Fix typos in Documentation/: 'N'-'P'

This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses
some words starting with the letters 'N'-'P'.

Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

Documentation/networking/vortex.txt

@@ -359,13 +359,13 @@ steps you should take:
 
    Eliminate some variables: try different cards, different
    computers, different cables, different ports on the switch/hub,
-   different versions of the kernel or ofthe driver, etc.
+   different versions of the kernel or of the driver, etc.
 
 - OK, it's a driver problem.
 
    You need to generate a report.  Typically this is an email to the
    maintainer and/or linux-net@vger.kernel.org.  The maintainer's
-   email address will be inthe driver source or in the MAINTAINERS file.
+   email address will be in the driver source or in the MAINTAINERS file.
 
 - The contents of your report will vary a lot depending upon the
   problem.  If it's a kernel crash then you should refer to the

Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt

@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ PRODUCT COMPONENTS AND RELATED FILES
 /usr/local/wanrouter/patches/kdrivers:
 	Sources of the latest WANPIPE device drivers.
 	These are used to UPGRADE the linux kernel to the newest
-	version if the kernel source has already been pathced with
+	version if the kernel source has already been patched with
 	WANPIPE drivers.
 
 /usr/local/wanrouter/samples:
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ beta1-2.1.5 	Nov 15 2000
 				  2.2.X kernels only
 
 				o Secured the driver UDP debugging calls
-					- All illegal netowrk debugging calls are reported to
+					- All illegal network debugging calls are reported to
 					  the log.
 					- Defined a set of allowed commands, all other denied.
 					
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ beta1-2.1.5 	Nov 15 2000
 
 				o Keyboard Led Monitor/Debugger
 					- A new utilty /usr/sbin/wpkbdmon uses keyboard leds
-					  to convey operatinal statistic information of the 
+					  to convey operational statistic information of the 
 					  Sangoma WANPIPE cards.
 					NUM_LOCK    = Line State  (On=connected,    Off=disconnected)
 					CAPS_LOCK   = Tx data     (On=transmitting, Off=no tx data)
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ beta1-2.1.5 	Nov 15 2000
 				o Fixed the Frame Relay and Chdlc network interfaces so they are
 				  compatible with libpcap libraries.  Meaning, tcpdump, snort,
 				  ethereal, and all other packet sniffers and debuggers work on
-				  all WANPIPE netowrk interfaces.
+				  all WANPIPE network interfaces.
 					- Set the network interface encoding type to ARPHRD_PPP.
 					  This tell the sniffers that data obtained from the
 					  network interface is in pure IP format.

Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ unfreeze user space processes frozen by SNAPSHOT_UNFREEZE if they are
 still frozen when the device is being closed).
 
 Currently it is assumed that the userland utilities reading/writing the
-snapshot image from/to the kernel will use a swap parition, called the resume
+snapshot image from/to the kernel will use a swap partition, called the resume
 partition, as storage space.  However, this is not really required, as they
 can use, for example, a special (blank) suspend partition or a file on a partition
 that is unmounted before SNAPSHOT_ATOMIC_SNAPSHOT and mounted afterwards.

Documentation/power/video.txt

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ problem for S1 standby, because hardware should retain its state over
 that.
 
 We either have to run video BIOS during early resume, or interpret it
-using vbetool later, or maybe nothing is neccessary on particular
+using vbetool later, or maybe nothing is necessary on particular
 system because video state is preserved. Unfortunately different
 methods work on different systems, and no known method suits all of
 them.

Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt

@@ -630,12 +630,11 @@ like address space bits, you'll have to add a bus translator to the
 prom_parse.c file of the recent kernels for your bus type.
 
 The "reg" property only defines addresses and sizes (if #size-cells
-is
-non-0) within a given bus. In order to translate addresses upward
+is non-0) within a given bus. In order to translate addresses upward
 (that is into parent bus addresses, and possibly into cpu physical
 addresses), all busses must contain a "ranges" property. If the
 "ranges" property is missing at a given level, it's assumed that
-translation isn't possible. The format of the "ranges" proprety for a
+translation isn't possible. The format of the "ranges" property for a
 bus is a list of:
 
 	bus address, parent bus address, size

Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt

@@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ Register Usage & Stackframes on Linux for s/390 & z/Architecture
 Overview:
 ---------
 This is the code that gcc produces at the top & the bottom of
-each function, it usually is fairly consistent & similar from 
-function to function & if you know its layout you can probalby
+each function. It usually is fairly consistent & similar from 
+function to function & if you know its layout you can probably
 make some headway in finding the ultimate cause of a problem
 after a crash without a source level debugger.
 
@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ concentrate on data processing.
 IOP's can use one or more links ( known as channel paths ) to talk to each 
 IO device. It first checks for path availability & chooses an available one,
 then starts ( & sometimes terminates IO ).
-There are two types of channel path ESCON & the Paralell IO interface.
+There are two types of channel path: ESCON & the Parallel IO interface.
 
 IO devices are attached to control units, control units provide the
 logic to interface the channel paths & channel path IO protocols to 
@@ -1742,11 +1742,11 @@ controllers or a control unit which connects to 1000 3270 terminals ).
 
 The 390 IO systems come in 2 flavours the current 390 machines support both
 
-The Older 360 & 370 Interface,sometimes called the paralell I/O interface,
+The Older 360 & 370 Interface,sometimes called the Parallel I/O interface,
 sometimes called Bus-and Tag & sometimes Original Equipment Manufacturers
 Interface (OEMI).
 
-This byte wide paralell channel path/bus has parity & data on the "Bus" cable 
+This byte wide Parallel channel path/bus has parity & data on the "Bus" cable 
 & control lines on the "Tag" cable. These can operate in byte multiplex mode for
 sharing between several slow devices or burst mode & monopolize the channel for the
 whole burst. Upto 256 devices can be addressed  on one of these cables. These cables are
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ Consoles 3270 & 3215 ( a teletype emulated under linux for a line mode console )
 DASD's direct access storage devices ( otherwise known as hard disks ).
 Tape Drives.
 CTC ( Channel to Channel Adapters ),
-ESCON or Paralell Cables used as a very high speed serial link
+ESCON or Parallel Cables used as a very high speed serial link
 between 2 machines. We use 2 cables under linux to do a bi-directional serial link.
 
 
@@ -1802,8 +1802,8 @@ OSA  7C09 ON OSA   7C09 SUBCHANNEL = 0001
 OSA  7C14 ON OSA   7C14 SUBCHANNEL = 0002
 OSA  7C15 ON OSA   7C15 SUBCHANNEL = 0003
 
-If you have a guest with certain priviliges you may be able to see devices
-which don't belong to you to avoid this do add the option V.
+If you have a guest with certain privileges you may be able to see devices
+which don't belong to you. To avoid this, add the option V.
 e.g.
 Q V OSA
 

Documentation/s390/cds.txt

@@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ This routine returns the characteristics for the device specified.
 The function is meant to be called with an irq handler in place; that is,
 at earliest during set_online() processing.
 
-While the request is procesed synchronously, the device interrupt
+While the request is processed synchronously, the device interrupt
 handler is called for final ending status. In case of error situations the
 interrupt handler may recover appropriately. The device irq handler can
 recognize the corresponding interrupts by the interruption parameter be
-0x00524443.The ccw_device must not be locked prior to calling read_dev_chars().
+0x00524443. The ccw_device must not be locked prior to calling read_dev_chars().
 
 The function may be called enabled or disabled.
 

Documentation/s390/crypto/crypto-API.txt

@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ Example:	z990 crypto instruction for SHA1 algorithm is available
 		-> when the sha1 algorithm is requested through the crypto API
 		(which has a module autoloader) the z990 module will be loaded.
 
-TBD:	a userspace module probin mechanism
+TBD:	a userspace module probing mechanism
 	something like 'probe sha1 sha1_z990 sha1' in modprobe.conf
-	-> try module sha1_z990, if it fails to load load standard module sha1
+	-> try module sha1_z990, if it fails to load standard module sha1
 	the 'probe' statement is currently not supported in modprobe.conf
 
 

Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt

@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ Example:
 It is also possible to deactivate the debug feature globally for every
 debug log. You can change the behavior using  2 sysctl parameters in
 /proc/sys/s390dbf:
-There are currently 2 possible triggers, which stop the  debug feature
-globally. The first possbility is to use the "debug_active" sysctl. If
+There are currently 2 possible triggers, which stop the debug feature
+globally. The first possibility is to use the "debug_active" sysctl. If
 set to 1 the debug feature is running. If "debug_active" is set to 0 the
 debug feature is turned off.
 The second trigger which stops the debug feature is an kernel oops.

Documentation/scsi/NinjaSCSI.txt

@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ $ emacs Makefile
 ...
 $ make
 
-[5] Copy nsp_cs.o to suitable plase, like /lib/modules/<Kernel version>/pcmcia/ .
+[5] Copy nsp_cs.ko to suitable place, like /lib/modules/<Kernel version>/pcmcia/ .
 
 [6] Add these lines to /etc/pcmcia/config .
-    If you yse pcmcia-cs-3.1.8 or later, we can use "nsp_cs.conf" file.
+    If you use pcmcia-cs-3.1.8 or later, we can use "nsp_cs.conf" file.
     So, you don't need to edit file. Just copy to /etc/pcmcia/ .
 
 -------------------------------------

Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ The following information is available in this file:
         - Add support for scsi_report_device_reset() found in
           2.5.X kernels.
         - Add 7901B support.
-        - Simplify handling of the packtized lun Rev A workaround.
+        - Simplify handling of the packetized lun Rev A workaround.
         - Correct and simplify handling of the ignore wide residue
           message.  The previous code would fail to report a residual
           if the transaction data length was even and we received

Documentation/scsi/dc395x.txt

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Parameters
 ----------
 The driver uses the settings from the EEPROM set in the SCSI BIOS 
 setup. If there is no EEPROM, the driver uses default values.
-Both can be overriden by command line parameters (module or kernel
+Both can be overridden by command line parameters (module or kernel
 parameters).
 
 The following parameters are available:

Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt

@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@
    
      Q: "Reset SCSI-devices at boottime" halts the system at boottime, why?
      A: This is only tested with the IBM SCSI Adapter w/cache. It is not
-        yet prooved to run on other adapters, however you may be lucky.
+        yet proven to run on other adapters, however you may be lucky.
 	In version 3.1d this has been hugely improved and should work better,
 	now. Normally you really won't need to activate this flag in the
 	kernel configuration, as all post 1989 SCSI-devices should accept

Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt

@@ -631,8 +631,8 @@ string variable using 'insmod'.
 
 A boot setup command for the ncr53c8xx (sym53c8xx) driver begins with the 
 driver name "ncr53c8xx="(sym53c8xx). The kernel syntax parser then expects 
-an optionnal list of integers separated with comma followed by an optional 
-list of  comma-separated strings. Example of boot setup command under lilo 
+an optional list of integers separated with comma followed by an optional 
+list of comma-separated strings. Example of boot setup command under lilo 
 prompt:
 
 lilo: linux root=/dev/hda2 ncr53c8xx=tags:4,sync:10,debug:0x200
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ boot setup can be:
     ncr53c8xx=safe:y,mpar:y
     ncr53c8xx=safe:y
 
-My personnal system works flawlessly with the following equivalent setup:
+My personal system works flawlessly with the following equivalent setup:
 
    ncr53c8xx=mpar:y,spar:y,disc:y,specf:1,fsn:n,ultra:2,fsn:n,revprob:n,verb:1\
              tags:32,sync:12,debug:0,burst:7,led:1,wide:1,settle:2,diff:0,irqm:0

Documentation/scsi/scsi-changer.txt

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ changers. But it allows to handle nearly all possible cases. It knows
   media transport - this one shuffles around the media, i.e. the
                     transport arm.  Also known as "picker".
   storage         - a slot which can hold a media.
-  import/export   - the same as above, but is accessable from outside,
+  import/export   - the same as above, but is accessible from outside,
                     i.e. there the operator (you !) can use this to
                     fill in and remove media from the changer.
 		    Sometimes named "mailslot".

Documentation/sound/alsa/CMIPCI.txt

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ in alsa-lib.  For example, you can play a WAV file with 6 channels like
 
 	% aplay -Dsurround51 sixchannels.wav
 
-For programmin the 4/6 channel playback, you need to specify the PCM
+For programming the 4/6 channel playback, you need to specify the PCM
 channels as you like and set the format S16LE.  For example, for playback
 with 4 channels,
 

Documentation/sparc/sbus_drivers.txt

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ the bits necessary to run your device.  The most commonly
 used members of this structure, and their typical usage,
 will be detailed below.
 
-	Here is a piece of skeleton code for perofming a device
-probe in an SBUS driverunder Linux:
+	Here is a piece of skeleton code for performing a device
+probe in an SBUS driver under Linux:
 
 	static int __devinit mydevice_probe_one(struct sbus_dev *sdev)
 	{

Documentation/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt

@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@
   there are multiple COWs associated with a backing file, a -d merge of
   one of them will invalidate all of the others.  However, it is
   convenient if you're short of disk space, and it should also be
-  noticably faster than a non-destructive merge.
+  noticeably faster than a non-destructive merge.
 
 
 

Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt

@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ Digi AccelePort Driver
   work under SMP with the uhci driver.
 
   The driver is generally working, though we still have a few more ioctls
-  to implement and final testing and debugging to do.  The paralled port
+  to implement and final testing and debugging to do.  The parallel port
   on the USB 2 is supported as a serial to parallel converter; in other
   words, it appears as another USB serial port on Linux, even though
   physically it is really a parallel port.  The Digi Acceleport USB 8

Documentation/video4linux/cx2341x/fw-encoder-api.txt

@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Param[0]
 Param[1]
 	Unknown, but leaving this to 0 seems to work best. Indications are that
 	this might have to do with USB support, although passing anything but 0
-	onl breaks things.
+	only breaks things.
 
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