Fix typos, use American English spellings.

4 files changed, 22 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmc.k7.3 b/lib/libpmc/pmc.k7.3
index b9068a2..8db9020 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmc.k7.3
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmc.k7.3
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ In other words, the counter will increment only once whenever a given
 condition becomes true, irrespective of the number of clocks during
 which the condition remains true.
 .It Li inv
-Invert the sense of comparision when the
+Invert the sense of comparison when the
 .Dq Li count
 qualifier is present, making the counter to increment when the
 number of events per cycle is less than the value specified by
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Count all retired branches (conditional, unconditional, exceptions
 and interrupts).
 .It Li k7-retired-branches-mispredicted
 .Pq Event C3H
-Count all misprediced retired branches.
+Count all mispredicted retired branches.
 .It Li k7-retired-far-control-transfers
 .Pq Event C6H
 Count retired far control transfers.
diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmc.k8.3 b/lib/libpmc/pmc.k8.3
index c8fea11..3e4afb1 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmc.k8.3
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmc.k8.3
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ In other words, the counter will increment only once whenever a given
 condition becomes true, irrespective of the number of clocks during
 which the condition remains true.
 .It Li inv
-Invert the sense of comparision when the
+Invert the sense of comparison when the
 .Dq Li count
 qualifier is present, making the counter to increment when the
 number of events per cycle is less than the value specified by
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Count TLB reloads.
 The default is to count all types of requests.
 .It Li k8-dc-access
 .Pq Event 40H
-Count data cache accesses including microcode scratchpad accesses.
+Count data cache accesses including microcode scratch pad accesses.
 .It Li k8-dc-copyback Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar qualifier
 .Pq Event 44H
 Count data cache copyback operations.
diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmc.p4.3 b/lib/libpmc/pmc.p4.3
index d3c7665..ecfc628 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmc.p4.3
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmc.p4.3
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ See
 below for more information.
 .It Li edge
 Configure the counter to count false to true transitions of the threshold
-comparision output.
+comparison output.
 This qualifier only takes effect if a threshold qualifier has also been
 specified.
 .It Li complement
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ Count cycles when the processor is active.
 .It Li p4-instr-retired Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar flags
 .Pq "TS event"
 Count instructions retired during a clock cycle.
-Qualifer
+Qualifier
 .Ar flags
 comprises of the following strings separated by
 .Ql +
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ Count read entries.
 .It Li all-write
 Count write entries.
 .It Li mem-uc
-Count entries accessing uncacheable memory.
+Count entries accessing un-cacheable memory.
 .It Li mem-wc
 Count entries accessing write-combining memory.
 .It Li mem-wt
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ The default is 0.
 The
 .Dq Li edge
 qualifier should not be used when counting cycles with this event.
-The exact behaviour of this event depends on the processor revision.
+The exact behavior of this event depends on the processor revision.
 .It Li p4-ioq-allocation Xo
 .Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar qualifier
 .Op Li ,busreqtype= Ns Ar req-type
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ Count read entries.
 .It Li all-write
 Count write entries.
 .It Li mem-uc
-Count entries accessing uncacheable memory.
+Count entries accessing un-cacheable memory.
 .It Li mem-wc
 Count entries accessing write-combining memory.
 .It Li mem-wt
@@ -676,10 +676,10 @@ The
 .Dq Li edge
 qualifier is normally used with this event to prevent multiple
 counting.
-The exact behaviour of this event depends on the processor revision.
+The exact behavior of this event depends on the processor revision.
 .It Li p4-itlb-reference Op mask= Ns Ar qualifier
 .Pq "TS event"
-Count translations using the intruction translation look-aside
+Count translations using the instruction translation look-aside
 buffer.
 The
 .Ar qualifier
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ Count ITLB hits.
 .It Li miss
 Count ITLB misses.
 .It Li hit-uc
-Count uncacheable ITLB hits.
+Count un-cacheable ITLB hits.
 .El
 .Pp
 If no
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ Count non-bogus retired branch instructions.
 .It Li p4-machine-clear Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar flags
 .Pq "TS event"
 Count the number of pipeline clears seen by the processor.
-Qualifer
+Qualifier
 .Ar flags
 is a list of the following strings separated by
 .Ql +
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ The default qualifier is
 .Dq Li clear .
 .It Li p4-memory-cancel Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar event-list
 .Pq "TS event"
-Count the cancelling of various kinds of requests in the data cache
+Count the canceling of various kinds of requests in the data cache
 address control unit of the CPU.
 The qualifier
 .Ar event-list
@@ -773,8 +773,8 @@ If
 is not specified, then the default is to count both kinds of events.
 .It Li p4-memory-complete Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar event-list
 .Pq "TS event"
-Count the completion of load split, store split, uncacheable split and
-uncacheable load operations selected by qualifier
+Count the completion of load split, store split, un-cacheable split and
+un-cacheable load operations selected by qualifier
 .Ar event-list .
 The qualifier
 .Ar event-list
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ separated list of the following flags:
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width indent -compact
 .It Li lsc
-Count load splits completed, excluding loads from uncacheable or
+Count load splits completed, excluding loads from un-cacheable or
 write-combining areas.
 .It Li ssc
 Count any split stores completed.
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ The default qualifier counts all the above kinds of uops.
 .Pq "TS event"
 This event is used in conjunction with the front-end at-retirement
 mechanism to tag load and store uops.
-Qualifer
+Qualifier
 .Ar flags
 comprises the following strings separated by
 .Ql +
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ WC buffer evictions due to any cause.
 WC buffer evictions due to no WC buffer being available.
 .El
 .Pp
-The default qualifer counts both kinds of evictions.
+The default qualifier counts both kinds of evictions.
 .It Li p4-x87-assist Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar flags
 .Pq "TS event"
 Count the retirement of x87 instructions that required special
diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmc.p6.3 b/lib/libpmc/pmc.p6.3
index b4de735..15a1101 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmc.p6.3
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmc.p6.3
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ Configure the PMC to increment only if the number of configured
 events measured in a cycle is greater than or equal to
 .Ar value .
 .It Li edge
-Configure the PMC to count the number of deasserted to asserted
+Configure the PMC to count the number of de-asserted to asserted
 transitions of the conditions expressed by the other qualifiers.
 If specified, the counter will increment only once whenever a
 condition becomes true, irrespective of the number of clocks during
 which the condition remains true.
 .It Li inv
-Invert the sense of comparision when the
+Invert the sense of comparison when the
 .Dq Li cmask
 qualifier is present, making the counter increment when the number of
 events per cycle is less than the value specified by the
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ Count SSE2 scalar-double instructions.
 .El
 .Pp
 The default is to count SSE packed-single instructions.
-.It Li p6-emon-sse-sse2-inst-retired Op Li ,umask= Ns Ar qualifer
+.It Li p6-emon-sse-sse2-inst-retired Op Li ,umask= Ns Ar qualifier
 .Pq Event D8H , Tn "Pentium M"
 Count the number of SSE instructions retired.
 An additional qualifier can be specified, and can be one of the