Fix trivial typos in Kconfig* files
Fix several typos in help text in Kconfig* files.
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dave@jikos.cz>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
index f64624f..1d859c1 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
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 e0e9bcb..554efe6 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
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 dce6124..d7f6fb0 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
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 @@
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 e23af4b..6e41471 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
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 763c9aa..9ff47bd 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig.debug
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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 b7cb048..16ecea3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@
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 @@
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 <file:Documentation/vm/numa> for more.
@@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@
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 f70e795..346cd3b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
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 99ff9f0..d1defbb 100644
--- a/arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
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 620e14c..4ca0ab3 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
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:
<http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/serpent.html>
diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
index 45dbdc1..c721966 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
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 fe00c7d..11089be 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
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 f21fe66..f4c6345 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
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 a32c91e..58926da 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
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 5e43983..76422ed 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
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 ba5d1dc..3efe670 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
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 d0edf42..f342700 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
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 0b46a5d..c64ce9c 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
"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 @@
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 e62aee0..c68196c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
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 @@
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 bbe99f8..838b8dd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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 ea6211c..a567dae 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
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 23b5104..b32a459 100644
--- a/security/selinux/Kconfig
+++ b/security/selinux/Kconfig
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
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.