typo fixes: mecanism -> mechanism
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/of_device.h b/include/asm-powerpc/of_device.h
index 6249a7c..c5c0b0b 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/of_device.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/of_device.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
/*
* The of_platform_bus_type is a bus type used by drivers that do not
* attach to a macio or similar bus but still use OF probing
- * mecanism
+ * mechanism
*/
extern struct bus_type of_platform_bus_type;
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/pmac_pfunc.h b/include/asm-powerpc/pmac_pfunc.h
index cef6130..1330d6a 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/pmac_pfunc.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/pmac_pfunc.h
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
*
* The args array contains as many arguments as is required by the function,
* this is dependent on the function you are calling, unfortunately Apple
- * mecanism provides no way to encode that so you have to get it right at
+ * mechanism provides no way to encode that so you have to get it right at
* the call site. Some functions require no args, in which case, you can
* pass NULL.
*
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/page.h b/include/asm-ppc/page.h
index 0b19af8..fe95c82 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc/page.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/page.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
#define VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS (VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC | \
VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC)
-/* We do define AT_SYSINFO_EHDR but don't use the gate mecanism */
+/* We do define AT_SYSINFO_EHDR but don't use the gate mechanism */
#define __HAVE_ARCH_GATE_AREA 1
#include <asm-generic/memory_model.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index b45928f..ffefeee 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@
* Frame buffer operations
*
* LOCKING NOTE: those functions must _ALL_ be called with the console
- * semaphore held, this is the only suitable locking mecanism we have
+ * semaphore held, this is the only suitable locking mechanism we have
* in 2.6. Some may be called at interrupt time at this point though.
*/