Various typo fixes.

Correct mis-spellings of "algorithm", "appear", "consistent" and
(shame, shame) "kernel".

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
index bb7c2cac7917e97bd206442747eb6b0e77356c42..5ef75787f83a271c3916614d61549c87b5087af3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ bttv.o
                i2c_udelay=     Allow reduce I2C speed. Default is 5 usecs
                                (meaning 66,67 Kbps). The default is the
                                maximum supported speed by kernel bitbang
-                               algoritm. You may use lower numbers, if I2C
+                               algorithm. You may use lower numbers, if I2C
                                messages are lost (16 is known to work on
                                all supported cards).
 

diff --git a/arch/m32r/lib/usercopy.c b/arch/m32r/lib/usercopy.c
index 896cef1aca5f43b8da34b8d9d45b2858f3ce84e5..82abd159dbef495253bb2989093f86809b085ca5 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/m32r/lib/usercopy.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/lib/usercopy.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ long strnlen_user(const char __user *s, long n)
                : "0" (n), "1" (s), "r" (n & 3), "r" (mask), "r"(0x01010101)
                : "r0", "r1", "cbit");
 
-       /* NOTE: strnlen_user() algorism:
+       /* NOTE: strnlen_user() algorithm:
         * {
         *   char *p;
         *   for (p = s; n-- && *p != '\0'; ++p)
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ long strnlen_user(const char __user *s, long n)
                : "0" (n), "1" (s), "r" (n & 3), "r" (mask), "r"(0x01010101)
                : "r0", "r1", "r2", "r3", "cbit");
 
-       /* NOTE: strnlen_user() algorism:
+       /* NOTE: strnlen_user() algorithm:
         * {
         *   char *p;
         *   for (p = s; n-- && *p != '\0'; ++p)

diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/platform/5307/timers.c b/arch/m68knommu/platform/5307/timers.c
index 87b112b363a618fda2c8c76cb784269e11c5c224..92e58070b01664f31d10625b02822ddc2ede3bff 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/m68knommu/platform/5307/timers.c
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/platform/5307/timers.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ unsigned long coldfire_timer_offset(void)
 
 /*
  *     Choose a reasonably fast profile timer. Make it an odd value to
- *     try and get good coverage of kernal operations.
+ *     try and get good coverage of kernel operations.
  */
 #define        PROFILEHZ       1013
 

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_iba6110.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_iba6110.c
index 7468477ba837886f4c96f2e5e1e52ae0fcf57760..993482545021e67d2ff5c1a0901cba49de062983 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_iba6110.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_iba6110.c
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ static int ipath_ht_early_init(struct ipath_devdata *dd)
  * @kbase: ipath_base_info pointer
  *
  * We set the PCIE flag because the lower bandwidth on PCIe vs
- * HyperTransport can affect some user packet algorithims.
+ * HyperTransport can affect some user packet algorithms.
  */
 static int ipath_ht_get_base_info(struct ipath_portdata *pd, void *kbase)
 {

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_iba6120.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_iba6120.c
index ae8bf9950c6d43bad85bcda0863af08468cfb681..05918e1e7c363ac8b824cd006333ed515af0541b 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_iba6120.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_iba6120.c
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ int __attribute__((weak)) ipath_unordered_wc(void)
  * @kbase: ipath_base_info pointer
  *
  * We set the PCIE flag because the lower bandwidth on PCIe vs
- * HyperTransport can affect some user packet algorithims.
+ * HyperTransport can affect some user packet algorithms.
  */
 static int ipath_pe_get_base_info(struct ipath_portdata *pd, void *kbase)
 {

diff --git a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_ppp.c b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_ppp.c
index 4e3f127e4003612106c3b1fa10aab971bd88e69b..1b2df80c3bce818598e724bebd25385b4e487276 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_ppp.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_ppp.c
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ static void isdn_ppp_mp_receive(isdn_net_dev * net_dev, isdn_net_local * lp,
         * - we hit a gap in the sequence, so no reassembly/processing is 
         *   possible ('start' would be set to NULL)
         *
-        * algorightm for this code is derived from code in the book
+        * algorithm for this code is derived from code in the book
         * 'PPP Design And Debugging' by James Carlson (Addison-Wesley)
         */
        while (start != NULL || newfrag != NULL) {

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.h b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.h
index d67105883341ef69db334d1ddeb7c5ab3e3be961..bd000b802ee7190a325e9b573621350affe4ce36 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.h
@@ -3253,7 +3253,7 @@ struct e1000_host_command_info {
 #define IFE_PMC_AUTO_MDIX                    0x0080  /* 1=enable MDI/MDI-X feature, default 0=disabled */
 #define IFE_PMC_FORCE_MDIX                   0x0040  /* 1=force MDIX-X, 0=force MDI */
 #define IFE_PMC_MDIX_STATUS                  0x0020  /* 1=MDI-X, 0=MDI */
-#define IFE_PMC_AUTO_MDIX_COMPLETE           0x0010  /* Resolution algorthm is completed */
+#define IFE_PMC_AUTO_MDIX_COMPLETE           0x0010  /* Resolution algorithm is completed */
 #define IFE_PMC_MDIX_MODE_SHIFT              6
 #define IFE_PHC_MDIX_RESET_ALL_MASK          0x0000  /* Disable auto MDI-X */
 

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wavelan_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wavelan_cs.c
index 5eb81638e8467a1ff7b516a33aa9888941839f31..b04239792f63ba2b71c9f6444f78a2d71cc783bd 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wavelan_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wavelan_cs.c
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ wv_mmc_show(struct net_device *   dev)
         m.mmr_unused0[6],
         m.mmr_unused0[7]);
 #endif /* DEBUG_SHOW_UNUSED */
-  printk(KERN_DEBUG "Encryption algorythm: %02X - Status: %02X\n",
+  printk(KERN_DEBUG "Encryption algorithm: %02X - Status: %02X\n",
         m.mmr_des_avail, m.mmr_des_status);
 #ifdef DEBUG_SHOW_UNUSED
   printk(KERN_DEBUG "mmc_unused1[]: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n",
@@ -3590,9 +3590,9 @@ wv_82593_config(struct net_device *       dev)
   cfblk.acloc = TRUE;           /* Disable source addr insertion by i82593 */
   cfblk.preamb_len = 0;         /* 2 bytes preamble (SFD) */
   cfblk.loopback = FALSE;
-  cfblk.lin_prio = 0;          /* conform to 802.3 backoff algoritm */
-  cfblk.exp_prio = 5;          /* conform to 802.3 backoff algoritm */
-  cfblk.bof_met = 1;           /* conform to 802.3 backoff algoritm */
+  cfblk.lin_prio = 0;          /* conform to 802.3 backoff algorithm */
+  cfblk.exp_prio = 5;          /* conform to 802.3 backoff algorithm */
+  cfblk.bof_met = 1;           /* conform to 802.3 backoff algorithm */
   cfblk.ifrm_spc = 0x20 >> 4;  /* 32 bit times interframe spacing */
   cfblk.slottim_low = 0x20 >> 5;       /* 32 bit times slot time */
   cfblk.slottim_hi = 0x0;

diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_i2c.c b/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_i2c.c
index ceec30648f4f65edd8f336536a28f79bdd2c1d4d..9efed771f6c03bab2e7187b01d3f772790fd177e 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_i2c.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 /* NOTE: It seems to me that the documentation regarding the
 pcd8584t/pcf8584 does not show the correct way to address the i2c bus.
 Based on the information on the I2C bus itself and the remainder of
-the Phillips docs the following algorithims apper to be correct.  I am
+the Phillips docs the following algorithms appear to be correct.  I am
 fairly certain that the flowcharts in the phillips docs are wrong. */
 
 

diff --git a/include/linux/seqlock.h b/include/linux/seqlock.h
index 6b0648cfdffcf869ee59784db66e81ae8991a382..52c9eb9b6df2b15af03ac0dc8a618bf0ad72e93a 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/seqlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/seqlock.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define __LINUX_SEQLOCK_H
 /*
  * Reader/writer consistent mechanism without starving writers. This type of
- * lock for data where the reader wants a consitent set of information
+ * lock for data where the reader wants a consistent set of information
  * and is willing to retry if the information changes.  Readers never
  * block but they may have to retry if a writer is in
  * progress. Writers do not wait for readers. 

diff --git a/lib/textsearch.c b/lib/textsearch.c
index 9e2a002c5b543305105c69a77410177882538b1b..88c98a2ec8d93efd79b230ca98feed8658f406a4 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/textsearch.c
+++ b/lib/textsearch.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  *       configuration according to the specified parameters.
  *   (3) User starts the search(es) by calling _find() or _next() to
  *       fetch subsequent occurrences. A state variable is provided
- *       to the algorihtm to store persistent variables.
+ *       to the algorithm to store persistent variables.
  *   (4) Core eventually resets the search offset and forwards the find()
  *       request to the algorithm.
  *   (5) Algorithm calls get_next_block() provided by the user continously

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
index c1b34f1edb32740fa38dc724f6792f5998118a54..5c8caf4a1244404631e162c0d93e1f2e28e77f73 100644 (file)
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static struct tcp_congestion_ops *tcp_ca_find(const char *name)
 }
 
 /*
- * Attach new congestion control algorthim to the list
+ * Attach new congestion control algorithm to the list
  * of available options.
  */
 int tcp_register_congestion_control(struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca)