Fix common misspellings

Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed.

Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>

40 files changed, 66 insertions, 66 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c b/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c
index ccecf997458..4484c721f0f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ static inline unsigned int chan_to_field(unsigned int chan, const struct fb_bitf
  *  	magnitude which needs to be scaled in this function for the hardware.
  *	Things to take into consideration are how many color registers, if
  *	any, are supported with the current color visual. With truecolor mode
- *	no color palettes are supported. Here a psuedo palette is created
+ *	no color palettes are supported. Here a pseudo palette is created
  *	which we store the value in pseudo_palette in struct fb_info. For
  *	pseudocolor mode we have a limited color palette. To deal with this
  *	we can program what color is displayed for a particular pixel value.
diff --git a/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c b/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c
index d437b3daf1f..ebb893c49e9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c
@@ -3124,12 +3124,12 @@ static int __devinit atyfb_setup_sparc(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		M = pll_regs[2];
 
 		/*
-		 * PLL Feedback Divider N (Dependant on CLOCK_CNTL):
+		 * PLL Feedback Divider N (Dependent on CLOCK_CNTL):
 		 */
 		N = pll_regs[7 + (clock_cntl & 3)];
 
 		/*
-		 * PLL Post Divider P (Dependant on CLOCK_CNTL):
+		 * PLL Post Divider P (Dependent on CLOCK_CNTL):
 		 */
 		P = 1 << (pll_regs[6] >> ((clock_cntl & 3) << 1));
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/aty/mach64_cursor.c b/drivers/video/aty/mach64_cursor.c
index 2ba8b3c421a..46f72ed5351 100644
--- a/drivers/video/aty/mach64_cursor.c
+++ b/drivers/video/aty/mach64_cursor.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
  * to a larger number and saturate CUR_HORZ_POSN to zero.
  *
  * if Y becomes negative, CUR_VERT_OFFSET must be adjusted to a larger number,
- * CUR_OFFSET must be adjusted to a point to the appropraite line in the cursor
+ * CUR_OFFSET must be adjusted to a point to the appropriate line in the cursor
  * definitation and CUR_VERT_POSN must be saturated to zero.
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/au1200fb.c b/drivers/video/au1200fb.c
index 4ea187d9376..5dff32ac804 100644
--- a/drivers/video/au1200fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/au1200fb.c
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ static int au1200fb_init_fbinfo(struct au1200fb_device *fbdev)
 	/* Copy monitor specs from panel data */
 	/* fixme: we're setting up LCD controller windows, so these dont give a
 	damn as to what the monitor specs are (the panel itself does, but that
-	isnt done here...so maybe need a generic catchall monitor setting??? */
+	isn't done here...so maybe need a generic catchall monitor setting??? */
 	memcpy(&fbi->monspecs, &panel->monspecs, sizeof(struct fb_monspecs));
 
 	/* We first try the user mode passed in argument. If that failed,
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/corgi_lcd.c b/drivers/video/backlight/corgi_lcd.c
index af6098396fe..c6533bad26f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/corgi_lcd.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/corgi_lcd.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static unsigned long corgibl_flags;
 #define CORGIBL_BATTLOW       0x02
 
 /*
- * This is only a psuedo I2C interface. We can't use the standard kernel
+ * This is only a pseudo I2C interface. We can't use the standard kernel
  * routines as the interface is write only. We just assume the data is acked...
  */
 static void lcdtg_ssp_i2c_send(struct corgi_lcd *lcd, uint8_t data)
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/locomolcd.c b/drivers/video/backlight/locomolcd.c
index bbca3127071..be20b5cbe26 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/locomolcd.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/locomolcd.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * GPL v2
  *
  * This driver assumes single CPU. That's okay, because collie is
- * slightly old hardware, and noone is going to retrofit second CPU to
+ * slightly old hardware, and no one is going to retrofit second CPU to
  * old PDA.
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/bfin_adv7393fb.h b/drivers/video/bfin_adv7393fb.h
index 8c7f9e4fc6e..cd591b5152a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/bfin_adv7393fb.h
+++ b/drivers/video/bfin_adv7393fb.h
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ static const u8 init_NTSC_TESTPATTERN[] = {
 
 static const u8 init_NTSC[] = {
 	0x00, 0x1E,	/* Power up all DACs and PLL */
-	0xC3, 0x26,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space convertion matrix */
-	0xC5, 0x12,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space convertion matrix */
-	0xC2, 0x4A,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space convertion matrix */
-	0xC6, 0x5E,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space convertion matrix */
-	0xBD, 0x19,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space convertion matrix */
-	0xBF, 0x42,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space convertion matrix */
+	0xC3, 0x26,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space conversion matrix */
+	0xC5, 0x12,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space conversion matrix */
+	0xC2, 0x4A,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space conversion matrix */
+	0xC6, 0x5E,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space conversion matrix */
+	0xBD, 0x19,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space conversion matrix */
+	0xBF, 0x42,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space conversion matrix */
 	0x8C, 0x1F,	/* NTSC Subcarrier Frequency */
 	0x8D, 0x7C,	/* NTSC Subcarrier Frequency */
 	0x8E, 0xF0,	/* NTSC Subcarrier Frequency */
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ static const u8 init_NTSC[] = {
 
 static const u8 init_PAL[] = {
 	0x00, 0x1E,	/* Power up all DACs and PLL */
-	0xC3, 0x26,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space convertion matrix */
-	0xC5, 0x12,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space convertion matrix */
-	0xC2, 0x4A,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space convertion matrix */
-	0xC6, 0x5E,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space convertion matrix */
-	0xBD, 0x19,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space convertion matrix */
-	0xBF, 0x42,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space convertion matrix */
+	0xC3, 0x26,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space conversion matrix */
+	0xC5, 0x12,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space conversion matrix */
+	0xC2, 0x4A,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space conversion matrix */
+	0xC6, 0x5E,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space conversion matrix */
+	0xBD, 0x19,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space conversion matrix */
+	0xBF, 0x42,	/* Program RGB->YCrCb Color Space conversion matrix */
 	0x8C, 0xCB,	/* PAL Subcarrier Frequency */
 	0x8D, 0x8A,	/* PAL Subcarrier Frequency */
 	0x8E, 0x09,	/* PAL Subcarrier Frequency */
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/font_mini_4x6.c b/drivers/video/console/font_mini_4x6.c
index a19a7f33133..fa6e698e63c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/font_mini_4x6.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/font_mini_4x6.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-/* Hand composed "Miniscule" 4x6 font, with binary data generated using
+/* Hand composed "Minuscule" 4x6 font, with binary data generated using
  * Perl stub.
  *
  * Use 'perl -x mini_4x6.c < mini_4x6.c > new_version.c' to regenerate
diff --git a/drivers/video/da8xx-fb.c b/drivers/video/da8xx-fb.c
index 8d61ef96eed..8b7d47386f3 100644
--- a/drivers/video/da8xx-fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/da8xx-fb.c
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ static int fb_wait_for_vsync(struct fb_info *info)
 
 	/*
 	 * Set flag to 0 and wait for isr to set to 1. It would seem there is a
-	 * race condition here where the ISR could have occured just before or
+	 * race condition here where the ISR could have occurred just before or
 	 * just after this set. But since we are just coarsely waiting for
 	 * a frame to complete then that's OK. i.e. if the frame completed
 	 * just before this code executed then we have to wait another full
diff --git a/drivers/video/display/display-sysfs.c b/drivers/video/display/display-sysfs.c
index f6a09ab0dac..0c647d7af0e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/display/display-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/video/display/display-sysfs.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void display_device_unregister(struct display_device *ddev)
 	mutex_lock(&ddev->lock);
 	device_unregister(ddev->dev);
 	mutex_unlock(&ddev->lock);
-	// Mark device index as avaliable
+	// Mark device index as available
 	mutex_lock(&allocated_dsp_lock);
 	idr_remove(&allocated_dsp, ddev->idx);
 	mutex_unlock(&allocated_dsp_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/video/ep93xx-fb.c b/drivers/video/ep93xx-fb.c
index b358d045f13..cbdb1bd77c2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/ep93xx-fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/ep93xx-fb.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static int __init ep93xxfb_alloc_videomem(struct fb_info *info)
 	 * There is a bug in the ep93xx framebuffer which causes problems
 	 * if bit 27 of the physical address is set.
 	 * See: http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=110061245502000&w=2
-	 * There does not seem to be any offical errata for this, but I
+	 * There does not seem to be any official errata for this, but I
 	 * have confirmed the problem exists on my hardware (ep9315) at
 	 * least.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c b/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c
index f4a32779168..04251ce8918 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbsysfs.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * for driver private data (info->par). info->par (if any) will be
  * aligned to sizeof(long).
  *
- * Returns the new structure, or NULL if an error occured.
+ * Returns the new structure, or NULL if an error occurred.
  *
  */
 struct fb_info *framebuffer_alloc(size_t size, struct device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fm2fb.c b/drivers/video/fm2fb.c
index 1b0feb8e724..d0533b7aad7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fm2fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fm2fb.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  *	buffer needs an amount of memory of 1.769.472 bytes which
  *	is near to 2 MByte (the allocated address space of Zorro2).
  *	The memory is channel interleaved. That means every channel
- *	owns four VRAMs. Unfortunatly most FrameMasters II are
+ *	owns four VRAMs. Unfortunately most FrameMasters II are
  *	not assembled with memory for the alpha channel. In this
  *	case it could be possible to add the frame buffer into the
  *	normal memory pool.
diff --git a/drivers/video/fsl-diu-fb.c b/drivers/video/fsl-diu-fb.c
index 9048f87fa8c..bedf5be27f0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fsl-diu-fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fsl-diu-fb.c
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static inline __u32 CNVT_TOHW(__u32 val, __u32 width)
  * which needs to be scaled in this function for the hardware. Things to take
  * into consideration are how many color registers, if any, are supported with
  * the current color visual. With truecolor mode no color palettes are
- * supported. Here a psuedo palette is created which we store the value in
+ * supported. Here a pseudo palette is created which we store the value in
  * pseudo_palette in struct fb_info. For pseudocolor mode we have a limited
  * color palette.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/video/gbefb.c b/drivers/video/gbefb.c
index 933899dca33..7e7b7a9ba27 100644
--- a/drivers/video/gbefb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/gbefb.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static int gbefb_set_par(struct fb_info *info)
 
 	   Tiles have the advantage that they can be allocated individually in
 	   memory. However, this mapping is not linear at all, which is not
-	   really convienient. In order to support linear addressing, the GBE
+	   really convenient. In order to support linear addressing, the GBE
 	   DMA hardware is fooled into thinking the screen is only one tile
 	   large and but has a greater height, so that the DMA transfer covers
 	   the same region.
diff --git a/drivers/video/geode/lxfb.h b/drivers/video/geode/lxfb.h
index be8ccb47ebe..cfcd8090f31 100644
--- a/drivers/video/geode/lxfb.h
+++ b/drivers/video/geode/lxfb.h
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ enum gp_registers {
 };
 
 #define GP_BLT_STATUS_CE		(1 << 4)	/* cmd buf empty */
-#define GP_BLT_STATUS_PB		(1 << 0)	/* primative busy */
+#define GP_BLT_STATUS_PB		(1 << 0)	/* primitive busy */
 
 
 /* Display Controller registers (table 6-47 from the data book) */
diff --git a/drivers/video/i810/i810_accel.c b/drivers/video/i810/i810_accel.c
index f5bedee4310..7672d2ea9b3 100644
--- a/drivers/video/i810/i810_accel.c
+++ b/drivers/video/i810/i810_accel.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static inline int wait_for_engine_idle(struct fb_info *info)
  * @par: pointer to i810fb_par structure
  *
  * DESCRIPTION:
- * Checks/waits for sufficent space in ringbuffer of size
+ * Checks/waits for sufficient space in ringbuffer of size
  * space.  Returns the tail of the buffer
  */ 
 static inline u32 begin_iring(struct fb_info *info, u32 space)
diff --git a/drivers/video/kyro/STG4000OverlayDevice.c b/drivers/video/kyro/STG4000OverlayDevice.c
index a8c9713413e..0aeeaa10708 100644
--- a/drivers/video/kyro/STG4000OverlayDevice.c
+++ b/drivers/video/kyro/STG4000OverlayDevice.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ int SetOverlayViewPort(volatile STG4000REG __iomem *pSTGReg,
 	/***************** Horizontal decimation/scaling ***************************/
 
 	/*
-	 * Now we handle the horizontal case, this is a simplified verison of
+	 * Now we handle the horizontal case, this is a simplified version of
 	 * the vertical case in that we decimate by factors of 2.  as we are
 	 * working in words we should always be able to decimate by these
 	 * factors.  as we always have to have a buffer which is aligned to a
diff --git a/drivers/video/kyro/STG4000Reg.h b/drivers/video/kyro/STG4000Reg.h
index 244549e6136..5d626988258 100644
--- a/drivers/video/kyro/STG4000Reg.h
+++ b/drivers/video/kyro/STG4000Reg.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Macros that access memory mapped card registers in PCI space
- * Add an appropraite section for your OS or processor architecture.
+ * Add an appropriate section for your OS or processor architecture.
  */
 #if defined(__KERNEL__)
 #include <asm/page.h>
diff --git a/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_DAC1064.h b/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_DAC1064.h
index c6ed7801efe..1e6e45b57b7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_DAC1064.h
+++ b/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_DAC1064.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void DAC1064_global_restore(struct matrox_fb_info *minfo);
 #define      M1064_XDVICLKCTRL_DVILOOPCTL       0x30
 	/* CRTC2 pixel clock allowed to(0)/blocked from(1) driving CRTC2 */
 #define      M1064_XDVICLKCTRL_C2DVICLKEN       0x40
-	/* P1PLL loop filter bandwith selection */
+	/* P1PLL loop filter bandwidth selection */
 #define      M1064_XDVICLKCTRL_P1LOOPBWDTCTL    0x80
 #define M1064_XCURCOL0RED	0x08
 #define M1064_XCURCOL0GREEN	0x09
diff --git a/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_Ti3026.c b/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_Ti3026.c
index 835aaaae6b9..9a44cec394b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_Ti3026.c
+++ b/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_Ti3026.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static int Ti3026_init(struct matrox_fb_info *minfo, struct my_timming *m)
 			hw->DACreg[POS3026_XMISCCTRL] = TVP3026_XMISCCTRL_DAC_PUP | TVP3026_XMISCCTRL_DAC_8BIT | TVP3026_XMISCCTRL_PSEL_DIS | TVP3026_XMISCCTRL_PSEL_LOW;
 			break;
 		case 16:
-			/* XLATCHCTRL should be _4_1 / _2_1... Why is not? (_2_1 is used everytime) */
+			/* XLATCHCTRL should be _4_1 / _2_1... Why is not? (_2_1 is used every time) */
 			hw->DACreg[POS3026_XTRUECOLORCTRL] = (minfo->fbcon.var.green.length == 5) ? (TVP3026_XTRUECOLORCTRL_DIRECTCOLOR | TVP3026_XTRUECOLORCTRL_ORGB_1555) : (TVP3026_XTRUECOLORCTRL_DIRECTCOLOR | TVP3026_XTRUECOLORCTRL_RGB_565);
 			hw->DACreg[POS3026_XMUXCTRL] = muxctrl | TVP3026_XMUXCTRL_PIXEL_16BIT;
 			hw->DACreg[POS3026_XCLKCTRL] = TVP3026_XCLKCTRL_SRC_PLL | TVP3026_XCLKCTRL_DIV2;
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static int Ti3026_init(struct matrox_fb_info *minfo, struct my_timming *m)
 			hw->DACreg[POS3026_XCLKCTRL] = TVP3026_XCLKCTRL_SRC_PLL | TVP3026_XCLKCTRL_DIV4;
 			break;
 		case 32:
-			/* XLATCHCTRL should be _2_1 / _1_1... Why is not? (_2_1 is used everytime) */
+			/* XLATCHCTRL should be _2_1 / _1_1... Why is not? (_2_1 is used every time) */
 			hw->DACreg[POS3026_XMUXCTRL] = muxctrl | TVP3026_XMUXCTRL_PIXEL_32BIT;
 			break;
 		default:
diff --git a/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c b/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
index 5ce6fa6e59f..44bf8d4a216 100644
--- a/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static int matroxfb_decode_var(const struct matrox_fb_info *minfo,
 		var->yoffset = var->yres_virtual - var->yres;
 
 	if (bpp == 16 && var->green.length == 5) {
-		bpp--; /* an artifical value - 15 */
+		bpp--; /* an artificial value - 15 */
 	}
 
 	for (rgbt = table; rgbt->bpp < bpp; rgbt++);
diff --git a/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.h b/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.h
index f96a471cb1a..11ed57bb704 100644
--- a/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.h
+++ b/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #undef MATROXFB_DEBUG
 
 /* heavy debugging: */
-/* -- logs putc[s], so everytime a char is displayed, it's logged */
+/* -- logs putc[s], so every time a char is displayed, it's logged */
 #undef MATROXFB_DEBUG_HEAVY
 
 /* This one _could_ cause infinite loops */
diff --git a/drivers/video/nuc900fb.h b/drivers/video/nuc900fb.h
index 6c23aa3d3b8..bc7c9300f27 100644
--- a/drivers/video/nuc900fb.h
+++ b/drivers/video/nuc900fb.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- *   Auther:
+ *   Author:
  *        Wang Qiang(rurality.linux@gmail.com)  2009/12/16
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap/Kconfig b/drivers/video/omap/Kconfig
index 15e7f1912af..196fa2e7f43 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/omap/Kconfig
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ config FB_OMAP_MANUAL_UPDATE
 	depends on FB_OMAP && FB_OMAP_LCDC_EXTERNAL
 	help
 	  Say Y here, if your user-space applications are capable of
-	  notifying the frame buffer driver when a change has occured in
+	  notifying the frame buffer driver when a change has occurred in
 	  the frame buffer content and thus a reload of the image data to
 	  the external frame buffer is required. If unsure, say N.
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/hdmi.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/hdmi.c
index 0d44f070ef3..a981def8099 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/hdmi.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static void get_edid_timing_data(u8 *edid)
 	struct hdmi_cm cm;
 	struct omap_video_timings edid_timings;
 
-	/* seach block 0, there are 4 DTDs arranged in priority order */
+	/* search block 0, there are 4 DTDs arranged in priority order */
 	for (count = 0; count < EDID_SIZE_BLOCK0_TIMING_DESCRIPTOR; count++) {
 		current_descriptor_addrs =
 			EDID_DESCRIPTOR_BLOCK0_ADDRESS +
diff --git a/drivers/video/pxa3xx-gcu.c b/drivers/video/pxa3xx-gcu.c
index cf4beb9dc9b..0283c702109 100644
--- a/drivers/video/pxa3xx-gcu.c
+++ b/drivers/video/pxa3xx-gcu.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 /*
  * WARNING: This controller is attached to System Bus 2 of the PXA which
- * needs its arbiter to be enabled explictly (CKENB & 1<<9).
+ * needs its arbiter to be enabled explicitly (CKENB & 1<<9).
  * There is currently no way to do this from Linux, so you need to teach
  * your bootloader for now.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/video/savage/savagefb.h b/drivers/video/savage/savagefb.h
index e4c3f214eb8..4e9490c19d7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/savage/savagefb.h
+++ b/drivers/video/savage/savagefb.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ struct savage_reg {
 	unsigned char CRTC[25];       /* Crtc Controller */
 	unsigned char Sequencer[5];   /* Video Sequencer */
 	unsigned char Graphics[9];    /* Video Graphics */
-	unsigned char Attribute[21];  /* Video Atribute */
+	unsigned char Attribute[21];  /* Video Attribute */
 
 	unsigned int mode, refresh;
 	unsigned char SR08, SR0E, SR0F;
diff --git a/drivers/video/savage/savagefb_driver.c b/drivers/video/savage/savagefb_driver.c
index 487911e2926..a2dc1a7ec75 100644
--- a/drivers/video/savage/savagefb_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/video/savage/savagefb_driver.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ SavageSetup2DEngine(struct savagefb_par  *par)
 	BCI_SEND(GlobalBitmapDescriptor);
 
 	/*
-	 * I don't know why, sending this twice fixes the intial black screen,
+	 * I don't know why, sending this twice fixes the initial black screen,
 	 * prevents X from crashing at least in Toshiba laptops with SavageIX.
 	 * --Tony
 	 */
@@ -2211,7 +2211,7 @@ static int __devinit savagefb_probe(struct pci_dev* dev,
 		goto failed_mmio;
 
 	video_len = savage_init_hw(par);
-	/* FIXME: cant be negative */
+	/* FIXME: can't be negative */
 	if (video_len < 0) {
 		err = video_len;
 		goto failed_mmio;
diff --git a/drivers/video/sm501fb.c b/drivers/video/sm501fb.c
index 46d1a64fe80..56ef6b3a985 100644
--- a/drivers/video/sm501fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/sm501fb.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static unsigned long sm501fb_ps_to_hz(unsigned long psvalue)
 	return (unsigned long)numerator;
 }
 
-/* sm501fb_hz_to_ps is identical to the oposite transform */
+/* sm501fb_hz_to_ps is identical to the opposite transform */
 
 #define sm501fb_hz_to_ps(x) sm501fb_ps_to_hz(x)
 
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ static int sm501fb_init_fb(struct fb_info *fb,
 	       (head == HEAD_CRT) ? &sm501fb_ops_crt : &sm501fb_ops_pnl,
 	       sizeof(struct fb_ops));
 
-	/* update ops dependant on what we've been passed */
+	/* update ops dependent on what we've been passed */
 
 	if ((pd->flags & SM501FB_FLAG_USE_HWCURSOR) == 0)
 		par->ops.fb_cursor = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/video/sstfb.c b/drivers/video/sstfb.c
index 2ab704118c4..2301c275d63 100644
--- a/drivers/video/sstfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/sstfb.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static int __sst_wait_idle(u8 __iomem *vbase)
 	while(1) {
 		if (__sst_read(vbase, STATUS) & STATUS_FBI_BUSY) {
 			f_dddprintk("status: busy\n");
-/* FIXME basicaly, this is a busy wait. maybe not that good. oh well;
+/* FIXME basically, this is a busy wait. maybe not that good. oh well;
  * this is a small loop after all.
  * Or maybe we should use mdelay() or udelay() here instead ? */
 			count = 0;
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static int sstfb_set_par(struct fb_info *info)
 	}
 
 	if (IS_VOODOO2(par)) {
-		/* voodoo2 has 32 pixel wide tiles , BUT stange things
+		/* voodoo2 has 32 pixel wide tiles , BUT strange things
 		   happen with odd number of tiles */
 		par->tiles_in_X = (info->var.xres + 63 ) / 64 * 2;
 	} else {
@@ -920,11 +920,11 @@ static int __devinit sst_detect_ti(struct fb_info *info)
  * we get the 1st byte (M value) of preset f1,f7 and fB
  * why those 3 ? mmmh... for now, i'll do it the glide way...
  * and ask questions later. anyway, it seems that all the freq registers are
- * realy at their default state (cf specs) so i ask again, why those 3 regs ?
+ * really at their default state (cf specs) so i ask again, why those 3 regs ?
  * mmmmh.. it seems that's much more ugly than i thought. we use f0 and fA for
  * pll programming, so in fact, we *hope* that the f1, f7 & fB won't be
  * touched...
- * is it realy safe ? how can i reset this ramdac ? geee...
+ * is it really safe ? how can i reset this ramdac ? geee...
  */
 static int __devinit sst_detect_ics(struct fb_info *info)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/video/sticore.h b/drivers/video/sticore.h
index 7fe5be4bc70..addf7b615ef 100644
--- a/drivers/video/sticore.h
+++ b/drivers/video/sticore.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct sti_glob_cfg_ext {
 	 u8 curr_mon;			/* current monitor configured */
 	 u8 friendly_boot;		/* in friendly boot mode */
 	s16 power;			/* power calculation (in Watts) */
-	s32 freq_ref;			/* frequency refrence */
+	s32 freq_ref;			/* frequency reference */
 	u32 sti_mem_addr;		/* pointer to global sti memory (size=sti_mem_request) */
 	u32 future_ptr; 		/* pointer to future data */
 };
diff --git a/drivers/video/tdfxfb.c b/drivers/video/tdfxfb.c
index 3ee5e63cfa4..a99b994c9b6 100644
--- a/drivers/video/tdfxfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/tdfxfb.c
@@ -877,12 +877,12 @@ static void tdfxfb_fillrect(struct fb_info *info,
 	else
 		tdfx_rop = TDFX_ROP_XOR;
 
-	/* asume always rect->height < 4096 */
+	/* assume always rect->height < 4096 */
 	if (dy + rect->height > 4095) {
 		dstbase = stride * dy;
 		dy = 0;
 	}
-	/* asume always rect->width < 4096 */
+	/* assume always rect->width < 4096 */
 	if (dx + rect->width > 4095) {
 		dstbase += dx * bpp >> 3;
 		dx = 0;
@@ -915,22 +915,22 @@ static void tdfxfb_copyarea(struct fb_info *info,
 	u32 dstbase = 0;
 	u32 srcbase = 0;
 
-	/* asume always area->height < 4096 */
+	/* assume always area->height < 4096 */
 	if (sy + area->height > 4095) {
 		srcbase = stride * sy;
 		sy = 0;
 	}
-	/* asume always area->width < 4096 */
+	/* assume always area->width < 4096 */
 	if (sx + area->width > 4095) {
 		srcbase += sx * bpp >> 3;
 		sx = 0;
 	}
-	/* asume always area->height < 4096 */
+	/* assume always area->height < 4096 */
 	if (dy + area->height > 4095) {
 		dstbase = stride * dy;
 		dy = 0;
 	}
-	/* asume always area->width < 4096 */
+	/* assume always area->width < 4096 */
 	if (dx + area->width > 4095) {
 		dstbase += dx * bpp >> 3;
 		dx = 0;
@@ -1003,12 +1003,12 @@ static void tdfxfb_imageblit(struct fb_info *info, const struct fb_image *image)
 #else
 	srcfmt = 0x400000;
 #endif
-	/* asume always image->height < 4096 */
+	/* assume always image->height < 4096 */
 	if (dy + image->height > 4095) {
 		dstbase = stride * dy;
 		dy = 0;
 	}
-	/* asume always image->width < 4096 */
+	/* assume always image->width < 4096 */
 	if (dx + image->width > 4095) {
 		dstbase += dx * bpp >> 3;
 		dx = 0;
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ static int tdfxfb_cursor(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_cursor *cursor)
 		 * lower half (least significant 64 bits) of a 128 bit word
 		 * and pattern 1 the upper half. If you examine the data of
 		 * the cursor image the graphics card uses then from the
-		 * begining you see line one of pattern 0, line one of
+		 * beginning you see line one of pattern 0, line one of
 		 * pattern 1, line two of pattern 0, line two of pattern 1,
 		 * etc etc. The linear stride for the cursor is always 16 bytes
 		 * (128 bits) which is the maximum cursor width times two for
diff --git a/drivers/video/tmiofb.c b/drivers/video/tmiofb.c
index 9710bf8caea..0c341d73960 100644
--- a/drivers/video/tmiofb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/tmiofb.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ tmiofb_acc_wait(struct fb_info *info, unsigned int ccs)
 {
 	struct tmiofb_par *par = info->par;
 	/*
-	 * This code can be called whith interrupts disabled.
+	 * This code can be called with interrupts disabled.
 	 * So instead of relaying on irq to trigger the event,
 	 * poll the state till the necessary command is executed.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/video/udlfb.c b/drivers/video/udlfb.c
index 2c8364e9b63..68041d9dc26 100644
--- a/drivers/video/udlfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/udlfb.c
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ static int dlfb_ops_ioctl(struct fb_info *info, unsigned int cmd,
 
 		/*
 		 * If we have a damage-aware client, turn fb_defio "off"
-		 * To avoid perf imact of unecessary page fault handling.
+		 * To avoid perf imact of unnecessary page fault handling.
 		 * Done by resetting the delay for this fb_info to a very
 		 * long period. Pages will become writable and stay that way.
 		 * Reset to normal value when all clients have closed this fb.
diff --git a/drivers/video/vga16fb.c b/drivers/video/vga16fb.c
index 28ccab44a39..53b2c5aae06 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vga16fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vga16fb.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static inline int setop(int op)
 }
 
 /* Set the Enable Set/Reset Register and return its old value.  
-   The code here always uses value 0xf for thsi register. */
+   The code here always uses value 0xf for this register. */
 static inline int setsr(int sr)
 {
 	int oldsr;
diff --git a/drivers/video/via/via_utility.c b/drivers/video/via/via_utility.c
index d05ccb62b55..35458a5eadc 100644
--- a/drivers/video/via/via_utility.c
+++ b/drivers/video/via/via_utility.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ void viafb_set_gamma_table(int bpp, unsigned int *gamma_table)
 	}
 
 	/* If adjust Gamma value in SAMM, fill IGA1,
-	   IGA2 Gamma table simultanous. */
+	   IGA2 Gamma table simultaneous. */
 	/* Switch to IGA2 Gamma Table */
 	if ((active_device_amount > 1) &&
 		!((viaparinfo->chip_info->gfx_chip_name ==
diff --git a/drivers/video/via/via_utility.h b/drivers/video/via/via_utility.h
index 1670ba82143..f23be1708c1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/via/via_utility.h
+++ b/drivers/video/via/via_utility.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #ifndef __VIAUTILITY_H__
 #define __VIAUTILITY_H__
 
-/* These functions are used to get infomation about device's state */
+/* These functions are used to get information about device's state */
 void viafb_get_device_support_state(u32 *support_state);
 void viafb_get_device_connect_state(u32 *connect_state);
 bool viafb_lcd_get_support_expand_state(u32 xres, u32 yres);
diff --git a/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c b/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c
index f555b891cc7..b64818953aa 100644
--- a/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c
@@ -2019,7 +2019,7 @@ int __init viafb_init(void)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO
-       "VIA Graphics Intergration Chipset framebuffer %d.%d initializing\n",
+       "VIA Graphics Integration Chipset framebuffer %d.%d initializing\n",
 	       VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/video/w100fb.c b/drivers/video/w100fb.c
index d8b12c32e3e..c8be8af0cc6 100644
--- a/drivers/video/w100fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/w100fb.c
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ static void w100_init_lcd(struct w100fb_par *par)
 	union graphic_v_disp_u graphic_v_disp;
 	union crtc_total_u crtc_total;
 
-	/* w3200 doesnt like undefined bits being set so zero register values first */
+	/* w3200 doesn't like undefined bits being set so zero register values first */
 
 	active_h_disp.val = 0;
 	active_h_disp.f.active_h_start=mode->left_margin;