tree-wide: Assorted spelling fixes

In particular, several occurances of funny versions of 'success',
'unknown', 'therefore', 'acknowledge', 'argument', 'achieve', 'address',
'beginning', 'desirable', 'separate' and 'necessary' are fixed.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>

81 files changed, 102 insertions, 102 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/dock.c b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
index bbc2c13..d7f363f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/dock.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ register_hotplug_dock_device(acpi_handle handle, struct acpi_dock_ops *ops,
 	list_for_each_entry(dock_station, &dock_stations, sibling) {
 		/*
 		 * An ATA bay can be in a dock and itself can be ejected
-		 * seperately, so there are two 'dock stations' which need the
+		 * separately, so there are two 'dock stations' which need the
 		 * ops
 		 */
 		dd = find_dock_dependent_device(dock_station, handle);
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index 741065c..7f2c94a0 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_sff_postreset);
  *	@qc: command
  *
  *	Drain the FIFO and device of any stuck data following a command
- *	failing to complete. In some cases this is neccessary before a
+ *	failing to complete. In some cases this is necessary before a
  *	reset will recover the device.
  *
  */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c b/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c
index d8f35fe..9e33da9 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static void pacpi_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.
+ *	necessary.
  */
 
 static unsigned int pacpi_qc_issue(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_hpt3x3.c b/drivers/ata/pata_hpt3x3.c
index c86c716..727a81c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_hpt3x3.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_hpt3x3.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static void hpt3x3_init_chipset(struct pci_dev *dev)
  *	@id: Entry in match table
  *
  *	Perform basic initialisation. We set the device up so we access all
- *	ports via BAR4. This is neccessary to work around errata.
+ *	ports via BAR4. This is necessary to work around errata.
  */
 
 static int hpt3x3_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c b/drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c
index 1b392c9..416aebb 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static unsigned int ata_data_xfer_8bit(struct ata_device *dev,
  *	@qc: command
  *
  *	Drain the FIFO and device of any stuck data following a command
- *	failing to complete. In some cases this is neccessary before a
+ *	failing to complete. In some cases this is necessary before a
  *	reset will recover the device.
  *
  */
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 2bf3a6e..d9301e8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ extern char usermode_helper[];
 
 /* All EEs on the free list should have ID_VACANT (== 0)
  * freshly allocated EEs get !ID_VACANT (== 1)
- * so if it says "cannot dereference null pointer at adress 0x00000001",
+ * so if it says "cannot dereference null pointer at address 0x00000001",
  * it is most likely one of these :( */
 
 #define ID_IN_SYNC      (4711ULL)
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ extern int drbd_bitmap_io(struct drbd_conf *mdev, int (*io_fn)(struct drbd_conf
 /* Meta data layout
    We reserve a 128MB Block (4k aligned)
    * either at the end of the backing device
-   * or on a seperate meta data device. */
+   * or on a separate meta data device. */
 
 #define MD_RESERVED_SECT (128LU << 11)  /* 128 MB, unit sectors */
 /* The following numbers are sectors */
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h
index f22c1bc..16119d7 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
  *
  *  It may me handed over to the local disk subsystem.
  *  It may be completed by the local disk subsystem,
- *    either sucessfully or with io-error.
+ *    either successfully or with io-error.
  *  In case it is a READ request, and it failed locally,
  *    it may be retried remotely.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.c b/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.c
index 3999a5f..45a22f9 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static void intel_agp_insert_sg_entries(struct agp_memory *mem,
 			j++;
 		}
 	} else {
-		/* sg may merge pages, but we have to seperate
+		/* sg may merge pages, but we have to separate
 		 * per-page addr for GTT */
 		unsigned int len, m;
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/applicom.c b/drivers/char/applicom.c
index fe2cb2f..a7424bf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/applicom.c
+++ b/drivers/char/applicom.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 /* et passe en argument a acinit, mais est scrute sur le bus pour s'adapter  */
 /* au nombre de cartes presentes sur le bus. IOCL code 6 affichait V2.4.3    */
 /* F.LAFORSE 28/11/95 creation de fichiers acXX.o avec les differentes       */
-/* adresses de base des cartes, IOCTL 6 plus complet                         */
+/* addresses de base des cartes, IOCTL 6 plus complet                         */
 /* J.PAGET le 19/08/96 copie de la version V2.6 en V2.8.0 sans modification  */
 /* de code autre que le texte V2.6.1 en V2.8.0                               */
 /*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/drivers/char/hvc_iseries.c b/drivers/char/hvc_iseries.c
index 936d05b..0794925 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvc_iseries.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvc_iseries.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static void hvc_close_event(struct HvLpEvent *event)
 
 	if (!hvlpevent_is_int(event)) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
-			"hvc: got unexpected close acknowlegement\n");
+			"hvc: got unexpected close acknowledgement\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c
index 9b3e09c..10f868e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/n2-drv.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ MODULE_VERSION(DRV_MODULE_VERSION);
  *        x22 + x21 + x17 + x15 + x13 + x12 + x11 + x7 + x5 + x + 1
  *
  * The RNG_CTL_VCO value of each noise cell must be programmed
- * seperately.  This is why 4 control register values must be provided
+ * separately.  This is why 4 control register values must be provided
  * to the hypervisor.  During a write, the hypervisor writes them all,
  * one at a time, to the actual RNG_CTL register.  The first three
  * values are used to setup the desired RNG_CTL_VCO for each entropy
diff --git a/drivers/char/ip2/i2hw.h b/drivers/char/ip2/i2hw.h
index 8aa6e7a..c0ba6c0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ip2/i2hw.h
+++ b/drivers/char/ip2/i2hw.h
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ Loadware may be sent to the board in two ways:
 
 2) It may be hard-coded into your source by including a .h file (typically
 	supplied by Computone), which declares a data array and initializes every
-	element. This acheives the same result as if an entire loadware file had 
+	element. This achieves the same result as if an entire loadware file had 
 	been read into the array.
 
 	This requires more data space in your program, but access to the file system
diff --git a/drivers/char/pty.c b/drivers/char/pty.c
index 385c44b..5ee4248 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pty.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static void pty_set_termios(struct tty_struct *tty,
  *	@tty: tty being resized
  *	@ws: window size being set.
  *
- *	Update the termios variables and send the neccessary signals to
+ *	Update the termios variables and send the necessary signals to
  *	peform a terminal resize correctly
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index c6f3b48..56b11c1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@ static int tiocgwinsz(struct tty_struct *tty, struct winsize __user *arg)
  *	@rows: rows (character)
  *	@cols: cols (character)
  *
- *	Update the termios variables and send the neccessary signals to
+ *	Update the termios variables and send the necessary signals to
  *	peform a terminal resize correctly
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index 94f530a..bd1d116 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ static inline int resize_screen(struct vc_data *vc, int width, int height,
  *
  *	Resize a virtual console, clipping according to the actual constraints.
  *	If the caller passes a tty structure then update the termios winsize
- *	information and perform any neccessary signal handling.
+ *	information and perform any necessary signal handling.
  *
  *	Caller must hold the console semaphore. Takes the termios mutex and
  *	ctrl_lock of the tty IFF a tty is passed.
diff --git a/drivers/dma/coh901318_lli.h b/drivers/dma/coh901318_lli.h
index 7bf713b..7a5c809 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/coh901318_lli.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/coh901318_lli.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct device;
  * @pool: pool handle
  * @dev: dma device
  * @lli_nbr: number of lli:s in the pool
- * @algin: adress alignemtn of lli:s
+ * @algin: address alignemtn of lli:s
  * returns 0 on success otherwise none zero
  */
 int coh901318_pool_create(struct coh901318_pool *pool,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c
index d7f8d8b..52fb371 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c
@@ -3544,7 +3544,7 @@ int nouveau_bios_parse_lvds_table(struct drm_device *dev, int pxclk, bool *dl, b
 	 * at which modes should be set up in the dual link style.
 	 *
 	 * Following the header, the BMP (ver 0xa) table has several records,
-	 * indexed by a seperate xlat table, indexed in turn by the fp strap in
+	 * indexed by a separate xlat table, indexed in turn by the fp strap in
 	 * EXTDEV_BOOT. Each record had a config byte, followed by 6 script
 	 * numbers for use by INIT_SUB which controlled panel init and power,
 	 * and finally a dword of ms to sleep between power off and on
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
index 6b96904..2366405 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ struct drm_nouveau_private {
 	uint32_t ramro_offset;
 	uint32_t ramro_size;
 
-	/* base physical adresses */
+	/* base physical addresses */
 	uint64_t fb_phys;
 	uint64_t fb_available_size;
 	uint64_t fb_mappable_pages;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_irq.c
index 5935b88..34079f2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_irq.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ irqreturn_t via_driver_irq_handler(DRM_IRQ_ARGS)
 		cur_irq++;
 	}
 
-	/* Acknowlege interrupts */
+	/* Acknowledge interrupts */
 	VIA_WRITE(VIA_REG_INTERRUPT, status);
 
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static __inline__ void viadrv_acknowledge_irqs(drm_via_private_t * dev_priv)
 	u32 status;
 
 	if (dev_priv) {
-		/* Acknowlege interrupts */
+		/* Acknowledge interrupts */
 		status = VIA_READ(VIA_REG_INTERRUPT);
 		VIA_WRITE(VIA_REG_INTERRUPT, status |
 			  dev_priv->irq_pending_mask);
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa.c
index 7647a20..90ffbf6 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *
  *  History:
  *    Apr 2002: Initial version [CS]
- *    Jun 2002: Properly seperated algo/adap [FB]
+ *    Jun 2002: Properly separated algo/adap [FB]
  *    Jan 2003: Fixed several bugs concerning interrupt handling [Kai-Uwe Bloem]
  *    Jan 2003: added limited signal handling [Kai-Uwe Bloem]
  *    Sep 2004: Major rework to ensure efficient bus handling [RMK]
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qes.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qes.h
index 5d28e3e..90c4efa 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qes.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qes.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 #include "ehca_tools.h"
 
-/* virtual scatter gather entry to specify remote adresses with length */
+/* virtual scatter gather entry to specify remote addresses with length */
 struct ehca_vsgentry {
 	u64 vaddr;
 	u32 lkey;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ struct ehca_wqe {
 	u32 immediate_data;
 	union {
 		struct {
-			u64 remote_virtual_adress;
+			u64 remote_virtual_address;
 			u32 rkey;
 			u32 reserved;
 			u64 atomic_1st_op_dma_len;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_reqs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_reqs.c
index e3ec7fd..9a3fbfc 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_reqs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_reqs.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static inline int ehca_write_swqe(struct ehca_qp *qp,
 		/* no break is intentional here */
 	case IB_QPT_RC:
 		/* TODO: atomic not implemented */
-		wqe_p->u.nud.remote_virtual_adress =
+		wqe_p->u.nud.remote_virtual_address =
 			send_wr->wr.rdma.remote_addr;
 		wqe_p->u.nud.rkey = send_wr->wr.rdma.rkey;
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/yealink.h b/drivers/input/misc/yealink.h
index 48af0be..1e0f523 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/yealink.h
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/yealink.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ struct yld_ctl_packet {
  * yld_status struct.
  */
 
-/* LCD, each segment must be driven seperately.
+/* LCD, each segment must be driven separately.
  *
  * Layout:
  *
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c
index adb1e8c..00c60e2 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ isdn_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, uint cmd, ulong arg)
 /*
  * isdn net devices manage lots of configuration variables as linked lists.
  * Those lists must only be manipulated from user space. Some of the ioctl's
- * service routines access user space and are not atomic. Therefor, ioctl's
+ * service routines access user space and are not atomic. Therefore, ioctl's
  * manipulating the lists and ioctl's sleeping while accessing the lists
  * are serialized by means of a semaphore.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.h b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.h
index 52e4ce4..80dda30 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.h
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.h
@@ -214,14 +214,14 @@ struct dvb_tuner_ops {
 	int (*get_status)(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u32 *status);
 	int (*get_rf_strength)(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u16 *strength);
 
-	/** These are provided seperately from set_params in order to facilitate silicon
-	 * tuners which require sophisticated tuning loops, controlling each parameter seperately. */
+	/** These are provided separately from set_params in order to facilitate silicon
+	 * tuners which require sophisticated tuning loops, controlling each parameter separately. */
 	int (*set_frequency)(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u32 frequency);
 	int (*set_bandwidth)(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u32 bandwidth);
 
 	/*
-	 * These are provided seperately from set_params in order to facilitate silicon
-	 * tuners which require sophisticated tuning loops, controlling each parameter seperately.
+	 * These are provided separately from set_params in order to facilitate silicon
+	 * tuners which require sophisticated tuning loops, controlling each parameter separately.
 	 */
 	int (*set_state)(struct dvb_frontend *fe, enum tuner_param param, struct tuner_state *state);
 	int (*get_state)(struct dvb_frontend *fe, enum tuner_param param, struct tuner_state *state);
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
index 12279f6..716870a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
@@ -4404,7 +4404,7 @@ static void rv605_muxsel(struct bttv *btv, unsigned int input)
 /* Tibet Systems 'Progress DVR' CS16 muxsel helper [Chris Fanning]
  *
  * The CS16 (available on eBay cheap) is a PCI board with four Fusion
- * 878A chips, a PCI bridge, an Atmel microcontroller, four sync seperator
+ * 878A chips, a PCI bridge, an Atmel microcontroller, four sync separator
  * chips, ten eight input analog multiplexors, a not chip and a few
  * other components.
  *
@@ -4426,7 +4426,7 @@ static void rv605_muxsel(struct bttv *btv, unsigned int input)
  *
  * There is an ATMEL microcontroller with an 8031 core on board.  I have not
  * determined what function (if any) it provides.  With the microcontroller
- * and sync seperator chips a guess is that it might have to do with video
+ * and sync separator chips a guess is that it might have to do with video
  * switching and maybe some digital I/O.
  */
 static void tibetCS16_muxsel(struct bttv *btv, unsigned int input)
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/gspca/ov519.c b/drivers/media/video/gspca/ov519.c
index b4f9657..e5e4c44 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/gspca/ov519.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/gspca/ov519.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static const struct v4l2_pix_format ovfx2_ov3610_mode[] = {
 /*
  * The FX2 chip does not give us a zero length read at end of frame.
  * It does, however, give a short read at the end of a frame, if
- * neccessary, rather than run two frames together.
+ * necessary, rather than run two frames together.
  *
  * By choosing the right bulk transfer size, we are guaranteed to always
  * get a short read for the last read of each frame.  Frame sizes are
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/pwc/philips.txt b/drivers/media/video/pwc/philips.txt
index f9f3584..d38dd79 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/pwc/philips.txt
+++ b/drivers/media/video/pwc/philips.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ a lot of extra information, a FAQ, and the binary plugin 'PWCX'. This plugin
 contains decompression routines that allow you to use higher image sizes and
 framerates; in addition the webcam uses less bandwidth on the USB bus (handy
 if you want to run more than 1 camera simultaneously). These routines fall
-under a NDA, and may therefor not be distributed as source; however, its use
+under a NDA, and may therefore not be distributed as source; however, its use
 is completely optional.
 
 You can build this code either into your kernel, or as a module. I recommend
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/sn9c102/sn9c102_sensor.h b/drivers/media/video/sn9c102/sn9c102_sensor.h
index 4af7382..494957b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/sn9c102/sn9c102_sensor.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/sn9c102/sn9c102_sensor.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ extern int sn9c102_write_regs(struct sn9c102_device*, const u8 valreg[][2],
 /*
    Write multiple registers with constant values. For example:
    sn9c102_write_const_regs(cam, {0x00, 0x14}, {0x60, 0x17}, {0x0f, 0x18});
-   Register adresses must be < 256.
+   Register addresses must be < 256.
 */
 #define sn9c102_write_const_regs(sn9c102_device, data...)                     \
 	({ static const u8 _valreg[][2] = {data};                             \
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/tea6420.c b/drivers/media/video/tea6420.c
index 0446524..6bf6bc7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/tea6420.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/tea6420.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     The tea6420 is a bus controlled audio-matrix with 5 stereo inputs,
     4 stereo outputs and gain control for each output.
-    It is cascadable, i.e. it can be found at the adresses 0x98
+    It is cascadable, i.e. it can be found at the addresses 0x98
     and 0x9a on the i2c-bus.
 
     For detailed informations download the specifications directly
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/sm501.c b/drivers/mfd/sm501.c
index 0cc5eef..10491e4 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/sm501.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/sm501.c
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ unsigned long sm501_set_clock(struct device *dev,
 	unsigned long clock = readl(sm->regs + SM501_CURRENT_CLOCK);
 	unsigned char reg;
 	unsigned int pll_reg = 0;
-	unsigned long sm501_freq; /* the actual frequency acheived */
+	unsigned long sm501_freq; /* the actual frequency achieved */
 
 	struct sm501_clock to;
 
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ unsigned long sm501_set_clock(struct device *dev,
 
 	switch (clksrc) {
 	case SM501_CLOCK_P2XCLK:
-		/* This clock is divided in half so to achive the
+		/* This clock is divided in half so to achieve the
 		 * requested frequency the value must be multiplied by
 		 * 2. This clock also has an additional pre divisor */
 
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ unsigned long sm501_set_clock(struct device *dev,
 		break;
 
 	case SM501_CLOCK_V2XCLK:
-		/* This clock is divided in half so to achive the
+		/* This clock is divided in half so to achieve the
 		 * requested frequency the value must be multiplied by 2. */
 
 		sm501_freq = (sm501_select_clock(2 * req_freq, &to, 3) / 2);
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ unsigned long sm501_find_clock(struct device *dev,
 			       unsigned long req_freq)
 {
 	struct sm501_devdata *sm = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-	unsigned long sm501_freq; /* the frequency achiveable by the 501 */
+	unsigned long sm501_freq; /* the frequency achieveable by the 501 */
 	struct sm501_clock to;
 
 	switch (clksrc) {
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mxcmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mxcmmc.c
index 60a2b69..16cc91c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mxcmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mxcmmc.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *  This is a driver for the SDHC controller found in Freescale MX2/MX3
  *  SoCs. It is basically the same hardware as found on MX1 (imxmmc.c).
  *  Unlike the hardware found on MX1, this hardware just works and does
- *  not need all the quirks found in imxmmc.c, hence the seperate driver.
+ *  not need all the quirks found in imxmmc.c, hence the separate driver.
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2008 Sascha Hauer, Pengutronix <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
  *  Copyright (C) 2006 Pavel Pisa, PiKRON <ppisa@pikron.com>
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/jedec_probe.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/jedec_probe.c
index 1bec5e1..8db1148 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/jedec_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/jedec_probe.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ struct unlock_addr {
  * exists, but is for MTD_UADDR_NOT_SUPPORTED - and, therefore,
  * should not be used.  The  problem is that structures with
  * initializers have extra fields initialized to 0.  It is _very_
- * desireable to have the unlock address entries for unsupported
+ * desirable to have the unlock address entries for unsupported
  * data widths automatically initialized - that means that
  * MTD_UADDR_NOT_SUPPORTED must be 0 and the first entry here
  * must go unused.
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/bcm_umi_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/bcm_umi_nand.c
index 087bcd7..7d1cca7a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/bcm_umi_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/bcm_umi_nand.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static int __devinit bcm_umi_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!r)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
-	/* map physical adress */
+	/* map physical address */
 	bcm_umi_io_base = ioremap(r->start, r->end - r->start + 1);
 
 	if (!bcm_umi_io_base) {
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ static int bcm_umi_nand_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* Release resources, unregister device */
 	nand_release(board_mtd);
 
-	/* unmap physical adress */
+	/* unmap physical address */
 	iounmap(bcm_umi_io_base);
 
 	/* Free the MTD device structure */
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
index 45dec57..b2900d8 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static void mxc_do_addr_cycle(struct mtd_info *mtd, int column, int page_addr)
 		 * MXC NANDFC can only perform full page+spare or
 		 * spare-only read/write.  When the upper layers
 		 * layers perform a read/write buf operation,
-		 * we will used the saved column adress to index into
+		 * we will used the saved column address to index into
 		 * the full page.
 		 */
 		send_addr(host, 0, page_addr == -1);
diff --git a/drivers/net/atlx/atl2.h b/drivers/net/atlx/atl2.h
index d918bbe..927e4de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/atlx/atl2.h
+++ b/drivers/net/atlx/atl2.h
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ struct atl2_hw {
 struct atl2_ring_header {
     /* pointer to the descriptor ring memory */
     void *desc;
-    /* physical adress of the descriptor ring */
+    /* physical address of the descriptor ring */
     dma_addr_t dma;
     /* length of descriptor ring in bytes */
     unsigned int size;
diff --git a/drivers/net/chelsio/sge.c b/drivers/net/chelsio/sge.c
index 109d278..bef0233 100644
--- a/drivers/net/chelsio/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/chelsio/sge.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static void restart_sched(unsigned long);
  *
  * Interrupts are handled by a single CPU and it is likely that on a MP system
  * the application is migrated to another CPU. In that scenario, we try to
- * seperate the RX(in irq context) and TX state in order to decrease memory
+ * separate the RX(in irq context) and TX state in order to decrease memory
  * contention.
  */
 struct sge {
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
index 02d67d0..dc4eb87 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ static s32 e1000_setup_fiber_serdes_link_82571(struct e1000_hw *hw)
  *
  *  1) down
  *  2) autoneg_progress
- *  3) autoneg_complete (the link sucessfully autonegotiated)
+ *  3) autoneg_complete (the link successfully autonegotiated)
  *  4) forced_up (the link has been forced up, it did not autonegotiate)
  *
  **/
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c
index 2fa9b36a..3af0b1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ s32 e1000e_check_for_serdes_link(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 				if (!(rxcw & E1000_RXCW_IV)) {
 					mac->serdes_has_link = true;
 					e_dbg("SERDES: Link up - autoneg "
-					   "completed sucessfully.\n");
+					   "completed successfully.\n");
 				} else {
 					mac->serdes_has_link = false;
 					e_dbg("SERDES: Link down - invalid"
diff --git a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
index 997124d..e2ce8f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ static void igb_set_interrupt_capability(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
 	/* start with one vector for every rx queue */
 	numvecs = adapter->num_rx_queues;
 
-	/* if tx handler is seperate add 1 for every tx queue */
+	/* if tx handler is separate add 1 for every tx queue */
 	if (!(adapter->flags & IGB_FLAG_QUEUE_PAIRS))
 		numvecs += adapter->num_tx_queues;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c b/drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c
index c412e80..1dcdce0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static int sa1100_irda_resume(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		 * If we missed a speed change, initialise at the new speed
 		 * directly.  It is debatable whether this is actually
 		 * required, but in the interests of continuing from where
-		 * we left off it is desireable.  The converse argument is
+		 * we left off it is desirable.  The converse argument is
 		 * that we should re-negotiate at 9600 baud again.
 		 */
 		if (si->newspeed) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_ethtool.c
index 058fa0a..b8d21ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_ethtool.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static int ql_set_wol(struct net_device *ndev, struct ethtool_wolinfo *wol)
 		u32 wol = 0;
 		status = ql_mb_wol_mode(qdev, wol);
 		QPRINTK(qdev, DRV, ERR, "WOL %s (wol code 0x%x) on %s\n",
-			(status == 0) ? "cleared sucessfully" : "clear failed",
+			(status == 0) ? "cleared successfully" : "clear failed",
 			wol, qdev->ndev->name);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 894a7c8..a35845b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -3517,7 +3517,7 @@ int ql_wol(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
 		wol |= MB_WOL_MODE_ON;
 		status = ql_mb_wol_mode(qdev, wol);
 		QPRINTK(qdev, DRV, ERR, "WOL %s (wol code 0x%x) on %s\n",
-			(status == 0) ? "Sucessfully set" : "Failed", wol,
+			(status == 0) ? "Successfully set" : "Failed", wol,
 			qdev->ndev->name);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/regs.h b/drivers/net/sfc/regs.h
index 89d606f..18a3be4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/regs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/regs.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 #define	FRF_AA_INT_ACK_KER_FIELD_LBN 0
 #define	FRF_AA_INT_ACK_KER_FIELD_WIDTH 32
 
-/* INT_ISR0_REG: Function 0 Interrupt Acknowlege Status register */
+/* INT_ISR0_REG: Function 0 Interrupt Acknowledge Status register */
 #define	FR_BZ_INT_ISR0 0x00000090
 #define	FRF_BZ_INT_ISR_REG_LBN 0
 #define	FRF_BZ_INT_ISR_REG_WIDTH 64
diff --git a/drivers/net/smsc9420.c b/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
index 12f0f5d..2ae1972 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ static int smsc9420_open(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	netif_carrier_off(dev);
 
-	/* disable, mask and acknowlege all interrupts */
+	/* disable, mask and acknowledge all interrupts */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pd->int_lock, flags);
 	int_cfg = smsc9420_reg_read(pd, INT_CFG) & (~INT_CFG_IRQ_EN_);
 	smsc9420_reg_write(pd, INT_CFG, int_cfg);
diff --git a/drivers/net/spider_net.c b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
index 2185248..839b1f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/spider_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ spider_net_prepare_rx_descr(struct spider_net_card *card,
  * spider_net_enable_rxchtails - sets RX dmac chain tail addresses
  * @card: card structure
  *
- * spider_net_enable_rxchtails sets the RX DMAC chain tail adresses in the
+ * spider_net_enable_rxchtails sets the RX DMAC chain tail addresses in the
  * chip by writing to the appropriate register. DMA is enabled in
  * spider_net_enable_rxdmac.
  */
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ spider_net_enable_card(struct spider_net_card *card)
 
 	spider_net_write_reg(card, SPIDER_NET_ECMODE, SPIDER_NET_ECMODE_VALUE);
 
-	/* set chain tail adress for RX chains and
+	/* set chain tail address for RX chains and
 	 * enable DMA */
 	spider_net_enable_rxchtails(card);
 	spider_net_enable_rxdmac(card);
diff --git a/drivers/net/sungem.c b/drivers/net/sungem.c
index b571a1b..a88fcb3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sungem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sungem.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ static int gem_rx(struct gem *gp, int work_to_do)
 			break;
 
 		/* When writing back RX descriptor, GEM writes status
-		 * then buffer address, possibly in seperate transactions.
+		 * then buffer address, possibly in separate transactions.
 		 * If we don't wait for the chip to write both, we could
 		 * post a new buffer to this descriptor then have GEM spam
 		 * on the buffer address.  We sync on the RX completion
diff --git a/drivers/net/tehuti.c b/drivers/net/tehuti.c
index 80b404f..ed4e9c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tehuti.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tehuti.c
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ static void bdx_tx_push_desc(struct bdx_priv *priv, void *data, int size)
  * @data - desc's data
  * @size - desc's size
  *
- * NOTE: this func does check for available space and, if neccessary, waits for
+ * NOTE: this func does check for available space and, if necessary, waits for
  *   NIC to read existing data before writing new one.
  */
 static void bdx_tx_push_desc_safe(struct bdx_priv *priv, void *data, int size)
diff --git a/drivers/net/tokenring/tms380tr.c b/drivers/net/tokenring/tms380tr.c
index e3c42f5..4e4c402 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tokenring/tms380tr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tokenring/tms380tr.c
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t tms380tr_hardware_send_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
  * NOTE: This function should be used whenever the status of any TPL must be
  * modified by the driver, because the compiler may otherwise change the
  * order of instructions such that writing the TPL status may be executed at
- * an undesireable time. When this function is used, the status is always
+ * an undesirable time. When this function is used, the status is always
  * written when the function is called.
  */
 static void tms380tr_write_tpl_status(TPL *tpl, unsigned int Status)
@@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@ static void tms380tr_rcv_status_irq(struct net_device *dev)
  * This function should be used whenever the status of any RPL must be
  * modified by the driver, because the compiler may otherwise change the
  * order of instructions such that writing the RPL status may be executed
- * at an undesireable time. When this function is used, the status is
+ * at an undesirable time. When this function is used, the status is
  * always written when the function is called.
  */
 static void tms380tr_write_rpl_status(RPL *rpl, unsigned int Status)
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 2834a01..e572ecc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ static int tun_chr_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 		__tun_detach(tun);
 
-		/* If desireable, unregister the netdevice. */
+		/* If desirable, unregister the netdevice. */
 		if (!(tun->flags & TUN_PERSIST)) {
 			rtnl_lock();
 			if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c
index eb8fe7e..8eec977 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static void hw_add_addr_in_hash(struct ucc_geth_private *ugeth,
 	    ucc_fast_get_qe_cr_subblock(ugeth->ug_info->uf_info.ucc_num);
 
 	/* Ethernet frames are defined in Little Endian mode,
-	therefor to insert */
+	therefore to insert */
 	/* the address to the hash (Big Endian mode), we reverse the bytes.*/
 
 	set_mac_addr(&p_82xx_addr_filt->taddr.h, p_enet_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c
index 64cdfeb..6c459f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ ssize_t i2400m_bm_cmd(struct i2400m *i2400m,
 		goto error_wait_for_ack;
 	}
 	rx_bytes = result;
-	/* verify the ack and read more if neccessary [result is the
+	/* verify the ack and read more if necessary [result is the
 	 * final amount of bytes we get in the ack]  */
 	result = __i2400m_bm_ack_verify(i2400m, opcode, ack, ack_size, flags);
 	if (result < 0)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h
index 04df9bb..820b128 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ enum i2400m_bm_cmd_flags {
  * @I2400M_BRI_NO_REBOOT: Do not reboot the device and proceed
  *     directly to wait for a reboot barker from the device.
  * @I2400M_BRI_MAC_REINIT: We need to reinitialize the boot
- *     rom after reading the MAC adress. This is quite a dirty hack,
+ *     rom after reading the MAC address. This is quite a dirty hack,
  *     if you ask me -- the device requires the bootrom to be
  *     intialized after reading the MAC address.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/sdio.c
index 76a50ac..14f876b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/sdio.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ error_kzalloc:
  *
  * The device will be fully reset internally, but won't be
  * disconnected from the bus (so no reenumeration will
- * happen). Firmware upload will be neccessary.
+ * happen). Firmware upload will be necessary.
  *
  * The device will send a reboot barker that will trigger the driver
  * to reinitialize the state via __i2400m_dev_reset_handle.
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ error_kzalloc:
  *
  * The device will be fully reset internally, disconnected from the
  * bus an a reenumeration will happen. Firmware upload will be
- * neccessary. Thus, we don't do any locking or struct
+ * necessary. Thus, we don't do any locking or struct
  * reinitialization, as we are going to be fully disconnected and
  * reenumerated.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/usb.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/usb.c
index 98f4f8c5..99f04c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/usb.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ error_kzalloc:
  *
  * The device will be fully reset internally, but won't be
  * disconnected from the USB bus (so no reenumeration will
- * happen). Firmware upload will be neccessary.
+ * happen). Firmware upload will be necessary.
  *
  * The device will send a reboot barker in the notification endpoint
  * that will trigger the driver to reinitialize the state
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ error_kzalloc:
  *
  * The device will be fully reset internally, disconnected from the
  * USB bus an a reenumeration will happen. Firmware upload will be
- * neccessary. Thus, we don't do any locking or struct
+ * necessary. Thus, we don't do any locking or struct
  * reinitialization, as we are going to be fully disconnected and
  * reenumerated.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c
index f9d6db8..46a1e19 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c
@@ -2535,7 +2535,7 @@ void *ar9170_alloc(size_t priv_size)
 	/*
 	 * this buffer is used for rx stream reconstruction.
 	 * Under heavy load this device (or the transport layer?)
-	 * tends to split the streams into seperate rx descriptors.
+	 * tends to split the streams into separate rx descriptors.
 	 */
 
 	skb = __dev_alloc_skb(AR9170_MAX_RX_BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/lmac.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/lmac.h
index a3a79b5..a855a99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/lmac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/lmac.h
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ struct iwm_ct_kill_cfg_cmd {
 
 /* Power Management */
 #define POWER_TABLE_CMD			0x77
-#define SAVE_RESTORE_ADRESS_CMD		0x78
+#define SAVE_RESTORE_ADDRESS_CMD		0x78
 #define REPLY_WATERMARK_CMD		0x79
 #define PM_DEBUG_STATISTIC_NOTIFIC	0x7B
 #define PD_FLUSH_N_NOTIFICATION		0x7C
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index 83f2592..486c935 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static int rt2500usb_config_key(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 
 		/*
 		 * The encryption key doesn't fit within the CSR cache,
-		 * this means we should allocate it seperately and use
+		 * this means we should allocate it separately and use
 		 * rt2x00usb_vendor_request() to send the key to the hardware.
 		 */
 		reg = KEY_ENTRY(key->hw_key_idx);
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static int rt2500usb_config_key(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 		/*
 		 * The driver does not support the IV/EIV generation
 		 * in hardware. However it demands the data to be provided
-		 * both seperately as well as inside the frame.
+		 * both separately as well as inside the frame.
 		 * We already provided the CONFIG_CRYPTO_COPY_IV to rt2x00lib
 		 * to ensure rt2x00lib will not strip the data from the
 		 * frame after the copy, now we must tell mac80211
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
index ab95346..2e5c8a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int rt2800usb_check_firmware(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	 * There are 2 variations of the rt2870 firmware.
 	 * a) size: 4kb
 	 * b) size: 8kb
-	 * Note that (b) contains 2 seperate firmware blobs of 4k
+	 * Note that (b) contains 2 separate firmware blobs of 4k
 	 * within the file. The first blob is the same firmware as (a),
 	 * but the second blob is for the additional chipsets.
 	 */
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int rt2800usb_check_firmware(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 
 	/*
 	 * 8kb firmware files must be checked as if it were
-	 * 2 seperate firmware files.
+	 * 2 separate firmware files.
 	 */
 	while (offset < len) {
 		if (!rt2800usb_check_crc(data + offset, 4096))
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
index 7d323a7..afee806 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ struct rt2x00debug_intf {
 
 	/*
 	 * HW crypto statistics.
-	 * All statistics are stored seperately per cipher type.
+	 * All statistics are stored separately per cipher type.
 	 */
 	struct rt2x00debug_crypto crypto_stats[CIPHER_MAX];
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index 265e66d..5e1d516 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ void rt2x00lib_rxdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	/*
 	 * Hardware might have stripped the IV/EIV/ICV data,
 	 * in that case it is possible that the data was
-	 * provided seperately (through hardware descriptor)
+	 * provided separately (through hardware descriptor)
 	 * in which case we should reinsert the data into the frame.
 	 */
 	if ((rxdesc.dev_flags & RXDONE_CRYPTO_IV) &&
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
index 9915a09..38ffca9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ int rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(struct data_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	/*
 	 * When hardware encryption is supported, and this frame
 	 * is to be encrypted, we should strip the IV/EIV data from
-	 * the frame so we can provide it to the driver seperately.
+	 * the frame so we can provide it to the driver separately.
 	 */
 	if (test_bit(ENTRY_TXD_ENCRYPT, &txdesc.flags) &&
 	    !test_bit(ENTRY_TXD_ENCRYPT_IV, &txdesc.flags)) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
index 0ca5893..99459db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static int rt61pci_config_pairwise_key(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 		 * The driver does not support the IV/EIV generation
 		 * in hardware. However it doesn't support the IV/EIV
 		 * inside the ieee80211 frame either, but requires it
-		 * to be provided seperately for the descriptor.
+		 * to be provided separately for the descriptor.
 		 * rt2x00lib will cut the IV/EIV data out of all frames
 		 * given to us by mac80211, but we must tell mac80211
 		 * to generate the IV/EIV data.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
index ced3b6a..527368a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static int rt73usb_config_shared_key(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 		 * The driver does not support the IV/EIV generation
 		 * in hardware. However it doesn't support the IV/EIV
 		 * inside the ieee80211 frame either, but requires it
-		 * to be provided seperately for the descriptor.
+		 * to be provided separately for the descriptor.
 		 * rt2x00lib will cut the IV/EIV data out of all frames
 		 * given to us by mac80211, but we must tell mac80211
 		 * to generate the IV/EIV data.
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ static int rt73usb_config_pairwise_key(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 		 * The driver does not support the IV/EIV generation
 		 * in hardware. However it doesn't support the IV/EIV
 		 * inside the ieee80211 frame either, but requires it
-		 * to be provided seperately for the descriptor.
+		 * to be provided separately for the descriptor.
 		 * rt2x00lib will cut the IV/EIV data out of all frames
 		 * given to us by mac80211, but we must tell mac80211
 		 * to generate the IV/EIV data.
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ static void rt73usb_fill_rxdone(struct queue_entry *entry,
 
 		/*
 		 * Hardware has stripped IV/EIV data from 802.11 frame during
-		 * decryption. It has provided the data seperately but rt2x00lib
+		 * decryption. It has provided the data separately but rt2x00lib
 		 * should decide if it should be reinserted.
 		 */
 		rxdesc->flags |= RX_FLAG_IV_STRIPPED;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c b/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c
index 62ddf52..2a4c566 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ raw3270_irq (struct ccw_device *cdev, unsigned long intparm, struct irb *irb)
 		rq->rc = ccw_device_start(rp->cdev, &rq->ccw,
 					  (unsigned long) rq, 0, 0);
 		if (rq->rc == 0)
-			return;	/* Sucessfully restarted. */
+			return;	/* Successfully restarted. */
 		break;
 	case RAW3270_IO_STOP:
 		if (!rq)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp.c
index ec88c59..f6d72e1 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ __sclp_start_request(struct sclp_req *req)
 	req->start_count++;
 
 	if (rc == 0) {
-		/* Sucessfully started request */
+		/* Successfully started request */
 		req->status = SCLP_REQ_RUNNING;
 		sclp_running_state = sclp_running_state_running;
 		__sclp_set_request_timer(SCLP_RETRY_INTERVAL * HZ,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c b/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
index 208d6df..ff5716d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static void init_alloc_map(struct orc_host * host)
  *	init_orchid		-	initialise the host adapter
  *	@host:host adapter to initialise
  *
- *	Initialise the controller and if neccessary load the firmware.
+ *	Initialise the controller and if necessary load the firmware.
  *
  *	Returns -1 if the initialisation fails.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/initio.c b/drivers/scsi/initio.c
index 89a5948..a771416 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/initio.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/initio.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ static void initio_read_eeprom(unsigned long base)
  *	initio_stop_bm		-	stop bus master
  *	@host: InitIO we are stopping
  *
- *	Stop any pending DMA operation, aborting the DMA if neccessary
+ *	Stop any pending DMA operation, aborting the DMA if necessary
  */
 
 static void initio_stop_bm(struct initio_host * host)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c
index 96ee599..96446a8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *scsi_pkt_cachep;
 #define FC_SRB_CMD_SENT		(1 << 0)	/* cmd has been sent */
 #define FC_SRB_RCV_STATUS	(1 << 1)	/* response has arrived */
 #define FC_SRB_ABORT_PENDING	(1 << 2)	/* cmd abort sent to device */
-#define FC_SRB_ABORTED		(1 << 3)	/* abort acknowleged */
+#define FC_SRB_ABORTED		(1 << 3)	/* abort acknowledged */
 #define FC_SRB_DISCONTIG	(1 << 4)	/* non-sequential data recvd */
 #define FC_SRB_COMPL		(1 << 5)	/* fc_io_compl has been run */
 #define FC_SRB_FCP_PROCESSING_TMO (1 << 6)	/* timer function processing */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
index 2cc3968..c898f47 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ lpfc_issue_els_flogi(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp,
  * function returns, it does not guarantee all the IOCBs are actually aborted.
  *
  * Return code
- *   0 - Sucessfully issued abort iocb on all outstanding flogis (Always 0)
+ *   0 - Successfully issued abort iocb on all outstanding flogis (Always 0)
  **/
 int
 lpfc_els_abort_flogi(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
@@ -3117,7 +3117,7 @@ lpfc_cmpl_els_rsp(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb,
 	if (ndlp && NLP_CHK_NODE_ACT(ndlp) &&
 	    (*((uint32_t *) (pcmd)) == ELS_CMD_LS_RJT)) {
 		/* A LS_RJT associated with Default RPI cleanup has its own
-		 * seperate code path.
+		 * separate code path.
 		 */
 		if (!(ndlp->nlp_flag & NLP_RM_DFLT_RPI))
 			ls_rjt = 1;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pcmcia/nsp_cs.h b/drivers/scsi/pcmcia/nsp_cs.h
index 7db28cd..8c61a4f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pcmcia/nsp_cs.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pcmcia/nsp_cs.h
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 #define S_IO		BIT(1)    /* Input/Output line from SCSI bus */
 #define S_CD		BIT(2)    /* Command/Data line from SCSI bus */
 #define S_BUSY		BIT(3)    /* Busy line from SCSI bus         */
-#define S_ACK		BIT(4)    /* Acknowlege line from SCSI bus   */
+#define S_ACK		BIT(4)    /* Acknowledge line from SCSI bus  */
 #define S_REQUEST	BIT(5)    /* Request line from SCSI bus      */
 #define S_SELECT	BIT(6)	  /*                                 */
 #define S_ATN		BIT(7)	  /*                                 */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
index 9b44c6f..7985ae4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
@@ -2924,7 +2924,7 @@ hw_event_sas_phy_up(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha, void *piomb)
 		break;
 	default:
 		PM8001_MSG_DBG(pm8001_ha,
-			pm8001_printk("unkown device type(%x)\n", deviceType));
+			pm8001_printk("unknown device type(%x)\n", deviceType));
 		break;
 	}
 	phy->phy_type |= PORT_TYPE_SAS;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
index 7f9c83a..3b2c98f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static void pm8001_free_dev(struct pm8001_device *pm8001_dev)
   * by the command "OPC_INB_REG_DEV", after that the HBA will assign a
   * device ID(according to device's sas address) and returned it to LLDD. From
   * now on, we communicate with HBA FW with the device ID which HBA assigned
-  * rather than sas address. it is the neccessary step for our HBA but it is
+  * rather than sas address. it is the necessary step for our HBA but it is
   * the optional for other HBA driver.
   */
 static int pm8001_dev_found_notify(struct domain_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.h b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.h
index 92f89d5..b8ad07c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.h
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static struct pmcraid_ioasc_error pmcraid_ioasc_error_table[] = {
 
 /*
  * pmcraid_ioctl_header - definition of header structure that preceeds all the
- * buffers given as ioctl arguements.
+ * buffers given as ioctl arguments.
  *
  * .signature           : always ASCII string, "PMCRAID"
  * .reserved            : not used
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 255da53..5d94772 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ static int sd_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
  *	which is followed by sdaaa.
  *
  *	This is basically 26 base counting with one extra 'nil' entry
- *	at the beggining from the second digit on and can be
+ *	at the beginning from the second digit on and can be
  *	determined using similar method as 26 base conversion with the
  *	index shifted -1 after each digit is computed.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi_s3c24xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi_s3c24xx.c
index c010733..1fabede 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi_s3c24xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi_s3c24xx.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static inline u32 ack_bit(unsigned int irq)
  * Claim the FIQ handler (only one can be active at any one time) and
  * then setup the correct transfer code for this transfer.
  *
- * This call updates all the necessary state information if sucessful,
+ * This call updates all the necessary state information if successful,
  * so the caller does not need to do anything more than start the transfer
  * as normal, since the IRQ will have been re-routed to the FIQ handler.
 */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_regs.h b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_regs.h
index 473a94e..7c14d5c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_regs.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_regs.h
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ static inline void  musb_write_txhubport(void __iomem *mbase, u8 epnum,
 #define MUSB_FLAT_OFFSET(_epnum, _offset)	\
 	(USB_OFFSET(USB_EP_NI0_TXMAXP) + (0x40 * (_epnum)) + (_offset))
 
-/* Not implemented - HW has seperate Tx/Rx FIFO */
+/* Not implemented - HW has separate Tx/Rx FIFO */
 #define MUSB_TXCSR_MODE			0x0000
 
 static inline void musb_write_txfifosz(void __iomem *mbase, u8 c_size)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/cypress_m8.c b/drivers/usb/serial/cypress_m8.c
index a591ebe..52a81a3 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/cypress_m8.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/cypress_m8.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ struct cypress_private {
 	int isthrottled;		   /* if throttled, discard reads */
 	wait_queue_head_t delta_msr_wait;  /* used for TIOCMIWAIT */
 	char prev_status, diff_status;	   /* used for TIOCMIWAIT */
-	/* we pass a pointer to this as the arguement sent to
+	/* we pass a pointer to this as the argument sent to
 	   cypress_set_termios old_termios */
 	struct ktermios tmp_termios; 	   /* stores the old termios settings */
 };
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap/lcdc.c b/drivers/video/omap/lcdc.c
index a334839..9557f96 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap/lcdc.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap/lcdc.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static int omap_lcdc_enable_plane(int plane, int enable)
 /*
  * Configure the LCD DMA for a palette load operation and do the palette
  * downloading synchronously. We don't use the frame+palette load mode of
- * the controller, since the palette can always be downloaded seperately.
+ * the controller, since the palette can always be downloaded separately.
  */
 static void load_palette(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/video/s1d13xxxfb.c b/drivers/video/s1d13xxxfb.c
index 0deb0a8..7b63429 100644
--- a/drivers/video/s1d13xxxfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/s1d13xxxfb.c
@@ -517,12 +517,12 @@ s1d13xxxfb_bitblt_copyarea(struct fb_info *info, const struct fb_copyarea *area)
 		src = (sy * stride) + (bpp * sx);
 	}
 
-	/* set source adress */
+	/* set source address */
 	s1d13xxxfb_writereg(info->par, S1DREG_BBLT_SRC_START0, (src & 0xff));
 	s1d13xxxfb_writereg(info->par, S1DREG_BBLT_SRC_START1, (src >> 8) & 0x00ff);
 	s1d13xxxfb_writereg(info->par, S1DREG_BBLT_SRC_START2, (src >> 16) & 0x00ff);
 
-	/* set destination adress */
+	/* set destination address */
 	s1d13xxxfb_writereg(info->par, S1DREG_BBLT_DST_START0, (dst & 0xff));
 	s1d13xxxfb_writereg(info->par, S1DREG_BBLT_DST_START1, (dst >> 8) & 0x00ff);
 	s1d13xxxfb_writereg(info->par, S1DREG_BBLT_DST_START2, (dst >> 16) & 0x00ff);
diff --git a/drivers/video/sm501fb.c b/drivers/video/sm501fb.c
index 35370d0..b7dc180 100644
--- a/drivers/video/sm501fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/sm501fb.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static int sm501fb_set_par_common(struct fb_info *info,
 	struct sm501fb_par  *par = info->par;
 	struct sm501fb_info *fbi = par->info;
 	unsigned long pixclock;      /* pixelclock in Hz */
-	unsigned long sm501pixclock; /* pixelclock the 501 can achive in Hz */
+	unsigned long sm501pixclock; /* pixelclock the 501 can achieve in Hz */
 	unsigned int mem_type;
 	unsigned int clock_type;
 	unsigned int head_addr;