powerpc: Various typo fixes

Signed-off-by: Andrea Gelmini <andrea.gelmini@gelma.net>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>

36 files changed, 40 insertions, 40 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-opal.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-opal.txt
index a1734e5cb75b..2340938cd0f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-opal.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-opal.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ IBM OPAL real-time clock
 ------------------------
 
 Required properties:
-- comapatible: Should be "ibm,opal-rtc"
+- compatible: Should be "ibm,opal-rtc"
 
 Optional properties:
 - wakeup-source: Decides if the wakeup is supported or not
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/crypto/aes-spe-regs.h b/arch/powerpc/crypto/aes-spe-regs.h
index 30d217b399c3..2cc3a2caadae 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/crypto/aes-spe-regs.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/crypto/aes-spe-regs.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #define rLN r7	/* length of data to be processed			*/
 #define rIP r8	/* potiner to IV (CBC/CTR/XTS modes)			*/
 #define rKT r9	/* pointer to tweak key (XTS mode)			*/
-#define rT0 r11	/* pointers to en-/decrpytion tables			*/
+#define rT0 r11	/* pointers to en-/decryption tables			*/
 #define rT1 r10
 #define rD0 r9	/* data 						*/
 #define rD1 r14
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h
index 290157e8d5b2..96430922dabb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ extern void slb_set_size(u16 size);
  * function.  Used in slb_allocate() and do_stab_bolted.  The function
  * computed is: (protovsid*VSID_MULTIPLIER) % VSID_MODULUS
  *
- *	rt = register continaing the proto-VSID and into which the
+ *	rt = register containing the proto-VSID and into which the
  *		VSID will be stored
  *	rx = scratch register (clobbered)
  *
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
index fb9f376ae27b..7d34f3d3ca0e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct pci_dn;
 /*
  * The struct is used to trace PE related EEH functionality.
  * In theory, there will have one instance of the struct to
- * be created against particular PE. In nature, PEs corelate
+ * be created against particular PE. In nature, PEs correlate
  * to each other. the struct has to reflect that hierarchy in
  * order to easily pick up those affected PEs when one particular
  * PE has EEH errors.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pte-44x.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pte-44x.h
index fdab41c654ef..0656ff81e5b0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pte-44x.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pte-44x.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  *   -  -  -  -  -    - U0 U1 U2 U3 W  I  M  G  E   - UX UW UR SX SW SR
  *
  * Newer 440 cores (440x6 as used on AMCC 460EX/460GT) have additional
- * TLB2 storage attibute fields. Those are:
+ * TLB2 storage attribute fields. Those are:
  *
  *   TLB2:
  *   0...10    11   12   13   14   15   16...31
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal-api.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal-api.h
index 9bb8ddf0be37..70b5cbc0a49c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal-api.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal-api.h
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ struct opal_sg_entry {
 };
 
 /*
- * Candiate image SG list.
+ * Candidate image SG list.
  *
  * length = VER | length
  */
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ struct opal_i2c_request {
  * with individual elements being 16 bits wide to fetch the system
  * wide EPOW status. Each element in the buffer will contain the
  * EPOW status in it's bit representation for a particular EPOW sub
- * class as defiend here. So multiple detailed EPOW status bits
+ * class as defined here. So multiple detailed EPOW status bits
  * specific for any sub class can be represented in a single buffer
  * element as it's bit representation.
  */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pmac_feature.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pmac_feature.h
index 925697968946..e08e829261b6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pmac_feature.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pmac_feature.h
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static inline long pmac_call_feature(int selector, struct device_node* node,
 
 /* PMAC_FTR_SOUND_CHIP_ENABLE	(struct device_node* node, 0, int value)
  * enable/disable the sound chip, whatever it is and provided it can
- * acually be controlled
+ * actually be controlled
  */
 #define PMAC_FTR_SOUND_CHIP_ENABLE	PMAC_FTR_DEF(9)
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index 009fab130cd8..c0c27bdbb069 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned int	align_ctl;	/* alignment handling control */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	unsigned long	start_tb;	/* Start purr when proc switched in */
-	unsigned long	accum_tb;	/* Total accumilated purr for process */
+	unsigned long	accum_tb;	/* Total accumulated purr for process */
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
 	struct perf_event *ptrace_bps[HBP_NUM];
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ps3av.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ps3av.h
index 0427b0b53d2d..a1dc784d70e8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ps3av.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ps3av.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 #define PS3AV_CMD_AV_INPUTLEN_16			0x02
 #define PS3AV_CMD_AV_INPUTLEN_20			0x0a
 #define PS3AV_CMD_AV_INPUTLEN_24			0x0b
-/* alayout */
+/* av_layout */
 #define PS3AV_CMD_AV_LAYOUT_32				(1 << 0)
 #define PS3AV_CMD_AV_LAYOUT_44				(1 << 1)
 #define PS3AV_CMD_AV_LAYOUT_48				(1 << 2)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h
index 2eeaf80d41b7..4ba26dd259fd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static inline bool pte_user(pte_t pte)
 #define PTE_RPN_SHIFT	(PAGE_SHIFT)
 #endif
 
-/* The mask convered by the RPN must be a ULL on 32-bit platforms with
+/* The mask covered by the RPN must be a ULL on 32-bit platforms with
  * 64-bit PTEs
  */
 #if defined(CONFIG_PPC32) && defined(CONFIG_PTE_64BIT)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smu.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smu.h
index f280dd11243f..9dc2de5da35a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smu.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smu.h
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
  *  x = processor mask
  *  y = op. point index
  *  z = processor freq. step index
- * I haven't yet decyphered result codes
+ * I haven't yet deciphered result codes
  *
  */
 #define SMU_CMD_POWER_COMMAND			0xaa
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/tsi108.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/tsi108.h
index d531d9e173ef..c2a955bb0daa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/tsi108.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/tsi108.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
  * nodes if your board uses the Broadcom PHYs
  */
 #define TSI108_PHY_MV88E	0	/* Marvel 88Exxxx PHY */
-#define TSI108_PHY_BCM54XX	1	/* Broardcom BCM54xx PHY */
+#define TSI108_PHY_BCM54XX	1	/* Broadcom BCM54xx PHY */
 
 /* Global variables */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_6xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_6xx.S
index f8cd9fba4d35..c5e5a94d9892 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_6xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_6xx.S
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ setup_7410_workarounds:
 	blr
 
 /* 740/750/7400/7410
- * Enable Store Gathering (SGE), Address Brodcast (ABE),
+ * Enable Store Gathering (SGE), Address Broadcast (ABE),
  * Branch History Table (BHTE), Branch Target ICache (BTIC)
  * Dynamic Power Management (DPM), Speculative (SPD)
  * Clear Instruction cache throttling (ICTC)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
index 2714a3b81d24..389b0d3988dc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static void eeh_enable_irq(struct pci_dev *dev)
 		 * into it.
 		 *
 		 * That's just wrong.The warning in the core code is
-		 * there to tell people to fix their assymetries in
+		 * there to tell people to fix their asymmetries in
 		 * their own code, not by abusing the core information
 		 * to avoid it.
 		 *
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
index 488e6314f993..2d3b40fd9bac 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ exc_##n##_bad_stack:							    \
 	sth	r1,PACA_TRAP_SAVE(r13);	/* store trap */		    \
 	b	bad_stack_book3e;	/* bad stack error */
 
-/* WARNING: If you change the layout of this stub, make sure you chcek
+/* WARNING: If you change the layout of this stub, make sure you check
 	*   the debug exception handler which handles single stepping
 	*   into exceptions from userspace, and the MM code in
 	*   arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_nohash.c which patches the branch here
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c
index 3759df52bd67..f71b79a8992b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int pcibios_unmap_io_space(struct pci_bus *bus)
 
 	/* If this is not a PHB, we only flush the hash table over
 	 * the area mapped by this bridge. We don't play with the PTE
-	 * mappings since we might have to deal with sub-page alignemnts
+	 * mappings since we might have to deal with sub-page alignments
 	 * so flushing the hash table is the only sane way to make sure
 	 * that no hash entries are covering that removed bridge area
 	 * while still allowing other busses overlapping those pages
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index a2dd3b1276ff..c5c3ae2ef3c1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ static void tm_reclaim_thread(struct thread_struct *thr,
 	 * this state.
 	 * We do this using the current MSR, rather tracking it in
 	 * some specific thread_struct bit, as it has the additional
-	 * benifit of checking for a potential TM bad thing exception.
+	 * benefit of checking for a potential TM bad thing exception.
 	 */
 	if (!MSR_TM_SUSPENDED(mfmsr()))
 		return;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas-proc.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas-proc.c
index fb2fb3ea85e5..c82eed97bd22 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas-proc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas-proc.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ static void check_location(struct seq_file *m, const char *c)
 /* 
  * Format: 
  * ${LETTER}${NUMBER}[[-/]${LETTER}${NUMBER} [ ... ] ]
- * the '.' may be an abbrevation
+ * the '.' may be an abbreviation
  */
 static void check_location_string(struct seq_file *m, const char *c)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c
index 69abf844c2c3..94058c21a482 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ void rh_init(rh_info_t * info, unsigned int alignment, int max_blocks,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rh_init);
 
-/* Attach a free memory region, coalesces regions if adjuscent */
+/* Attach a free memory region, coalesces regions if adjacent */
 int rh_attach_region(rh_info_t * info, unsigned long start, int size)
 {
 	rh_block_t *blk;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_native_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_native_64.c
index 40e05e7f43de..dc57de118cf4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_native_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_native_64.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static inline void __tlbie(unsigned long vpn, int psize, int apsize, int ssize)
 	 * We need 14 to 65 bits of va for a tlibe of 4K page
 	 * With vpn we ignore the lower VPN_SHIFT bits already.
 	 * And top two bits are already ignored because we can
-	 * only accomadate 76 bits in a 64 bit vpn with a VPN_SHIFT
+	 * only accomodate 76 bits in a 64 bit vpn with a VPN_SHIFT
 	 * of 12.
 	 */
 	va = vpn << VPN_SHIFT;
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ static void hpte_decode(struct hash_pte *hpte, unsigned long slot,
  * crashdump and all bets are off anyway.
  *
  * TODO: add batching support when enabled.  remember, no dynamic memory here,
- * athough there is the control page available...
+ * although there is the control page available...
  */
 static void native_hpte_clear(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/cell/spu_task_sync.c b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/cell/spu_task_sync.c
index ed7b0977072a..ef2142ff7dbd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/cell/spu_task_sync.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/cell/spu_task_sync.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void spu_buff_add(unsigned long int value, int spu)
 	 * That way we can tell the difference between the
 	 * buffer being full versus empty.
 	 *
-	 *  ASSUPTION: the buffer_lock is held when this function
+	 *  ASSUMPTION: the buffer_lock is held when this function
 	 *             is called to lock the buffer, head and tail.
 	 */
 	int full = 1;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index 97a1d40d8696..47086080a71f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ static u64 check_and_compute_delta(u64 prev, u64 val)
 	 * than the previous value it will cause the delta and the counter to
 	 * have bogus values unless we rolled a counter over.  If a coutner is
 	 * rolled back, it will be smaller, but within 256, which is the maximum
-	 * number of events to rollback at once.  If we dectect a rollback
+	 * number of events to rollback at once.  If we detect a rollback
 	 * return 0.  This can lead to a small lack of precision in the
 	 * counters.
 	 */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
index 2da41b78cb6d..7b2ca16b1eb4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ static void h_24x7_event_read(struct perf_event *event)
 			__this_cpu_write(hv_24x7_txn_err, ret);
 		} else {
 			/*
-			 * Assoicate the event with the HCALL request index,
+			 * Associate the event with the HCALL request index,
 			 * so ->commit_txn() can quickly find/update count.
 			 */
 			i = request_buffer->num_requests - 1;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.h b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.h
index 791455e7f5cf..634ef4082cdc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ struct hv_24x7_result_element {
 	/* -1 if @performance_domain does not refer to a virtual processor */
 	__be32 lpar_cfg_instance_id;
 
-	/* size = @result_element_data_size of cointaining result. */
+	/* size = @result_element_data_size of containing result. */
 	__u64 element_data[1];
 } __packed;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/512x/clock-commonclk.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/512x/clock-commonclk.c
index 6081fbd75330..add5a5374fa0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/512x/clock-commonclk.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/512x/clock-commonclk.c
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ static void mpc512x_clk_setup_clock_tree(struct device_node *np, int busfreq)
 	 *   most one of a mux, div, and gate each into one 'struct clk'
 	 *   item
 	 * - PSC/MSCAN/SPDIF clock generation OTOH already is very
-	 *   specific and cannot get mapped to componsites (at least not
+	 *   specific and cannot get mapped to composites (at least not
 	 *   a single one, maybe two of them, but then some of these
 	 *   intermediate clock signals get referenced elsewhere (e.g.
 	 *   in the clock frequency measurement, CFM) and thus need
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c
index 14a582b21274..9027d7c48507 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static int tce_build_cell(struct iommu_table *tbl, long index, long npages,
 	 * default for now.*/
 #ifdef CELL_IOMMU_STRICT_PROTECTION
 	/* to avoid referencing a global, we use a trick here to setup the
-	 * protection bit. "prot" is setup to be 3 fields of 4 bits apprended
+	 * protection bit. "prot" is setup to be 3 fields of 4 bits appended
 	 * together for each of the 3 supported direction values. It is then
 	 * shifted left so that the fields matching the desired direction
 	 * lands on the appropriate bits, and other bits are masked out.
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static unsigned long *cell_iommu_alloc_ptab(struct cbe_iommu *iommu,
 	start_seg = base >> IO_SEGMENT_SHIFT;
 	segments  = size >> IO_SEGMENT_SHIFT;
 	pages_per_segment = 1ull << IO_PAGENO_BITS(page_shift);
-	/* PTEs for each segment must start on a 4K bounday */
+	/* PTEs for each segment must start on a 4K boundary */
 	pages_per_segment = max(pages_per_segment,
 				(1 << 12) / sizeof(unsigned long));
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spider-pic.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spider-pic.c
index 54ee5743cb72..d06dcac66fcb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spider-pic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spider-pic.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static void spider_irq_cascade(struct irq_desc *desc)
 	chip->irq_eoi(&desc->irq_data);
 }
 
-/* For hooking up the cascace we have a problem. Our device-tree is
+/* For hooking up the cascade we have a problem. Our device-tree is
  * crap and we don't know on which BE iic interrupt we are hooked on at
  * least not the "standard" way. We can reconstitute it based on two
  * informations though: which BE node we are connected to and whether
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
index 3cbe38fad609..bb4a8e07c229 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(spu_lock);
  * spu_full_list_lock and spu_full_list_mutex held, while iterating
  * through it requires either of these locks.
  *
- * In addition spu_full_list_lock protects all assignmens to
+ * In addition spu_full_list_lock protects all assignments to
  * spu->mm.
  */
 static LIST_HEAD(spu_full_list);
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static inline int __slb_present(struct copro_slb *slbs, int nr_slbs,
  * Setup the SPU kernel SLBs, in preparation for a context save/restore. We
  * need to map both the context save area, and the save/restore code.
  *
- * Because the lscsa and code may cross segment boundaires, we check to see
+ * Because the lscsa and code may cross segment boundaries, we check to see
  * if mappings are required for the start and end of each range. We currently
  * assume that the mappings are smaller that one segment - if not, something
  * is seriously wrong.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
index 2936a0044c04..06254467e4dd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ void spufs_wbox_callback(struct spu *spu)
  * - end of the mapped area
  *
  * If the file is opened without O_NONBLOCK, we wait here until
- * space is availabyl, but return when we have been able to
+ * space is available, but return when we have been able to
  * write something.
  */
 static ssize_t spufs_wbox_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/run.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/run.c
index 9f79004e6d6f..cfacbee24d7b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/run.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/run.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ long spufs_run_spu(struct spu_context *ctx, u32 *npc, u32 *event)
 
 	/* Note: we don't need to force_sig SIGTRAP on single-step
 	 * since we have TIF_SINGLESTEP set, thus the kernel will do
-	 * it upon return from the syscall anyawy
+	 * it upon return from the syscall anyway.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(status & SPU_STATUS_SINGLE_STEP))
 		ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
index 998f632e7cce..460f5f31d5cb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ static struct spu *spu_get_idle(struct spu_context *ctx)
 
 /**
  * find_victim - find a lower priority context to preempt
- * @ctx:	canidate context for running
+ * @ctx:	candidate context for running
  *
  * Returns the freed physical spu to run the new context on.
  */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
index 7553b6a77c64..6d6f277477aa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * This file thus provides a simple low level unified i2c interface for
  * powermac that covers the various types of i2c busses used in Apple machines.
  * For now, keywest, PMU and SMU, though we could add Cuda, or other bit
- * banging busses found on older chipstes in earlier machines if we ever need
+ * banging busses found on older chipsets in earlier machines if we ever need
  * one of them.
  *
  * The drivers in this file are synchronous/blocking. In addition, the
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
index 3a5ea8236db8..1fc53e015d29 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static int pnv_ioda2_init_m64(struct pnv_phb *phb)
 
 	/*
 	 * Strip off the segment used by the reserved PE, which is
-	 * expected to be 0 or last one of PE capabicity.
+	 * expected to be 0 or last one of PE capability.
 	 */
 	r = &phb->hose->mem_resources[1];
 	if (phb->ioda.reserved_pe_idx == 0)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_pseries.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_pseries.c
index 3998e0f9a03b..1c428f06b14c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_pseries.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_pseries.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * The file intends to implement the platform dependent EEH operations on pseries.
  * Actually, the pseries platform is built based on RTAS heavily. That means the
  * pseries platform dependent EEH operations will be built on RTAS calls. The functions
- * are devired from arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c and necessary cleanup has
+ * are derived from arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c and necessary cleanup has
  * been done.
  *
  * Copyright Benjamin Herrenschmidt & Gavin Shan, IBM Corporation 2011.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/io_event_irq.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/io_event_irq.c
index 0240c4ff878a..f053bda64ee7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/io_event_irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/io_event_irq.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static struct pseries_io_event * ioei_find_event(struct rtas_error_log *elog)
  * - The owner of an event is determined by combinations of scope,
  *   event type, and sub-type. There is no easy way to pre-sort clients
  *   by scope or event type alone. For example, Torrent ISR route change
- *   event is reported with scope 0x00 (Not Applicatable) rather than
+ *   event is reported with scope 0x00 (Not Applicable) rather than
  *   0x3B (Torrent-hub). It is better to let the clients to identify
  *   who owns the event.
  */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 9883bc7ea007..9a79c2753a22 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static void pseries_lpar_idle(void)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Default handler to go into low thread priority and possibly
-	 * low power mode by cedeing processor to hypervisor
+	 * low power mode by ceding processor to hypervisor
 	 */
 
 	/* Indicate to hypervisor that we are idle. */