diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
index 6a1a092db1461f3413defc6d11ca74ce68b9d282..c7795096d43bc22c4450ba8b6c88a88a9be1c19e 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -2,24 +2,14 @@
 # Misc strange devices
 #
 
-# This one has to live outside of the MISC_DEVICES conditional,
-# because it may be selected by drivers/platform/x86/hp_accel.
+menu "Misc devices"
+
 config SENSORS_LIS3LV02D
 	tristate
 	depends on INPUT
 	select INPUT_POLLDEV
 	default n
 
-menuconfig MISC_DEVICES
-	bool "Misc devices"
-	---help---
-	  Say Y here to get to see options for device drivers from various
-	  different categories. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
-
-	  If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
-
-if MISC_DEVICES
-
 config AD525X_DPOT
 	tristate "Analog Devices Digital Potentiometers"
 	depends on (I2C || SPI) && SYSFS
@@ -516,5 +506,4 @@ source "drivers/misc/ti-st/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/misc/lis3lv02d/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/misc/carma/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/misc/altera-stapl/Kconfig"
-
-endif # MISC_DEVICES
+endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/misc/c2port/c2port-duramar2150.c b/drivers/misc/c2port/c2port-duramar2150.c
index 778fc3fdfb9b98f9cee22b1f38748474658654f9..5484301d57d9f63ed8c56b5fcb49f5ae91de98b8 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/c2port/c2port-duramar2150.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/c2port/c2port-duramar2150.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/c2port.h>
 
 #define DATA_PORT	0x325
diff --git a/drivers/misc/cb710/core.c b/drivers/misc/cb710/core.c
index 68cd05b6d829d1f3b7fa15f256f78b3bb6f82f82..85cc7710193c7bfe224bfa08f3a8b1df8f66295f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cb710/core.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cb710/core.c
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ static int __devinit cb710_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	spin_lock_init(&chip->irq_lock);
 	chip->pdev = pdev;
 	chip->iobase = pcim_iomap_table(pdev)[0];
 
diff --git a/drivers/misc/cs5535-mfgpt.c b/drivers/misc/cs5535-mfgpt.c
index bc685bfc4c33aaacf89a5dc7205943bd69f14f8d..87a390de054ce5fe8437fbe225700b4ba6849fd9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cs5535-mfgpt.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cs5535-mfgpt.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void __init reset_all_timers(void)
  * In other cases (such as with VSAless OpenFirmware), the system firmware
  * leaves timers available for us to use.
  */
-static int __init scan_timers(struct cs5535_mfgpt_chip *mfgpt)
+static int __devinit scan_timers(struct cs5535_mfgpt_chip *mfgpt)
 {
 	struct cs5535_mfgpt_timer timer = { .chip = mfgpt };
 	unsigned long flags;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
index cd41d403c9dfa1ffbc8f46563ba8017d35e2c327..cb56e270da111ba68c11625133804032f9f0831e 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ static bool vmballoon_send_get_target(struct vmballoon *b, u32 *new_target)
  * fear that guest will need it. Host may reject some pages, we need to
  * check the return value and maybe submit a different page.
  */
-static bool vmballoon_send_lock_page(struct vmballoon *b, unsigned long pfn,
+static int vmballoon_send_lock_page(struct vmballoon *b, unsigned long pfn,
 				     unsigned int *hv_status)
 {
 	unsigned long status, dummy;
@@ -322,17 +322,17 @@ static bool vmballoon_send_lock_page(struct vmballoon *b, unsigned long pfn,
 
 	pfn32 = (u32)pfn;
 	if (pfn32 != pfn)
-		return false;
+		return -1;
 
 	STATS_INC(b->stats.lock);
 
 	*hv_status = status = VMWARE_BALLOON_CMD(LOCK, pfn, dummy);
 	if (vmballoon_check_status(b, status))
-		return true;
+		return 0;
 
 	pr_debug("%s - ppn %lx, hv returns %ld\n", __func__, pfn, status);
 	STATS_INC(b->stats.lock_fail);
-	return false;
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static int vmballoon_reserve_page(struct vmballoon *b, bool can_sleep)
 	struct page *page;
 	gfp_t flags;
 	unsigned int hv_status;
-	bool locked = false;
+	int locked;
 	flags = can_sleep ? VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_CANSLEEP : VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_NOSLEEP;
 
 	do {
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int vmballoon_reserve_page(struct vmballoon *b, bool can_sleep)
 
 		/* inform monitor */
 		locked = vmballoon_send_lock_page(b, page_to_pfn(page), &hv_status);
-		if (!locked) {
+		if (locked > 0) {
 			STATS_INC(b->stats.refused_alloc);
 
 			if (hv_status == VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_RESET ||
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int vmballoon_reserve_page(struct vmballoon *b, bool can_sleep)
 			if (++b->n_refused_pages >= VMW_BALLOON_MAX_REFUSED)
 				return -EIO;
 		}
-	} while (!locked);
+	} while (locked != 0);
 
 	/* track allocated page */
 	list_add(&page->lru, &b->pages);
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig b/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
index cf444b0ca2cc8144367c8232a3075cd006e7d6ae..00fcbed1afd28b416bff41ec30c34ec0f69b1d91 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@ config MMC_SDHI
 config MMC_CB710
 	tristate "ENE CB710 MMC/SD Interface support"
 	depends on PCI
-	select MISC_DEVICES
 	select CB710_CORE
 	help
 	  This option enables support for MMC/SD part of ENE CB710/720 Flash
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/Kconfig
index 1ea811cf515bd11e9bd1fa0f6d46fd5bce444c0b..fe42fc00d8d314d6011d621c23c64370b93fe304 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/Kconfig
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ config KS8851
 	select NET_CORE
 	select MII
 	select CRC32
-	select MISC_DEVICES
 	select EEPROM_93CX6
 	---help---
 	  SPI driver for Micrel KS8851 SPI attached network chip.