# Binaries are used during the compilation of the kernel, for example
# to preprocess a data file.
#
-# Both C and C++ is supported, but preferred language is C for such utilities.
+# Both C and C++ are supported, but preferred language is C for such utilities.
#
-# Samle syntax (see Documentation/kbuild/makefile.txt for reference)
+# Sample syntax (see Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt for reference)
# hostprogs-y := bin2hex
# Will compile bin2hex.c and create an executable named bin2hex
#
# hostprogs-y := conf
# conf-objs := conf.o libkconfig.so
# libkconfig-objs := expr.o type.o
-# Will create a shared library named libkconfig.so that consist of
-# expr.o and type.o (they are both compiled as C code and the object file
+# Will create a shared library named libkconfig.so that consists of
+# expr.o and type.o (they are both compiled as C code and the object files
# are made as position independent code).
-# conf.c is compiled as a c program, and conf.o is linked together with
+# conf.c is compiled as a C program, and conf.o is linked together with
# libkconfig.so as the executable conf.
# Note: Shared libraries consisting of C++ files are not supported
host-cshobjs := $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cshlib),$($(m:.so=-objs))))
# output directory for programs/.o files
-# hostprogs-y := tools/build may have been specified. Retreive directory
+# hostprogs-y := tools/build may have been specified. Retrieve directory
host-objdirs := $(foreach f,$(__hostprogs), $(if $(dir $(f)),$(dir $(f))))
# directory of .o files from prog-objs notation
host-objdirs += $(foreach f,$(host-cmulti), \