diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig index f64624fc4504bef716e5971ae5290011c5fed9f0..1d859c16931e3628853b80bdefa4664bda69b863 100644 --- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig +++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ config ETRAX_CARDBUS select HOTPLUG select PCCARD_NONSTATIC help - Enabled the ETRAX Carbus driver. + Enabled the ETRAX Cardbus driver. config PCI bool diff --git a/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug b/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug index e0e9bcb015a905f9bb4be1ff1174b55772ddbb6b..554efe604a085ae31046423e60b227a5ceb7dbc8 100644 --- a/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug @@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ config GDB_MAGICPRINT bool "Message Output for GDB MagicPrint service" depends on (H8300H_SIM || H8S_SIM) help - kernel messages output useing MagicPrint service from GDB + kernel messages output using MagicPrint service from GDB config SYSCALL_PRINT bool "SystemCall trace print" help - outout history of systemcall + output history of systemcall config GDB_DEBUG bool "Use gdb stub" diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu index dce6124cb842a8307625ef673b8d97c4c99007cd..d7f6fb0b30f234895c90554e34303d6f76990115 100644 --- a/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu +++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ config MCORE2 bool "Core 2/newer Xeon" help Select this for Intel Core 2 and newer Core 2 Xeons (Xeon 51xx and 53xx) - CPUs. You can distingush newer from older Xeons by the CPU family + CPUs. You can distinguish newer from older Xeons by the CPU family in /proc/cpuinfo. Newer ones have 6. config MPENTIUM4 @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ config MWINCHIP3D help Select this for an IDT Winchip-2A or 3. Linux and GCC treat this chip as a 586TSC with some extended instructions - and alignment reqirements. Also enable out of order memory + and alignment requirements. Also enable out of order memory stores for this CPU, which can increase performance of some operations. diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig index e23af4b6ae8c173ee20b456805bd556ac86a83fb..6e41471449c034f0cd32265590608fcfe68b604c 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ config KEXEC help kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot - but it is indepedent of the system firmware. And like a reboot + but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux. The name comes from the similiarity to the exec system call. diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig.debug b/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig.debug index 763c9aa0b4fdb3c7ff4909f8f543f331cf775090..9ff47bd09aee0027362a2dbcd75194add548fab9 100644 --- a/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig.debug @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ source "lib/Kconfig.debug" config FULLDEBUG bool "Full Symbolic/Source Debugging support" help - Enable debuging symbols on kernel build. + Enable debugging symbols on kernel build. config HIGHPROFILE bool "Use fast second timer for profiling" diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig index b7cb048bc7715b02d7fd82a8788f9909887f54d7..16ecea3c08136540f0bb8cc685f39fd71c8d84a8 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig @@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ choice byte order. These modes require different kernels and a different Linux distribution. In general there is one preferred byteorder for a particular system but some systems are just as commonly used in the - one or the other endianess. + one or the other endianness. config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN bool "Big endian" @@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE bool default y if SGI_IP27 help - Say Y to upport efficient handling of discontiguous physical memory, + Say Y to support efficient handling of discontiguous physical memory, for architectures which are either NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) or have huge holes in the physical address space for other reasons. See for more. @@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@ config KEXEC help kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot - but it is indepedent of the system firmware. And like a reboot + but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux. The name comes from the similiarity to the exec system call. diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug index f70e795c262ea42bd14b52deaaba78f8ea7f59fe..346cd3befe1e2252bb0c132e20d3b9f33aefd8ad 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ config HCALL_STATS depends on PPC_PSERIES && DEBUG_FS help Adds code to keep track of the number of hypervisor calls made and - the amount of time spent in hypervisor callsr. Wall time spent in + the amount of time spent in hypervisor calls. Wall time spent in each call is always calculated, and if available CPU cycles spent are also calculated. A directory named hcall_inst is added at the root of the debugfs filesystem. Within the hcall_inst directory diff --git a/arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig b/arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig index 99ff9f08e4d737112c655ce539e52e9c78607189..d1defbbfcd8129ac1f3a5926e94a0a5a4f05d2e7 100644 --- a/arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig +++ b/arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ config S390_PRNG default "m" help Select this option if you want to use the s390 pseudo random number - generator. The PRNG is part of the cryptograhic processor functions + generator. The PRNG is part of the cryptographic processor functions and uses triple-DES to generate secure random numbers like the ANSI X9.17 standard. The PRNG is usable via the char device /dev/prandom. diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig index 620e14cabdc605ab0bfb9167758dbd2ca1b09ce6..4ca0ab3448d9f3887cd3c64594f0006c71194dfd 100644 --- a/crypto/Kconfig +++ b/crypto/Kconfig @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ config CRYPTO_SERPENT Keys are allowed to be from 0 to 256 bits in length, in steps of 8 bits. Also includes the 'Tnepres' algorithm, a reversed - variant of Serpent for compatibility with old kerneli code. + variant of Serpent for compatibility with old kerneli.org code. See also: diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig index 45dbdc14915fc428c9ed58bc0c4381c63e4ec76f..c7219663f2b9e01fa4c04912557b7637c0ee9732 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ config PATA_OPTIDMA help This option enables DMA/PIO support for the later OPTi controllers found on some old motherboards and in some - latops + laptops. If unsure, say N. diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig index fe00c7dfb649bf054376aa30522cb6c1ed2098e7..11089be0691bab5d9c5156a06f6819cc238d3ca8 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ config TCG_NSC tristate "National Semiconductor TPM Interface" depends on TCG_TPM && PNPACPI ---help--- - If you have a TPM security chip from National Semicondutor + If you have a TPM security chip from National Semiconductor say Yes and it will be accessible from within Linux. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here; the module will be called tpm_nsc. diff --git a/drivers/crypto/Kconfig b/drivers/crypto/Kconfig index f21fe66c9eefd4590adc9ee2b9dc63bd6ead0493..f4c634504d1adac8ae847e95d5970bec6f3a3ead 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/crypto/Kconfig @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ config CRYPTO_DEV_GEODE default m help Say 'Y' here to use the AMD Geode LX processor on-board AES - engine for the CryptoAPI AES alogrithm. + engine for the CryptoAPI AES algorithm. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called geode-aes. diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig index a32c91e27b3c466a98e3b6ee2b66d612f3255e88..58926da0ae18c48a977b38fd6d9c67fe879ba805 100644 --- a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ config PMAC_RACKMETER tristate "Support for Apple XServe front panel LEDs" depends on PPC_PMAC help - This driver procides some support to control the front panel + This driver provides some support to control the front panel blue LEDs "vu-meter" of the XServer macs. endif # MACINTOSH_DRIVERS diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig index 5e439836db2d534da615ff0114d9358ad9c7b5fd..76422eded36ec762fb422d5f44de42f4ba8a8067 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ config RTC_INTF_DEV_UIE_EMUL bool "RTC UIE emulation on dev interface" depends on RTC_INTF_DEV help - Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE if the underlaying rtc chip + Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE if the underlying rtc chip driver does not expose RTC_UIE ioctls. Those requests generate once-per-second update interrupts, used for synchronization. diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig index ba5d1dc030369c9a3b3d4b7d29281786da0d4778..3efe67092f15b85c1db4c4a145b83a79270789e6 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ config USB_SERIAL_DEBUG tristate "USB Debugging Device" depends on USB_SERIAL help - Say Y here if you have a USB debugging device used to recieve + Say Y here if you have a USB debugging device used to receive debugging data from another machine. The most common of these devices is the NetChip TurboCONNECT device. diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index d0edf42f4dba1e18ccec34ad036f80e0f956ec11..f34270087e7e25d3866255475896b68f89b1c59a 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ config SYSFS_DEPRECATED releases. If enabled, this option will also move any device structures - that belong to a class, back into the /sys/class heirachy, in + that belong to a class, back into the /sys/class hierarchy, in order to support older versions of udev. If you are using a distro that was released in 2006 or later, diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt index 0b46a5dff4c047c72f9d062484124bd3261cf1a3..c64ce9c14207644bfc07c5f2c729f5fe9b66c5b6 100644 --- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt +++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY "explicit preemption points" to the kernel code. These new preemption points have been selected to reduce the maximum latency of rescheduling, providing faster application reactions, - at the cost of slighly lower throughput. + at the cost of slightly lower throughput. This allows reaction to interactive events by allowing a low priority process to voluntarily preempt itself even if it @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ config PREEMPT even if it is in kernel mode executing a system call and would otherwise not be about to reach a natural preemption point. This allows applications to run more 'smoothly' even when the - system is under load, at the cost of slighly lower throughput + system is under load, at the cost of slightly lower throughput and a slight runtime overhead to kernel code. Select this if you are building a kernel for a desktop or diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig index e62aee0ec4c588c9373ba484ca79beee2e20996e..c68196cc56abaea14b3922618fe67f7ca94f6b4f 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_RR tristate "MULTIPATH: round robin algorithm" depends on IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_CACHED help - Mulitpath routes are chosen according to Round Robin + Multipath routes are chosen according to Round Robin config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_RANDOM tristate "MULTIPATH: random algorithm" @@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ config TCP_MD5SIG select CRYPTO select CRYPTO_MD5 ---help--- - RFC2385 specifices a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions. + RFC2385 specifies a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions. Its main (only?) use is to protect BGP sessions between core routers on the Internet. diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig index bbe99f842f9f67e79e5e405abf60ed09a5c50c3f..838b8ddee8c03d6e40becb72ff15795cd2ab06ca 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ config IP6_NF_QUEUE packets which enables users to receive the filtered packets with QUEUE target using libipq. - THis option enables the old IPv6-only "ip6_queue" implementation + This option enables the old IPv6-only "ip6_queue" implementation which has been obsoleted by the new "nfnetlink_queue" code (see CONFIG_NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE). diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig index ea6211cade0acd2b464822eedec0ed819fc50583..a567dae8e5fdff5a3b0a80080f71d23fa0196236 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig +++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ config NF_CONNTRACK_PPTP Please note that not all PPTP modes of operation are supported yet. Specifically these limitations exist: - - Blindy assumes that control connections are always established + - Blindly assumes that control connections are always established in PNS->PAC direction. This is a violation of RFC2637. - Only supports a single call within each session diff --git a/security/selinux/Kconfig b/security/selinux/Kconfig index 23b51047494ef0bd9673911979a049c7295d0b44..b32a459c0683c720271b6ab15d0829b11ef3e125 100644 --- a/security/selinux/Kconfig +++ b/security/selinux/Kconfig @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ config SECURITY_SELINUX_POLICYDB_VERSION_MAX Examples: For the Fedora Core 3 or 4 Linux distributions, enable this option - and set the value via the next option. For Fedore Core 5 and later, + and set the value via the next option. For Fedora Core 5 and later, do not enable this option. If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.