Linux 2.6.25.1v2.6.25.1

author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 2008-05-01 14:45:25 -0700
committer: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 2008-05-01 14:45:25 -0700
commit: 1420f09c0b8a88f9df2034e6ba04fcc4c3f6925e (patch)
tree: e28a2c7691ee46763d0bf38a2602a742428f3c96
parent: 9a6ec895392ed38549a94c855f045f3a83cb89af (diff)
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 39516bfad95..675d37cf603 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 25
-EXTRAVERSION =
+EXTRAVERSION = .1
 NAME = Funky Weasel is Jiggy wit it
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*
diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index 1d39a6d0a51..dca6abcead6 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -1677,7 +1677,7 @@ W: http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
 D: Assorted VIA x86 support.
 D: 2.5 AGPGART overhaul.
 D: CPUFREQ maintenance.
-D: Fedora kernel maintainence.
+D: Fedora kernel maintenance.
 D: Misc/Other.
 S: 314 Littleton Rd, Westford, MA 01886, USA
 
@@ -3211,7 +3211,7 @@ N: James Simmons
 E: jsimmons@infradead.org
 E: jsimmons@users.sf.net 
 D: Frame buffer device maintainer
-D: input layer developement 
+D: input layer development
 D: tty/console layer
 D: various mipsel devices 
 S: 115 Carmel Avenue 
@@ -3290,7 +3290,7 @@ S: USA
 N: Manfred Spraul
 E: manfred@colorfullife.com
 W: http://www.colorfullife.com/~manfred
-D: Lots of tiny hacks. Larger improvments to SysV IPC msg,
+D: Lots of tiny hacks. Larger improvements to SysV IPC msg,
 D: slab, pipe, select.
 S: 71701 Schwieberdingen
 S: Germany
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-css b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-css
index b585ec258a0..2979c40c10e 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-css
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-css
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Contact:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
 		linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
 Description:	Contains the PIM/PAM/POM values, as reported by the
 		channel subsystem when last queried by the common I/O
-		layer (this implies that this attribute is not neccessarily
+		layer (this implies that this attribute is not necessarily
 		in sync with the values current in the channel subsystem).
 		Note: This is an I/O-subchannel specific attribute.
 Users:		s390-tools, HAL
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led
index edff6630c80..3646ec85d51 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ Contact:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
 Description:
 		Invert the LED on/off state. This parameter is specific to
 		gpio and backlight triggers. In case of the backlight trigger,
-		it is usefull when driving a LED which is intended to indicate
+		it is useful when driving a LED which is intended to indicate
 		a device in a standby like state.
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
index 5f57c7ccd4b..97f397e2fb3 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 			<para>Central frequency of the channel.</para>
 
-			<para>For ISDB-T the channels are usally transmitted with an offset of 143kHz. E.g. a
+			<para>For ISDB-T the channels are usually transmitted with an offset of 143kHz. E.g. a
 				valid frequncy could be 474143 kHz. The stepping is bound to the bandwidth of
 				the channel which is 6MHz.</para>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/frontend.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/frontend.xml
index 78d756de590..60c6976fb31 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/frontend.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/frontend.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ consistently to the DiSEqC commands as described in the DiSEqC spec.</para>
 <section id="frontend_sec_tone">
 <title>SEC continuous tone</title>
 
-<para>The continous 22KHz tone is usually used with non-DiSEqC capable LNBs to switch the
+<para>The continuous 22KHz tone is usually used with non-DiSEqC capable LNBs to switch the
 high/low band of a dual-band LNB. When using DiSEqC epuipment this voltage has to
 be switched consistently to the DiSEqC commands as described in the DiSEqC
 spec.</para>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
index f66f4df1869..67e7ab41c0a 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ as it would be on UP.
 There is a furthur optimization possible here: remember our original
 cache code, where there were no reference counts and the caller simply
 held the lock whenever using the object?  This is still possible: if
-you hold the lock, noone can delete the object, so you don't need to
+you hold the lock, no one can delete the object, so you don't need to
 get and put the reference count.
 </para>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
index 8c5411cfeaf..cdd1bb9aac0 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ and other resources, etc.
 	   <listitem>
 	   <para>
 	   This is indicated by ICRC bit in the ERROR register and
-	   means that corruption occurred during data transfer.  Upto
+	   means that corruption occurred during data transfer.  Up to
 	   ATA/ATAPI-7, the standard specifies that this bit is only
 	   applicable to UDMA transfers but ATA/ATAPI-8 draft revision
 	   1f says that the bit may be applicable to multiword DMA and
@@ -1045,10 +1045,10 @@ and other resources, etc.
 	   <term>ABRT error during data transfer or on completion</term>
 	   <listitem>
 	   <para>
-	   Upto ATA/ATAPI-7, the standard specifies that ABRT could be
+	   Up to ATA/ATAPI-7, the standard specifies that ABRT could be
 	   set on ICRC errors and on cases where a device is not able
 	   to complete a command.  Combined with the fact that MWDMA
-	   and PIO transfer errors aren't allowed to use ICRC bit upto
+	   and PIO transfer errors aren't allowed to use ICRC bit up to
 	   ATA/ATAPI-7, it seems to imply that ABRT bit alone could
 	   indicate tranfer errors.
 	   </para>
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ and other resources, etc.
 	<para>
 	Depending on commands, not all STATUS/ERROR bits are
 	applicable.  These non-applicable bits are marked with
-	&quot;na&quot; in the output descriptions but upto ATA/ATAPI-7
+	&quot;na&quot; in the output descriptions but up to ATA/ATAPI-7
 	no definition of &quot;na&quot; can be found.  However,
 	ATA/ATAPI-8 draft revision 1f describes &quot;N/A&quot; as
 	follows.
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ and other resources, etc.
 
 	<listitem>
 	<para>
-	CHS set up with INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS (seldomly used)
+	CHS set up with INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS (seldom used)
 	</para>
 	</listitem>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
index 620eb3f6a90..6f242d5dee9 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip)
 				Reed-Solomon library.
 			</para>
 			<para>
-				The ECC bytes must be placed immidiately after the data
+				The ECC bytes must be placed immediately after the data
 				bytes in order to make the syndrome generator work. This
 				is contrary to the usual layout used by software ECC. The
 				separation of data and out of band area is not longer
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip)
 				holds the bad block table. Store a pointer to the pattern  
 				in the pattern field. Further the length of the pattern has to be 
 				stored in len and the offset in the spare area must be given
-				in the offs member of the nand_bbt_descr stucture. For mirrored
+				in the offs member of the nand_bbt_descr structure. For mirrored
 				bad block tables different patterns are mandatory.</para></listitem>
 				<listitem><para>Table creation</para>
 				<para>Set the option NAND_BBT_CREATE to enable the table creation
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip)
 				<listitem><para>Table version control</para>
 				<para>Set the option NAND_BBT_VERSION to enable the table version control.
 				It's highly recommended to enable this for mirrored tables with write
-				support. It makes sure that the risk of loosing the bad block
+				support. It makes sure that the risk of losing the bad block
 				table information is reduced to the loss of the information about the
 				one worn out block which should be marked bad. The version is stored in
 				4 consecutive bytes in the spare area of the device. The position of
@@ -1060,19 +1060,19 @@ data in this page</entry>
 <row>
 <entry>0x3D</entry>
 <entry>ECC byte 21</entry>
-<entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the eigth 256 Bytes of data
+<entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the eighth 256 Bytes of data
 in this page</entry>
 </row>
 <row>
 <entry>0x3E</entry>
 <entry>ECC byte 22</entry>
-<entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the eigth 256 Bytes of data
+<entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the eighth 256 Bytes of data
 in this page</entry>
 </row>
 <row>
 <entry>0x3F</entry>
 <entry>ECC byte 23</entry>
-<entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the eigth 256 Bytes of data
+<entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the eighth 256 Bytes of data
 in this page</entry>
 </row>
 </tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl
index 53f4f8d3b81..346e552fa2c 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@
      <sect1 id="machine-constraint">
        <title>Constraints</title>
        <para>
-	 As well as definining the connections the machine interface
-	 also provides constraints definining the operations that
+	 As well as defining the connections the machine interface
+	 also provides constraints defining the operations that
 	 clients are allowed to perform and the parameters that may be
 	 set.  This is required since generally regulator devices will
 	 offer more flexibility than it is safe to use on a given
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
index b4665b9c40b..7c4b514d62b 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ framework to set up sysfs files for this region. Simply leave it alone.
 	perform some initialization. After that, your hardware
 	starts working and will generate an interrupt as soon
 	as it's finished, has some data available, or needs your
-	attention because an error occured.
+	attention because an error occurred.
 	</para>
 	<para>
 	<filename>/dev/uioX</filename> is a read-only file. A
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl
index af293606fbe..8d57c1888dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ usbdev_ioctl (int fd, int ifno, unsigned request, void *param)
 		    </para><para>
 		    This request lets kernel drivers talk to user mode code
 		    through filesystem operations even when they don't create
-		    a charactor or block special device.
+		    a character or block special device.
 		    It's also been used to do things like ask devices what
 		    device special file should be used.
 		    Two pre-defined ioctls are used
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/common.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/common.xml
index dbab79c215c..9028721438d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/common.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/common.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 2002-11-20. --></para>
 
       <para>By convention system administrators create various
 character device special files with these major and minor numbers in
-the <filename>/dev</filename> directory. The names recomended for the
+the <filename>/dev</filename> directory. The names recommended for the
 different V4L2 device types are listed in <xref linkend="devices" />.
 </para>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/controls.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/controls.xml
index 2fae3e87ce7..a920ee80f64 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/controls.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/controls.xml
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ values are:</entry>
 	      </row><row><entry spanname="descr">Mutes the audio when
 capturing. This is not done by muting audio hardware, which can still
 produce a slight hiss, but in the encoder itself, guaranteeing a fixed
-and reproducable audio bitstream. 0 = unmuted, 1 = muted.</entry>
+and reproducible audio bitstream. 0 = unmuted, 1 = muted.</entry>
 	      </row>
 	      <row><entry></entry></row>
 	      <row id="v4l2-mpeg-video-encoding">
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-subdev.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-subdev.xml
index 21caff6d159..05c8fefcbcb 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-subdev.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-subdev.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     processing hardware.</para>
 
     <figure id="pipeline-scaling">
-      <title>Image Format Negotation on Pipelines</title>
+      <title>Image Format Negotiation on Pipelines</title>
       <mediaobject>
 	<imageobject>
 	  <imagedata fileref="pipeline.pdf" format="PS" />
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/libv4l.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/libv4l.xml
index c14fc3db2a8..3cb10ec5192 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/libv4l.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/libv4l.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ and is not locked sets the cid to the scaled value.
 			<para>int v4l2_get_control(int fd, int cid) -
 This function returns a value of 0 - 65535, scaled to from the actual range
 of the given v4l control id. when the cid does not exist, could not be
-accessed for some reason, or some error occured 0 is returned.
+accessed for some reason, or some error occurred 0 is returned.
 </para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 		</section>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/remote_controllers.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/remote_controllers.xml
index 3c3b667b28e..160e464d44b 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/remote_controllers.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/remote_controllers.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ different IR's. Due to that, V4L2 API now specifies a standard for mapping Media
 <row><entry><constant>KEY_LEFT</constant></entry><entry>Left key</entry><entry>LEFT</entry></row>
 <row><entry><constant>KEY_RIGHT</constant></entry><entry>Right key</entry><entry>RIGHT</entry></row>
 
-<row><entry><emphasis role="bold">Miscelaneous keys</emphasis></entry></row>
+<row><entry><emphasis role="bold">Miscellaneous keys</emphasis></entry></row>
 
 <row><entry><constant>KEY_DOT</constant></entry><entry>Return a dot</entry><entry>.</entry></row>
 <row><entry><constant>KEY_FN</constant></entry><entry>Select a function</entry><entry>FUNCTION</entry></row>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl
index 0ba149de260..58ced2346e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl
@@ -4784,7 +4784,7 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
         FM registers can be directly accessed through the direct-FM API,
       defined in <filename>&lt;sound/asound_fm.h&gt;</filename>. In
       ALSA native mode, FM registers are accessed through
-      the Hardware-Dependant Device direct-FM extension API, whereas in
+      the Hardware-Dependent Device direct-FM extension API, whereas in
       OSS compatible mode, FM registers can be accessed with the OSS
       direct-FM compatible API in <filename>/dev/dmfmX</filename> device. 
       </para>
diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
index dcf7acc720e..3f5e0b09bed 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ In constrast, MSI is restricted to a maximum of 32 interrupts (and
 must be a power of two).  In addition, the MSI interrupt vectors must
 be allocated consecutively, so the system may not be able to allocate
 as many vectors for MSI as it could for MSI-X.  On some platforms, MSI
-interrupts must all be targetted at the same set of CPUs whereas MSI-X
-interrupts can all be targetted at different CPUs.
+interrupts must all be targeted at the same set of CPUs whereas MSI-X
+interrupts can all be targeted at different CPUs.
 
 4.5.2 Spinlocks
 
diff --git a/Documentation/SecurityBugs b/Documentation/SecurityBugs
index 26c3b3635d9..a660d494c8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/SecurityBugs
+++ b/Documentation/SecurityBugs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ expect these delays to be short, measurable in days, not weeks or months.
 A disclosure date is negotiated by the security team working with the
 bug submitter as well as vendors.  However, the kernel security team
 holds the final say when setting a disclosure date.  The timeframe for
-disclosure is from immediate (esp. if it's already publically known)
+disclosure is from immediate (esp. if it's already publicly known)
 to a few weeks.  As a basic default policy, we expect report date to
 disclosure date to be on the order of 7 days.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
index 38d2aab59ca..319baa8b60d 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ PM support:	Since Linux is used on many portable and desktop systems, your
 		complete overview of the power management issues related to
 		drivers see Documentation/power/devices.txt .
 
-Control:	In general if there is active maintainance of a driver by
+Control:	In general if there is active maintenance of a driver by
 		the author then patches will be redirected to them unless
 		they are totally obvious and without need of checking.
 		If you want to be the contact and update point for the
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 689e2371095..e439cd0d337 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ Linus Torvalds's mail on the canonical patch format:
   <http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/7/183>
 
 Andi Kleen, "On submitting kernel patches"
-  Some strategies to get difficult or controversal changes in.
+  Some strategies to get difficult or controversial changes in.
   http://halobates.de/on-submitting-patches.pdf
 
 --
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/IXP4xx b/Documentation/arm/IXP4xx
index 133c5fa6c7a..7b9351f2f55 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/IXP4xx
+++ b/Documentation/arm/IXP4xx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Linux currently supports the following features on the IXP4xx chips:
 - Timers (watchdog, OS)
 
 The following components of the chips are not supported by Linux and
-require the use of Intel's propietary CSR softare:
+require the use of Intel's proprietary CSR softare:
 
 - USB device interface
 - Network interfaces (HSS, Utopia, NPEs, etc)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ software from:
 
    http://developer.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/ixp425.htm    
 
-DO NOT POST QUESTIONS TO THE LINUX MAILING LISTS REGARDING THE PROPIETARY
+DO NOT POST QUESTIONS TO THE LINUX MAILING LISTS REGARDING THE PROPRIETARY
 SOFTWARE.
 
 There are several websites that provide directions/pointers on using
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Suspend.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Suspend.txt
index 7edd0e2e6c5..1ca63b3e563 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Suspend.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Suspend.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Configuration
     Allows the entire memory to be checksummed before and after the
     suspend to see if there has been any corruption of the contents.
 
-    Note, the time to calculate the CRC is dependant on the CPU speed
+    Note, the time to calculate the CRC is dependent on the CPU speed
     and the size of memory. For an 64Mbyte RAM area on an 200MHz
     S3C2410, this can take approximately 4 seconds to complete.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung/GPIO.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung/GPIO.txt
index 05850c62abe..513f2562c1a 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/Samsung/GPIO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung/GPIO.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Introduction
 ------------
 
 This outlines the Samsung GPIO implementation and the architecture
-specfic calls provided alongisde the drivers/gpio core.
+specific calls provided alongisde the drivers/gpio core.
 
 
 S3C24XX (Legacy)
diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
index 2a7b38c832c..c6d84cfd2f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ The scatter gather list is in the form of an array of <page, offset, len>
 entries with their corresponding dma address mappings filled in at the
 appropriate time. As an optimization, contiguous physical pages can be
 covered by a single entry where <page> refers to the first page and <len>
-covers the range of pages (upto 16 contiguous pages could be covered this
+covers the range of pages (up to 16 contiguous pages could be covered this
 way). There is a helper routine (blk_rq_map_sg) which drivers can use to build
 the sg list.
 
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ struct request {
 	.
 	int tag;	/* command tag associated with request */
 	void *special;  /* same as before */
-	char *buffer;   /* valid only for low memory buffers upto
+	char *buffer;   /* valid only for low memory buffers up to
 			 current_nr_sectors */
 	.
 	.
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
index 45d5a217484..a20bfd415e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ the state as 0 when a cpu if offline and 1 when its online.
 	#To display the current cpu state.
 	#cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online
 
-Q: Why cant i remove CPU0 on some systems?
+Q: Why can't i remove CPU0 on some systems?
 A: Some architectures may have some special dependency on a certain CPU.
 
 For e.g in IA64 platforms we have ability to sent platform interrupts to the
diff --git a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
index 15174985ad0..d262e22bdde 100644
--- a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ image file and then arrange all these packets back to back in to one single
 file.
 This file is then copied to /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/data.
 Once this file gets to the driver, the driver extracts packet_size data from
-the file and spreads it accross the physical memory in contiguous packet_sized
+the file and spreads it across the physical memory in contiguous packet_sized
 space.
 This method makes sure that all the packets get to the driver in a single operation.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-service-time.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-service-time.txt
index 7d00668e97b..fb1d4a0cf12 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-service-time.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-service-time.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Algorithm
 =========
 
 dm-service-time adds the I/O size to 'in-flight-size' when the I/O is
-dispatched and substracts when completed.
+dispatched and subtracts when completed.
 Basically, dm-service-time selects a path having minimum service time
 which is calculated by:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fb/sm501fb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fb/sm501fb.txt
index 7d319fba9b5..9d9f0098092 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fb/sm501fb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fb/sm501fb.txt
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ Optional properties:
 - edid : verbatim EDID data block describing attached display.
   Data from the detailed timing descriptor will be used to
   program the display controller.
-- little-endian: availiable on big endian systems, to
+- little-endian: available on big endian systems, to
   set different foreign endian.
-- big-endian: availiable on little endian systems, to
+- big-endian: available on little endian systems, to
   set different foreign endian.
 
 Example for MPC5200:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/fsl-upm-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/fsl-upm-nand.txt
index a48b2cadc7f..00f1f546b32 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/fsl-upm-nand.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/fsl-upm-nand.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Optional properties:
 - gpios : may specify optional GPIOs connected to the Ready-Not-Busy pins
 	(R/B#). For multi-chip devices, "n" GPIO definitions are required
 	according to the number of chips.
-- chip-delay : chip dependent delay for transfering data from array to
+- chip-delay : chip dependent delay for transferring data from array to
 	read registers (tR). Required if property "gpios" is not used
 	(R/B# pins not connected).
 
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/sja1000.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/sja1000.txt
index d6d209ded93..c2dbcec0ee3 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/sja1000.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/sja1000.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Optional properties:
 
 - nxp,no-comparator-bypass : Allows to disable the CAN input comperator.
 
-For futher information, please have a look to the SJA1000 data sheet.
+For further information, please have a look to the SJA1000 data sheet.
 
 Examples:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/mpic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/mpic.txt
index 8aa10f45ebe..4f6145859aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/mpic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/mpic.txt
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ EXAMPLE 4
 
 EXAMPLE 5
 	/*
-	 * Definition of an error interrupt (interupt type 1).
+	 * Definition of an error interrupt (interrupt type 1).
 	 * SoC interrupt number is 16 and the specific error
          * interrupt bit in the error interrupt summary register
 	 * is 23.
diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb b/Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb
index c8238e44ed6..c4d963a67d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb
+++ b/Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Hotplug is able to load the driver, when it is needed (because you plugged
 in the device).
 
 If you want to enable debug output, you have to load the driver manually and
-from withing the dvb-kernel cvs repository.
+from within the dvb-kernel cvs repository.
 
 first have a look, which debug level are available:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt b/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt
index 4a0c2b56e69..6c3bda50f7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ so on.
 
 * CI modules that are supported
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The CI module support is largely dependant upon the firmware on the cards
+The CI module support is largely dependent upon the firmware on the cards
 Some cards do support almost all of the available CI modules. There is
 nothing much that can be done in order to make additional CI modules
 working with these cards.
diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/faq.txt b/Documentation/dvb/faq.txt
index 121832e5d89..97b1373f242 100644
--- a/Documentation/dvb/faq.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dvb/faq.txt
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Some very frequently asked questions about linuxtv-dvb
 5. The dvb_net device doesn't give me any packets at all
 
 	Run tcpdump on the dvb0_0 interface. This sets the interface
-	into promiscous mode so it accepts any packets from the PID
+	into promiscuous mode so it accepts any packets from the PID
 	you have configured with the dvbnet utility. Check if there
 	are any packets with the IP addr and MAC addr you have
 	configured with ifconfig.
diff --git a/Documentation/edac.txt b/Documentation/edac.txt
index 9ee774de57c..44364fa3598 100644
--- a/Documentation/edac.txt
+++ b/Documentation/edac.txt
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ were done at i7core_edac driver. This chapter will cover those differences
    As EDAC API maps the minimum unity is csrows, the driver sequencially
    maps channel/dimm into different csrows.
 
-   For example, suposing the following layout:
+   For example, supposing the following layout:
 	Ch0 phy rd0, wr0 (0x063f4031): 2 ranks, UDIMMs
 	  dimm 0 1024 Mb offset: 0, bank: 8, rank: 1, row: 0x4000, col: 0x400
 	  dimm 1 1024 Mb offset: 4, bank: 8, rank: 1, row: 0x4000, col: 0x400
diff --git a/Documentation/eisa.txt b/Documentation/eisa.txt
index f297fc1202a..38cf0c7b559 100644
--- a/Documentation/eisa.txt
+++ b/Documentation/eisa.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ struct eisa_driver {
 
 id_table	: an array of NULL terminated EISA id strings,
 		  followed by an empty string. Each string can
-		  optionally be paired with a driver-dependant value
+		  optionally be paired with a driver-dependent value
 		  (driver_data).
 
 driver		: a generic driver, such as described in
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/viafb.txt b/Documentation/fb/viafb.txt
index 1a2e8aa3fbb..444e34b52ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/viafb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/viafb.txt
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ Notes:
 
     supported_output_devices
 
-        This read-only file contains a full ',' seperated list containing all
+        This read-only file contains a full ',' separated list containing all
         output devices that could be available on your platform. It is likely
         that not all of those have a connector on your hardware but it should
         provide a good starting point to figure out which of those names match
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Notes:
         This can happen for example if only one (the other) iga is used.
         Writing to these files allows adjusting the output devices during
         runtime. One can add new devices, remove existing ones or switch
-        between igas. Essentially you can write a ',' seperated list of device
+        between igas. Essentially you can write a ',' separated list of device
         names (or a single one) in the same format as the output to those
         files. You can add a '+' or '-' as a prefix allowing simple addition
         and removal of devices. So a prefix '+' adds the devices from your list
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/autofs4-mount-control.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/autofs4-mount-control.txt
index 51986bf08a4..4c95935cbcf 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/autofs4-mount-control.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/autofs4-mount-control.txt
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ ioctlfd field set to the descriptor obtained from the open call.
 AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
 ----------------------------
 
-Set the expire timeout for mounts withing an autofs mount point.
+Set the expire timeout for mounts within an autofs mount point.
 
 The call requires an initialized struct autofs_dev_ioctl with the
 ioctlfd field set to the descriptor obtained from the open call.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.txt
index 1902c57b72e..a167ab876c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ restraints as possible on how an index is structured and where it is placed in
 the tree.  The netfs can even mix indices and data files at the same level, but
 it's not recommended.
 
-Each index entry consists of a key of indeterminate length plus some auxilliary
+Each index entry consists of a key of indeterminate length plus some auxiliary
 data, also of indeterminate length.
 
 There are some limits on indices:
@@ -203,23 +203,23 @@ This has the following fields:
 
      If the function is absent, a file size of 0 is assumed.
 
- (6) A function to retrieve auxilliary data from the netfs [optional].
+ (6) A function to retrieve auxiliary data from the netfs [optional].
 
      This function will be called with the netfs data that was passed to the
-     cookie acquisition function and the maximum length of auxilliary data that
-     it may provide.  It should write the auxilliary data into the given buffer
+     cookie acquisition function and the maximum length of auxiliary data that
+     it may provide.  It should write the auxiliary data into the given buffer
      and return the quantity it wrote.
 
-     If this function is absent, the auxilliary data length will be set to 0.
+     If this function is absent, the auxiliary data length will be set to 0.
 
-     The length of the auxilliary data buffer may be dependent on the key
+     The length of the auxiliary data buffer may be dependent on the key
      length.  A netfs mustn't rely on being able to provide more than 400 bytes
      for both.
 
- (7) A function to check the auxilliary data [optional].
+ (7) A function to check the auxiliary data [optional].
 
      This function will be called to check that a match found in the cache for
-     this object is valid.  For instance with AFS it could check the auxilliary
+     this object is valid.  For instance with AFS it could check the auxiliary
      data against the data version number returned by the server to determine
      whether the index entry in a cache is still valid.
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ This has the following fields:
 	(*) FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_NEEDS_UPDATE	- the entry requires update
 	(*) FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OBSOLETE		- the entry should be deleted
 
-     This function can also be used to extract data from the auxilliary data in
+     This function can also be used to extract data from the auxiliary data in
      the cache and copy it into the netfs's structures.
 
  (8) A pair of functions to manage contexts for the completion callback
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt
index fabcb0e00f2..dd57bb6bb39 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ As a consequence of this, default_groups cannot be removed directly via
 rmdir(2).  They also are not considered when rmdir(2) on the parent
 group is checking for children.
 
-[Dependant Subsystems]
+[Dependent Subsystems]
 
 Sometimes other drivers depend on particular configfs items.  For
 example, ocfs2 mounts depend on a heartbeat region item.  If that
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index 6b050464a90..c79ec58fd7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Note: More extensive information for getting started with ext4 can be
 * Inode allocation using large virtual block groups via flex_bg
 * delayed allocation
 * large block (up to pagesize) support
-* efficent new ordered mode in JBD2 and ext4(avoid using buffer head to force
+* efficient new ordered mode in JBD2 and ext4(avoid using buffer head to force
   the ordering)
 
 [1] Filesystems with a block size of 1k may see a limit imposed by the
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ directory hash tree having a maximum depth of two.
 2.2 Candidate features for future inclusion
 
 * Online defrag (patches available but not well tested)
-* reduced mke2fs time via lazy itable initialization in conjuction with
+* reduced mke2fs time via lazy itable initialization in conjunction with
   the uninit_bg feature (capability to do this is available in e2fsprogs
   but a kernel thread to do lazy zeroing of unused inode table blocks
   after filesystem is first mounted is required for safety)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/gfs2-uevents.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/gfs2-uevents.txt
index fd966dc9979..d8188966929 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/gfs2-uevents.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/gfs2-uevents.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ be fixed.
 
 The REMOVE uevent is generated at the end of an unsuccessful mount
 or at the end of a umount of the filesystem. All REMOVE uevents will
-have been preceeded by at least an ADD uevent for the same fileystem,
+have been preceded by at least an ADD uevent for the same fileystem,
 and unlike the other uevents is generated automatically by the kernel's
 kobject subsystem.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/gfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/gfs2.txt
index 0b59c020091..4cda926628a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/gfs2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/gfs2.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ their I/O so file system consistency is maintained.  One of the nifty
 features of GFS is perfect consistency -- changes made to the file system
 on one machine show up immediately on all other machines in the cluster.
 
-GFS uses interchangable inter-node locking mechanisms, the currently
+GFS uses interchangeable inter-node locking mechanisms, the currently
 supported mechanisms are:
 
   lock_nolock -- allows gfs to be used as a local file system
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
index 933bc66ccff..791af8dac06 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ Note the "Should sync?" parameter "nosync" means that the two mirrors are
 already in sync which will be the case on a clean shutdown of Windows.  If the
 mirrors are not clean, you can specify the "sync" option instead of "nosync"
 and the Device-Mapper driver will then copy the entirety of the "Source Device"
-to the "Target Device" or if you specified multipled target devices to all of
+to the "Target Device" or if you specified multiple target devices to all of
 them.
 
 Once you have your table, save it in a file somewhere (e.g. /etc/ntfsvolume1),
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
index 5393e661169..9ed920a8cd7 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ user_xattr	(*)	Enables Extended User Attributes.
 nouser_xattr		Disables Extended User Attributes.
 acl			Enables POSIX Access Control Lists support.
 noacl		(*)	Disables POSIX Access Control Lists support.
-resv_level=2	(*)	Set how agressive allocation reservations will be.
+resv_level=2	(*)	Set how aggressive allocation reservations will be.
 			Valid values are between 0 (reservations off) to 8
 			(maximum space for reservations).
 dir_resv_level=	(*)	By default, directory reservations will scale with file
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt
author	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>	2008-05-01 14:45:25 -0700
committer	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>	2008-05-01 14:45:25 -0700
commit	1420f09c0b8a88f9df2034e6ba04fcc4c3f6925e (patch)
tree	e28a2c7691ee46763d0bf38a2602a742428f3c96
parent	9a6ec895392ed38549a94c855f045f3a83cb89af (diff)