diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig index 0e49d39ea74add..aa6b11957cd7ff 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig +++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig @@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ config ALPHA_QEMU Generic kernels will auto-detect QEMU. But when building a system-specific kernel, the assumption is that we want to - elimiate as many runtime tests as possible. + eliminate as many runtime tests as possible. If unsure, say N. diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig index c84e67fdea095c..5c7adf100a582b 100644 --- a/arch/arc/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ config ARC_MMU_V1 config ARC_MMU_V2 bool "MMU v2" help - Fixed the deficiency of v1 - possible thrashing in memcpy sceanrio + Fixed the deficiency of v1 - possible thrashing in memcpy scenario when 2 D-TLB and 1 I-TLB entries index into same 2way set. config ARC_MMU_V3 @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ config ARC_FPU_SAVE_RESTORE bool "Enable FPU state persistence across context switch" default n help - Double Precision Floating Point unit had dedictaed regs which + Double Precision Floating Point unit had dedicated regs which need to be saved/restored across context-switch. Note that ARC FPU is overly simplistic, unlike say x86, which has hardware pieces to allow software to conditionally save/restore, @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ config ARC_PLAT_NEEDS_PHYS_TO_DMA bool config ARC_KVADDR_SIZE - int "Kernel Virtaul Address Space size (MB)" + int "Kernel Virtual Address Space size (MB)" range 0 512 default "256" help diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-bcm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-bcm/Kconfig index 73be3d5788510e..2ff115a765dcd2 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-bcm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/mach-bcm/Kconfig @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ config ARCH_BCM_IPROC help This enables support for systems based on Broadcom IPROC architected SoCs. The IPROC complex contains one or more ARM CPUs along with common - core periperals. Application specific SoCs are created by adding a + core peripherals. Application specific SoCs are created by adding a uArchitecture containing peripherals outside of the IPROC complex. Currently supported SoCs are Cygnus. @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ config ARCH_BCM_5301X Support for Broadcom BCM470X and BCM5301X SoCs with ARM CPU cores. This is a network SoC line mostly used in home routers and - wifi access points, it's internal name is Northstar. - This inclused the following SoC: BCM53010, BCM53011, BCM53012, + wifi access points, its internal name is Northstar. + This includes the following SoC: BCM53010, BCM53011, BCM53012, BCM53014, BCM53015, BCM53016, BCM53017, BCM53018, BCM4707, BCM4708 and BCM4709. diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig index e8229b9fee4a10..8d4a64cc644c53 100644 --- a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ config SAMSUNG_PM_CHECK_CHUNKSIZE help Set the chunksize in Kilobytes of the CRC for checking memory corruption over suspend and resume. A smaller value will mean that - the CRC data block will take more memory, but wil identify any + the CRC data block will take more memory, but will identify any faults with better precision. See diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig index 0df64a6a56d498..416dbc637dc8e8 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig @@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ config ARM64_UAO help User Access Override (UAO; part of the ARMv8.2 Extensions) causes the 'unprivileged' variant of the load/store instructions to - be overriden to be privileged. + be overridden to be privileged. This option changes get_user() and friends to use the 'unprivileged' variant of the load/store instructions. This ensures that user-space diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig index 4fd64d3f5c4429..aac89f51d82445 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ config UDBG_RTAS_CONSOLE config PPC_SMP_MUXED_IPI bool help - Select this opton if your platform supports SMP and your + Select this option if your platform supports SMP and your interrupt controller provides less than 4 interrupts to each cpu. This will enable the generic code to multiplex the 4 messages on to one ipi. diff --git a/arch/unicore32/Kconfig b/arch/unicore32/Kconfig index 0769066929c636..ac4c47201e5e8c 100644 --- a/arch/unicore32/Kconfig +++ b/arch/unicore32/Kconfig @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ endif source "arch/unicore32/mm/Kconfig" -comment "Floating poing support" +comment "Floating point support" config UNICORE_FPU_F64 def_bool y if !ARCH_FPGA diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig index 7ad6d77b2f223b..7c3694c20d620a 100644 --- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig +++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ config INITIALIZE_XTENSA_MMU_INSIDE_VMLINUX then enter your normal kernel breakpoints once the MMU was mapped to the kernel mappings (0XC0000000). - This unfortunately doesn't work for U-Boot and likley also wont + This unfortunately won't work for U-Boot and likely also wont work for using KEXEC to have a hot kernel ready for doing a KDUMP. diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/Kconfig index cdf78e069a3980..7d623e90dc19aa 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/Kconfig @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config NET_VENDOR_AQUANTIA Set this to y if you have an Ethernet network cards that uses the aQuantia AQC107/AQC108 chipset. - This option does not build any drivers; it casues the aQuantia + This option does not build any drivers; it causes the aQuantia drivers that can be built to appear in the list of Ethernet drivers. diff --git a/drivers/nfc/st-nci/Kconfig b/drivers/nfc/st-nci/Kconfig index dc9b777d78f62a..5c6e21ccb19c7e 100644 --- a/drivers/nfc/st-nci/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/nfc/st-nci/Kconfig @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config NFC_ST_NCI_I2C select NFC_ST_NCI ---help--- This module adds support for an I2C interface to the - STMicroelectronics NFC NCI chips familly. + STMicroelectronics NFC NCI chips family. Select this if your platform is using the i2c bus. If you choose to build a module, it'll be called st-nci_i2c. @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ config NFC_ST_NCI_SPI select NFC_ST_NCI ---help--- This module adds support for an SPI interface to the - STMicroelectronics NFC NCI chips familly. + STMicroelectronics NFC NCI chips family. Select this if your platform is using the spi bus. If you choose to build a module, it'll be called st-nci_spi. diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig b/drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig index 5bdd499b5f4f1b..a65f2e1d9f531d 100644 --- a/drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ config NVDIMM_DAX help Support raw device dax access to a persistent memory namespace. For environments that want to hard partition - peristent memory, this capability provides a mechanism to + persistent memory, this capability provides a mechanism to sub-divide a namespace into character devices that can only be accessed via DAX (mmap(2)). diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig index 80b87954f6ddf6..09dac11337d10b 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig @@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ config TOSHIBA_WMI WARNING: This driver is incomplete as it lacks a proper keymap and the *notify function only prints the ACPI event type value. Be warned that you will need to provide some information if you have a Toshiba model - with WMI event hotkeys and want to help with the develpment of this + with WMI event hotkeys and want to help with the development of this driver. If you have a WMI-based hotkeys Toshiba laptop, say Y or M here. diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/Kconfig b/drivers/power/supply/Kconfig index 5ab90c1f3f7c47..382669bf31f40a 100644 --- a/drivers/power/supply/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/power/supply/Kconfig @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ config CHARGER_SBS tristate "SBS Compliant charger" depends on I2C help - Say Y to include support for SBS compilant battery chargers. + Say Y to include support for SBS compliant battery chargers. config BATTERY_BQ27XXX tristate "BQ27xxx battery driver" diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig index 41366339b95015..2b1cd30287491f 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig @@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ config SCSI_IBMVSCSIS depends on PPC_PSERIES && TARGET_CORE && SCSI && PCI help This is the IBM POWER Virtual SCSI Target Server - This driver uses the SRP protocol for communication betwen servers + This driver uses the SRP protocol for communication between servers guest and/or the host that run on the same server. More information on VSCSI protocol can be found at www.power.org diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig index e5f911bd80d248..41355ce74ac0be 100644 --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig @@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ config FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS decisions concerning filesystem events. This is used by some fanotify listeners which need to scan files before allowing the system access to use those files. This is used by some anti-malware vendors and by some - hierarchical storage managent systems. + hierarchical storage management systems. If unsure, say N.