Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (28 commits)
  trivial: Update my email address
  trivial: NULL noise: drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_*test.c
  trivial: NULL noise: drivers/media/dvb/frontends/drx397xD_fw.h
  trivial: Fix misspelling of "Celsius".
  trivial: remove unused variable 'path' in alloc_file()
  trivial: fix a pdlfush -> pdflush typo in comment
  trivial: jbd header comment typo fix for JBD_PARANOID_IOFAIL
  trivial: wusb: Storage class should be before const qualifier
  trivial: drivers/char/bsr.c: Storage class should be before const qualifier
  trivial: h8300: Storage class should be before const qualifier
  trivial: fix where cgroup documentation is not correctly referred to
  trivial: Give the right path in Documentation example
  trivial: MTD: remove EOL from MODULE_DESCRIPTION
  trivial: Fix typo in bio_split()'s documentation
  trivial: PWM: fix of #endif comment
  trivial: fix typos/grammar errors in Kconfig texts
  trivial: Fix misspelling of firmware
  trivial: cgroups: documentation typo and spelling corrections
  trivial: Update contact info for Jochen Hein
  trivial: fix typo "resgister" -> "register"
  ...

CREDITS

@@ -1412,8 +1412,8 @@ P: 1024D/77D4FC9B F5C5 1C20 1DFC DEC3 3107  54A4 2332 ADFC 77D4 FC9B
 D: National Language Support
 D: Linux Internationalization Project
 D: German Localization for Linux and GNU software
-S: Kriemhildring 12a
+S: Auf der Fittel 18
-S: 65795 Hattersheim am Main
+S: 53347 Alfter
 S: Germany
 
 N: Christoph Hellwig
@@ -3580,6 +3580,12 @@ N: Dirk Verworner
 D: Co-author of German book ``Linux-Kernel-Programmierung''
 D: Co-founder of Berlin Linux User Group
 
+N: Riku Voipio
+E: riku.voipio@iki.fi
+D: Author of PCA9532 LED and Fintek f75375s hwmon driver
+D: Some random ARM board patches
+S: Finland
+
 N: Patrick Volkerding
 E: volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com
 D: Produced the Slackware distribution, updated the SVGAlib

Documentation/00-INDEX

@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ cachetlb.txt
 	- describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
 cdrom/
 	- directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
+cgroups/
+	- cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller.
 connector/
 	- docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
 console/
@@ -98,8 +100,6 @@ cpu-load.txt
 	- document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
 cpuidle/
 	- info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
-cpusets.txt
-	- documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks.
 cputopology.txt
 	- documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
 cris/

Documentation/cgroups/00-INDEX

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+00-INDEX
+	- this file
+cgroups.txt
+	- Control Groups definition, implementation details, examples and API.
+cpuacct.txt
+	- CPU Accounting Controller; account CPU usage for groups of tasks.
+cpusets.txt
+	- documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks.
+devices.txt
+	- Device Whitelist Controller; description, interface and security.
+freezer-subsystem.txt
+	- checkpointing; rationale to not use signals, interface.
+memcg_test.txt
+	- Memory Resource Controller; implementation details.
+memory.txt
+	- Memory Resource Controller; design, accounting, interface, testing.
+resource_counter.txt
+	- Resource Counter API.

Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ hierarchy, and a set of subsystems; each subsystem has system-specific
 state attached to each cgroup in the hierarchy.  Each hierarchy has
 an instance of the cgroup virtual filesystem associated with it.
 
-At any one time there may be multiple active hierachies of task
+At any one time there may be multiple active hierarchies of task
 cgroups. Each hierarchy is a partition of all tasks in the system.
 
 User level code may create and destroy cgroups by name in an
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ following lines:
                                / \
                        Prof (15%) students (5%)
 
-Browsers like firefox/lynx go into the WWW network class, while (k)nfsd go
+Browsers like Firefox/Lynx go into the WWW network class, while (k)nfsd go
 into NFS network class.
 
-At the same time firefox/lynx will share an appropriate CPU/Memory class
+At the same time Firefox/Lynx will share an appropriate CPU/Memory class
 depending on who launched it (prof/student).
 
 With the ability to classify tasks differently for different resources
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ and then start a subshell 'sh' in that cgroup:
 Creating, modifying, using the cgroups can be done through the cgroup
 virtual filesystem.
 
-To mount a cgroup hierarchy will all available subsystems, type:
+To mount a cgroup hierarchy with all available subsystems, type:
 # mount -t cgroup xxx /dev/cgroup
 
 The "xxx" is not interpreted by the cgroup code, but will appear in
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ always handled well.
 void post_clone(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
 (cgroup_mutex held by caller)
 
-Called at the end of cgroup_clone() to do any paramater
+Called at the end of cgroup_clone() to do any parameter
 initialization which might be required before a task could attach.  For
 example in cpusets, no task may attach before 'cpus' and 'mems' are set
 up.

Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Cpusets extends these two mechanisms as follows:
  - The hierarchy of cpusets can be mounted at /dev/cpuset, for
    browsing and manipulation from user space.
  - A cpuset may be marked exclusive, which ensures that no other
-   cpuset (except direct ancestors and descendents) may contain
+   cpuset (except direct ancestors and descendants) may contain
    any overlapping CPUs or Memory Nodes.
  - You can list all the tasks (by pid) attached to any cpuset.
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ nodes with memory--using the cpuset_track_online_nodes() hook.
 --------------------------------
 
 If a cpuset is cpu or mem exclusive, no other cpuset, other than
-a direct ancestor or descendent, may share any of the same CPUs or
+a direct ancestor or descendant, may share any of the same CPUs or
 Memory Nodes.
 
 A cpuset that is mem_exclusive *or* mem_hardwall is "hardwalled",
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ child cpusets have this flag enabled.
 When doing this, you don't usually want to leave any unpinned tasks in
 the top cpuset that might use non-trivial amounts of CPU, as such tasks
 may be artificially constrained to some subset of CPUs, depending on
-the particulars of this flag setting in descendent cpusets.  Even if
+the particulars of this flag setting in descendant cpusets.  Even if
 such a task could use spare CPU cycles in some other CPUs, the kernel
 scheduler might not consider the possibility of load balancing that
 task to that underused CPU.
@@ -531,9 +531,9 @@ be idle.
 
 Of course it takes some searching cost to find movable tasks and/or
 idle CPUs, the scheduler might not search all CPUs in the domain
-everytime.  In fact, in some architectures, the searching ranges on
+every time.  In fact, in some architectures, the searching ranges on
 events are limited in the same socket or node where the CPU locates,
-while the load balance on tick searchs all.
+while the load balance on tick searches all.
 
 For example, assume CPU Z is relatively far from CPU X.  Even if CPU Z
 is idle while CPU X and the siblings are busy, scheduler can't migrate
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ its new cpuset, then the task will continue to use whatever subset
 of MPOL_BIND nodes are still allowed in the new cpuset.  If the task
 was using MPOL_BIND and now none of its MPOL_BIND nodes are allowed
 in the new cpuset, then the task will be essentially treated as if it
-was MPOL_BIND bound to the new cpuset (even though its numa placement,
+was MPOL_BIND bound to the new cpuset (even though its NUMA placement,
 as queried by get_mempolicy(), doesn't change).  If a task is moved
 from one cpuset to another, then the kernel will adjust the tasks
 memory placement, as above, the next time that the kernel attempts

Documentation/cgroups/devices.txt

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ suffice, but we can decide the best way to adequately restrict
 movement as people get some experience with this.  We may just want
 to require CAP_SYS_ADMIN, which at least is a separate bit from
 CAP_MKNOD.  We may want to just refuse moving to a cgroup which
-isn't a descendent of the current one.  Or we may want to use
+isn't a descendant of the current one.  Or we may want to use
 CAP_MAC_ADMIN, since we really are trying to lock down root.
 
 CAP_SYS_ADMIN is needed to modify the whitelist or move another

Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt

@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ Under below explanation, we assume CONFIG_MEM_RES_CTRL_SWAP=y.
 	(Shell-B)
 	# move all tasks in /cgroup/test to /cgroup
 	# /sbin/swapoff -a
-	# rmdir /test/cgroup
+	# rmdir /cgroup/test
 	# kill malloc task.
 
 	Of course, tmpfs v.s. swapoff test should be tested, too.

Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt

@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ will be charged as a new owner of it.
 	unevictable		- # of pages cannot be reclaimed.(mlocked etc)
 
 	Below is depend on CONFIG_DEBUG_VM.
-	inactive_ratio		- VM inernal parameter. (see mm/page_alloc.c)
+	inactive_ratio		- VM internal parameter. (see mm/page_alloc.c)
 	recent_rotated_anon	- VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
 	recent_rotated_file	- VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
 	recent_scanned_anon 	- VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)

Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ Options
 When mounting an ext3 filesystem, the following option are accepted:
 (*) == default
 
+ro			Mount filesystem read only. Note that ext3 will replay
+			the journal (and thus write to the partition) even when
+			mounted "read only". Mount options "ro,noload" can be
+			used to prevent writes to the filesystem.
+
 journal=update		Update the ext3 file system's journal to the current
 			format.
 
@@ -27,7 +32,9 @@ journal_dev=devnum	When the external journal device's major/minor numbers
 			identified through its new major/minor numbers encoded
 			in devnum.
 
-noload			Don't load the journal on mounting.
+noload			Don't load the journal on mounting. Note that this forces
+			mount of inconsistent filesystem, which can lead to
+			various problems.
 
 data=journal		All data are committed into the journal prior to being
 			written into the main file system.
@@ -92,9 +99,12 @@ nocheck
 
 debug			Extra debugging information is sent to syslog.
 
-errors=remount-ro(*)	Remount the filesystem read-only on an error.
+errors=remount-ro	Remount the filesystem read-only on an error.
 errors=continue		Keep going on a filesystem error.
 errors=panic		Panic and halt the machine if an error occurs.
+			(These mount options override the errors behavior
+			specified in the superblock, which can be
+			configured using tune2fs.)
 
 data_err=ignore(*)	Just print an error message if an error occurs
 			in a file data buffer in ordered mode.

Documentation/ia64/kvm.txt

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Note: For step 2, please make sure that host page size == TARGET_PAGE_SIZE of qe
 		hg clone http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/efi-vfirmware.hg
 	    you can get the firmware's binary in the directory of efi-vfirmware.hg/binaries.
 
-	(3) Rename the firware you owned to Flash.fd, and copy it to /usr/local/share/qemu
+	(3) Rename the firmware you owned to Flash.fd, and copy it to /usr/local/share/qemu
 
 4. Boot up Linux or Windows guests:
 	4.1 Create or install a image for guest boot. If you have xen experience, it should be easy.

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
 
 	noswapaccount	[KNL] Disable accounting of swap in memory resource
-			controller. (See Documentation/controllers/memory.txt)
+			controller. (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt)
 
 	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
 
@@ -1955,7 +1955,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	relax_domain_level=
 			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
-			See Documentation/cpusets.txt.
+			See Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt.
 
 	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
 

Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/cpm_qe/qe/firmware.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 * Uploaded QE firmware
 
-      If a new firwmare has been uploaded to the QE (usually by the
+      If a new firmware has been uploaded to the QE (usually by the
       boot loader), then a 'firmware' child node should be added to the QE
       node.  This node provides information on the uploaded firmware that
       device drivers may need.

Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.txt

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ This uses the /cgroup virtual file system and "/cgroup/<cgroup>/cpu.rt_runtime_u
 to control the CPU time reserved for each control group instead.
 
 For more information on working with control groups, you should read
-Documentation/cgroups.txt as well.
+Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt as well.
 
 Group settings are checked against the following limits in order to keep the configuration
 schedulable:

Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ The current memory policy support was added to Linux 2.6 around May 2004.  This
 document attempts to describe the concepts and APIs of the 2.6 memory policy
 support.
 
-Memory policies should not be confused with cpusets (Documentation/cpusets.txt)
+Memory policies should not be confused with cpusets
+(Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt)
 which is an administrative mechanism for restricting the nodes from which
 memory may be allocated by a set of processes. Memory policies are a
 programming interface that a NUMA-aware application can take advantage of.  When

Documentation/vm/page_migration

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ locations.
 
 Larger installations usually partition the system using cpusets into
 sections of nodes. Paul Jackson has equipped cpusets with the ability to
-move pages when a task is moved to another cpuset (See ../cpusets.txt).
+move pages when a task is moved to another cpuset (See
+Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt).
 Cpusets allows the automation of process locality. If a task is moved to
 a new cpuset then also all its pages are moved with it so that the
 performance of the process does not sink dramatically. Also the pages

Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ you can create fake NUMA nodes that represent contiguous chunks of memory and
 assign them to cpusets and their attached tasks.  This is a way of limiting the
 amount of system memory that are available to a certain class of tasks.
 
-For more information on the features of cpusets, see Documentation/cpusets.txt.
+For more information on the features of cpusets, see
+Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt.
 There are a number of different configurations you can use for your needs.  For
 more information on the numa=fake command line option and its various ways of
 configuring fake nodes, see Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt.
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ A machine may be split as follows with "numa=fake=4*512," as reported by dmesg:
 	On node 3 totalpages: 131072
 
 Now following the instructions for mounting the cpusets filesystem from
-Documentation/cpusets.txt, you can assign fake nodes (i.e. contiguous memory
+Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt, you can assign fake nodes (i.e. contiguous memory
 address spaces) to individual cpusets:
 
 	[root@xroads /]# mkdir exampleset

MAINTAINERS

@@ -1763,6 +1763,12 @@ M:	viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk
 L:	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 
+FINTEK F75375S HARDWARE MONITOR AND FAN CONTROLLER DRIVER
+P:	Riku Voipio
+M:	riku.vipio@iki.fi
+L:	lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org
+S:	Maintained
+
 FIREWIRE SUBSYSTEM (drivers/firewire, <linux/firewire*.h>)
 P:	Kristian Hoegsberg, Stefan Richter
 M:	krh@redhat.com, stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de
@@ -3408,6 +3414,11 @@ P:	Jim Cromie
 M:	jim.cromie@gmail.com
 S:	Maintained
 
+PCA9532 LED DRIVER
+P:	Riku Voipio
+M:	riku.voipio@iki.fi
+S:	Maintained
+
 PCI ERROR RECOVERY
 P:	Linas Vepstas
 M:	linas@austin.ibm.com

arch/arm/mach-netx/include/mach/netx-regs.h

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 #define NETX_PA_XPEC(no) (NETX_IO_PHYS + NETX_OFS_XPEC(no))
 #define NETX_PA_VIC      (NETX_IO_PHYS + NETX_OFS_VIC)
 
-/* virual addresses */
+/* virtual addresses */
 #define NETX_VA_SYSTEM   (NETX_IO_VIRT + NETX_OFS_SYSTEM)
 #define NETX_VA_MEMCR    (NETX_IO_VIRT + NETX_OFS_MEMCR)
 #define NETX_VA_DPMAS    (NETX_IO_VIRT + NETX_OFS_DPMAS)

arch/arm/mach-omap1/Kconfig

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ config MACH_OMAP_PALMZ71
 	help
 	 Support for the Palm Zire71 PDA. To boot the kernel,
 	 you'll need a PalmOS compatible bootloader; check out
-	 http://hackndev.com/palm/z71 for more informations.
+	 http://hackndev.com/palm/z71 for more information.
 	 Say Y here if you have such a PDA, say N otherwise.
 
 config MACH_OMAP_PALMTT

arch/avr32/Kconfig

@@ -127,13 +127,13 @@ config BOARD_HAMMERHEAD
 	select CPU_AT32AP7000
 	select USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD
 	help
-	  The Hammerhead platform is built around a AVR32 32-bit microcontroller from Atmel.
+	  The Hammerhead platform is built around an AVR32 32-bit microcontroller from Atmel.
 	  It offers versatile peripherals, such as ethernet, usb device, usb host etc.
 
-	  The board also incooperates a power supply and is a Power over Ethernet (PoE) Powered
+	  The board also incorporates a power supply and is a Power over Ethernet (PoE) Powered
 	  Device (PD).
 
-	  Additonally, a Cyclone III FPGA from Altera is integrated on the board. The FPGA is
+	  Additionally, a Cyclone III FPGA from Altera is integrated on the board. The FPGA is
 	  mapped into the 32-bit AVR memory bus. The FPGA offers two DDR2 SDRAM interfaces, which
 	  will cover even the most exceptional need of memory bandwidth. Together with the onboard
 	  video decoder the board is ready for video processing.

arch/blackfin/Kconfig

@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ config CACHELINE_ALIGNED_L1
 	default n if BF54x
 	depends on !BF531
 	help
-	  If enabled, cacheline_anligned data is linked
+	  If enabled, cacheline_aligned data is linked
 	  into L1 data memory. (less latency)
 
 config SYSCALL_TAB_L1
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ config MPU
 	  memory they do not own.  This comes at a performance penalty
 	  and is recommended only for debugging.
 
-comment "Asynchonous Memory Configuration"
+comment "Asynchronous Memory Configuration"
 
 menu "EBIU_AMGCTL Global Control"
 config C_AMCKEN
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ config C_B3PEN
 	default n
 
 choice
-	prompt"Enable Asynchonous Memory Banks"
+	prompt "Enable Asynchronous Memory Banks"
 	default C_AMBEN_ALL
 
 config C_AMBEN

arch/cris/Kconfig

@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ config ETRAX_SERIAL_PORT0_DMA1_IN
 	help
 	  Enables the DMA1 input channel for ser0 (ttyS0).
 	  If you do not enable DMA, an interrupt for each character will be
-	  used when receiveing data.
+	  used when receiving data.
 	  Normally you want to use DMA, unless you use the DMA channel for
 	  something else.
 
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ config ETRAX_SERIAL_PORT2_DMA7_IN
 	help
 	  Enables the DMA7 input channel for ser2 (ttyS2).
 	  If you do not enable DMA, an interrupt for each character will be
-	  used when receiveing data.
+	  used when receiving data.
 	  Normally you want to use DMA, unless you use the DMA channel for
 	  something else.
 
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ config ETRAX_SERIAL_PORT3_DMA3_IN
 	help
 	  Enables the DMA3 input channel for ser3 (ttyS3).
 	  If you do not enable DMA, an interrupt for each character will be
-	  used when receiveing data.
+	  used when receiving data.
 	  Normally you want to use DMA, unless you use the DMA channel for
 	  something else.
 

arch/cris/arch-v32/Kconfig

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ config	ETRAX_NBR_LED_GRP_ONE
 	help
 	  Select this if you want one Ethernet LED group. This LED group
 	  can be used for one or more Ethernet interfaces. However, it is
-	  recomended that each Ethernet interface use a dedicated LED group.
+	  recommended that each Ethernet interface use a dedicated LED group.
 
 config	ETRAX_NBR_LED_GRP_TWO
 	bool "Use two LED groups"

arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig

@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ config ETRAX_SERIAL_PORT4_DMA9_IN
 	help
 	  Enables the DMA9 input channel for ser4 (ttyS4).
 	  If you do not enable DMA, an interrupt for each character will be
-	  used when receiveing data.
+	  used when receiving data.
 	  Normally you want to use DMA, unless you use the DMA channel for
 	  something else.
 

arch/cris/arch-v32/mach-fs/Kconfig

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ config ETRAX_SDRAM_GRP1_CONFIG
 	depends on ETRAX_ARCH_V32
 	default "0"
 	help
-	  SDRAM configuration for group 1. The defult value is 0
+	  SDRAM configuration for group 1. The default value is 0
 	  because group 1 is not used in the default configuration,
 	  described in the help for SDRAM_GRP0_CONFIG.
 

arch/h8300/kernel/timer/tpu.c

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static struct irqaction tpu_irq = {
 	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_TIMER,
 };
 
-const static int __initdata divide_rate[] = {
+static const int __initdata divide_rate[] = {
 #if CONFIG_H8300_TPU_CH == 0
 	1,4,16,64,0,0,0,0,
 #elif (CONFIG_H8300_TPU_CH == 1) || (CONFIG_H8300_TPU_CH == 5)

arch/mips/Kconfig

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ config MACH_JAZZ
 	help
 	 This a family of machines based on the MIPS R4030 chipset which was
 	 used by several vendors to build RISC/os and Windows NT workstations.
-	 Members include the Acer PICA, MIPS Magnum 4000, MIPS Millenium and
+	 Members include the Acer PICA, MIPS Magnum 4000, MIPS Millennium and
 	 Olivetti M700-10 workstations.
 
 config LASAT

arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-smp.c

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static void __init ip27_smp_setup(void)
 	 * Assumption to be fixed: we're always booted on logical / physical
 	 * processor 0.  While we're always running on logical processor 0
 	 * this still means this is physical processor zero; it might for
-	 * example be disabled in the firwware.
+	 * example be disabled in the firmware.
 	 */
 	alloc_cpupda(0, 0);
 }

arch/powerpc/Kconfig

@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ config PHYP_DUMP
 	help
 	  Hypervisor-assisted dump is meant to be a kdump replacement
 	  offering robustness and speed not possible without system
-	  hypervisor assistence.
+	  hypervisor assistance.
 
 	  If unsure, say "N"
 

arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig

@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ config CPM
 config OF_RTC
 	bool
 	help
-	  Uses information from the OF or flattened device tree to instatiate
+	  Uses information from the OF or flattened device tree to instantiate
 	  platform devices for direct mapped RTC chips like the DS1742 or DS1743.
 
 source "arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/Kconfig"

arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/Kconfig

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ config PPC_BESTCOMM
 	select PPC_LIB_RHEAP
 	help
 	  BestComm is the name of the communication coprocessor found
-	  on the Freescale MPC5200 family of processor. It's usage is
+	  on the Freescale MPC5200 family of processor.  Its usage is
-	  optionnal for some drivers (like ATA), but required for
+	  optional for some drivers (like ATA), but required for
 	  others (like FEC).
 
 	  If you want to use drivers that require DMA operations,

arch/sh/Kconfig

@@ -640,10 +640,10 @@ config GUSA_RB
 	depends on GUSA && CPU_SH3 || (CPU_SH4 && !CPU_SH4A)
 	help
 	  Enabling this option will allow the kernel to implement some
-	  atomic operations using a software implemention of load-locked/
+	  atomic operations using a software implementation of load-locked/
 	  store-conditional (LLSC). On machines which do not have hardware
 	  LLSC, this should be more efficient than the other alternative of
-	  disabling insterrupts around the atomic sequence.
+	  disabling interrupts around the atomic sequence.
 
 endmenu
 

arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S

@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ tlb_fixup_done:
 	 * point.
 	 *
 	 * There used to be enormous complexity wrt. transferring
-	 * over from the firwmare's trap table to the Linux kernel's.
+	 * over from the firmware's trap table to the Linux kernel's.
 	 * For example, there was a chicken & egg problem wrt. building
 	 * the OBP page tables, yet needing to be on the Linux kernel
 	 * trap table (to translate PAGE_OFFSET addresses) in order to

arch/x86/Kconfig

@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ config NODES_SHIFT
 	depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
 	---help---
 	  Specify the maximum number of NUMA Nodes available on the target
-	  system.  Increases memory reserved to accomodate various tables.
+	  system.  Increases memory reserved to accommodate various tables.
 
 config HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM
 	def_bool y
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ config MTRR_SANITIZER
 	  add writeback entries.
 
 	  Can be disabled with disable_mtrr_cleanup on the kernel command line.
-	  The largest mtrr entry size for a continous block can be set with
+	  The largest mtrr entry size for a continuous block can be set with
 	  mtrr_chunk_size.
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.

drivers/acpi/thermal.c

@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static int acpi_thermal_trips_update(struct acpi_thermal *tz, int flag)
 		/*
 		 * Treat freezing temperatures as invalid as well; some
 		 * BIOSes return really low values and cause reboots at startup.
-		 * Below zero (Celcius) values clearly aren't right for sure..
+		 * Below zero (Celsius) values clearly aren't right for sure..
 		 * ... so lets discard those as invalid.
 		 */
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) ||

drivers/ata/Kconfig

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ config ATA_SFF
 
 	  For users with exclusively modern controllers like AHCI,
 	  Silicon Image 3124, or Marvell 6440, you may choose to
-	  disable this uneeded SFF support.
+	  disable this unneeded SFF support.
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 

drivers/base/sys.c

@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ void sysdev_unregister(struct sys_device *sysdev)
  *	and the class driver.
  *
  *	Note: The list is iterated in reverse order, so that we shut down
- *	child devices before we shut down thier parents. The list ordering
+ *	child devices before we shut down their parents. The list ordering
  *	is guaranteed by virtue of the fact that child devices are registered
  *	after their parents.
  */

drivers/char/bsr.c

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static int bsr_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-const static struct file_operations bsr_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations bsr_fops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.mmap  = bsr_mmap,
 	.open  = bsr_open,

drivers/gpio/Kconfig

@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ config DEBUG_GPIO
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
 	help
 	  Say Y here to add some extra checks and diagnostics to GPIO calls.
-	  The checks help ensure that GPIOs have been properly initialized
+	  These checks help ensure that GPIOs have been properly initialized
-	  before they are used and that sleeping calls aren not made from
+	  before they are used, and that sleeping calls are not made from
-	  nonsleeping contexts.  They can make bitbanged serial protocols
+	  non-sleeping contexts.  They can make bitbanged serial protocols
 	  slower.  The diagnostics help catch the type of setup errors
 	  that are most common when setting up new platforms or boards.
 

drivers/hid/Kconfig

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ config GREENASIA_FF
 	select INPUT_FF_MEMLESS
 	---help---
 	Say Y here if you have a GreenAsia (Product ID 0x12) based game controller
-	(like MANTA Warior MM816 and SpeedLink Strike2 SL-6635) or adapter
+	(like MANTA Warrior MM816 and SpeedLink Strike2 SL-6635) or adapter
 	and want to enable force feedback support for it.
 
 config HID_TOPSEED

drivers/hwmon/f75375s.c

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * f75375s.c - driver for the Fintek F75375/SP and F75373
  *             hardware monitoring features
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2007  Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@movial.fi>
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2007  Riku Voipio
  *
  * Datasheets available at:
  *
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static void __exit sensors_f75375_exit(void)
 	i2c_del_driver(&f75375_driver);
 }
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@movial.fi>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Riku Voipio");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("F75373/F75375 hardware monitoring driver");
 

drivers/input/Kconfig

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ config INPUT_APMPOWER
 	---help---
 	  Say Y here if you want suspend key events to trigger a user
 	  requested suspend through APM. This is useful on embedded
-	  systems where such behviour is desired without userspace
+	  systems where such behaviour is desired without userspace
 	  interaction. If unsure, say N.
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the

drivers/input/mouse/gpio_mouse.c

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Timer function which is run every scan_ms ms when the device is opened.
- * The dev input varaible is set to the the input_dev pointer.
+ * The dev input variable is set to the the input_dev pointer.
  */
 static void gpio_mouse_scan(struct input_polled_dev *dev)
 {

drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c

@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ name ## _show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) \
 static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, name ## _show, NULL);
 
 
-/* Sysfs conventions report temperatures in millidegrees Celcius.
+/* Sysfs conventions report temperatures in millidegrees Celsius.
  * ADS7846 could use the low-accuracy two-sample scheme, but can't do the high
  * accuracy scheme without calibration data.  For now we won't try either;
  * userspace sees raw sensor values, and must scale/calibrate appropriately.

drivers/isdn/mISDN/Kconfig

@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ config MISDN_DSP
 	depends on MISDN
 	help
 	  Enable support for digital audio processing capability.
+
 	  This module may be used for special applications that require
-	  cross connecting of bchannels, conferencing, dtmf decoding
+	  cross connecting of bchannels, conferencing, dtmf decoding,
 	  echo cancelation, tone generation, and Blowfish encryption and
-	  decryption.
+	  decryption. It may use hardware features if available.
-	  It may use hardware features if available.
+
 	  E.g. it is required for PBX4Linux. Go to http://isdn.eversberg.eu
-	  and get more informations about this module and it's usage.
+	  and get more information about this module and its usage.
+
 	  If unsure, say 'N'.
 
 config MISDN_L1OIP

drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_codec.c

@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ l1oip_4bit_alloc(int ulaw)
 	/* alloc conversion tables */
 	table_com = vmalloc(65536);
 	table_dec = vmalloc(512);
-	if (!table_com | !table_dec) {
+	if (!table_com || !table_dec) {
 		l1oip_4bit_free();
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}

drivers/leds/Kconfig

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ config LEDS_HP6XX
 	tristate "LED Support for the HP Jornada 6xx"
 	depends on LEDS_CLASS && SH_HP6XX
 	help
-	  This option enables led support for the handheld
+	  This option enables LED support for the handheld
 	  HP Jornada 620/660/680/690.
 
 config LEDS_PCA9532
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ config LEDS_PCA9532
 	depends on LEDS_CLASS && I2C && INPUT && EXPERIMENTAL
 	help
 	  This option enables support for NXP pca9532
-	  led controller. It is generally only usefull
+	  LED controller. It is generally only useful
 	  as a platform driver
 
 config LEDS_GPIO
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ config LEDS_CLEVO_MAIL
 	  	Positivo Mobile (Clevo M5x0V)
 
 	  If your model is not listed here you can try the "nodetect"
-	  module paramter.
+	  module parameter.
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called leds-clevo-mail.

drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * pca9532.c - 16-bit Led dimmer
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2008 Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@movial.fi>
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Riku Voipio
  *
  * 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
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static void __exit pca9532_exit(void)
 	i2c_del_driver(&pca9532_driver);
 }
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@movial.fi>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Riku Voipio");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PCA 9532 LED dimmer");
 

drivers/media/common/tuners/Kconfig

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ config MEDIA_TUNER_XC5000
 	default m if MEDIA_TUNER_CUSTOMISE
 	help
 	  A driver for the silicon tuner XC5000 from Xceive.
-	  This device is only used inside a SiP called togther with a
+	  This device is only used inside a SiP called together with a
 	  demodulator for now.
 
 config MEDIA_TUNER_MXL5005S

drivers/media/dvb/frontends/Kconfig

@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ config DVB_TUNER_DIB0070
 	default m if DVB_FE_CUSTOMISE
 	help
 	  A driver for the silicon baseband tuner DiB0070 from DiBcom.
-	  This device is only used inside a SiP called togther with a
+	  This device is only used inside a SiP called together with a
 	  demodulator for now.
 
 comment "SEC control devices for DVB-S"

drivers/media/dvb/frontends/drx397xD.c

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static struct {
 } fw[] = {
 #define _FW_ENTRY(a, b, c)	{					\
 			.name	= a,					\
-			.file	= 0,					\
+			.file	= NULL,					\
 			.lock	= __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(fw[c].lock),	\
 			.refcnt = 0,					\
 			.data	= { }		}

drivers/mfd/Kconfig

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ config MENELAUS
 	help
 	  If you say yes here you get support for the Texas Instruments
 	  TWL92330/Menelaus Power Management chip. This include voltage
-	  regulators, Dual slot memory card tranceivers, real-time clock
+	  regulators, Dual slot memory card transceivers, real-time clock
 	  and other features that are often used in portable devices like
 	  cell phones and PDAs.
 

drivers/misc/Kconfig

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ config ATMEL_PWM
 	depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91SAM9263 || ARCH_AT91SAM9RL || ARCH_AT91CAP9
 	help
 	  This option enables device driver support for the PWM channels
-	  on certain Atmel prcoessors.  Pulse Width Modulation is used for
+	  on certain Atmel processors.  Pulse Width Modulation is used for
-	  purposes including software controlled power-efficent backlights
+	  purposes including software controlled power-efficient backlights
 	  on LCD displays, motor control, and waveform generation.
 
 config ATMEL_TCLIB
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ config ATMEL_SSC
 	tristate "Device driver for Atmel SSC peripheral"
 	depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91
 	---help---
-	  This option enables device driver support for Atmel Syncronized
+	  This option enables device driver support for Atmel Synchronized
 	  Serial Communication peripheral (SSC).
 
 	  The SSC peripheral supports a wide variety of serial frame based

drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ config MMC_SPI
 	select CRC7
 	select CRC_ITU_T
 	help
-	  Some systems accss MMC/SD/SDIO cards using a SPI controller
+	  Some systems access MMC/SD/SDIO cards using a SPI controller
 	  instead of using a "native" MMC/SD/SDIO controller.  This has a
 	  disadvantage of being relatively high overhead, but a compensating
 	  advantage of working on many systems without dedicated MMC/SD/SDIO

drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c

@@ -1773,4 +1773,4 @@ module_exit(cleanup_nanddoc);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("M-Systems DiskOnChip 2000, Millennium and Millennium Plus device driver\n");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("M-Systems DiskOnChip 2000, Millennium and Millennium Plus device driver");

drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_oobtest.c

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int write_eraseblock(int ebnum)
 		ops.ooblen    = use_len;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = use_offset;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = writebuf;
 		err = mtd->write_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 		if (err || ops.oobretlen != use_len) {
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static int verify_eraseblock(int ebnum)
 		ops.ooblen    = use_len;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = use_offset;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 		err = mtd->read_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 		if (err || ops.oobretlen != use_len) {
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static int verify_eraseblock(int ebnum)
 			ops.ooblen    = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail;
 			ops.oobretlen = 0;
 			ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-			ops.datbuf    = 0;
+			ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 			ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 			err = mtd->read_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 			if (err || ops.oobretlen != mtd->ecclayout->oobavail) {
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static int verify_eraseblock_in_one_go(int ebnum)
 	ops.ooblen    = len;
 	ops.oobretlen = 0;
 	ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-	ops.datbuf    = 0;
+	ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 	ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 	err = mtd->read_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 	if (err || ops.oobretlen != len) {
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static int __init mtd_oobtest_init(void)
 	ops.ooblen    = 1;
 	ops.oobretlen = 0;
 	ops.ooboffs   = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail;
-	ops.datbuf    = 0;
+	ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 	ops.oobbuf    = writebuf;
 	printk(PRINT_PREF "attempting to start write past end of OOB\n");
 	printk(PRINT_PREF "an error is expected...\n");
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static int __init mtd_oobtest_init(void)
 	ops.ooblen    = 1;
 	ops.oobretlen = 0;
 	ops.ooboffs   = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail;
-	ops.datbuf    = 0;
+	ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 	ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 	printk(PRINT_PREF "attempting to start read past end of OOB\n");
 	printk(PRINT_PREF "an error is expected...\n");
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static int __init mtd_oobtest_init(void)
 		ops.ooblen    = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail + 1;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = writebuf;
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "attempting to write past end of device\n");
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "an error is expected...\n");
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static int __init mtd_oobtest_init(void)
 		ops.ooblen    = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail + 1;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "attempting to read past end of device\n");
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "an error is expected...\n");
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ static int __init mtd_oobtest_init(void)
 		ops.ooblen    = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = 1;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = writebuf;
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "attempting to write past end of device\n");
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "an error is expected...\n");
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ static int __init mtd_oobtest_init(void)
 		ops.ooblen    = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = 1;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "attempting to read past end of device\n");
 		printk(PRINT_PREF "an error is expected...\n");
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ static int __init mtd_oobtest_init(void)
 			ops.ooblen    = sz;
 			ops.oobretlen = 0;
 			ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-			ops.datbuf    = 0;
+			ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 			ops.oobbuf    = writebuf;
 			err = mtd->write_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 			if (err)
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ static int __init mtd_oobtest_init(void)
 		ops.ooblen    = mtd->ecclayout->oobavail * 2;
 		ops.oobretlen = 0;
 		ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-		ops.datbuf    = 0;
+		ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 		ops.oobbuf    = readbuf;
 		err = mtd->read_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 		if (err)

drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_readtest.c

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int read_eraseblock_by_page(int ebnum)
 			ops.ooblen    = mtd->oobsize;
 			ops.oobretlen = 0;
 			ops.ooboffs   = 0;
-			ops.datbuf    = 0;
+			ops.datbuf    = NULL;
 			ops.oobbuf    = oobbuf;
 			ret = mtd->read_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
 			if (ret || ops.oobretlen != mtd->oobsize) {

drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c

@@ -2299,7 +2299,7 @@ static int sbmac_init(struct platform_device *pldev, long long base)
 	eaddr = sc->sbm_hwaddr;
 
 	/*
-	 * Read the ethernet address.  The firwmare left this programmed
+	 * Read the ethernet address.  The firmware left this programmed
 	 * for us in the ethernet address register for each mac.
 	 */
 

drivers/net/skfp/h/hwmtm.h

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ struct hw_modul {
 	int	leave_isr ;		/* leave fddi_isr immedeately if set */
 	int	isr_flag ;		/* set, when HWM is entered from isr */
 	/*
-	 * varaibles for the current transmit frame
+	 * variables for the current transmit frame
 	 */
 	struct s_smt_tx_queue *tx_p ;	/* pointer to the transmit queue */
 	u_long	tx_descr ;		/* tx descriptor for FORMAC+ */

drivers/net/tg3.c

@@ -11225,7 +11225,7 @@ static int __devinit tg3_phy_probe(struct tg3 *tp)
 		return tg3_phy_init(tp);
 
 	/* Reading the PHY ID register can conflict with ASF
-	 * firwmare access to the PHY hardware.
+	 * firmware access to the PHY hardware.
 	 */
 	err = 0;
 	if ((tp->tg3_flags & TG3_FLAG_ENABLE_ASF) ||

drivers/net/wan/farsync.c

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 #endif
 
 /*
- * Modules parameters and associated varaibles
+ * Modules parameters and associated variables
  */
 static int fst_txq_low = FST_LOW_WATER_MARK;
 static int fst_txq_high = FST_HIGH_WATER_MARK;

drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c

@@ -2362,7 +2362,7 @@ static void ipw2100_corruption_detected(struct ipw2100_priv *priv, int i)
 		       i * sizeof(struct ipw2100_status));
 
 #ifdef IPW2100_DEBUG_C3
-	/* Halt the fimrware so we can get a good image */
+	/* Halt the firmware so we can get a good image */
 	write_register(priv->net_dev, IPW_REG_RESET_REG,
 		       IPW_AUX_HOST_RESET_REG_STOP_MASTER);
 	j = 5;

drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c

@@ -8844,7 +8844,7 @@ static int ipw_wx_set_mode(struct net_device *dev,
 #endif				/* CONFIG_IPW2200_MONITOR */
 
 	/* Free the existing firmware and reset the fw_loaded
-	 * flag so ipw_load() will bring in the new firmawre */
+	 * flag so ipw_load() will bring in the new firmware */
 	free_firmware();
 
 	priv->ieee->iw_mode = wrqu->mode;

drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c

@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ static int iwl_read_ucode(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 
 	/* api_ver should match the api version forming part of the
 	 * firmware filename ... but we don't check for that and only rely
-	 * on the API version read from firware header from here on forward */
+	 * on the API version read from firmware header from here on forward */
 
 	if (api_ver < api_min || api_ver > api_max) {
 		IWL_ERR(priv, "Driver unable to support your firmware API. "

drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c

@@ -2562,7 +2562,7 @@ static int iwl3945_read_ucode(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 
 	/* api_ver should match the api version forming part of the
 	 * firmware filename ... but we don't check for that and only rely
-	 * on the API version read from firware header from here on forward */
+	 * on the API version read from firmware header from here on forward */
 
 	if (api_ver < api_min || api_ver > api_max) {
 		IWL_ERR(priv, "Driver unable to support your firmware API. "

drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c

@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ static struct cmd_ctrl_node *lbs_get_cmd_ctrl_node(struct lbs_private *priv)
 
 /**
  *  @brief This function executes next command in command
- *  pending queue. It will put fimware back to PS mode
+ *  pending queue. It will put firmware back to PS mode
  *  if applicable.
  *
  *  @param priv     A pointer to struct lbs_private structure

drivers/pci/pci.c

@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__pci_complete_power_transition);
  * @dev: PCI device to handle.
  * @state: PCI power state (D0, D1, D2, D3hot) to put the device into.
  *
- * Transition a device to a new power state, using the platform formware and/or
+ * Transition a device to a new power state, using the platform firmware and/or
  * the device's PCI PM registers.
  *
  * RETURN VALUE:

drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c

@@ -5811,7 +5811,7 @@ static struct ibm_struct volume_driver_data = {
  *	ThinkPads from this same time period (and earlier) probably lack the
  *	tachometer as well.
  *
- *	Unfortunately a lot of ThinkPads with new-style ECs but whose firwmare
+ *	Unfortunately a lot of ThinkPads with new-style ECs but whose firmware
  *	was never fixed by IBM to report the EC firmware version string
  *	probably support the tachometer (like the early X models), so
  *	detecting it is quite hard.  We need more data to know for sure.

drivers/power/bq27x00_battery.c

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static int bq27x00_read(u8 reg, int *rt_value, int b_single,
 }
 
 /*
- * Return the battery temperature in Celcius degrees
+ * Return the battery temperature in Celsius degrees
  * Or < 0 if something fails.
  */
 static int bq27x00_battery_temperature(struct bq27x00_device_info *di)

drivers/scsi/Kconfig

@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ config SCSI_LPFC_DEBUG_FS
 	bool "Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel debugfs Support"
 	depends on SCSI_LPFC && DEBUG_FS
 	help
-	  This makes debugging infomation from the lpfc driver
+	  This makes debugging information from the lpfc driver
 	  available via the debugfs filesystem.
 
 config SCSI_SIM710
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ config SCSI_SIM710
 	depends on (EISA || MCA) && SCSI
 	select SCSI_SPI_ATTRS
 	---help---
-	  This driver for NCR53c710 based SCSI host adapters.
+	  This driver is for NCR53c710 based SCSI host adapters.
 
 	  It currently supports Compaq EISA cards and NCR MCA cards
 

drivers/serial/Kconfig

@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ config SERIAL_BFIN_SPORT
 	depends on BLACKFIN && EXPERIMENTAL
 	select SERIAL_CORE
 	help
-	  Enble support SPORT emulate UART on Blackfin series.
+	  Enable SPORT emulate UART on Blackfin series.
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called bfin_sport_uart.

drivers/staging/Kconfig

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ menuconfig STAGING
 	---help---
 	  This option allows you to select a number of drivers that are
 	  not of the "normal" Linux kernel quality level.  These drivers
-	  are placed here in order to get a wider audience for use of
+	  are placed here in order to get a wider audience to make use of
 	  them.  Please note that these drivers are under heavy
 	  development, may or may not work, and may contain userspace
 	  interfaces that most likely will be changed in the near
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ menuconfig STAGING
 
 	  Using any of these drivers will taint your kernel which might
 	  affect support options from both the community, and various
-	  commercial support orginizations.
+	  commercial support organizations.
 
 	  If you wish to work on these drivers, to help improve them, or
 	  to report problems you have with them, please see the

drivers/staging/comedi/Kconfig

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 config COMEDI
-	tristate "Data Acquision support (comedi)"
+	tristate "Data acquisition support (comedi)"
 	default N
 	depends on m
 	---help---
-	  Enable support a wide range of data acquision devices
+	  Enable support a wide range of data acquisition devices
 	  for Linux.
 
 config COMEDI_RT

drivers/staging/go7007/Kconfig

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ config VIDEO_GO7007
 	select CRC32
 	default N
 	---help---
-	  This is a video4linux driver for some wierd device...
+	  This is a video4linux driver for some weird device...
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called go7007
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ config VIDEO_GO7007_USB
 	depends on VIDEO_GO7007 && USB
 	default N
 	---help---
-	  This is a video4linux driver for some wierd device...
+	  This is a video4linux driver for some weird device...
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called go7007-usb

drivers/staging/otus/hal/hpmain.c

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ u16_t zfHpInit(zdev_t* dev, u32_t frequency)
     else
     {
     #ifndef ZM_OTUS_LINUX_PHASE_2
-        /* donwload the normal frimware */
+        /* download the normal firmware */
         if ((ret = zfFirmwareDownload(dev, (u32_t*)zcFwImage,
                 (u32_t)zcFwImageSize, ZM_FIRMWARE_WLAN_ADDR)) != ZM_SUCCESS)
         {

drivers/staging/panel/Kconfig

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ config PANEL_LCD_BWIDTH
 	---help---
 	  Most LCDs use a standard controller which supports hardware lines of 40
 	  characters, although sometimes only 16, 20 or 24 of them are really wired
-	  to the terminal. This results in some non-visible but adressable characters,
+	  to the terminal. This results in some non-visible but addressable characters,
 	  and is the case for most parallel LCDs. Other LCDs, and some serial ones,
 	  however, use the same line width internally as what is visible. The KS0074
 	  for example, uses 16 characters per line for 16 visible characters per line.

drivers/usb/atm/ueagle-atm.c

@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static void uea_upload_pre_firmware(const struct firmware *fw_entry, void *conte
 		goto err_fw_corrupted;
 
 	/*
-	 * Start to upload formware : send reset
+	 * Start to upload firmware : send reset
 	 */
 	value = 1;
 	ret = uea_send_modem_cmd(usb, F8051_USBCS, sizeof(value), &value);

drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig

@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ config USB_GADGET_FSL_QE
 	   controllers having QE or CPM2, given minor tweaks.
 
 	   Set CONFIG_USB_GADGET to "m" to build this driver as a
-	   dynmically linked module called "fsl_qe_udc".
+	   dynamically linked module called "fsl_qe_udc".
 
 config USB_FSL_QE
 	tristate

drivers/usb/serial/ChangeLog.history

@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ io_edgeport.c Change Log comments:
 
  0.2 (01/30/2000) greg kroah-hartman
 	Milestone 1 release.
-	Device is found by USB subsystem, enumerated, fimware is downloaded
+	Device is found by USB subsystem, enumerated, firmware is downloaded
 	and the descriptors are printed to the debug log, config is set, and
 	green light starts to blink. Open port works, and data can be sent
 	and received at the default settings of the UART. Loopback connector

drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig

@@ -518,8 +518,8 @@ config USB_SERIAL_SIERRAWIRELESS
 	help
 	  Say M here if you want to use Sierra Wireless devices.
 
-	  Many deviecs have a feature known as TRU-Install, for those devices
+	  Many devices have a feature known as TRU-Install. For those devices
-	  to work properly the USB Storage Sierra feature must be enabled.
+	  to work properly, the USB Storage Sierra feature must be enabled.
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called sierra.

drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c

@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ void wusbhc_gtk_rekey(struct wusbhc *wusbhc)
 		struct wusb_dev *wusb_dev;
 
 		wusb_dev = wusbhc->port[p].wusb_dev;
-		if (!wusb_dev || !wusb_dev->usb_dev | !wusb_dev->usb_dev->authenticated)
+		if (!wusb_dev || !wusb_dev->usb_dev || !wusb_dev->usb_dev->authenticated)
 			continue;
 
 		usb_fill_control_urb(wusb_dev->set_gtk_urb, wusb_dev->usb_dev,

drivers/uwb/Kconfig

@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ config UWB_WHCI
         help
           This driver enables the radio controller for WHCI cards.
 
-          WHCI is an specification developed by Intel
+          WHCI is a specification developed by Intel
           (http://www.intel.com/technology/comms/wusb/whci.htm) much
           in the spirit of USB's EHCI, but for UWB and Wireless USB
-          radio/host controllers connected via memmory mapping (eg:
+          radio/host controllers connected via memory mapping (eg:
           PCI). Most of these cards come also with a Wireless USB host
           controller.
 

drivers/xen/Kconfig

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ config XEN_COMPAT_XENFS
          The old xenstore userspace tools expect to find "xenbus"
          under /proc/xen, but "xenbus" is now found at the root of the
          xenfs filesystem.  Selecting this causes the kernel to create
-         the compatibilty mount point /proc/xen if it is running on
+         the compatibility mount point /proc/xen if it is running on
          a xen platform.
          If in doubt, say yes.
 

fs/bio.c

@@ -1420,8 +1420,7 @@ static void bio_pair_end_2(struct bio *bi, int err)
 }
 
 /*
- * split a bio - only worry about a bio with a single page
+ * split a bio - only worry about a bio with a single page in its iovec
- * in it's iovec
  */
 struct bio_pair *bio_split(struct bio *bi, int first_sectors)
 {

fs/ext4/Kconfig

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ config EXT4_FS
 	  filesystem; while there will be some performance gains from
 	  the delayed allocation and inode table readahead, the best
 	  performance gains will require enabling ext4 features in the
-	  filesystem, or formating a new filesystem as an ext4
+	  filesystem, or formatting a new filesystem as an ext4
 	  filesystem initially.
 
 	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The

fs/file_table.c

@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ struct file *alloc_file(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		fmode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fop)
 {
 	struct file *file;
-	struct path;
 
 	file = get_empty_filp();
 	if (!file)

fs/fs-writeback.c

@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
  * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
  * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
  *
- * If we're a pdlfush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance
+ * If we're a pdflush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance
  * against the entire list.
  *
  * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.

fs/proc/nommu.c

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static int nommu_region_show(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_region *region)
 
 /*
  * display a list of all the REGIONs the kernel knows about
- * - nommu kernals have a single flat list
+ * - nommu kernels have a single flat list
  */
 static int nommu_region_list_show(struct seq_file *m, void *_p)
 {

fs/ubifs/Kconfig

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ config UBIFS_FS_ADVANCED_COMPR
 	depends on UBIFS_FS
 	help
 	  This option allows to explicitly choose which compressions, if any,
-	  are enabled in UBIFS. Removing compressors means inbility to read
+	  are enabled in UBIFS. Removing compressors means inability to read
 	  existing file systems.
 
 	  If unsure, say 'N'.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ config UBIFS_FS_LZO
 	depends on UBIFS_FS
 	default y
 	help
-	   LZO compressor is generally faster then zlib but compresses worse.
+	   LZO compressor is generally faster than zlib but compresses worse.
 	   Say 'Y' if unsure.
 
 config UBIFS_FS_ZLIB

include/linux/cgroup.h

@@ -365,7 +365,10 @@ int cgroup_task_count(const struct cgroup *cgrp);
 /* Return true if cgrp is a descendant of the task's cgroup */
 int cgroup_is_descendant(const struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *task);
 
-/* Control Group subsystem type. See Documentation/cgroups.txt for details */
+/*
+ * Control Group subsystem type.
+ * See Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt for details
+ */
 
 struct cgroup_subsys {
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *(*create)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,

include/linux/jbd.h

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #define journal_oom_retry 1
 
 /*
- * Define JBD_PARANIOD_IOFAIL to cause a kernel BUG() if ext3 finds
+ * Define JBD_PARANOID_IOFAIL to cause a kernel BUG() if ext3 finds
  * certain classes of error which can occur due to failed IOs.  Under
  * normal use we want ext3 to continue after such errors, because
  * hardware _can_ fail, but for debugging purposes when running tests on

include/linux/libata.h

@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_HORKAGE_BRIDGE_OK	= (1 << 10),	/* no bridge limits */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_ATAPI_MOD16_DMA = (1 << 11), /* use ATAPI DMA for commands
 						    not multiple of 16 bytes */
-	ATA_HORKAGE_FIRMWARE_WARN = (1 << 12),	/* firwmare update warning */
+	ATA_HORKAGE_FIRMWARE_WARN = (1 << 12),	/* firmware update warning */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_1_5_GBPS	= (1 << 13),	/* force 1.5 Gbps */
 
 	 /* DMA mask for user DMA control: User visible values; DO NOT

include/linux/pwm.h

@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ int pwm_enable(struct pwm_device *pwm);
  */
 void pwm_disable(struct pwm_device *pwm);
 
-#endif /* __ASM_ARCH_PWM_H */
+#endif /* __LINUX_PWM_H */

include/linux/usb/wusb.h

@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ struct wusb_ckhdid {
 	u8 data[16];
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
-const static
+static const struct wusb_ckhdid wusb_ckhdid_zero = { .data = { 0 } };
-struct wusb_ckhdid wusb_ckhdid_zero = { .data = { 0 } };
 
 #define WUSB_CKHDID_STRSIZE (3 * sizeof(struct wusb_ckhdid) + 1)
 

init/Kconfig

@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ config CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
 	select MM_OWNER
 	help
 	  Provides a memory resource controller that manages both anonymous
-	  memory and page cache. (See Documentation/controllers/memory.txt)
+	  memory and page cache. (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt)
 
 	  Note that setting this option increases fixed memory overhead
 	  associated with each page of memory in the system. By this,
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ config PID_NS
 	depends on NAMESPACES && EXPERIMENTAL
 	help
 	  Support process id namespaces.  This allows having multiple
-	  process with the same pid as long as they are in different
+	  processes with the same pid as long as they are in different
 	  pid namespaces.  This is a building block of containers.
 
 	  Unless you want to work with an experimental feature
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ config COMPAT_BRK
 	  Randomizing heap placement makes heap exploits harder, but it
 	  also breaks ancient binaries (including anything libc5 based).
 	  This option changes the bootup default to heap randomization
-	  disabled, and can be overriden runtime by setting
+	  disabled, and can be overridden at runtime by setting
 	  /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space to 2.
 
 	  On non-ancient distros (post-2000 ones) N is usually a safe choice.
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ config INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
 	  cpu_possible_map, some of them chose to initialize cpu_possible_map
 	  with all 1s, and others with all 0s.  When they were centralised,
 	  it was better to provide this option than to break all the archs
-	  and have several arch maintainers persuing me down dark alleys.
+	  and have several arch maintainers pursuing me down dark alleys.
 
 config STOP_MACHINE
 	bool

kernel/power/disk.c

@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static int create_image(int platform_mode)
  *	hibernation_snapshot - quiesce devices and create the hibernation
  *	snapshot image.
  *	@platform_mode - if set, use the platform driver, if available, to
- *			 prepare the platform frimware for the power transition.
+ *			 prepare the platform firmware for the power transition.
  *
  *	Must be called with pm_mutex held
  */
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int resume_target_kernel(bool platform_mode)
  *	hibernation_restore - quiesce devices and restore the hibernation
  *	snapshot image.  If successful, control returns in hibernation_snaphot()
  *	@platform_mode - if set, use the platform driver, if available, to
- *			 prepare the platform frimware for the transition.
+ *			 prepare the platform firmware for the transition.
  *
  *	Must be called with pm_mutex held
  */

kernel/trace/Kconfig

@@ -72,11 +72,10 @@ config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 	help
 	  Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
 	  and its entry.
-	  It's first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
+	  Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
-	  draw a call graph for each thread with some informations like
+	  draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
-	  the return value.
+	  the return value. This is done by setting the current return 
-	  This is done by setting the current return address on the current
+	  address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
-	  task structure into a stack of calls.
 
 config IRQSOFF_TRACER
 	bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"

kernel/trace/ftrace.c

@@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@ int register_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 }
 
 /**
- * unregister_ftrace_function - unresgister a function for profiling.
+ * unregister_ftrace_function - unregister a function for profiling.
  * @ops - ops structure that holds the function to unregister
  *
  * Unregister a function that was added to be called by ftrace profiling.

mm/page_alloc.c

@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static int destroy_compound_page(struct page *page, unsigned long order)
 	for (i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 		struct page *p = page + i;
 
-		if (unlikely(!PageTail(p) | (p->first_page != page))) {
+		if (unlikely(!PageTail(p) || (p->first_page != page))) {
 			bad_page(page);
 			bad++;
 		}

net/Kconfig

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ config NETFILTER_ADVANCED
 	default y
 	help
 	  If you say Y here you can select between all the netfilter modules.
-	  If you say N the more ununsual ones will not be shown and the
+	  If you say N the more unusual ones will not be shown and the
 	  basic ones needed by most people will default to 'M'.
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.