spelling fixes

acquired (aquired)
contiguous (contigious)
successful (succesful, succesfull)
surprise (suprise)
whether (weather)
some other misspellings

Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

57 files changed, 88 insertions, 88 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
index fc32c8028e2..f03b7f94c30 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static void __init init_nsc(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	 * This function only handles the GX processor, and kicks every
 	 * thing else to the Cyrix init function above - that should
 	 * cover any processors that might have been branded differently
-	 * after NSC aquired Cyrix.
+	 * after NSC acquired Cyrix.
 	 *
 	 * If this breaks your GX1 horribly, please e-mail
 	 * info-linux@ldcmail.amd.com to tell us.
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/i8259.c b/arch/i386/kernel/i8259.c
index b7636b96e10..c1a42feba28 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/i8259.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/i8259.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static void mask_and_ack_8259A(unsigned int irq)
 	 * Lightweight spurious IRQ detection. We do not want
 	 * to overdo spurious IRQ handling - it's usually a sign
 	 * of hardware problems, so we only do the checks we can
-	 * do without slowing down good hardware unnecesserily.
+	 * do without slowing down good hardware unnecessarily.
 	 *
 	 * Note that IRQ7 and IRQ15 (the two spurious IRQs
 	 * usually resulting from the 8259A-1|2 PICs) occur
diff --git a/arch/mips/momentum/ocelot_g/gt-irq.c b/arch/mips/momentum/ocelot_g/gt-irq.c
index e5eceed1bef..8bd9b844fa9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/momentum/ocelot_g/gt-irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/momentum/ocelot_g/gt-irq.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void hook_irq_handler(int int_cause, int bit_num, void *isr_ptr)
  * bit_num   - Indicates which bit number in the cause register
  *
  * Outputs :
- * 1 if succesful, 0 if failure
+ * 1 if successful, 0 if failure
  */
 int enable_galileo_irq(int int_cause, int bit_num)
 {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int enable_galileo_irq(int int_cause, int bit_num)
  * bit_num   - Indicates which bit number in the cause register
  *
  * Outputs :
- * 1 if succesful, 0 if failure
+ * 1 if successful, 0 if failure
  */
 int disable_galileo_irq(int int_cause, int bit_num)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/switch.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/switch.c
index b30e55dab83..3068b429b03 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/switch.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/switch.c
@@ -2100,7 +2100,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spu_save);
  * @spu: pointer to SPU iomem structure.
  *
  * Perform harvest + restore, as we may not be coming
- * from a previous succesful save operation, and the
+ * from a previous successful save operation, and the
  * hardware state is unknown.
  */
 int spu_restore(struct spu_state *new, struct spu *spu)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_cache.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_cache.c
index 98c23aec85b..c37a8497c60 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_cache.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_cache.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ void pci_addr_cache_remove_device(struct pci_dev *dev)
  * find the pci device that corresponds to a given address.
  * This routine scans all pci busses to build the cache.
  * Must be run late in boot process, after the pci controllers
- * have been scaned for devices (after all device resources are known).
+ * have been scanned for devices (after all device resources are known).
  */
 void __init pci_addr_cache_build(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c b/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c
index dfe6f085661..1f0439dc245 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static void internal_add_vtimer(struct vtimer_list *timer)
 
 	set_vtimer(event->expires);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vt_list->lock, flags);
-	/* release CPU aquired in prepare_vtimer or mod_virt_timer() */
+	/* release CPU acquired in prepare_vtimer or mod_virt_timer() */
 	put_cpu();
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index 0897852b09a..290cec6d69e 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ int open_ubd_file(char *file, struct openflags *openflags, int shared,
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Succesful return case! */
+	/* Successful return case! */
 	if(backing_file_out == NULL)
 		return(fd);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c
index 5ecd34ab8c2..573990a6d66 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static void mask_and_ack_8259A(unsigned int irq)
 	 * Lightweight spurious IRQ detection. We do not want
 	 * to overdo spurious IRQ handling - it's usually a sign
 	 * of hardware problems, so we only do the checks we can
-	 * do without slowing down good hardware unnecesserily.
+	 * do without slowing down good hardware unnecessarily.
 	 *
 	 * Note that IRQ7 and IRQ15 (the two spurious IRQs
 	 * usually resulting from the 8259A-1|2 PICs) occur
diff --git a/block/as-iosched.c b/block/as-iosched.c
index 1ec5df46670..3af31ed49a9 100644
--- a/block/as-iosched.c
+++ b/block/as-iosched.c
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static int as_can_break_anticipation(struct as_data *ad, struct as_rq *arq)
 }
 
 /*
- * as_can_anticipate indicates weather we should either run arq
+ * as_can_anticipate indicates whether we should either run arq
  * or keep anticipating a better request.
  */
 static int as_can_anticipate(struct as_data *ad, struct as_rq *arq)
diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index 0603ab2f369..c04422a502d 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -2745,7 +2745,7 @@ static int attempt_merge(request_queue_t *q, struct request *req,
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * not contigious
+	 * not contiguous
 	 */
 	if (req->sector + req->nr_sectors != next->sector)
 		return 0;
@@ -3415,7 +3415,7 @@ static struct notifier_block blk_cpu_notifier = {
  *
  * Description:
  *     Ends all I/O on a request. It does not handle partial completions,
- *     unless the driver actually implements this in its completionc callback
+ *     unless the driver actually implements this in its completion callback
  *     through requeueing. Theh actual completion happens out-of-order,
  *     through a softirq handler. The user must have registered a completion
  *     callback through blk_queue_softirq_done().
diff --git a/drivers/atm/firestream.c b/drivers/atm/firestream.c
index 7f7ec288824..f2eeaf9dc56 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/firestream.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/firestream.c
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ static int fs_open(struct atm_vcc *atm_vcc)
 		   it most likely that the chip will notice it. It also prevents us
 		   from having to wait for completion. On the other hand, we may
 		   need to wait for completion anyway, to see if it completed
-		   succesfully. */
+		   successfully. */
 
 		switch (atm_vcc->qos.aal) {
 		case ATM_AAL2:
diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/amd-k7-agp.c b/drivers/char/agp/amd-k7-agp.c
index 1f776651ac6..51d0d562d01 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/amd-k7-agp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/amd-k7-agp.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int amd_create_gatt_pages(int nr_tables)
 	return retval;
 }
 
-/* Since we don't need contigious memory we just try
+/* Since we don't need contiguous memory we just try
  * to get the gatt table once
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/ati-agp.c b/drivers/char/agp/ati-agp.c
index 06fd10ba0c5..16056434599 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/ati-agp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/ati-agp.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static int agp_ati_suspend(struct pci_dev *dev, pm_message_t state)
 #endif
 
 /*
- *Since we don't need contigious memory we just try
+ *Since we don't need contiguous memory we just try
  * to get the gatt table once
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.c b/drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.c
index 86a966b6523..b788b0a3bbf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static int efficeon_free_gatt_table(struct agp_bridge_data *bridge)
 
 
 /*
- * Since we don't need contigious memory we just try
+ * Since we don't need contiguous memory we just try
  * to get the gatt table once
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/rio/riointr.c b/drivers/char/rio/riointr.c
index eec1fea0cb9..0bd09040a5c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/rio/riointr.c
+++ b/drivers/char/rio/riointr.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static void RIOReceive(struct rio_info *p, struct Port *PortP)
 	 ** run out of space it will be set to the offset of the
 	 ** next byte to copy from the packet data area. The packet
 	 ** length field is decremented by the number of bytes that
-	 ** we succesfully removed from the packet. When this reaches
+	 ** we successfully removed from the packet. When this reaches
 	 ** zero, we reset the offset pointer to be zero, and free
 	 ** the packet from the front of the queue.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/asb100.c b/drivers/hwmon/asb100.c
index 65b2709f750..facc1ccb833 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/asb100.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/asb100.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static ssize_t set_fan_min(struct device *dev, const char *buf,
 
 /* Note: we save and restore the fan minimum here, because its value is
    determined in part by the fan divisor.  This follows the principle of
-   least suprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
+   least surprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
    because the divisor changed. */
 static ssize_t set_fan_div(struct device *dev, const char *buf,
 				size_t count, int nr)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
index 94be3d797e6..a6ce7abf860 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static ssize_t show_fan_div(struct device *dev, char *buf, int nr)
 
 /* Note: we save and restore the fan minimum here, because its value is
    determined in part by the fan divisor.  This follows the principle of
-   least suprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
+   least surprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
    because the divisor changed. */
 static ssize_t set_fan_div(struct device *dev, const char *buf,
 	size_t count, int nr)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c
index f72120d08c4..b4ccdfc0120 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ set_fan(min2, fan_min[1], LM80_REG_FAN_MIN(2), fan_div[1]);
 
 /* Note: we save and restore the fan minimum here, because its value is
    determined in part by the fan divisor.  This follows the principle of
-   least suprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
+   least surprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
    because the divisor changed. */
 static ssize_t set_fan_div(struct device *dev, const char *buf,
 	size_t count, int nr)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm87.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm87.c
index e229daf666d..e6c1b638c97 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm87.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm87.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static void set_fan_min(struct device *dev, const char *buf, int nr)
 
 /* Note: we save and restore the fan minimum here, because its value is
    determined in part by the fan clock divider.  This follows the principle
-   of least suprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
+   of least surprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
    because the divider changed. */
 static ssize_t set_fan_div(struct device *dev, const char *buf,
 		size_t count, int nr)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c b/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
index 6f3fda73f70..063f71c5f07 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static ssize_t show_fan_div(struct device *dev, char *buf, int nr)
 
 /* Note: we save and restore the fan minimum here, because its value is
    determined in part by the fan divisor.  This follows the principle of
-   least suprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
+   least surprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
    because the divisor changed. */
 static ssize_t set_fan_div(struct device *dev, const char *buf,
 	size_t count, int nr)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c b/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c
index 7732aec5459..825e8f72698 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static ssize_t set_fan_min(struct device *dev, const char *buf,
 
 /* Note: we save and restore the fan minimum here, because its value is
    determined in part by the fan clock divider.  This follows the principle
-   of least suprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
+   of least surprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
    because the divider changed. */
 static ssize_t set_fan_div(struct device *dev, const char *buf,
 		size_t count, int nr)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
index 71fb7f1af8f..79368d53c36 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ show_fan_div_reg(struct device *dev, char *buf, int nr)
 
 /* Note: we save and restore the fan minimum here, because its value is
    determined in part by the fan divisor.  This follows the principle of
-   least suprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
+   least surprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
    because the divisor changed. */
 static ssize_t
 store_fan_div_reg(struct device *dev, const char *buf, size_t count, int nr)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83781d.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83781d.c
index e4c700356c4..7be469ed0f8 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83781d.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83781d.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ show_fan_div_reg(struct device *dev, char *buf, int nr)
 
 /* Note: we save and restore the fan minimum here, because its value is
    determined in part by the fan divisor.  This follows the principle of
-   least suprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
+   least surprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
    because the divisor changed. */
 static ssize_t
 store_fan_div_reg(struct device *dev, const char *buf, size_t count, int nr)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83792d.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83792d.c
index 4ef884c216e..e407c74bda3 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83792d.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83792d.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ show_fan_div(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 /* Note: we save and restore the fan minimum here, because its value is
    determined in part by the fan divisor.  This follows the principle of
-   least suprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
+   least surprise; the user doesn't expect the fan minimum to change just
    because the divisor changed. */
 static ssize_t
 store_fan_div(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index a5017de72da..f033d732f38 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  * Version 1.15		convert all calls to ide_raw_taskfile
  *				since args will return register content.
  * Version 1.16		added suspend-resume-checkpower
- * Version 1.17		do flush on standy, do flush on ATA < ATA6
+ * Version 1.17		do flush on standby, do flush on ATA < ATA6
  *			fix wcache setup.
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index 622a55c72f0..05ba8e01e63 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ irqreturn_t ide_intr (int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
  *	Initialize a request before we fill it in and send it down to
  *	ide_do_drive_cmd. Commands must be set up by this function. Right
  *	now it doesn't do a lot, but if that changes abusers will have a
- *	nasty suprise.
+ *	nasty surprise.
  */
 
 void ide_init_drive_cmd (struct request *rq)
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/hosts.c b/drivers/ieee1394/hosts.c
index 2d47b11777a..ad49c040b67 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/hosts.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/hosts.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static int alloc_hostnum_cb(struct hpsb_host *host, void *__data)
  * driver specific parts, enable the controller and make it available
  * to the general subsystem using hpsb_add_host().
  *
- * Return Value: a pointer to the &hpsb_host if succesful, %NULL if
+ * Return Value: a pointer to the &hpsb_host if successful, %NULL if
  * no memory was available.
  */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(host_num_alloc);
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394_core.h b/drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394_core.h
index e7b55e895f5..0ecbf335c64 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394_core.h
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394_core.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int hpsb_bus_reset(struct hpsb_host *host);
 
 /*
  * Hand over received selfid packet to the core.  Complement check (second
- * quadlet is complement of first) is expected to be done and succesful.
+ * quadlet is complement of first) is expected to be done and successful.
  */
 void hpsb_selfid_received(struct hpsb_host *host, quadlet_t sid);
 
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/divert/isdn_divert.c b/drivers/isdn/divert/isdn_divert.c
index f1a1f9a9b88..1f5ebe9ee72 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/divert/isdn_divert.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/divert/isdn_divert.c
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ static int put_address(char *st, u_char *p, int len)
 } /* put_address */
 
 /*************************************/
-/* report a succesfull interrogation */
+/* report a successful interrogation */
 /*************************************/
 static int interrogate_success(isdn_ctrl *ic, struct call_struc *cs)
 { char *src = ic->parm.dss1_io.data;
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
index 3116345c93b..e68a6d2fff2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
@@ -4848,7 +4848,7 @@ static void picolo_tetra_muxsel (struct bttv* btv, unsigned int input)
  *
  * The IVC120G security card has 4 i2c controlled TDA8540 matrix
  * swichers to provide 16 channels to MUX0. The TDA8540's have
- * 4 indepedant outputs and as such the IVC120G also has the
+ * 4 independent outputs and as such the IVC120G also has the
  * optional "Monitor Out" bus. This allows the card to be looking
  * at one input while the monitor is looking at another.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/net/3c501.c b/drivers/net/3c501.c
index bb44509fd40..07136ec423b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/3c501.c
+++ b/drivers/net/3c501.c
@@ -508,11 +508,11 @@ static int el_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
  * speak of. We simply pull the packet out of its PIO buffer (which is slow)
  * and queue it for the kernel. Then we reset the card for the next packet.
  *
- * We sometimes get suprise interrupts late both because the SMP IRQ delivery
+ * We sometimes get surprise interrupts late both because the SMP IRQ delivery
  * is message passing and because the card sometimes seems to deliver late. I
  * think if it is part way through a receive and the mode is changed it carries
  * on receiving and sends us an interrupt. We have to band aid all these cases
- * to get a sensible 150kbytes/second performance. Even then you want a small
+ * to get a sensible 150kBytes/second performance. Even then you want a small
  * TCP window.
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/irport.c b/drivers/net/irda/irport.c
index 98fa5319e5c..44efd49bf4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/irport.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/irport.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static int __irport_change_speed(struct irda_task *task)
 	/* Locking notes : this function may be called from irq context with
 	 * spinlock, via irport_write_wakeup(), or from non-interrupt without
 	 * spinlock (from the task timer). Yuck !
-	 * This is ugly, and unsafe is the spinlock is not already aquired.
+	 * This is ugly, and unsafe is the spinlock is not already acquired.
 	 * This will be fixed when irda-task get rewritten.
 	 * Jean II */
 	if (!spin_is_locked(&self->lock)) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c b/drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c
index e74bf5014ef..a73d5455303 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ static void smc_reset(struct net_device *dev)
     /* Set the Window 1 control, configuration and station addr registers.
        No point in writing the I/O base register ;-> */
     SMC_SELECT_BANK(1);
-    /* Automatically release succesfully transmitted packets,