typo fixes: mecanism -> mechanism
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index 8c28eb0..a820b77 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@
}
/*
- * Initialize memory allocation mecanism, parse "memory" nodes and
+ * Initialize memory allocation mechanism, parse "memory" nodes and
* obtain that way the top of memory and RMO to setup out local allocator
*/
static void __init prom_init_mem(void)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/cpufreq_32.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/cpufreq_32.c
index af2a8f9..7adb384 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/cpufreq_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/cpufreq_32.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
static unsigned int sleep_freq;
/*
- * Different models uses different mecanisms to switch the frequency
+ * Different models uses different mechanisms to switch the frequency
*/
static int (*set_speed_proc)(int low_speed);
static unsigned int (*get_speed_proc)(void);
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/therm_pm72.h b/drivers/macintosh/therm_pm72.h
index c17e61f..fc7e9b7 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/therm_pm72.h
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/therm_pm72.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
* 0. This appear to be safe enough for this first version
* of the driver, though I would accept any clean patch
* doing a better use of the device-tree without turning the
- * while i2c registration mecanism into a racy mess
+ * while i2c registration mechanism into a racy mess
*
* Note: Xserve changed this. We have some bits on the K2 bus,
* which I arbitrarily set to 0x200. Ultimately, we really want
diff --git a/drivers/video/aty/radeonfb.h b/drivers/video/aty/radeonfb.h
index 1645943..db2304b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/aty/radeonfb.h
+++ b/drivers/video/aty/radeonfb.h
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
/* Note about this function: we have some rare cases where we must not schedule,
* this typically happen with our special "wake up early" hook which allows us to
* wake up the graphic chip (and thus get the console back) before everything else
- * on some machines that support that mecanism. At this point, interrupts are off
+ * on some machines that support that mechanism. At this point, interrupts are off
* and scheduling is not permitted
*/
static inline void _radeon_msleep(struct radeonfb_info *rinfo, unsigned long ms)
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.
*/