diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/auxio.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/auxio.c
index 118f3eca373ea4bb70505a6a29cdb32c39375f26..baf4ed3fb0f3d116f6966c48a93a6b7551884bc0 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/auxio.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/auxio.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void set_auxio(unsigned char bits_on, unsigned char bits_off)
 		break;
 	case sun4m:
 		if(!auxio_register)
-			break;     /* VME chassic sun4m, no auxio. */
+			break;     /* VME chassis sun4m, no auxio. */
 		regval = sbus_readb(auxio_register);
 		sbus_writeb(((regval | bits_on) & ~bits_off) | AUXIO_ORMEIN4M,
 			auxio_register);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ioport.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ioport.c
index 987ec6782f99a59ed86232fb421276685e7eda07..62182d2d7b0de2b1a9b64d8a7316c8cb3d47caf2 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ioport.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ioport.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ void *pci_alloc_consistent(struct pci_dev *pdev, size_t len, dma_addr_t *pba)
  * size must be the same as what as passed into pci_alloc_consistent,
  * and likewise dma_addr must be the same as what *dma_addrp was set to.
  *
- * References to the memory and mappings assosciated with cpu_addr/dma_addr
+ * References to the memory and mappings associated with cpu_addr/dma_addr
  * past this call are illegal.
  */
 void pci_free_consistent(struct pci_dev *pdev, size_t n, void *p, dma_addr_t ba)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/irq.c
index bdbefa8a9742b2716432770c6cde5f6b5b8d3e97..f257a67bcf933dc3b7d3902b29a9d995f252c2ed 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*  $Id: irq.c,v 1.114 2001/12/11 04:55:51 davem Exp $
  *  arch/sparc/kernel/irq.c:  Interrupt request handling routines. On the
- *                            Sparc the IRQ's are basically 'cast in stone'
+ *                            Sparc the IRQs are basically 'cast in stone'
  *                            and you are supposed to probe the prom's device
  *                            node trees to find out who's got which IRQ.
  *
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ void handler_irq(int irq, struct pt_regs * regs)
 	irq_enter();
 	disable_pil_irq(irq);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	/* Only rotate on lower priority IRQ's (scsi, ethernet, etc.). */
+	/* Only rotate on lower priority IRQs (scsi, ethernet, etc.). */
 	if((sparc_cpu_model==sun4m) && (irq < 10))
 		smp4m_irq_rotate(cpu);
 #endif
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ void sparc_floppy_irq(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
 }
 #endif
 
-/* Fast IRQ's on the Sparc can only have one routine attached to them,
+/* Fast IRQs on the Sparc can only have one routine attached to them,
  * thus no sharing possible.
  */
 int request_fast_irq(unsigned int irq,
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ void __init init_IRQ(void)
 		break;
 
 	default:
-		prom_printf("Cannot initialize IRQ's on this Sun machine...");
+		prom_printf("Cannot initialize IRQs on this Sun machine...");
 		break;
 	}
 	btfixup();
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/pcic.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/pcic.c
index 5ca7e8f42bd9712a37b54ceca8f6943ef33d9962..79177119690546cc0e26c579b6e94e6295d4484f 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/pcic.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/pcic.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ void __init pci_time_init(void)
 static __inline__ unsigned long do_gettimeoffset(void)
 {
 	/*
-	 * We devide all to 100
+	 * We divide all by 100
 	 * to have microsecond resolution and to avoid overflow
 	 */
 	unsigned long count =
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_device_to_OF_node);
  * Also, think for a moment about likes of floppy.c that
  * include architecture specific parts. They may want to redefine ins/outs.
  *
- * We do not use horroble macroses here because we want to
+ * We do not use horrible macros here because we want to
  * advance pointer by sizeof(size).
  */
 void outsb(unsigned long addr, const void *src, unsigned long count)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
index 2940d2c1a77855dee8db638e54353418b0a1a3f0..8c37f8f5adb7f0ef2d49f5910c984f22307b2951 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ asmlinkage int sparc_execve(struct pt_regs *regs)
  * NOTE! Only a kernel-only process(ie the swapper or direct descendants
  * who haven't done an "execve()") should use this: it will work within
  * a system call from a "real" process, but the process memory space will
- * not be free'd until both the parent and the child have exited.
+ * not be freed until both the parent and the child have exited.
  */
 pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags)
 {
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_irq.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_irq.c
index 116d6a241ca2298cb50e4b0fadd5e6abca1a8008..396797e20c392b143ca4821e4975fd9bb5d0eb8d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_irq.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_irq.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static void __init sun4d_init_timers(irq_handler_t counter_fn)
 		lvl14_save[2] += smp4d_ticker - real_irq_entry;
 
 		/* For SMP we use the level 14 ticker, however the bootup code
-		 * has copied the firmwares level 14 vector into boot cpu's
+		 * has copied the firmware's level 14 vector into the boot cpu's
 		 * trap table, we must fix this now or we get squashed.
 		 */
 		local_irq_save(flags);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_irq.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_irq.c
index a654c16f4027941c3f1627e2f1dce461be17e1ce..91a803ea88bec1d1a59f5dc4dc245d785522387c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_irq.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_irq.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static void __init sun4m_init_timers(irq_handler_t counter_fn)
 		struct tt_entry *trap_table = &sparc_ttable[SP_TRAP_IRQ1 + (14 - 1)];
 
 		/* For SMP we use the level 14 ticker, however the bootup code
-		 * has copied the firmwares level 14 vector into boot cpu's
+		 * has copied the firmware's level 14 vector into the boot cpu's
 		 * trap table, we must fix this now or we get squashed.
 		 */
 		local_irq_save(flags);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/prom/printf.c b/arch/sparc/prom/printf.c
index dc8b598bedbb4ccc3ba6128f7a6b4c5653965f7d..27fdac99f7904e33a260dbc4f054339f0cecbcef 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/prom/printf.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/prom/printf.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2002 Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev@yahoo.com)
  *
  * We used to warn all over the code: DO NOT USE prom_printf(),
- * and yet people do. Anton's banking code was outputing banks
+ * and yet people do. Anton's banking code was outputting banks
  * with prom_printf for most of the 2.4 lifetime. Since an effective
  * stick is not available, we deployed a carrot: an early printk
  * through PROM by means of -p boot option. This ought to fix it.