From: Yicong Hui <yiconghui@gmail.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
skhan@linuxfoundation.org, david.hunter.linux@gmail.com,
Yicong Hui <yiconghui@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: Fix typo of "software" in driver comments
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2025 03:43:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251225034353.140374-1-yiconghui@gmail.com> (raw)
Fix misspelling of "software" as "softare" and "sotware" in code comments
Signed-off-by: Yicong Hui <yiconghui@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_hw.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8842.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_hw.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_hw.h
index 3476194f0855..5b953800d94d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_hw.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
* The software must write this register twice to post any command. First,
* it writes the register with hi=1 and the upper bits of the physical address
* for the MAILBOX structure. Software must poll the ready bit until this
- * is acknowledged. Then, sotware writes the register with hi=0 with the lower
+ * is acknowledged. Then, software writes the register with hi=0 with the lower
* bits in the address. It must poll the ready bit until the command is
* complete. Upon completion, the MAILBOX will contain a valid completion
* queue entry.
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8842.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8842.c
index 541c41a9077a..936658bc61c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8842.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8842.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static void ks8842_reset(struct ks8842_adapter *adapter)
msleep(10);
iowrite16(0, adapter->hw_addr + REG_GRR);
} else {
- /* The KS8842 goes haywire when doing softare reset
+ /* The KS8842 goes haywire when doing software reset
* a work around in the timberdale IP is implemented to
* do a hardware reset instead
ks8842_write16(adapter, 3, 1, REG_GRR);
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c
index 45ddce35f6d2..c6b2eba3511b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- * as published by the Free Softare Foundation; or, when distributed
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; or, when distributed
* separately from the Linux kernel or incorporated into other
* software packages, subject to the following license:
*
--
2.52.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-12-25 3:47 UTC|newest]
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