diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.c
index 4ec900a..b1dbd9e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #include "mmu_decl.h"
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_KERNEL_START_BOOL) || defined(CONFIG_LOWMEM_SIZE_BOOL)
-/* The ammount of lowmem must be within 0xF0000000 - KERNELBASE. */
+/* The amount of lowmem must be within 0xF0000000 - KERNELBASE. */
 #if (CONFIG_LOWMEM_SIZE > (0xF0000000 - PAGE_OFFSET))
 #error "You must adjust CONFIG_LOWMEM_SIZE or CONFIG_START_KERNEL"
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/char/serial167.c b/drivers/char/serial167.c
index 452370a..aee3c0d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/serial167.c
+++ b/drivers/char/serial167.c
@@ -1990,7 +1990,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Attempt to set up all channels to something reasonable, and
 	 * bang out a INIT_CHAN command.  We should then be able to limit
-	 * the ammount of fiddling we have to do in normal running.
+	 * the amount of fiddling we have to do in normal running.
 	 */
 
 	for (ch = 3; ch >= 0; ch--) {
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/sc/hardware.h b/drivers/isdn/sc/hardware.h
index 9e6d530..6273248 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/sc/hardware.h
+++ b/drivers/isdn/sc/hardware.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 #define BRI_CHANNELS	2		/* Number of B channels */
 #define BRI_BASEPG_VAL	0x98
 #define BRI_MAGIC	0x60000		/* Magic Number */
-#define BRI_MEMSIZE	0x10000		/* Ammount of RAM (64K) */
+#define BRI_MEMSIZE	0x10000		/* Amount of RAM (64K) */
 #define BRI_PARTNO	"72-029"
 #define BRI_FEATURES	ISDN_FEATURE_L2_HDLC | ISDN_FEATURE_L3_TRANS;
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c b/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c
index e5ab621..ef5ce26 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
 		 * which is indeterminate. We need to wait until the IOP has
 		 * rebooted before we can let the system talk to it. We read
 		 * the inbound Free_List until a message is available. If we
-		 * can't read one in the given ammount of time, we assume the
+		 * can't read one in the given amount of time, we assume the
 		 * IOP could not reboot properly.
 		 */
 		osm_debug("%s: Reset in progress, waiting for reboot...\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/ks8851.c b/drivers/net/ks8851.c
index 6d3ac65..cfebe0e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ks8851.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ks8851.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
  * @buff: The buffer address
  * @len: The length of the data to read
  *
- * Issue an RXQ FIFO read command and read the @len ammount of data from
+ * Issue an RXQ FIFO read command and read the @len amount of data from
  * the FIFO into the buffer specified by @buff.
  */
 static void ks8851_rdfifo(struct ks8851_net *ks, u8 *buff, unsigned len)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index e67e4fe..215621c 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@
  * Table of recommended minimum BIOS versions
  *
  * Reasons for listing:
- *    1. Stable BIOS, listed because the unknown ammount of
+ *    1. Stable BIOS, listed because the unknown amount of
  *       bugs and bad ACPI behaviour on older versions
  *
  *    2. BIOS or EC fw with known bugs that trigger on Linux
@@ -7070,7 +7070,7 @@
  *
  * 	Fan speed changes of any sort (including those caused by the
  * 	disengaged mode) are usually done slowly by the firmware as the
- * 	maximum ammount of fan duty cycle change per second seems to be
+ * 	maximum amount of fan duty cycle change per second seems to be
  * 	limited.
  *
  * 	Reading is not available if GFAN exists.
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c
index 881d5df..96ee599 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@
  *
  * Called after receiving a Transfer Ready data descriptor.
  * If the LLD is capable of sequence offload then send down the
- * seq_blen ammount of data in single frame, otherwise send
+ * seq_blen amount of data in single frame, otherwise send
  * multiple frames of the maximum frame payload supported by
  * the target port.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/serial/samsung.c b/drivers/serial/samsung.c
index 52e3df1..03c010a 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/samsung.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/samsung.c
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@
 	unsigned long ufstat, utrstat;
 
 	if (ufcon & S3C2410_UFCON_FIFOMODE) {
-		/* fifo mode - check ammount of data in fifo registers... */
+		/* fifo mode - check amount of data in fifo registers... */
 
 		ufstat = rd_regl(port, S3C2410_UFSTAT);
 		return (ufstat & info->tx_fifofull) ? 0 : 1;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/opticon.c b/drivers/usb/serial/opticon.c
index 4cdb975..96937f1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/opticon.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/opticon.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 		}
 	} else {
 		dev_dbg(&priv->udev->dev,
-			"Improper ammount of data received from the device, "
+			"Improper amount of data received from the device, "
 			"%d bytes", urb->actual_length);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/symbolserial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/symbolserial.c
index b282c0f..aebfcf6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/symbolserial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/symbolserial.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 		}
 	} else {
 		dev_dbg(&priv->udev->dev,
-			"Improper ammount of data received from the device, "
+			"Improper amount of data received from the device, "
 			"%d bytes", urb->actual_length);
 	}