Fix common misspellings

Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed.

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

64 files changed, 94 insertions, 94 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h
index 2e561876fc8..f18c6d9b951 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ static __inline__ unsigned long ffz(unsigned long x)
 		return BITS_PER_LONG;
 
 	/*
-	 * Calculate the bit position of the least signficant '1' bit in x
-	 * (since x has been changed this will actually be the least signficant
+	 * Calculate the bit position of the least significant '1' bit in x
+	 * (since x has been changed this will actually be the least significant
 	 * '0' bit in * the original x).  Note: (x & -x) gives us a mask that
 	 * is the least significant * (RIGHT-most) 1-bit of the value in x.
 	 */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h
index 2296112e247..91010e8f847 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static inline void __user *arch_compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
 	unsigned long usp = regs->gpr[1];
 
 	/*
-	 * We cant access below the stack pointer in the 32bit ABI and
+	 * We can't access below the stack pointer in the 32bit ABI and
 	 * can access 288 bytes in the 64bit ABI
 	 */
 	if (!is_32bit_task())
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpm.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpm.h
index e50323fe941..4398a6cdcf5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpm.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ typedef struct cpm_buf_desc {
 #define BD_SC_INTRPT	(0x1000)	/* Interrupt on change */
 #define BD_SC_LAST	(0x0800)	/* Last buffer in frame */
 #define BD_SC_TC	(0x0400)	/* Transmit CRC */
-#define BD_SC_CM	(0x0200)	/* Continous mode */
+#define BD_SC_CM	(0x0200)	/* Continuous mode */
 #define BD_SC_ID	(0x0100)	/* Rec'd too many idles */
 #define BD_SC_P		(0x0100)	/* xmt preamble */
 #define BD_SC_BR	(0x0020)	/* Break received */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpm1.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpm1.h
index bd07650dca5..8ee4211ca0c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpm1.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpm1.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * This file contains structures and information for the communication
  * processor channels.  Some CPM control and status is available
- * throught the MPC8xx internal memory map.  See immap.h for details.
+ * through the MPC8xx internal memory map.  See immap.h for details.
  * This file only contains what I need for the moment, not the total
  * CPM capabilities.  I (or someone else) will add definitions as they
  * are needed.  -- Dan
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hvcall.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hvcall.h
index ec089acfa56..8edec710cc6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hvcall.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hvcall.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 #define H_DABRX_KERNEL		(1UL<<(63-62))
 #define H_DABRX_USER		(1UL<<(63-63))
 
-/* Each control block has to be on a 4K bondary */
+/* Each control block has to be on a 4K boundary */
 #define H_CB_ALIGNMENT          4096
 
 /* pSeries hypervisor opcodes */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
index d0e7701fa1f..be0171afdc0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ typedef unsigned int kprobe_opcode_t;
  * Handle cases where:
  * 		- User passes a <.symbol> or <module:.symbol>
  * 		- User passes a <symbol> or <module:symbol>
- * 		- User passes a non-existant symbol, kallsyms_lookup_name
+ * 		- User passes a non-existent symbol, kallsyms_lookup_name
  * 		  returns 0. Don't deref the NULL pointer in that case
  */
 #define kprobe_lookup_name(name, addr)					\
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h
index 26b8c807f8f..a077adc0b35 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct lppaca {
 	// processing of external interrupts.  Note that PLIC will store the
 	// XIRR directly into the xXirrValue field so that another XIRR will
 	// not be presented until this one clears.  The layout of the low
-	// 4-bytes of this Dword is upto SLIC - PLIC just checks whether the
+	// 4-bytes of this Dword is up to SLIC - PLIC just checks whether the
 	// entire Dword is zero or not.  A non-zero value in the low order
 	// 2-bytes will result in SLIC being granted the highest thread
 	// priority upon return.  A 0 will return to SLIC as medium priority.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h
index 932f88dcf6f..812b2cd80ae 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ do {						\
 /*
  * This is the default if a program doesn't have a PT_GNU_STACK
  * program header entry. The PPC64 ELF ABI has a non executable stack
- * stack by default, so in the absense of a PT_GNU_STACK program header
+ * stack by default, so in the absence of a PT_GNU_STACK program header
  * we turn execute permission off.
  */
 #define VM_STACK_DEFAULT_FLAGS32	(VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC | \
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pasemi_dma.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pasemi_dma.h
index 19fd7933e2d..eafa5a5f56d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pasemi_dma.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pasemi_dma.h
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ extern void *pasemi_dma_alloc_buf(struct pasemi_dmachan *chan, int size,
 extern void pasemi_dma_free_buf(struct pasemi_dmachan *chan, int size,
 				dma_addr_t *handle);
 
-/* Routines to allocate flags (events) for channel syncronization */
+/* Routines to allocate flags (events) for channel synchronization */
 extern int  pasemi_dma_alloc_flag(void);
 extern void pasemi_dma_free_flag(int flag);
 extern void pasemi_dma_set_flag(int flag);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h
index 5e156e034fe..b90dbf8e5cd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ struct pci_controller {
 	 * Used for variants of PCI indirect handling and possible quirks:
 	 *  SET_CFG_TYPE - used on 4xx or any PHB that does explicit type0/1
 	 *  EXT_REG - provides access to PCI-e extended registers
-	 *  SURPRESS_PRIMARY_BUS - we surpress the setting of PCI_PRIMARY_BUS
+	 *  SURPRESS_PRIMARY_BUS - we suppress the setting of PCI_PRIMARY_BUS
 	 *   on Freescale PCI-e controllers since they used the PCI_PRIMARY_BUS
 	 *   to determine which bus number to match on when generating type0
 	 *   config cycles
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pmac_feature.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pmac_feature.h
index 00eedc5a4e6..10902c9375d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pmac_feature.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pmac_feature.h
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
 
 /* Here is the infamous serie of OHare based machines
  */
-#define PMAC_TYPE_COMET			0x20	/* Beleived to be PowerBook 2400 */
-#define PMAC_TYPE_HOOPER		0x21	/* Beleived to be PowerBook 3400 */
+#define PMAC_TYPE_COMET			0x20	/* Believed to be PowerBook 2400 */
+#define PMAC_TYPE_HOOPER		0x21	/* Believed to be PowerBook 3400 */
 #define PMAC_TYPE_KANGA			0x22	/* PowerBook 3500 (first G3) */
 #define PMAC_TYPE_ALCHEMY		0x23	/* Alchemy motherboard base */
 #define PMAC_TYPE_GAZELLE		0x24	/* Spartacus, some 5xxx/6xxx */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h
index 76bb195e4f2..811f04ac366 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ extern unsigned long bad_call_to_PMD_PAGE_SIZE(void);
 #define PTE_RPN_MASK	(~((1UL<<PTE_RPN_SHIFT)-1))
 #endif
 
-/* _PAGE_CHG_MASK masks of bits that are to be preserved accross
+/* _PAGE_CHG_MASK masks of bits that are to be preserved across
  * pgprot changes
  */
 #define _PAGE_CHG_MASK	(PTE_RPN_MASK | _PAGE_HPTEFLAGS | _PAGE_DIRTY | \
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ extern unsigned long bad_call_to_PMD_PAGE_SIZE(void);
 /*
  * Don't just check for any non zero bits in __PAGE_USER, since for book3e
  * and PTE_64BIT, PAGE_KERNEL_X contains _PAGE_BAP_SR which is also in
- * _PAGE_USER.  Need to explictly match _PAGE_BAP_UR bit in that case too.
+ * _PAGE_USER.  Need to explicitly match _PAGE_BAP_UR bit in that case too.
  */
 #define pte_user(val)		((val & _PAGE_USER) == _PAGE_USER)
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_booke.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_booke.h
index 3b1a9b70736..b316794aa2b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_booke.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_booke.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Contains register definitions common to the Book E PowerPC
  * specification.  Notice that while the IBM-40x series of CPUs
  * are not true Book E PowerPCs, they borrowed a number of features
- * before Book E was finalized, and are included here as well.  Unfortunatly,
+ * before Book E was finalized, and are included here as well.  Unfortunately,
  * they sometimes used different locations than true Book E CPUs did.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/spu_priv1.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/spu_priv1.h
index 25020a34ce7..d8f5c60f61c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/spu_priv1.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/spu_priv1.h
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ spu_disable_spu (struct spu_context *ctx)
 }
 
 /*
- * The declarations folowing are put here for convenience
+ * The declarations following are put here for convenience
  * and only intended to be used by the platform setup code.
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uninorth.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uninorth.h
index f737732c386..ae9c899c8a6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uninorth.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uninorth.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
  *
  * Obviously, the GART is not cache coherent and so any change to it
  * must be flushed to memory (or maybe just make the GART space non
- * cachable). AGP memory itself doens't seem to be cache coherent neither.
+ * cachable). AGP memory itself does't seem to be cache coherent neither.
  *
  * In order to invalidate the GART (which is probably necessary to inval
  * the bridge internal TLBs), the following sequence has to be written,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso_datapage.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso_datapage.h
index 25e39220e89..b73a8199f16 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso_datapage.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso_datapage.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct vdso_data {
 	} version;
 
 	/* Note about the platform flags: it now only contains the lpar
-	 * bit. The actual platform number is dead and burried
+	 * bit. The actual platform number is dead and buried
 	 */
 	__u32 platform;			/* Platform flags		0x18 */
 	__u32 processor;		/* Processor type		0x1C */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
index 625942ae558..60b3e377b1e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void __init btext_prepare_BAT(void)
 
 /* This function can be used to enable the early boot text when doing
  * OF booting or within bootx init. It must be followed by a btext_unmap()
- * call before the logical address becomes unuseable
+ * call before the logical address becomes unusable
  */
 void __init btext_setup_display(int width, int height, int depth, int pitch,
 				unsigned long address)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
index 5c43063d250..9651acc3504 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ interrupt_end_book3e:
 	mfspr	r13,SPRN_SPRG_PACA	/* get our PACA */
 	b	system_call_common
 
-/* Auxillary Processor Unavailable Interrupt */
+/* Auxiliary Processor Unavailable Interrupt */
 	START_EXCEPTION(ap_unavailable);
 	NORMAL_EXCEPTION_PROLOG(0xf20, PROLOG_ADDITION_NONE)
 	EXCEPTION_COMMON(0xf20, PACA_EXGEN, INTS_KEEP)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index c532cb2c927..aeb739e1876 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * handling and other fixed offset specific things.
  *
  * This file is meant to be #included from head_64.S due to
- * position dependant assembly.
+ * position dependent assembly.
  *
  * Most of this originates from head_64.S and thus has the same
  * copyright history.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
index 9dd21a8c4d5..a91626d87fc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ DataAccess:
 	 * miss get to this point to load the TLB.
 	 * 	r10 - TLB_TAG value
 	 * 	r11 - Linux PTE
-	 *	r12, r9 - avilable to use
+	 *	r12, r9 - available to use
 	 *	PID - loaded with proper value when we get here
 	 *	Upon exit, we reload everything and RFI.
 	 * Actually, it will fit now, but oh well.....a common place
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
index cbb3436b592..5e12b741ba5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ interrupt_base:
 	NORMAL_EXCEPTION_PROLOG
 	EXC_XFER_EE_LITE(0x0c00, DoSyscall)
 
-	/* Auxillary Processor Unavailable Interrupt */
+	/* Auxiliary Processor Unavailable Interrupt */
 	EXCEPTION(0x2020, AuxillaryProcessorUnavailable, unknown_exception, EXC_XFER_EE)
 
 	/* Decrementer Interrupt */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index 782f23df7c8..285e6f775bd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include <asm/kvm_book3s_asm.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 
-/* The physical memory is layed out such that the secondary processor
+/* The physical memory is laid out such that the secondary processor
  * spin code sits at 0x0000...0x00ff. On server, the vectors follow
  * using the layout described in exceptions-64s.S
  */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
index 3e02710d956..5ecf54cfa7d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ interrupt_base:
 	NORMAL_EXCEPTION_PROLOG
 	EXC_XFER_EE_LITE(0x0c00, DoSyscall)
 
-	/* Auxillary Processor Unavailable Interrupt */
+	/* Auxiliary Processor Unavailable Interrupt */
 	EXCEPTION(0x2900, AuxillaryProcessorUnavailable, unknown_exception, EXC_XFER_EE)
 
 	/* Decrementer Interrupt */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/l2cr_6xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/l2cr_6xx.S
index 2a2f3c3f6d8..97ec8557f97 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/l2cr_6xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/l2cr_6xx.S
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)
 	 /**** Might be a good idea to set L2DO here - to prevent instructions
 	       from getting into the cache.  But since we invalidate
 	       the next time we enable the cache it doesn't really matter.
-	       Don't do this unless you accomodate all processor variations.
+	       Don't do this unless you accommodate all processor variations.
 	       The bit moved on the 7450.....
 	  ****/
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
index 16468362ad5..301db65f05a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void parse_ppp_data(struct seq_file *m)
 	seq_printf(m, "system_active_processors=%d\n",
 	           ppp_data.active_system_procs);
 
-	/* pool related entries are apropriate for shared configs */
+	/* pool related entries are appropriate for shared configs */
 	if (lppaca_of(0).shared_proc) {
 		unsigned long pool_idle_time, pool_procs;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
index 97e0ae41494..c4063b7f49a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ static int power_pmu_add(struct perf_event *event, int ef_flags)
 
 	/*
 	 * If group events scheduling transaction was started,
-	 * skip the schedulability test here, it will be peformed
+	 * skip the schedulability test here, it will be performed
 	 * at commit time(->commit_txn) as a whole
 	 */
 	if (cpuhw->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_save_regs.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_save_regs.S
index e83ba3f078e..1b1787d5289 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_save_regs.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_save_regs.S
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Grab the register values as they are now.
- * This won't do a particularily good job because we really
+ * This won't do a particularly good job because we really
  * want our caller's caller's registers, and our caller has
  * already executed its prologue.
  * ToDo: We could reach back into the caller's save area to do
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 05b7139d6a2..e74fa12afc8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PHYP_DUMP
-	/* scan tree to see if dump occured during last boot */
+	/* scan tree to see if dump occurred during last boot */
 	of_scan_flat_dt(early_init_dt_scan_phyp_dump, NULL);
 #endif
 
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
 
 	DBG("Scanning CPUs ...\n");
 
-	/* Retreive CPU related informations from the flat tree
+	/* Retrieve CPU related informations from the flat tree
 	 * (altivec support, boot CPU ID, ...)
 	 */
 	of_scan_flat_dt(early_init_dt_scan_cpus, NULL);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 895b082f1e4..55613e33e26 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static int vr_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 #ifdef CONFIG_VSX
 /*
  * Currently to set and and get all the vsx state, you need to call
- * the fp and VMX calls aswell.  This only get/sets the lower 32
+ * the fp and VMX calls as well.  This only get/sets the lower 32
  * 128bit VSX registers.
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c
index 7980ec0e1e1..67f6c3b5135 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static void start_event_scan(void)
 	pr_debug("rtasd: will sleep for %d milliseconds\n",
 		 (30000 / rtas_event_scan_rate));
 
-	/* Retreive errors from nvram if any */
+	/* Retrieve errors from nvram if any */
 	retreive_nvram_error_log();
 
 	schedule_delayed_work_on(cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask),
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/swsusp_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/swsusp_32.S
index b0754e23743..ba4dee3d233 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/swsusp_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/swsusp_32.S
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)
 
 	/* Disable MSR:DR to make sure we don't take a TLB or
 	 * hash miss during the copy, as our hash table will
-	 * for a while be unuseable. For .text, we assume we are
+	 * for a while be unusable. For .text, we assume we are
 	 * covered by a BAT. This works only for non-G5 at this
 	 * point. G5 will need a better approach, possibly using
 	 * a small temporary hash table filled with large mappings,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index bd74fac169b..5ddb801bc15 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ void __kprobes program_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 * ESR_DST (!?) or 0.  In the process of chasing this with the
 	 * hardware people - not sure if it can happen on any illegal
 	 * instruction or only on FP instructions, whether there is a
-	 * pattern to occurences etc. -dgibson 31/Mar/2003 */
+	 * pattern to occurrences etc. -dgibson 31/Mar/2003 */
 	switch (do_mathemu(regs)) {
 	case 0:
 		emulate_single_step(regs);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg_16550.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg_16550.c
index b4b167b3364..baa33a7517b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg_16550.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg_16550.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * udbg for NS16550 compatable serial ports
+ * udbg for NS16550 compatible serial ports
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2001-2005 PPC 64 Team, IBM Corp
  *
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/sigtramp.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/sigtramp.S
index 68d49dd71dc..cf0c9c9c24f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/sigtramp.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/sigtramp.S
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 /* The nop here is a hack.  The dwarf2 unwind routines subtract 1 from
    the return address to get an address in the middle of the presumed
-   call instruction.  Since we don't have a call here, we artifically
+   call instruction.  Since we don't have a call here, we artificially
    extend the range covered by the unwind info by adding a nop before
    the real start.  */
 	nop
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/sigtramp.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/sigtramp.S
index 59eb59bb408..45ea281e9a2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/sigtramp.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/sigtramp.S
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 /* The nop here is a hack.  The dwarf2 unwind routines subtract 1 from
    the return address to get an address in the middle of the presumed
-   call instruction.  Since we don't have a call here, we artifically
+   call instruction.  Since we don't have a call here, we artificially
    extend the range covered by the unwind info by padding before the
    real start.  */
 	nop
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_low_64.S b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_low_64.S
index 3079f6b44cf..5b7dd4ea02b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_low_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_low_64.S
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ htab_insert_pte:
 	rldicr	r3,r0,3,63-3		/* r3 = (hash & mask) << 3 */
 
 	/* Call ppc_md.hpte_insert */
-	ld	r6,STK_PARM(r4)(r1)	/* Retreive new pp bits */
-	mr	r4,r29			/* Retreive va */
+	ld	r6,STK_PARM(r4)(r1)	/* Retrieve new pp bits */
+	mr	r4,r29			/* Retrieve va */
 	li	r7,0			/* !bolted, !secondary */
 	li	r8,MMU_PAGE_4K		/* page size */
 	ld	r9,STK_PARM(r9)(r1)	/* segment size */
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ _GLOBAL(htab_call_hpte_insert1)
 	rldicr	r3,r0,3,63-3	/* r0 = (~hash & mask) << 3 */
 	
 	/* Call ppc_md.hpte_insert */
-	ld	r6,STK_PARM(r4)(r1)	/* Retreive new pp bits */
-	mr	r4,r29			/* Retreive va */
+	ld	r6,STK_PARM(r4)(r1)	/* Retrieve new pp bits */
+	mr	r4,r29			/* Retrieve va */
 	li	r7,HPTE_V_SECONDARY	/* !bolted, secondary */
 	li	r8,MMU_PAGE_4K		/* page size */
 	ld	r9,STK_PARM(r9)(r1)	/* segment size */
@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ htab_special_pfn:
 	rldicr	r3,r0,3,63-3		/* r0 = (hash & mask) << 3 */
 
 	/* Call ppc_md.hpte_insert */
-	ld	r6,STK_PARM(r4)(r1)	/* Retreive new pp bits */
-	mr	r4,r29			/* Retreive va */
+	ld	r6,STK_PARM(r4)(r1)	/* Retrieve new pp bits */
+	mr	r4,r29			/* Retrieve va */
 	li	r7,0			/* !bolted, !secondary */
 	li	r8,MMU_PAGE_4K		/* page size */
 	ld	r9,STK_PARM(r9)(r1)	/* segment size */
@@ -522,8 +522,8 @@ _GLOBAL(htab_call_hpte_insert1)
 	rldicr	r3,r0,3,63-3		/* r0 = (~hash & mask) << 3 */
 
 	/* Call ppc_md.hpte_insert */
-	ld	r6,STK_PARM(r4)(r1)	/* Retreive new pp bits */
-	mr	r4,r29			/* Retreive va */
+	ld	r6,STK_PARM(r4)(r1)	/* Retrieve new pp bits */
+	mr	r4,r29			/* Retrieve va */
 	li	r7,HPTE_V_SECONDARY	/* !bolted, secondary */
 	li	r8,MMU_PAGE_4K		/* page size */
 	ld	r9,STK_PARM(r9)(r1)	/* segment size */
@@ -813,8 +813,8 @@ ht64_insert_pte:
 	rldicr	r3,r0,3,63-3	/* r0 = (hash & mask) << 3 */
 
 	/* Call ppc_md.hpte_insert */
-	ld	r6,STK_PARM(r4)(r1)	/* Retreive new pp bits */
-	mr	r4,r29			/* Retreive va */
+	ld	r6,STK_PARM(r4)(r1)	/* Retrieve new pp bits */
+	mr	r4,r29			/* Retrieve va */
 	li	r7,0			/* !bolted, !secondary */
 	li	r8,MMU_PAGE_64K
 	ld	r9,STK_PARM(r9)(r1)	/* segment size */
@@ -836,8 +836,8 @@ _GLOBAL(ht64_call_hpte_insert1)
 	rldicr	r3,r0,3,63-3	/* r0 = (~hash & mask) << 3 */
 
 	/* Call ppc_md.hpte_insert */
-	ld	r6,STK_PARM(r4)(r1)	/* Retreive new pp bits */
-	mr	r4,r29			/* Retreive va */
+	ld	r6,STK_PARM(r4)(r1)	/* Retrieve new pp bits */
+	mr	r4,r29			/* Retrieve va */
 	li	r7,HPTE_V_SECONDARY	/* !bolted, secondary */
 	li	r8,MMU_PAGE_64K
 	ld	r9,STK_PARM(r9)(r1)	/* segment size */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
index a5991facddc..58a022d0f46 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ void __cpuinit early_init_mmu_secondary(void)
 		mtspr(SPRN_SDR1, _SDR1);
 
 	/* Initialize STAB/SLB. We use a virtual address as it works
-	 * in real mode on pSeries and we want a virutal address on
+	 * in real mode on pSeries and we want a virtual address on
 	 * iSeries anyway
 	 */
 	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SLB))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index a6649965090..57e545b84bf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ void clear_user_page(void *page, unsigned long vaddr, struct page *pg)
 	clear_page(page);
 
 	/*
-	 * We shouldnt have to do this, but some versions of glibc
+	 * We shouldn't have to do this, but some versions of glibc
 	 * require it (ld.so assumes zero filled pages are icache clean)
 	 * - Anton
 	 */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
index 0dc95c0aa3b..5ec1dad2a19 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
@@ -440,11 +440,11 @@ static void read_drconf_cell(struct of_drconf_cell *drmem, const u32 **cellp)
 }
 
 /*
- * Retreive and validate the ibm,dynamic-memory property of the device tree.
+ * Retrieve and validate the ibm,dynamic-memory property of the device tree.
  *
  * The layout of the ibm,dynamic-memory property is a number N of memblock
  * list entries followed by N memblock list entries.  Each memblock list entry
- * contains information as layed out in the of_drconf_cell struct above.
+ * contains information as laid out in the of_drconf_cell struct above.
  */
 static int of_get_drconf_memory(struct device_node *memory, const u32 **dm)
 {
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static int of_get_drconf_memory(struct device_node *memory, const u32 **dm)
 }
 
 /*
- * Retreive and validate the ibm,lmb-size property for drconf memory
+ * Retrieve and validate the ibm,lmb-size property for drconf memory
  * from the device tree.
  */
 static u64 of_get_lmb_size(struct device_node *memory)
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ struct assoc_arrays {
 };
 
 /*
- * Retreive and validate the list of associativity arrays for drconf
+ * Retrieve and validate the list of associativity arrays for drconf
  * memory from the ibm,associativity-lookup-arrays property of the
  * device tree..
  *
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpu_numa_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
  * Returns the size the region should have to enforce the memory limit.
  * This will either be the original value of size, a truncated value,
  * or zero. If the returned value of size is 0 the region should be
- * discarded as it lies wholy above the memory limit.
+ * discarded as it lies wholly above the memory limit.
  */
 static unsigned long __init numa_enforce_memory_limit(unsigned long start,
 						      unsigned long size)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_low_64e.S b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_low_64e.S
index 8526bd9d2aa..33cf704e4e1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_low_64e.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_low_64e.S
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ normal_tlb_miss:
 	or	r10,r15,r14
 
 BEGIN_MMU_FTR_SECTION
-	/* Set the TLB reservation and seach for existing entry. Then load
+	/* Set the TLB reservation and search for existing entry. Then load
 	 * the entry.
 	 */
 	PPC_TLBSRX_DOT(0,r16)
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ END_MMU_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(MMU_FTR_USE_TLBRSRV)
 
 virt_page_table_tlb_miss_fault:
 	/* If we fault here, things are a little bit tricky. We need to call
-	 * either data or instruction store fault, and we need to retreive
+	 * either data or instruction store fault, and we need to retrieve
 	 * the original fault address and ESR (for data).
 	 *
 	 * The thing is, we know that in normal circumstances, this is
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_cell.c b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_cell.c
index c4d2b716756..cb515cff745 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_cell.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_cell.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
 #define MAX_SPU_COUNT 0xFFFFFF	/* maximum 24 bit LFSR value */
 
-/* Minumum HW interval timer setting to send value to trace buffer is 10 cycle.
+/* Minimum HW interval timer setting to send value to trace buffer is 10 cycle.
  * To configure counter to send value every N cycles set counter to
  * 2^32 - 1 - N.
  */
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ static int cell_global_start(struct op_counter_config *ctr)
  * trace buffer at the maximum rate possible.  The trace buffer is configured
  * to store the PCs, wrapping when it is full.  The performance counter is
  * initialized to the max hardware count minus the number of events, N, between
- * samples.  Once the N events have occured, a HW counter overflow occurs
+ * samples.  Once the N events have occurred, a HW counter overflow occurs
  * causing the generation of a HW counter interrupt which also stops the
  * writing of the SPU PC values to the trace buffer.  Hence the last PC
  * written to the trace buffer is the SPU PC that we want.  Unfortunately,
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@ static void cell_handle_interrupt_ppu(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		 * The counters were frozen by the interrupt.
 		 * Reenable the interrupt and restart the counters.
 		 * If there was a race between the interrupt handler and
-		 * the virtual counter routine.	 The virutal counter
+		 * the virtual counter routine.	 The virtual counter
 		 * routine may have cleared the interrupts.  Hence must
 		 * use the virt_cntr_inter_mask to re-enable the interrupts.
 		 */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_power4.c b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_power4.c
index 80774092db7..8ee51a252cf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_power4.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_power4.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static unsigned long get_pc(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	unsigned long mmcra;
 	unsigned long slot;
 
-	/* Cant do much about it */
+	/* Can't do much about it */
 	if (!cur_cpu_spec->oprofile_mmcra_sihv)
 		return pc;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_lpbfifo.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_lpbfifo.c
index 6385d883cb8..9940ce8a2d4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_lpbfifo.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_lpbfifo.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct mpc52xx_lpbfifo {
 static struct mpc52xx_lpbfifo lpbfifo;
 
 /**
- * mpc52xx_lpbfifo_kick - Trigger the next block of data to be transfered
+ * mpc52xx_lpbfifo_kick - Trigger the next block of data to be transferred
  */
 static void mpc52xx_lpbfifo_kick(struct mpc52xx_lpbfifo_request *req)
 {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static void mpc52xx_lpbfifo_kick(struct mpc52xx_lpbfifo_request *req)
  *
  * On transmit, the dma completion irq triggers before the fifo completion
  * triggers.  Handle the dma completion here instead of the LPB FIFO Bestcomm
- * task completion irq becuase everyting is not really done until the LPB FIFO
+ * task completion irq because everything is not really done until the LPB FIFO
  * completion irq triggers.
  *
  * In other words:
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static void mpc52xx_lpbfifo_kick(struct mpc52xx_lpbfifo_request *req)
  * Exit conditions:
  * 1) Transfer aborted
  * 2) FIFO complete without DMA; more data to do
- * 3) FIFO complete without DMA; all data transfered
+ * 3) FIFO complete without DMA; all data transferred
  * 4) FIFO complete using DMA
  *
  * Condition 1 can occur regardless of whether or not DMA is used.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_pic.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_pic.c
index 3ddea96273c..1dd15400f6f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_pic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/mpc52xx_pic.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ void __init mpc52xx_init_irq(void)
 /**
  * mpc52xx_get_irq - Get pending interrupt number hook function
  *
- * Called by the interupt handler to determine what IRQ handler needs to be
+ * Called by the interrupt handler to determine what IRQ handler needs to be
  * executed.
  *
  * Status of pending interrupts is determined by reading the encoded status
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/lscsa_alloc.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/lscsa_alloc.c
index 3b894f58528..147069938cf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/lscsa_alloc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/lscsa_alloc.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int spu_alloc_lscsa(struct spu_state *csa)
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < SPU_LSCSA_NUM_BIG_PAGES; i++) {
 		/* XXX This is likely to fail, we should use a special pool
-		 *     similiar to what hugetlbfs does.
+		 *     similar to what hugetlbfs does.
 		 */
 		csa->lscsa_pages[i] = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL,
 						  SPU_64K_PAGE_ORDER);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
index 0b046628493..65203857b0c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ static struct spu_context *grab_runnable_context(int prio, int node)
 		struct list_head *rq = &spu_prio->runq[best];
 
 		list_for_each_entry(ctx, rq, rq) {
-			/* XXX(hch): check for affinity here aswell */
+			/* XXX(hch): check for affinity here as well */
 			if (__node_allowed(ctx, node)) {
 				__spu_del_from_rq(ctx);
 				goto found;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spu_restore.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spu_restore.c
index 21a9c952d88..72c905f1ee7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spu_restore.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spu_restore.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static inline void restore_complete(void)
 		exit_instrs[3] = BR_INSTR;
 		break;
 	default:
-		/* SPU_Status[R]=1. No additonal instructions. */
+		/* SPU_Status[R]=1. No additional instructions. */
 		break;
 	}
 	spu_sync();
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/mf.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/mf.c
index b5e026bdca2..62dabe3c2bf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/mf.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/mf.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 static int mf_initialized;
 
 /*
- * This is the structure layout for the Machine Facilites LPAR event
+ * This is the structure layout for the Machine Facilities LPAR event
  * flows.
  */
 struct vsp_cmd_data {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/viopath.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/viopath.c
index b5f05d943a9..2376069cdc1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/viopath.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/viopath.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static void vio_handleEvent(struct HvLpEvent *event)
 			viopathStatus[remoteLp].mTargetInst)) {
 			printk(VIOPATH_KERN_WARN
 			       "message from invalid partition. "
-			       "int msg rcvd, source inst (%d) doesnt match (%d)\n",
+			       "int msg rcvd, source inst (%d) doesn't match (%d)\n",
 			       viopathStatus[remoteLp].mTargetInst,
 			       event->xSourceInstanceId);
 			return;
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static void vio_handleEvent(struct HvLpEvent *event)
 			viopathStatus[remoteLp].mSourceInst)) {
 			printk(VIOPATH_KERN_WARN
 			       "message from invalid partition. "
-			       "int msg rcvd, target inst (%d) doesnt match (%d)\n",
+			       "int msg rcvd, target inst (%d) doesn't match (%d)\n",
 			       viopathStatus[remoteLp].mSourceInst,
 			       event->xTargetInstanceId);
 			return;
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static void vio_handleEvent(struct HvLpEvent *event)
 		    viopathStatus[remoteLp].mSourceInst) {
 			printk(VIOPATH_KERN_WARN
 			       "message from invalid partition. "
-			       "ack msg rcvd, source inst (%d) doesnt match (%d)\n",
+			       "ack msg rcvd, source inst (%d) doesn't match (%d)\n",
 			       viopathStatus[remoteLp].mSourceInst,
 			       event->xSourceInstanceId);
 			return;
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static void vio_handleEvent(struct HvLpEvent *event)
 		    viopathStatus[remoteLp].mTargetInst) {
 			printk(VIOPATH_KERN_WARN
 			       "message from invalid partition. "
-			       "viopath: ack msg rcvd, target inst (%d) doesnt match (%d)\n",
+			       "viopath: ack msg rcvd, target inst (%d) doesn't match (%d)\n",
 			       viopathStatus[remoteLp].mTargetInst,
 			       event->xTargetInstanceId);
 			return;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/dma_lib.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/dma_lib.c
index 09695ae50f9..321a9b3a2d0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/dma_lib.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/dma_lib.c
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@ void pasemi_dma_free_buf(struct pasemi_dmachan *chan, int size,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pasemi_dma_free_buf);
 
-/* pasemi_dma_alloc_flag - Allocate a flag (event) for channel syncronization
+/* pasemi_dma_alloc_flag - Allocate a flag (event) for channel synchronization
  *
- * Allocates a flag for use with channel syncronization (event descriptors).
+ * Allocates a flag for use with channel synchronization (event descriptors).
  * Returns allocated flag (0-63), < 0 on error.
  */
 int pasemi_dma_alloc_flag(void)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
index 50f16939255..ea47df66fee 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ obj-y				+= pic.o setup.o time.o feature.o pci.o \
 obj-$(CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT)	+= backlight.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_PMAC)	+= cpufreq_32.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_PMAC64)	+= cpufreq_64.o
-# CONFIG_NVRAM is an arch. independant tristate symbol, for pmac32 we really
+# CONFIG_NVRAM is an arch. independent tristate symbol, for pmac32 we really
 # need this to be a bool.  Cheat here and pretend CONFIG_NVRAM=m is really
 # CONFIG_NVRAM=y
 obj-$(CONFIG_NVRAM:m=y)		+= nvram.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
index 480567e5fa9..e9c8a607268 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static void __init smu_i2c_probe(void)
 	printk(KERN_INFO "SMU i2c %s\n", controller->full_name);
 
 	/* Look for childs, note that they might not be of the right
-	 * type as older device trees mix i2c busses and other thigns
+	 * type as older device trees mix i2c busses and other things
 	 * at the same level
 	 */
 	for (busnode = NULL;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pci.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pci.c
index ab689894270..f33e08d573c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pci.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pci.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static void __init setup_chaos(struct pci_controller *hose,
  * This function deals with some "special cases" devices.
  *
  *  0 -> No special case
- *  1 -> Skip the device but act as if the access was successfull
+ *  1 -> Skip the device but act as if the access was successful
  *       (return 0xff's on reads, eventually, cache config space
  *       accesses in a later version)
  * -1 -> Hide the device (unsuccessful access)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
index b74a9230edc..57ceb92b228 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static struct device_node *dlpar_parse_cc_node(struct cc_workarea *ccwa)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* The configure connector reported name does not contain a
-	 * preceeding '/', so we allocate a buffer large enough to
+	 * preceding '/', so we allocate a buffer large enough to
 	 * prepend this to the full_name.
 	 */
 	name = (char *)ccwa + ccwa->name_offset;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c
index 3cc4d102b1f..89649173d3a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
  *  with EEH.
  *
  *  Ideally, a PCI device driver, when suspecting that an isolation
- *  event has occured (e.g. by reading 0xff's), will then ask EEH
+ *  event has occurred (e.g. by reading 0xff's), will then ask EEH
  *  whether this is the case, and then take appropriate steps to
  *  reset the PCI slot, the PCI device, and then resume operations.
  *  However, until that day,  the checking is done here, with the
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
index fd50ccd4bac..ef8c45489e2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static void pseries_cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
 		       cpu, pcpu, cpu_status);
 	}
 
-	/* Isolation and deallocation are definatly done by
+	/* Isolation and deallocation are definitely done by
 	 * drslot_chrp_cpu.  If they were not they would be
 	 * done here.  Change isolate state to Isolate and
 	 * change allocation-state to Unusable.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
index 154c464cdca..6d5412a18b2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static unsigned long tce_get_pSeriesLP(struct iommu_table *tbl, long tcenum)
 	return tce_ret;
 }
 
-/* this is compatable with cells for the device tree property */
+/* this is compatible with cells for the device tree property */
 struct dynamic_dma_window_prop {
 	__be32	liobn;		/* tce table number */
 	__be64	dma_base;	/* address hi,lo */
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ static void pci_dma_dev_setup_pSeriesLP(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	pr_debug("pci_dma_dev_setup_pSeriesLP: %s\n", pci_name(dev));
 
 	/* dev setup for LPAR is a little tricky, since the device tree might
-	 * contain the dma-window properties per-device and not neccesarily
+	 * contain the dma-window properties per-device and not necessarily
 	 * for the bus. So we need to search upwards in the tree until we
 	 * either hit a dma-window property, OR find a parent with a table
 	 * already allocated.
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ static int dma_set_mask_pSeriesLP(struct device *dev, u64 dma_mask)
 
 		/*
 		 * the device tree might contain the dma-window properties
-		 * per-device and not neccesarily for the bus. So we need to
+		 * per-device and not necessarily for the bus. So we need to
 		 * search upwards in the tree until we either hit a dma-window
 		 * property, OR find a parent with a table already allocated.
 		 */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/xics.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/xics.c
index ec8fe22047b..d6901334d66 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/xics.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/xics.c
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ void xics_migrate_irqs_away(void)
 		int status;
 		unsigned long flags;
 
-		/* We cant set affinity on ISA interrupts */
+		/* We can't set affinity on ISA interrupts */
 		if (virq < NUM_ISA_INTERRUPTS)
 			continue;
 		if (irq_map[virq].host != xics_host)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
index 27402c7d309..1636dd89670 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ axon_ram_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev)
 
 	BUG_ON(!bank);
 
-	dev_err(&device->dev, "Correctable memory error occured\n");
+	dev_err(&device->dev, "Correctable memory error occurred\n");
 	bank->ecc_counter++;
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm.h b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm.h
index 23a95f80dfd..a0e2e6b19b5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * struct bcom_bd - Structure describing a generic BestComm buffer descriptor
  * @status: The current status of this buffer. Exact meaning depends on the
  *          task type
- * @data: An array of u32 extra data.  Size of array is task dependant.
+ * @data: An array of u32 extra data.  Size of array is task dependent.
  *
  * Note: Don't dereference a bcom_bd pointer as an array.  The size of the
  *       bcom_bd is variable.  Use bcom_get_bd() instead.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm_priv.h b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm_priv.h
index eb0d1c883c3..3b52f3ffbdf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm_priv.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm_priv.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ struct bcom_task_header {
 	u8	reserved[8];
 };
 
-/* Descriptors stucture & co */
+/* Descriptors structure & co */
 #define BCOM_DESC_NOP		0x000001f8
 #define BCOM_LCD_MASK		0x80000000
 #define BCOM_DRD_EXTENDED	0x40000000
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm1.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm1.c
index 8b5aba26332..e0bc944eb23 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm1.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm1.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ void __init cpm_reset(void)
 
 	/* Set SDMA Bus Request priority 5.
 	 * On 860T, this also enables FEC priority 6.  I am not sure
-	 * this is what we realy want for some applications, but the
+	 * this is what we really want for some applications, but the
 	 * manual recommends it.
 	 * Bit 25, FAM can also be set to use FEC aggressive mode (860T).
 	 */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/indirect_pci.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/indirect_pci.c
index 7ed80967664..82fdad885d2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/indirect_pci.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/indirect_pci.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ indirect_write_config(struct pci_bus *bus, unsigned int devfn, int offset,
 		out_le32(hose->cfg_addr, (0x80000000 | (bus_no << 16) |
 			 (devfn << 8) | reg | cfg_type));
 
-	/* surpress setting of PCI_PRIMARY_BUS */
+	/* suppress setting of PCI_PRIMARY_BUS */
 	if (hose->indirect_type & PPC_INDIRECT_TYPE_SURPRESS_PRIMARY_BUS)
 		if ((offset == PCI_PRIMARY_BUS) &&
 			(bus->number == hose->first_busno))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/ppc4xx_pci.h b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/ppc4xx_pci.h
index 56d9e5deccb..c39a134e868 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/ppc4xx_pci.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/ppc4xx_pci.h
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
 #define PESDR0_460EX_IHS2		0x036D
 
 /*
- * 460SX addtional DCRs
+ * 460SX additional DCRs
  */
 #define PESDRn_460SX_RCEI		0x02