diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig
index 35c6a23..b1e3c26 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	help
 	  This option enables JEDEC-style probing of flash chips which are not
 	  compatible with the Common Flash Interface, but will use the common
-	  CFI-targetted flash drivers for any chips which are identified which
+	  CFI-targeted flash drivers for any chips which are identified which
 	  are in fact compatible in all but the probe method. This actually
 	  covers most AMD/Fujitsu-compatible chips and also non-CFI
 	  Intel chips.
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
index 092aef1..09cb7c8 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
@@ -1247,12 +1247,12 @@
 			break;
 
 		if (chip->erase_suspended && chip_state == FL_ERASING)  {
-			/* Erase suspend occured while sleep: reset timeout */
+			/* Erase suspend occurred while sleep: reset timeout */
 			timeo = reset_timeo;
 			chip->erase_suspended = 0;
 		}
 		if (chip->write_suspended && chip_state == FL_WRITING)  {
-			/* Write suspend occured while sleep: reset timeout */
+			/* Write suspend occurred while sleep: reset timeout */
 			timeo = reset_timeo;
 			chip->write_suspended = 0;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
index f9a5331..0b49266 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 	struct cfi_private *cfi = map->fldrv_priv;
 
 	/*
-	 * These flashes report two seperate eraseblock regions based on the
+	 * These flashes report two separate eraseblock regions based on the
 	 * sector_erase-size and block_erase-size, although they both operate on the
 	 * same memory. This is not allowed according to CFI, so we just pick the
 	 * sector_erase-size.
@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@
  *
  * Note that anything more complicated than checking if no bits are toggling
  * (including checking DQ5 for an error status) is tricky to get working
- * correctly and is therefore not done	(particulary with interleaved chips
- * as each chip must be checked independantly of the others).
+ * correctly and is therefore not done	(particularly with interleaved chips
+ * as each chip must be checked independently of the others).
  */
 static int __xipram chip_ready(struct map_info *map, unsigned long addr)
 {
@@ -635,8 +635,8 @@
  *
  * Note that anything more complicated than checking if no bits are toggling
  * (including checking DQ5 for an error status) is tricky to get working
- * correctly and is therefore not done	(particulary with interleaved chips
- * as each chip must be checked independantly of the others).
+ * correctly and is therefore not done	(particularly with interleaved chips
+ * as each chip must be checked independently of the others).
  *
  */
 static int __xipram chip_good(struct map_info *map, unsigned long addr, map_word expected)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_util.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_util.c
index 6ae3d11..8e46405 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_util.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_util.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Common Flash Interface support:
- *   Generic utility functions not dependant on command set
+ *   Generic utility functions not dependent on command set
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2002 Red Hat
  * Copyright (C) 2003 STMicroelectronics Limited
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/jedec_probe.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/jedec_probe.c
index 4e1be51..ea832ea 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/jedec_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/jedec_probe.c
@@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Make sure the ID's dissappear when the device is taken out of
+	 * Make sure the ID's disappear when the device is taken out of
 	 * ID mode.  The only time this should fail when it should succeed
 	 * is when the ID's are written as data to the same
 	 * addresses.  For this rare and unfortunate case the chip
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
index f29a6f9..97183c8 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 	dev->mtd.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 
 	if (add_mtd_device(&dev->mtd)) {
-		/* Device didnt get added, so free the entry */
+		/* Device didn't get added, so free the entry */
 		goto devinit_err;
 	}
 	list_add(&dev->list, &blkmtd_device_list);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2001plus.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2001plus.c
index 719b291..8b36fa7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2001plus.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/doc2001plus.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* For some reason the Millennium Plus seems to occassionally put itself
+/* For some reason the Millennium Plus seems to occasionally put itself
  * into reset mode. For me this happens randomly, with no pattern that I
  * can detect. M-systems suggest always check this on any block level
  * operation and setting to normal mode if in reset mode.
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/docecc.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/docecc.c
index a99838b..37ef29a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/docecc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/docecc.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
    of the integer "alpha_to[i]" with a(0) being the LSB and a(m-1) the MSB. Thus for
    example the polynomial representation of @^5 would be given by the binary
    representation of the integer "alpha_to[5]".
-                   Similarily, index_of[] can be used as follows:
+                   Similarly, index_of[] can be used as follows:
         As above, let @ represent the primitive element of GF(2^m) that is
    the root of the primitive polynomial p(x). In order to find the power
    of @ (alpha) that has the polynomial representation
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
    NOTE:
         The element alpha_to[2^m-1] = 0 always signifying that the
    representation of "@^infinity" = 0 is (0,0,0,...,0).
-        Similarily, the element index_of[0] = A0 always signifying
+        Similarly, the element index_of[0] = A0 always signifying
    that the power of alpha which has the polynomial representation
    (0,0,...,0) is "infinity".
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/lart.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/lart.c
index caf6041..4b829f9 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/lart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/lart.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
    /* put the flash back into command mode */
    write32 (DATA_TO_FLASH (READ_ARRAY),offset);
 
-   /* was the erase successfull? */
+   /* was the erase successful? */
    if ((status & STATUS_ERASE_ERR))
 	 {
 		printk (KERN_WARNING "%s: erase error at address 0x%.8x.\n",module_name,offset);
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
    /* put the flash back into command mode */
    write32 (DATA_TO_FLASH (READ_ARRAY),offset);
 
-   /* was the write successfull? */
+   /* was the write successful? */
    if ((status & STATUS_PGM_ERR) || read32 (offset) != x)
 	 {
 		printk (KERN_WARNING "%s: write error at address 0x%.8x.\n",module_name,offset);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c
index ef0aba0..41b8cdc 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
  * Fixup routines for the V370PDC
  * PCI device ID 0x020011b0
  *
- * This function basicly kick starts the DRAM oboard the card and gets it
+ * This function basically kick starts the DRAM oboard the card and gets it
  * ready to be used.  Before this is done the device reads VERY erratic, so
  * much that it can crash the Linux 2.2.x series kernels when a user cat's
  * /proc/pci .. though that is mainly a kernel bug in handling the PCI DEVSEL
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * Check to make certain the DEVSEL is set correctly, this device
-	 * has a tendancy to assert DEVSEL and TRDY when a write is performed
+	 * has a tendency to assert DEVSEL and TRDY when a write is performed
 	 * to the memory when memory is read-only
 	 */
 	if ((cmd & PCI_STATUS_DEVSEL_MASK) != 0x0) {
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/lpddr/lpddr_cmds.c b/drivers/mtd/lpddr/lpddr_cmds.c
index 04fdfcc..1267992 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/lpddr/lpddr_cmds.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/lpddr/lpddr_cmds.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * erase, lock/unlock support for LPDDR flash memories
  * (C) 2008 Korolev Alexey <akorolev@infradead.org>
  * (C) 2008 Vasiliy Leonenko <vasiliy.leonenko@gmail.com>
- * Many thanks to Roman Borisov for intial enabling
+ * Many thanks to Roman Borisov for initial enabling
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 			mutex_lock(&chip->mutex);
 		}
 		if (chip->erase_suspended || chip->write_suspended)  {
-			/* Suspend has occured while sleep: reset timeout */
+			/* Suspend has occurred while sleep: reset timeout */
 			timeo = reset_timeo;
 			chip->erase_suspended = chip->write_suspended = 0;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/ceiva.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/ceiva.c
index e5f645b..23f551d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/ceiva.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/ceiva.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  *
  * Please note:
  *  1. The flash size given should be the largest flash size that can
- *     be accomodated.
+ *     be accommodated.
  *
  *  2. The bus width must defined in clps_setup_flash.
  *
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 #define BOOT_PARTITION_SIZE_KiB       (16)
 #define PARAMS_PARTITION_SIZE_KiB     (8)
 #define KERNEL_PARTITION_SIZE_KiB     (4*128)
-/* Use both remaing portion of first flash, and all of second flash */
+/* Use both remaining portion of first flash, and all of second flash */
 #define ROOT_PARTITION_SIZE_KiB       (3*128) + (8*128)
 
 static struct mtd_partition ceiva_partitions[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c
index b4ed816..f71343c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 
 /* We split the flash chip up into four parts.
- * 1: bootloader firts 128k			(0x00000000 - 0x0001FFFF) size 0x020000
+ * 1: bootloader first 128k			(0x00000000 - 0x0001FFFF) size 0x020000
  * 2: kernel 640k					(0x00020000 - 0x000BFFFF) size 0x0A0000
  * 3: compressed 1536k root ramdisk	(0x000C0000 - 0x0023FFFF) size 0x180000
  * 4: writeable diskpartition (jffs)(0x00240000 - 0x003FFFFF) size 0x1C0000
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/pcmciamtd.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/pcmciamtd.c
index 9170229..6799e75 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/pcmciamtd.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/pcmciamtd.c
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
 		dev->pcmcia_map.set_vpp = pcmciamtd_set_vpp;
 
 	/* Request a memory window for PCMCIA. Some architeures can map windows
-	 * upto the maximum that PCMCIA can support (64MiB) - this is ideal and
+	 * up to the maximum that PCMCIA can support (64MiB) - this is ideal and
 	 * we aim for a window the size of the whole card - otherwise we try
 	 * smaller windows until we succeed
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c
index acb13fa..64aea6a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Config with both CFI and JEDEC device support.
  *
  * Basically physmap.c with the addition of partitions and
- * an array of mapping info to accomodate more than one flash type per board.
+ * an array of mapping info to accommodate more than one flash type per board.
  *
  * Copyright 2005-2007 PMC-Sierra, Inc.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/sc520cdp.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/sc520cdp.c
index 85c1e56..4d8aaaf 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/sc520cdp.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/sc520cdp.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/*
-	** Find the PARxx registers that are reponsible for activating
+	** Find the PARxx registers that are responsible for activating
 	** ROMCS0, ROMCS1 and BOOTCS. Reprogram each of these with a
 	** new value from the table.
 	*/
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/tqm8xxl.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/tqm8xxl.c
index c08e140..0718dfb 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/tqm8xxl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/tqm8xxl.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
  */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
-/* Currently, TQM8xxL has upto 8MiB flash */
+/* Currently, TQM8xxL has up to 8MiB flash */
 static unsigned long tqm8xxl_max_flash_size = 0x00800000;
 
 /* partition definition for first flash bank
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
index 1e74ad9..3326615 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 		return ret;
 
 	/*
-	 * Here we could argubly set the cache state to STATE_CLEAN.
+	 * Here we could arguably set the cache state to STATE_CLEAN.
 	 * However this could lead to inconsistency since we will not
 	 * be notified if this content is altered on the flash by other
 	 * means.  Let's declare it empty and leave buffering tasks to
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index 145b3d0d..4c36ef6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 		 * the data. For our userspace tools it is important
 		 * to dump areas with ecc errors !
 		 * For kernel internal usage it also might return -EUCLEAN
-		 * to signal the caller that a bitflip has occured and has
+		 * to signal the caller that a bitflip has occurred and has
 		 * been corrected by the ECC algorithm.
 		 * Userspace software which accesses NAND this way
 		 * must be aware of the fact that it deals with NAND
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
index a92054e..edec457 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 	help
 	  This enables the NAND flash controller on the BCM UMI block.
 
-	  No board specfic support is done by this driver, each board
+	  No board specific support is done by this driver, each board
 	  must advertise a platform_device for the driver to attach.
 
 config MTD_NAND_BCM_UMI_HWCS
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/ams-delta.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/ams-delta.c
index a067d09..bc65bf7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/ams-delta.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/ams-delta.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 					  AMS_DELTA_LATCH2_NAND_NCE |
 					  AMS_DELTA_LATCH2_NAND_NWP);
 
-	/* Scan to find existance of the device */
+	/* Scan to find existence of the device */
 	if (nand_scan(ams_delta_mtd, 1)) {
 		err = -ENXIO;
 		goto out_mtd;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/autcpu12.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/autcpu12.c
index 7c95da1..0911cf0 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/autcpu12.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/autcpu12.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 	 */
 	this->options = NAND_USE_FLASH_BBT;
 
-	/* Scan to find existance of the device */
+	/* Scan to find existence of the device */
 	if (nand_scan(autcpu12_mtd, 1)) {
 		err = -ENXIO;
 		goto out_ior;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/cs553x_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/cs553x_nand.c
index 9f1b451..71c35a0 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/cs553x_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/cs553x_nand.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 	/* Enable the following for a flash based bad block table */
 	this->options = NAND_USE_FLASH_BBT | NAND_NO_AUTOINCR;
 
-	/* Scan to find existance of the device */
+	/* Scan to find existence of the device */
 	if (nand_scan(new_mtd, 1)) {
 		err = -ENXIO;
 		goto out_ior;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c
index 8c8d3c8..4633f09 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@
 }
 
 /* This helper function setups the registers for ECC and whether or not
- * the spare area will be transfered. */
+ * the spare area will be transferred. */
 static void setup_ecc_for_xfer(struct denali_nand_info *denali, bool ecc_en,
 				bool transfer_spare)
 {
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@
 
 			if (ECC_ERROR_CORRECTABLE(err_correction_info)) {
 				/* If err_byte is larger than ECC_SECTOR_SIZE,
-				 * means error happend in OOB, so we ignore
+				 * means error happened in OOB, so we ignore
 				 * it. It's no need for us to correct it
 				 * err_device is represented the NAND error
 				 * bits are happened in if there are more
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@
 }
 
 /* This is the callback that the NAND core calls to write a page without ECC.
- * raw access is similiar to ECC page writes, so all the work is done in the
+ * raw access is similar to ECC page writes, so all the work is done in the
  * write_page() function above.
  */
 static void denali_write_page_raw(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c
index b7f8de7..96c0b34 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
  *
  * Fabrice Bellard figured this out in the old docecc code. I added
  * some comments, improved a minor bit and converted it to make use
- * of the generic Reed-Solomon libary. tglx
+ * of the generic Reed-Solomon library. tglx
  */
 static int doc_ecc_decode(struct rs_control *rs, uint8_t *data, uint8_t *ecc)
 {
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
 	doc200x_hwcontrol(mtd, 0, NAND_CTRL_ALE | NAND_CTRL_CHANGE);
 	doc200x_hwcontrol(mtd, NAND_CMD_NONE, NAND_NCE | NAND_CTRL_CHANGE);
 
-	/* We cant' use dev_ready here, but at least we wait for the
+	/* We can't' use dev_ready here, but at least we wait for the
 	 * command to complete
 	 */
 	udelay(50);
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@
 		dummy = ReadDOC(docptr, ECCConf);
 	}
 
-	/* Error occured ? */
+	/* Error occurred ? */
 	if (dummy & 0x80) {
 		for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
 			if (DoC_is_MillenniumPlus(doc))
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@
 	/* NOTE: The lines below modify internal variables of the NAND and MTD
 	   layers; variables with have already been configured by nand_scan.
 	   Unfortunately, we didn't know before this point what these values
-	   should be.  Thus, this code is somewhat dependant on the exact
+	   should be.  Thus, this code is somewhat dependent on the exact
 	   implementation of the NAND layer.  */
 	if (mh->UnitSizeFactor != 0xff) {
 		this->bbt_erase_shift += (0xff - mh->UnitSizeFactor);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c
index 7a13d42..537e380 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 	unsigned int fmr;       /* FCM Flash Mode Register value     */
 };
 
-/* Freescale eLBC FCM controller infomation */
+/* Freescale eLBC FCM controller information */
 
 struct fsl_elbc_fcm_ctrl {
 	struct nand_hw_control controller;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsmc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsmc_nand.c
index 205b10b..0d45ef3 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsmc_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsmc_nand.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 
 /*
  * fsmc_read_hwecc_ecc4 - Hardware ECC calculator for ecc4 option supported by
- * FSMC. ECC is 13 bytes for 512 bytes of data (supports error correction upto
+ * FSMC. ECC is 13 bytes for 512 bytes of data (supports error correction up to
  * max of 8-bits)
  */
 static int fsmc_read_hwecc_ecc4(struct mtd_info *mtd, const uint8_t *data,
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
 
 /*
  * fsmc_read_hwecc_ecc1 - Hardware ECC calculator for ecc1 option supported by
- * FSMC. ECC is 3 bytes for 512 bytes of data (supports error correction upto
+ * FSMC. ECC is 3 bytes for 512 bytes of data (supports error correction up to
  * max of 1-bit)
  */
 static int fsmc_read_hwecc_ecc1(struct mtd_info *mtd, const uint8_t *data,
@@ -408,10 +408,10 @@
  * @buf:	buffer to store read data
  * @page:	page number to read
  *
- * This routine is needed for fsmc verison 8 as reading from NAND chip has to be
+ * This routine is needed for fsmc version 8 as reading from NAND chip has to be
  * performed in a strict sequence as follows:
  * data(512 byte) -> ecc(13 byte)
- * After this read, fsmc hardware generates and reports error data bits(upto a
+ * After this read, fsmc hardware generates and reports error data bits(up to a
  * max of 8 bits)
  */
 static int fsmc_read_page_hwecc(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Scan to find existance of the device
+	 * Scan to find existence of the device
 	 */
 	if (nand_scan_ident(&host->mtd, 1, NULL)) {
 		ret = -ENXIO;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index 85cfc06..c54a4cb 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * nand_read - [MTD Interface] MTD compability function for nand_do_read_ecc
+ * nand_read - [MTD Interface] MTD compatibility function for nand_do_read_ecc
  * @mtd:	MTD device structure
  * @from:	offset to read from
  * @len:	number of bytes to read
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c
index a1e8b300..af46428 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@
 		rd2 = NULL;
 		/* Per chip or per device ? */
 		chipsel = (td->options & NAND_BBT_PERCHIP) ? i : -1;
-		/* Mirrored table avilable ? */
+		/* Mirrored table available ? */
 		if (md) {
 			if (td->pages[i] == -1 && md->pages[i] == -1) {
 				writeops = 0x03;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
index 213181b..893d95b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(gravepages,     "Pages that lose data [: maximum reads (defaults to 3)]"
 				 " separated by commas e.g. 1401:2 means page 1401"
 				 " can be read only twice before failing");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(rptwear,        "Number of erases inbetween reporting wear, if not zero");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(rptwear,        "Number of erases between reporting wear, if not zero");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(overridesize,   "Specifies the NAND Flash size overriding the ID bytes. "
 				 "The size is specified in erase blocks and as the exponent of a power of two"
 				 " e.g. 5 means a size of 32 erase blocks");
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nomadik_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nomadik_nand.c
index 8c0b693..a045a4a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nomadik_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nomadik_nand.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 	nand->options = pdata->options;
 
 	/*
-	 * Scan to find existance of the device
+	 * Scan to find existence of the device
 	 */
 	if (nand_scan(&host->mtd, 1)) {
 		ret = -ENXIO;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/pasemi_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/pasemi_nand.c
index 59efa82..20bfe5f 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/pasemi_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/pasemi_nand.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 	/* Enable the following for a flash based bad block table */
 	chip->options = NAND_USE_FLASH_BBT | NAND_NO_AUTOINCR;
 
-	/* Scan to find existance of the device */
+	/* Scan to find existence of the device */
 	if (nand_scan(pasemi_nand_mtd, 1)) {
 		err = -ENXIO;
 		goto out_lpc;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/plat_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/plat_nand.c
index 317aff4..caf5a73 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/plat_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/plat_nand.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* Scan to find existance of the device */
+	/* Scan to find existence of the device */
 	if (nand_scan(&data->mtd, pdata->chip.nr_chips)) {
 		err = -ENXIO;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
index ab7f4c3..ff07012 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 
 static int use_dma = 1;
 module_param(use_dma, bool, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_dma, "enable DMA for data transfering to/from NAND HW");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_dma, "enable DMA for data transferring to/from NAND HW");
 
 /*
  * Default NAND flash controller configuration setup by the
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/r852.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/r852.c
index 6322d1f..cae2e01 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/r852.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/r852.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 
 	dbg_verbose("doing dma %s ", do_read ? "read" : "write");
 
-	/* Set intial dma state: for reading first fill on board buffer,
+	/* Set initial dma state: for reading first fill on board buffer,
 	  from device, for writes first fill the buffer  from memory*/
 	dev->dma_state = do_read ? DMA_INTERNAL : DMA_MEMORY;
 
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@
 		ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
 		dev->card_detected = !!(card_status & R852_CARD_IRQ_INSERT);
 
-		/* we shouldn't recieve any interrupts if we wait for card
+		/* we shouldn't receive any interrupts if we wait for card
 			to settle */
 		WARN_ON(dev->card_unstable);
 
@@ -794,13 +794,13 @@
 		ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
 
 		if (dma_status & R852_DMA_IRQ_ERROR) {
-			dbg("recieved dma error IRQ");
+			dbg("received dma error IRQ");
 			r852_dma_done(dev, -EIO);
 			complete(&dev->dma_done);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		/* recieved DMA interrupt out of nowhere? */
+		/* received DMA interrupt out of nowhere? */
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(dev->dma_stage == 0);
 
 		if (dev->dma_stage == 0)
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@
 		&dev->card_detect_work, 0);
 
 
-	printk(KERN_NOTICE DRV_NAME ": driver loaded succesfully\n");
+	printk(KERN_NOTICE DRV_NAME ": driver loaded successfully\n");
 	return 0;
 
 error10:
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/sh_flctl.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/sh_flctl.c
index 546c2f0..81bbb5e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/sh_flctl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/sh_flctl.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
 static void timeout_error(struct sh_flctl *flctl, const char *str)
 {
-	dev_err(&flctl->pdev->dev, "Timeout occured in %s\n", str);
+	dev_err(&flctl->pdev->dev, "Timeout occurred in %s\n", str);
 }
 
 static void wait_completion(struct sh_flctl *flctl)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/sm_common.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/sm_common.c
index 4a8f367..57cc80c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/sm_common.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/sm_common.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	/* Bad block marker postion */
+	/* Bad block marker position */
 	chip->badblockpos = 0x05;
 	chip->badblockbits = 7;
 	chip->block_markbad = sm_block_markbad;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/tmio_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/tmio_nand.c
index 38fb167..14c5787 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/tmio_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/tmio_nand.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Slightly murky pre-git history of the driver:
  *
  * Copyright (c) Ian Molton 2004, 2005, 2008
- *    Original work, independant of sharps code. Included hardware ECC support.
+ *    Original work, independent of sharps code. Included hardware ECC support.
  *    Hard ECC did not work for writes in the early revisions.
  * Copyright (c) Dirk Opfer 2005.
  *    Modifications developed from sharps code but
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/onenand/omap2.c b/drivers/mtd/onenand/omap2.c
index f591f61..1fcb41a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/onenand/omap2.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/onenand/omap2.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@
 
 	ret = regulator_enable(c->regulator);
 	if (ret != 0)
-		dev_err(&c->pdev->dev, "cant enable regulator\n");
+		dev_err(&c->pdev->dev, "can't enable regulator\n");
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@
 
 	ret = regulator_disable(c->regulator);
 	if (ret != 0)
-		dev_err(&c->pdev->dev, "cant disable regulator\n");
+		dev_err(&c->pdev->dev, "can't disable regulator\n");
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_sim.c b/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_sim.c
index 8b24606..5ef3bd5 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_sim.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_sim.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
 				continue;
 			if (memcmp(dest + off, ffchars, this->subpagesize) &&
 			    onenand_check_overwrite(dest + off, src + off, this->subpagesize))
-				printk(KERN_ERR "over-write happend at 0x%08x\n", offset);
+				printk(KERN_ERR "over-write happened at 0x%08x\n", offset);
 			memcpy(dest + off, src + off, this->subpagesize);
 		}
 		/* Fall through */
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 		dest = ONENAND_CORE_SPARE(flash, this, offset);
 		if (memcmp(dest, ffchars, mtd->oobsize) &&
 		    onenand_check_overwrite(dest, src, mtd->oobsize))
-			printk(KERN_ERR "OOB: over-write happend at 0x%08x\n",
+			printk(KERN_ERR "OOB: over-write happened at 0x%08x\n",
 			       offset);
 		memcpy(dest, src, mtd->oobsize);
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c b/drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c
index 2b0daae..ed3d6cd 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
 			return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	/* If the block is sliced (partialy erased usually) erase it */
+	/* If the block is sliced (partially erased usually) erase it */
 	if (i == 2) {
 		sm_erase_block(ftl, zone, block, 1);
 		return 1;
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Get and automaticly initialize an FTL mapping for one zone */
+/* Get and automatically initialize an FTL mapping for one zone */
 struct ftl_zone *sm_get_zone(struct sm_ftl *ftl, int zone_num)
 {
 	struct ftl_zone *zone;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c
index 11eb8ef..d2d12ab 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@
 			 * contains garbage because of a power cut during erase
 			 * operation. So we just schedule this PEB for erasure.
 			 *
-			 * Besides, in case of NOR flash, we deliberatly
+			 * Besides, in case of NOR flash, we deliberately
 			 * corrupt both headers because NOR flash erasure is
 			 * slow and can start from the end.
 			 */