b46 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e100.c
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ static inline int e100_exec_cb_wait(struct nic *nic, struct sk_buff *skb,
                if (!--counter) break;
        }
-        /* ack any interupts, something could have been set */
+        /* ack any interrupts, something could have been set */
        iowrite8(~0, &nic->csr->scb.stat_ack);
        /* if the command failed, or is not OK, notify and return */
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 047263830e6a..f1ce348470cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3590,7 +3590,7 @@ e1000_update_stats(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
        spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->stats_lock, flags);
-        /* these counters are modified from e1000_adjust_tbi_stats,
+        /* these counters are modified from e1000_tbi_adjust_stats,
         * called from the interrupt context, so they must only
         * be written while holding adapter->stats_lock
         */
diff --git a/drivers/net/fealnx.c b/drivers/net/fealnx.c
index 43f7647ff246..7bb9c728a1d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fealnx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fealnx.c
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Myson or whoever");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Myson MTD-8xx 100/10M Ethernet PCI Adapter Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 module_param(max_interrupt_work, int, 0);
-//MODULE_PARM(min_pci_latency, "i");
 module_param(debug, int, 0);
 module_param(rx_copybreak, int, 0);
 module_param(multicast_filter_limit, int, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
index ad9e327c3b03..e0119f6a3319 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *              devices like TTY. It interfaces between a raw TTY and the
 *              kernel's AX.25 protocol layers.
 *
- * Authors:     Andreas K�nsgen <ajk@iehk.rwth-aachen.de>
+ * Authors:     Andreas Könsgen <ajk@iehk.rwth-aachen.de>
 *              Ralf Baechle DL5RB <ralf@linux-mips.org>
 *
 * Quite a lot of stuff "stolen" by Joerg Reuter from slip.c, written by
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig b/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig
index 36d2c7d4f4d0..62d5d5cfd6a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ config DMASCC
          dmascc. If you don't pass any parameter to the driver, all
          possible I/O addresses are probed. This could irritate other devices
          that are currently not in use. You may specify the list of addresses
-          to be probed by "dmascc=addr1,addr2,..." (when compiled into the
+          to be probed by "dmascc.io=addr1,addr2,..." (when compiled into the
          kernel image) or "io=addr1,addr2,..." (when loaded as a module). The
          network interfaces will be called dmascc0 and dmascc1 for the board
          detected first, dmascc2 and dmascc3 for the second one, and so on.
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/actisys-sir.c b/drivers/net/irda/actisys-sir.c
index ccf6ec548a64..736d2473b7e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/actisys-sir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/actisys-sir.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
 *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
 *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
 *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
 *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/actisys.c b/drivers/net/irda/actisys.c
index b2e31f4a384c..ae0b80a5680c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/actisys.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/actisys.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
 *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
 *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
 *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
 *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/donauboe.c b/drivers/net/irda/donauboe.c
index a82d8f98383d..1257e1a7e819 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/donauboe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/donauboe.c
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ toshoboe_startchip (struct toshoboe_cb *self)
  OUTB ((physaddr >> 18) & 0xff, OBOE_RING_BASE1);
  OUTB ((physaddr >> 26) & 0x3f, OBOE_RING_BASE2);
-  /*Enable DMA controler in byte mode and RX */
+  /*Enable DMA controller in byte mode and RX */
  OUTB (CONFIG0H_DMA_ON, OBOE_CONFIG0H);
  /* Start up the clocks */
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/girbil-sir.c b/drivers/net/irda/girbil-sir.c
index 0d2fe87fb9b7..738531b16bd3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/girbil-sir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/girbil-sir.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
 *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
 *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
 *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
 *
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/girbil.c b/drivers/net/irda/girbil.c
index 248aeb0c726c..1f57391a618b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/girbil.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/girbil.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
 *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
 *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
 *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
 *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/irport.h b/drivers/net/irda/irport.h
index 3f46b84c6c85..66fc2433e97d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/irport.h
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/irport.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
 *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
 *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
 *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
 *
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.c b/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.c
index 6f5f697ec9f8..2c6f7be36e8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
 *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
 *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
 *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
 *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.c b/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.c
index 12b9378c587f..a873d2b315ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
 *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
 *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
 *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
 *
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.h b/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.h
index dacf671abcd6..bbdc97ff83ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
 *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
 *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
 *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
 *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/tekram-sir.c b/drivers/net/irda/tekram-sir.c
index 0dd6bc7af3f2..d1ce5ae6a172 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/tekram-sir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/tekram-sir.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
 *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
 *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
 *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
 *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/tekram.c b/drivers/net/irda/tekram.c
index 8f6258221cb0..9bfd2441adbf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/tekram.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/tekram.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
 *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
 *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
 *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
 *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/w83977af_ir.h b/drivers/net/irda/w83977af_ir.h
index 0b7661deafee..87c3975baf62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/w83977af_ir.h
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/w83977af_ir.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 *     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
 *     the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *  
- *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Troms� admit liability nor
+ *     Neither Dag Brattli nor University of Tromsø admit liability nor
 *     provide warranty for any of this software. This material is 
 *     provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
 *     
diff --git a/drivers/net/natsemi.c b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
index 50e1ec67ef9c..953117152bbd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/natsemi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static int __devinit natsemi_probe1 (struct pci_dev *pdev,
   a delay.  Note that pre-2.0.34 kernels had a cache-alignment bug that
   made udelay() unreliable.
   The old method of using an ISA access as a delay, __SLOW_DOWN_IO__, is
-   depricated.
+   deprecated.
 */
 #define eeprom_delay(ee_addr)   readl(ee_addr)
diff --git a/drivers/net/smc911x.c b/drivers/net/smc911x.c
index 7c60df46fc65..dd18af0ce676 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc911x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc911x.c
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ static irqreturn_t smc911x_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
                }
 #endif
-                /* Handle PHY interupt condition */
+                /* Handle PHY interrupt condition */
                if (status & INT_STS_PHY_INT_) {
                        DBG(SMC_DEBUG_MISC, "%s: PHY irq\n", dev->name);
                        smc911x_phy_interrupt(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/spider_net.c b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
index 571060a3c91e..bccae7e5c6ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/spider_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ spider_net_handle_error_irq(struct spider_net_card *card, u32 status_reg)
 /**
 * spider_net_interrupt - interrupt handler for spider_net
- * @irq: interupt number
+ * @irq: interrupt number
 * @ptr: pointer to net_device
 * @regs: PU registers
 *
diff --git a/drivers/net/tc35815.c b/drivers/net/tc35815.c
index 8038f2882c9b..d887c05588d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tc35815.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tc35815.c
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ tc35815_rx(struct net_device *dev)
                                        panic_queues(dev);
                                }
 #endif
-                                /* pass BD to controler */
+                                /* pass BD to controller */
 #ifndef TC35815_USE_PACKEDBUFFER
                                if (!lp->rx_skbs[curid].skb) {
                                        lp->rx_skbs[curid].skb =
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@ tc35815_rx(struct net_device *dev)
                }
 #endif
                for (i = 0; i < (bd_count + 1) / 2 + 1; i++) {
-                        /* pass FD to controler */
+                        /* pass FD to controller */
 #ifdef DEBUG
                        lp->rfd_cur->fd.FDNext = cpu_to_le32(0xdeaddead);
 #else
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
index 3c8e3b63be07..35d0cfcf8c47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ err_out_netdev:
   a delay.  Note that pre-2.0.34 kernels had a cache-alignment bug that
   made udelay() unreliable.
   The old method of using an ISA access as a delay, __SLOW_DOWN_IO__, is
-   depricated.
+   deprecated.
 */
 #define eeprom_delay(ee_addr)   ioread32(ee_addr)
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig b/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig
index 8dc09a3790cb..5a96d74e4ce8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ config USB_PEGASUS
        select MII
        ---help---
          Say Y here if you know you have Pegasus or Pegasus-II based adapter.
-          If in doubt then look at <file:drivers/usb/net/pegasus.h> for the
+          If in doubt then look at <file:drivers/net/usb/pegasus.h> for the
          complete list of supported devices.
          If your particular adapter is not in the list and you are _sure_ it
diff --git a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
index 4ae05799ac44..5c4a92de9a07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ static int velocity_alloc_rx_buf(struct velocity_info *vptr, int idx)
 *
 *      Scan the queues looking for transmitted packets that
 *      we can complete and clean up. Update any statistics as
- *      neccessary/
+ *      necessary/
 */
 static int velocity_tx_srv(struct velocity_info *vptr, u32 status)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_xmit.h b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_xmit.h
index 9ecf2bf0d25d..47c135a7f4dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_xmit.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_xmit.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void bcm43xx_generate_txhdr(struct bcm43xx_private *bcm,
 /* RX header as received from the hardware. */
 struct bcm43xx_rxhdr {
-        /* Frame Length. Must be generated explicitely in PIO mode. */
+        /* Frame Length. Must be generated explicitly in PIO mode. */
        __le16 frame_length;
        PAD_BYTES(2);
        /* Flags field 1 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c
index 7a7797560a23..a6c7904de282 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c
@@ -6047,7 +6047,7 @@ static struct net_device *ipw2100_alloc_device(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
         * ends up causing problems.  So, we just handle
         * the WX extensions through the ipw2100_ioctl interface */
-        /* memset() puts everything to 0, so we only have explicitely set
+        /* memset() puts everything to 0, so we only have explicitly set
         * those values that need to be something else */
        /* If power management is turned on, default to AUTO mode */
@@ -7509,7 +7509,7 @@ static int ipw2100_wx_set_power(struct net_device *dev,
        switch (wrqu->power.flags & IW_POWER_MODE) {
        case IW_POWER_ON:       /* If not specified */
        case IW_POWER_MODE:     /* If set all mask */
-        case IW_POWER_ALL_R:    /* If explicitely state all */
+        case IW_POWER_ALL_R:    /* If explicitly state all */
                break;
        default:                /* Otherwise we don't support it */
                IPW_DEBUG_WX("SET PM Mode: %X not supported.\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
index feb8fcbab2d5..e3c828401b9a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
@@ -9603,7 +9603,7 @@ static int ipw_wx_set_power(struct net_device *dev,
        switch (wrqu->power.flags & IW_POWER_MODE) {
        case IW_POWER_ON:       /* If not specified */
        case IW_POWER_MODE:     /* If set all mask */
-        case IW_POWER_ALL_R:    /* If explicitely state all */
+        case IW_POWER_ALL_R:    /* If explicitly state all */
                break;
        default:                /* Otherwise we don't support it */
                IPW_DEBUG_WX("SET PM Mode: %X not supported.\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/netwave_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/netwave_cs.c
index c2d71afd57e5..2402cb8dd328 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/netwave_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/netwave_cs.c
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@
 * Version:       0.4.1
 * Description:   Netwave AirSurfer Wireless LAN PC Card driver
 * Status:        Experimental.
- * Authors:       John Markus Bj�rndalen <johnm@cs.uit.no>
+ * Authors:       John Markus Bjørndalen <johnm@cs.uit.no>
 *                Dag Brattli <dagb@cs.uit.no>
 *                David Hinds <dahinds@users.sourceforge.net>
 * Created at:    A long time ago!
 * Modified at:   Mon Nov 10 11:54:37 1997
 * Modified by:   Dag Brattli <dagb@cs.uit.no>
 * 
- *     Copyright (c) 1997 University of Troms�, Norway
+ *     Copyright (c) 1997 University of Tromsø, Norway
 *
 * Revision History:
 *
- *   08-Nov-97 15:14:47   John Markus Bj�rndalen <johnm@cs.uit.no>
+ *   08-Nov-97 15:14:47   John Markus Bjørndalen <johnm@cs.uit.no>
 *    - Fixed some bugs in netwave_rx and cleaned it up a bit. 
 *      (One of the bugs would have destroyed packets when receiving
 *      multiple packets per interrupt). 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int pc_debug = PCMCIA_DEBUG;
 module_param(pc_debug, int, 0);
 #define DEBUG(n, args...) if (pc_debug>(n)) printk(KERN_DEBUG args)
 static char *version =
-"netwave_cs.c 0.3.0 Thu Jul 17 14:36:02 1997 (John Markus Bj�rndalen)\n";
+"netwave_cs.c 0.3.0 Thu Jul 17 14:36:02 1997 (John Markus Bjørndalen)\n";
 #else
 #define DEBUG(n, args...)
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
index 6420a90a4a92..cbde770eb121 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ config RTC_DRV_TWL92330
        depends on MENELAUS
        help
          If you say yes here you get support for the RTC on the
-          TWL92330 "Menelaus" power mangement chip, used with OMAP2
+          TWL92330 "Menelaus" power management chip, used with OMAP2
          platforms.  The support is integrated with the rest of
          the Menelaus driver; it's not separate module.
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_3990_erp.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_3990_erp.c
index 8b9d68f6e016..5b7385e430ea 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_3990_erp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_3990_erp.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct DCTL_data {
 *
 *   Each bit configuration leading to an action code 2 (Exit with
 *   programming error or unusual condition indication)
- *   are handled as fatal error�s.
+ *   are handled as fatal errors.
 *
 *   All other configurations are handled as recoverable errors.
 *
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ dasd_3990_erp_compound_code(struct dasd_ccw_req * erp, char *sense)
                switch (sense[28]) {
                case 0x17:
                        /* issue a Diagnostic Control command with an
-                         * Inhibit Write subcommand and controler modifier */
+                         * Inhibit Write subcommand and controller modifier */
                        erp = dasd_3990_erp_DCTL(erp, 0x20);
                        break;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_cpi.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_cpi.c
index 29fe2a5ec2fe..82a13d9fdfe4 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_cpi.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_cpi.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ cpi_prepare_req(void)
        sclp_ascebc_str(evb->system_name, CPI_LENGTH_SYSTEM_NAME);
        EBC_TOUPPER(evb->system_name, CPI_LENGTH_SYSTEM_NAME);
-        /* set sytem level */
+        /* set system level */
        evb->system_level = LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
        /* set sysplex name */
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/cmf.c b/drivers/s390/cio/cmf.c
index b960f66843e4..725b0dd14269 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/cmf.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/cmf.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static inline u64 time_to_avg_nsec(u32 value, u32 count)
        if (count == 0)
                return 0;
-        /* value comes in units of 128 �sec */
+        /* value comes in units of 128 ��sec */
        ret = time_to_nsec(value);
        do_div(ret, count);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c b/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c
index 449937233732..6bf3ebbe985a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2001 IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, IBM Corporation
 * Author(s): Fritz Elfert (elfert@de.ibm.com, felfert@millenux.com)
- * Fixes by : Jochen R�hrig (roehrig@de.ibm.com)
+ * Fixes by : Jochen Röhrig (roehrig@de.ibm.com)
 *            Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>
              Peter Tiedemann (ptiedem@de.ibm.com)
 * Driver Model stuff by : Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 *  Dieter Wellerdiek (wel@de.ibm.com)
 *  Martin Schwidefsky (schwidefsky@de.ibm.com)
 *  Denis Joseph Barrow (djbarrow@de.ibm.com,barrow_dj@yahoo.com)
- *  Jochen R�hrig (roehrig@de.ibm.com)
+ *  Jochen Röhrig (roehrig@de.ibm.com)
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ ch_action_firstio(fsm_instance * fi, int event, void *arg)
        }
        /**
-         * Don�t setup a timer for receiving the initial RX frame
+         * Don't setup a timer for receiving the initial RX frame
         * if in compatibility mode, since VM TCP delays the initial
         * frame until it has some data to send.
         */
@@ -905,10 +905,10 @@ ch_action_firstio(fsm_instance * fi, int event, void *arg)
                ccw_check_return_code(ch, rc, "init IO");
        }
        /**
-         * If in compatibility mode since we don�t setup a timer, we
+         * If in compatibility mode since we don't setup a timer, we
         * also signal RX channel up immediately. This enables us
         * to send packets early which in turn usually triggers some
-         * reply from VM TCP which brings up the RX channel to it�s
+         * reply from VM TCP which brings up the RX channel to it's
         * final state.
         */
        if ((CHANNEL_DIRECTION(ch->flags) == READ) &&
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
index 03b51025a8f4..9abba8b90f70 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ struct aac_mntent {
        __le32                  capacityhigh;
 };
-#define FSCS_NOTCLEAN   0x0001  /* fsck is neccessary before mounting */
+#define FSCS_NOTCLEAN   0x0001  /* fsck is necessary before mounting */
 #define FSCS_READONLY   0x0002  /* possible result of broken mirror */
 #define FSCS_HIDDEN     0x0004  /* should be ignored - set during a clear */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aha152x.c b/drivers/scsi/aha152x.c
index f08e71e0205a..a58c265dc8af 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aha152x.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aha152x.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* aha152x.c -- Adaptec AHA-152x driver
- * Author: J�rgen E. Fischer, fischer@norbit.de
+ * Author: Jürgen E. Fischer, fischer@norbit.de
- * Copyright 1993-2004 J�rgen E. Fischer
+ * Copyright 1993-2004 Jürgen E. Fischer
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ enum {
        check_condition = 0x0800,       /* requesting sense after CHECK CONDITION */
 };
-MODULE_AUTHOR("J�rgen Fischer");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Jürgen Fischer");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(AHA152X_REVID);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h
index 26f17e3fc45c..687aef6ef185 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/cam.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ typedef enum {
        CAM_REQ_ABORTED,        /* CCB request aborted by the host */
        CAM_UA_ABORT,           /* Unable to abort CCB request */
        CAM_REQ_CMP_ERR,        /* CCB request completed with an error */
-        CAM_BUSY,               /* CAM subsytem is busy */
+        CAM_BUSY,               /* CAM subsystem is busy */
        CAM_REQ_INVALID,        /* CCB request was invalid */
        CAM_PATH_INVALID,       /* Supplied Path ID is invalid */
        CAM_SEL_TIMEOUT,        /* Target Selection Timeout */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c b/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
index fd42d4789202..a9def6e1d30e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
@@ -1808,12 +1808,12 @@ static irqreturn_t dc395x_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
        irqreturn_t handled = IRQ_NONE;
        /*
-         * Check for pending interupt
+         * Check for pending interrupt
         */
        scsi_status = DC395x_read16(acb, TRM_S1040_SCSI_STATUS);
        dma_status = DC395x_read8(acb, TRM_S1040_DMA_STATUS);
        if (scsi_status & SCSIINTERRUPT) {
-                /* interupt pending - let's process it! */
+                /* interrupt pending - let's process it! */
                dc395x_handle_interrupt(acb, scsi_status);
                handled = IRQ_HANDLED;
        }
@@ -4579,7 +4579,7 @@ static void adapter_uninit_chip(struct AdapterCtlBlk *acb)
        if (acb->config & HCC_SCSI_RESET)
                reset_scsi_bus(acb);
-        /* clear any pending interupt state */
+        /* clear any pending interrupt state */
        DC395x_read8(acb, TRM_S1040_SCSI_INTSTATUS);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c
index e4e4c6a39ed6..78779209ac89 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ megaraid_exit(void)
 * @id          : pci device id of the class of controllers
 *
 * This routine should be called whenever a new adapter is detected by the
- * PCI hotplug susbsytem.
+ * PCI hotplug susbsystem.
 */
 static int __devinit
 megaraid_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_init.c
index 1e29f51d596b..d692c713416a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_init.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ int ql4xxx_lock_drvr_wait(struct scsi_qla_host *a)
 * qla4xxx_start_firmware - starts qla4xxx firmware
 * @ha: Pointer to host adapter structure.
 *
- * This routine performs the neccessary steps to start the firmware for
+ * This routine performs the necessary steps to start the firmware for
 * the QLA4010 adapter.
 **/
 static int qla4xxx_start_firmware(struct scsi_qla_host *ha)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 69f542c4923c..a69b155f39a2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static int sd_getgeo(struct block_device *bdev, struct hd_geometry *geo)
 *      success as well). Returns a negated errno value in case of error.
 *
 *      Note: most ioctls are forward onto the block subsystem or further
- *      down in the scsi subsytem.
+ *      down in the scsi subsystem.
 **/
 static int sd_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, 
                    unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c b/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c
index dc15a22105f7..4aafe89b557f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ static int NCR5380_select(struct Scsi_Host *instance, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
     * IO while SEL is true. But again, there are some disks out the in the
     * world that do that nevertheless. (Somebody claimed that this announces
     * reselection capability of the target.) So we better skip that test and
-     * only wait for BSY... (Famous german words: Der Kl�gere gibt nach :-)
+     * only wait for BSY... (Famous german words: Der Klügere gibt nach :-)
     */
    while (time_before(jiffies, timeout) && !(NCR5380_read(STATUS_REG) & 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_fw2.h b/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_fw2.h
index 6e5b952312e3..ae1fb179b88e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_fw2.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_fw2.h
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ static struct SYM_FWB_SCR SYM_FWB_SCR = {
         *  While testing with bogus QUANTUM drives, the C1010 
         *  sometimes raised a spurious phase mismatch with 
         *  WSR and the CHMOV(1) triggered another PM.
-         *  Waiting explicitely for the PHASE seemed to avoid 
+         *  Waiting explicitly for the PHASE seemed to avoid
         *  the nested phase mismatch. Btw, this didn't happen 
         *  using my IBM drives.
         */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/wd33c93.h b/drivers/scsi/wd33c93.h
index 61ffb860dacc..00123f2383d7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/wd33c93.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/wd33c93.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 #define WD33C93_FS_12_15 OWNID_FS_12
 #define WD33C93_FS_16_20 OWNID_FS_16
-   /* pass input-clock explicitely. accepted mhz values are 8-10,12-20 */
+   /* pass input-clock explicitly. accepted mhz values are 8-10,12-20 */
 #define WD33C93_FS_MHZ(mhz) (mhz)
   /* Control register */
diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
index d6ae38e55d01..87665d7df6f2 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
          kernel will automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as
          system console.
-          you can set that using a kernel command line option such as
+          You can set that using a kernel command line option such as
          "console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8"
          "console=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8".
-          and it will switch to normal serial console when correponding port is
+          and it will switch to normal serial console when the corresponding 
-          ready.
+          port is ready.
          "earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8"
          "earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8".
          it will not only setup early console.
diff --git a/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c b/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
index 3f26c4b2f322..e773c8e14962 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 *                   - S3C2410 and S3C2440 serial support
 *                   - Power Management support
 *                   - Fix console via IrDA devices
- *                   - SysReq (Herbert P�tzl)
+ *                   - SysReq (Herbert Pötzl)
- *                   - Break character handling (Herbert P�tzl)
+ *                   - Break character handling (Herbert Pötzl)
 *                   - spin-lock initialisation (Dimitry Andric)
 *                   - added clock control
 *                   - updated init code to use platform_device info
diff --git a/drivers/spi/mpc52xx_psc_spi.c b/drivers/spi/mpc52xx_psc_spi.c
index e9aba932f217..7051e6c5edc3 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/mpc52xx_psc_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/mpc52xx_psc_spi.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static int mpc52xx_psc_spi_transfer_rxtx(struct spi_device *spi,
                }
-                /* enable interupts and wait for wake up
+                /* enable interrupts and wait for wake up
                 * if just one byte is expected the Rx FIFO genererates no
                 * FFULL interrupt, so activate the RxRDY interrupt
                 */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/lh7a40x_udc.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/lh7a40x_udc.c
index e78c2ddc1f88..367b75c0b25b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/lh7a40x_udc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/lh7a40x_udc.c
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ static int lh7a40x_set_halt(struct usb_ep *_ep, int value)
                        /*
                         * Attempts to halt IN endpoints will fail (returning -EAGAIN)
                         * if any transfer requests are still queued, or if the controller
-                         * FIFO still holds bytes that the host hasn�t collected.
+                         * FIFO still holds bytes that the host hasn't collected.
                         */
                        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->dev->lock, flags);
                        DEBUG
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hub.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hub.c
index 0dcb4164dc83..735db4aec831 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hub.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ ehci_hub_status_data (struct usb_hcd *hcd, char *buf)
        /* Some boards (mostly VIA?) report bogus overcurrent indications,
         * causing massive log spam unless we completely ignore them.  It
-         * may be relevant that VIA VT8235 controlers, where PORT_POWER is
+         * may be relevant that VIA VT8235 controllers, where PORT_POWER is
         * always set, seem to clear PORT_OCC and PORT_CSC when writing to
         * PORT_POWER; that's surprising, but maybe within-spec.
         */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.c
index 94d859aa73f8..ba370c56172c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.c
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ sl811h_start(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
                hcd->power_budget = sl811->board->power * 2;
        }
-        /* enable power and interupts */
+        /* enable power and interrupts */
        port_power(sl811, 1);
        return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/image/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/image/Kconfig
index 95ce703110d2..7595dfb38e3b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/image/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/image/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# USB Imageing devices configuration
+# USB Imaging devices configuration
 #
 comment "USB Imaging devices"
        depends on USB
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c b/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c
index 04e87acd6e46..2677fea147d9 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static ssize_t set_brightness(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
                                cytherm->brightness, buffer, 8);
        if (retval)
                dev_dbg(&cytherm->udev->dev, "retval = %d\n", retval);
-        /* Inform �C that we have changed the brightness setting */
+        /* Inform ��C that we have changed the brightness setting */
        retval = vendor_command(cytherm->udev, WRITE_RAM, BRIGHTNESS_SEM,
                                0x01, buffer, 8);
        if (retval)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c b/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c
index 5c0a26cbd128..cd137577bb2d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* 
 * Emagic EMI 2|6 usb audio interface firmware loader.
 * Copyright (C) 2002
- *      Tapio Laxstr�m (tapio.laxstrom@iptime.fi)
+ *      Tapio Laxström (tapio.laxstrom@iptime.fi)
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as published by
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static void __exit emi26_exit (void)
 module_init(emi26_init);
 module_exit(emi26_exit);
-MODULE_AUTHOR("tapio laxstr�m");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Tapio Laxström");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Emagic EMI 2|6 firmware loader.");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/emi62.c b/drivers/usb/misc/emi62.c
index 23153eac0dfa..4758cc5ccebc 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/emi62.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/emi62.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* 
 * Emagic EMI 2|6 usb audio interface firmware loader.
 * Copyright (C) 2002
- *      Tapio Laxstr�m (tapio.laxstrom@iptime.fi)
+ *      Tapio Laxström (tapio.laxstrom@iptime.fi)
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as published by
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static void __exit emi62_exit (void)
 module_init(emi62_init);
 module_exit(emi62_exit);
-MODULE_AUTHOR("tapio laxstr�m");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Tapio Laxström");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Emagic EMI 6|2m firmware loader.");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ChangeLog.history b/drivers/usb/serial/ChangeLog.history
index 52c4f7bd7a80..c1b279939bbf 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ChangeLog.history
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ChangeLog.history
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ visor.c Change Log comments:
 (11/11/2001) gkh
        Added support for the m125 devices, and added check to prevent oopses
-        for Cli� devices that lie about the number of ports they have.
+        for Clié devices that lie about the number of ports they have.
 (08/30/2001) gkh
        Added support for the Clie devices, both the 3.5 and 4.0 os versions.
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig
index 99fefed77919..4a86696e6c7d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ config USB_SERIAL_CYBERJACK
        depends on USB_SERIAL && EXPERIMENTAL
        ---help---
          Say Y here if you want to use a cyberJack pinpad/e-com USB chipcard
-          reader. This is an interface to ISO 7816 compatible contactbased
+          reader. This is an interface to ISO 7816 compatible contact-based
          chipcards, e.g. GSM SIMs.
          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
index 65257867b34b..8a8a6b9fb05b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 *
 * (18/Jun/2003) Ian Abbott
 *      Added Device ID of the USB relais from Rudolf Gugler (backported from
- *      Philipp G�hring's patch for 2.5.x kernel).
+ *      Philipp Gühring's patch for 2.5.x kernel).
 *      Moved read transfer buffer reallocation into startup function.
 *      Free existing write urb and transfer buffer in startup function.
 *      Only use urbs in write urb pool that were successfully allocated.
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h
index b57b90ae9f9d..b51cbb0eaa05 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 * Bill Ryder - bryder@sgi.com formerly of Silicon Graphics, Inc.- wrote the 
 * FTDI_SIO implementation.
 *
- * Philipp G�hring - pg@futureware.at - added the Device ID of the USB relais
+ * Philipp Gühring - pg@futureware.at - added the Device ID of the USB relais
 * from Rudolf Gugler
 *
 */
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #define FTDI_ACTZWAVE_PID       0xF2D0
-/* www.starting-point-systems.com �Chameleon device */
+/* www.starting-point-systems.com ��Chameleon device */
 #define FTDI_MICRO_CHAMELEON_PID        0xCAA0  /* Product Id */
 /* www.irtrans.de device */
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
 /*
 * Teratronik product ids.
- * Submitted by O. W�lfelschneider.
+ * Submitted by O. Wölfelschneider.
 */
 #define FTDI_TERATRONIK_VCP_PID  0xEC88 /* Teratronik device (preferring VCP driver on windows) */
 #define FTDI_TERATRONIK_D2XX_PID 0xEC89 /* Teratronik device (preferring D2XX driver on windows) */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c
index e836ad07fdb9..9b38a08ac83a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static struct usb_device_id ipaq_id_table [] = {
        { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x0705) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e310 */
        { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x0706) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e740 */
        { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x0707) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e330 Series */
-        { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x0708) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e350�Series */
+        { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x0708) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e350 Series */
        { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x0709) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e750 Series */
        { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x070A) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e400 Series */
        { USB_DEVICE(0x0930, 0x070B) }, /* TOSHIBA Pocket PC e800 Series */
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static struct usb_device_id ipaq_id_table [] = {
        { USB_DEVICE(0x0BF8, 0x1001) }, /* Fujitsu Siemens Computers USB Sync */
        { USB_DEVICE(0x0C44, 0x03A2) }, /* Motorola iDEN Smartphone */
        { USB_DEVICE(0x0C8E, 0x6000) }, /* Cesscom Luxian Series */
-        { USB_DEVICE(0x0CAD, 0x9001) }, /* Motorola PowerPad Pocket PC�Device */
+        { USB_DEVICE(0x0CAD, 0x9001) }, /* Motorola PowerPad Pocket PC Device */
        { USB_DEVICE(0x0F4E, 0x0200) }, /* Freedom Scientific USB Sync */
        { USB_DEVICE(0x0F98, 0x0201) }, /* Cyberbank USB Sync */
        { USB_DEVICE(0x0FB8, 0x3001) }, /* Wistron USB Sync */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
index 6831dca93c1b..93a7724e167a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 * $Id: isd200.c,v 1.16 2002/04/22 03:39:43 mdharm Exp $
 *
 * Current development and maintenance:
- *   (C) 2001-2002 Bj�rn Stenberg (bjorn@haxx.se)
+ *   (C) 2001-2002 Björn Stenberg (bjorn@haxx.se)
 *
 * Developed with the assistance of:
 *   (C) 2002 Alan Stern <stern@rowland.org>
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h b/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h
index 9b656ec427d0..22ab2380367d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x04cb, 0x0100, 0x0000, 0x2210,
                "FinePix 1400Zoom",
                US_SC_UFI, US_PR_DEVICE, NULL, US_FL_FIX_INQUIRY | US_FL_SINGLE_LUN),
-/* Reported by Peter W�chtler <pwaechtler@loewe-komp.de>
+/* Reported by Peter Wächtler <pwaechtler@loewe-komp.de>
 * The device needs the flags only.
 */
 UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x04ce, 0x0002, 0x0074, 0x0074,
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x2735, 0x100b, 0x0000, 0x9999,
                US_FL_GO_SLOW ),
 /*
- * David H�rdeman <david@2gen.com>
+ * David Härdeman <david@2gen.com>
 * The key makes the SCSI stack print confusing (but harmless) messages
 */
 UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x4146, 0xba01, 0x0100, 0x0100,
diff --git a/drivers/video/Kconfig b/drivers/video/Kconfig
index b3bf4ecc983a..fb9d8d0b2c04 100644
--- a/drivers/video/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ config FB_HECUBA
       help
         This enables support for the Hecuba board. This driver was tested
         with an E-Ink 800x600 display and x86 SBCs through a 16 bit GPIO
-         interface (8 bit data, 4 bit control). If you anticpate using
+         interface (8 bit data, 4 bit control). If you anticipate using
         this driver, say Y or M; otherwise say N. You must specify the
         GPIO IO address to be used for setting control and data.
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ config FB_XVR500
        help
          This is the framebuffer device for the Sun XVR-500 and similar
          graphics cards based upon the 3DLABS Wildcat chipset.  The driver
-          only works on sparc64 systems where the system firwmare has
+          only works on sparc64 systems where the system firmware has
          mostly initialized the card already.  It is treated as a
          completely dumb framebuffer device.
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ config FB_XVR2500
        help
          This is the framebuffer device for the Sun XVR-2500 and similar
          graphics cards based upon the 3DLABS Wildcat chipset.  The driver
-          only works on sparc64 systems where the system firwmare has
+          only works on sparc64 systems where the system firmware has
          mostly initialized the card already.  It is treated as a
          completely dumb framebuffer device.
diff --git a/drivers/video/amifb.c b/drivers/video/amifb.c
index f2e243c353f9..4c9ec3f58c52 100644
--- a/drivers/video/amifb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/amifb.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
   +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
   |          |                ^                            |          |       |
   |          |                |upper_margin                |          |       |
-   |          |                �                            |          |       |
+   |          |                v                            |          |       |
   +----------###############################################----------+-------+
   |          #                ^                            #          |       |
   |          #                |                            #          |       |
@@ -133,15 +133,15 @@
   |          #                |                            #          |       |
   |          #                |                            #          |       |
   |          #                |                            #          |       |
-   |          #                �                            #          |       |
+   |          #                v                            #          |       |
   +----------###############################################----------+-------+
   |          |                ^                            |          |       |
   |          |                |lower_margin                |          |       |
-   |          |                �                            |          |       |
+   |          |                v                            |          |       |
   +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
   |          |                ^                            |          |       |
   |          |                |vsync_len                   |          |       |
-   |          |                �                            |          |       |
+   |          |                v                            |          |       |
   +----------+---------------------------------------------+----------+-------+
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
   CCIR -> PAL
   -----------
-      - a scanline is 64 �s long, of which 52.48 �s are visible. This is about
+      - a scanline is 64 ��s long, of which 52.48 ��s are visible. This is about
        736 visible 70 ns pixels per line.
      - we have 625 scanlines, of which 575 are visible (interlaced); after
        rounding this becomes 576.
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
   RETMA -> NTSC
   -------------
-      - a scanline is 63.5 �s long, of which 53.5 �s are visible.  This is about
+      - a scanline is 63.5 ��s long, of which 53.5 ��s are visible.  This is about
        736 visible 70 ns pixels per line.
      - we have 525 scanlines, of which 485 are visible (interlaced); after
        rounding this becomes 484.
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ static u_short ecs_palette[32];
 static u_short do_vmode_full = 0;       /* Change the Video Mode */
 static u_short do_vmode_pan = 0;        /* Update the Video Mode */
-static short do_blank = 0;              /* (Un)Blank the Screen (�1) */
+static short do_blank = 0;              /* (Un)Blank the Screen (��1) */
 static u_short do_cursor = 0;           /* Move the Cursor */
diff --git a/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c b/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c
index abe0c435a664..d775eb6590b6 100644
--- a/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 *                         Anthony Tong <atong@uiuc.edu>
 *
 *  Generic LCD support written by Daniel Mantione, ported from 2.4.20 by Alex Kern
- *  Many Thanks to Ville Syrj�l� for patches and fixing nasting 16 bit color bug.
+ *  Many Thanks to Ville Syrjälä for patches and fixing nasting 16 bit color bug.
 *
 *  This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
 *  License. See the file COPYING in the main directory of this archive for
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
index a22ccf9485a4..267422f66255 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ config VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK
         The scrollback buffer of the standard VGA console is located in
         the VGA RAM.  The size of this RAM is fixed and is quite small.
         If you require a larger scrollback buffer, this can be placed in
-         System RAM which is dynamically allocated during intialization.
+         System RAM which is dynamically allocated during initialization.
         Placing the scrollback buffer in System RAM will slightly slow
         down the console.
diff --git a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c
index e8e38edb9b5b..481d58f7535d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c
+++ b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 * Linux framebuffer driver for Intel(R) 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/915GM/
 * 945G/945GM integrated graphics chips.
 *
- * Copyright � 2002, 2003 David Dawes <dawes@xfree86.org>
+ * Copyright �� 2002, 2003 David Dawes <dawes@xfree86.org>
 *                   2004 Sylvain Meyer
 *                   2006 David Airlie
 *
diff --git a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c
index 2a0e32074f7d..5f6fb7d2c408 100644
--- a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c
+++ b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *
 * Linux framebuffer driver for Intel(R) 865G integrated graphics chips.
 *
- * Copyright � 2002, 2003 David Dawes <dawes@xfree86.org>
+ * Copyright �� 2002, 2003 David Dawes <dawes@xfree86.org>
 *                   2004 Sylvain Meyer
 *
 * This driver consists of two parts.  The first part (intelfbdrv.c) provides
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap/Kconfig b/drivers/video/omap/Kconfig
index 7f4d25b8a184..f4fcf11b290d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/omap/Kconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ config FB_OMAP
          Frame buffer driver for OMAP based boards.
 config FB_OMAP_BOOTLOADER_INIT
-        bool "Check bootloader initializaion"
+        bool "Check bootloader initialization"
        depends on FB_OMAP
        help
          Say Y here if you want to enable checking if the bootloader has
diff --git a/drivers/video/s3c2410fb.c b/drivers/video/s3c2410fb.c
index ae08d4587091..5857ccf5f6b1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/s3c2410fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/s3c2410fb.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 *      - Add support for different devices
 *      - Backlight support
 *
- * 2004-09-05: Herbert P�tzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
+ * 2004-09-05: Herbert Pötzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
 *      - added clock (de-)allocation code
 *      - added fixem fbmem option
 *
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 *      - code cleanup
 *      - added a forgotten return in h1940fb_init
 *
- * 2004-07-19: Herbert P�tzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
+ * 2004-07-19: Herbert Pötzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
 *      - code cleanup and extended debugging
 *
 * 2004-07-15: Arnaud Patard <arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org>
diff --git a/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.c b/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.c
index ff9e805c43bc..c31f549ebea0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.c
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 *
 * Authors:
- *   Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ *   Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
- *   Michel D�nzer <michel-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ *   Michel Dänzer <michel-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
 *   Alan Hourihane <alanh-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
 */
diff --git a/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.h b/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.h
index 1fc6695a49d2..c4aba59d4809 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.h
+++ b/drivers/video/vermilion/vermilion.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 *
 * Authors:
- *   Thomas Hellstr�m <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
+ *   Thomas Hellström <thomas-at-tungstengraphics-dot-com>
 */
 #ifndef _VERMILION_H_
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c b/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
index c5982502c03d..f236954d2536 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 *      i6300esb:       Watchdog timer driver for Intel 6300ESB chipset
 *
 *      (c) Copyright 2004 Google Inc.
- *      (c) Copyright 2005 David H�rdeman <david@2gen.com>
+ *      (c) Copyright 2005 David Härdeman <david@2gen.com>
 *
 *      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *      modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 *      Initial version 0.01
 *  2004YYZZ Ross Biro
 *      Version 0.02
- *  20050210 David H�rdeman <david@2gen.com>
+ *  20050210 David Härdeman <david@2gen.com>
 *      Ported driver to kernel 2.6
 */
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static void __exit watchdog_cleanup (void)
 module_init(watchdog_init);
 module_exit(watchdog_cleanup);
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Ross Biro and David H�rdeman");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Ross Biro and David Härdeman");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Intel 6300ESB chipsets");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c
index 415083990097..cafc465f2ae3 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static void supermicro_old_pre_keepalive(unsigned long acpibase)
 *        For P4DPx:
 *        BIOS setup -> Advanced -> I/O Device Configuration -> Watch Dog
 *       This setting enables or disables Watchdog function. When enabled, the
- *       default watchdog timer is set to be 5 minutes (about 4’35”). It is
+ *       default watchdog timer is set to be 5 minutes (about 4m35s). It is
 *       enough to load and run the OS. The application (service or driver) has
 *       to take over the control once OS is running up and before watchdog
 *       expires.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
index d9e821d08deb..51826c216d6d 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 *      which is based on wdt.c.
 *      Original copyright messages:
 *
- *      (c) Copyright 2003 P�draig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
+ *      (c) Copyright 2003 Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
 *
 *      (c) Copyright 2000-2001 Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@linux.org.pl>
 *
diff --git a/drivers/zorro/zorro.ids b/drivers/zorro/zorro.ids
index 5bd4b05d4c45..560fef2a7b1c 100644
--- a/drivers/zorro/zorro.ids
+++ b/drivers/zorro/zorro.ids
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
        0100  RH 800C [HD Controller]
        0200  RH 800C [RAM Expansion]
 0861  Kato
-# The Rainbow II and III are actually made by Ingenieurb�ro Helfrich
+# The Rainbow II and III are actually made by Ingenieurbüro Helfrich
        2000  Rainbow II [Graphics Card]
        2100  Rainbow III [Graphics Card]
        8000  Melody MPEG [Audio Card]