Fix spelling errors in sysdeps/powerpc files.

42 files changed, 121 insertions, 121 deletions

diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/feholdexcpt.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/feholdexcpt.c
index c91645560a..671724b287 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/feholdexcpt.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/feholdexcpt.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ feholdexcept (fenv_t *envp)
   new.l[1] = old.l[1] & 7;
   new.l[0] = old.l[0];
   
-  /* If the old env had any eabled exceptions, then mask SIGFPE in the
+  /* If the old env had any enabled exceptions, then mask SIGFPE in the
      MSR FE0/FE1 bits.  This may allow the FPU to run faster because it
      always takes the default action and can not generate SIGFPE. */
   if ((old.l[1] & _FPU_MASK_ALL) != 0)
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/feupdateenv.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/feupdateenv.c
index 30f8a6b6c6..66f2826398 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/feupdateenv.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/feupdateenv.c
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ __feupdateenv (const fenv_t *envp)
      unchanged.  */
   new.l[1] = (old.l[1] & 0x1FFFFF00) | (new.l[1] & 0x1FF80FFF);
   
-  /* If the old env has no eabled exceptions and the new env has any enabled
+  /* If the old env has no enabled exceptions and the new env has any enabled
      exceptions, then unmask SIGFPE in the MSR FE0/FE1 bits.  This will put
      the hardware into "precise mode" and may cause the FPU to run slower on
      some hardware.  */
   if ((old.l[1] & _FPU_MASK_ALL) == 0 && (new.l[1] & _FPU_MASK_ALL) != 0)
     (void)__fe_nomask_env ();
   
-  /* If the old env had any eabled exceptions and the new env has no enabled
+  /* If the old env had any enabled exceptions and the new env has no enabled
      exceptions, then mask SIGFPE in the MSR FE0/FE1 bits.  This may allow the
      FPU to run faster because it always takes the default action and can not 
      generate SIGFPE. */
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/math_ldbl.h b/sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/math_ldbl.h
index 6cd6d0bdfe..20224e6646 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/math_ldbl.h
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/math_ldbl.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ldbl_extract_mantissa (int64_t *hi64, u_int64_t *lo64, int *exp, long double x)
       lo |= (1ULL << 52);
       lo = lo << 7; /* pre-shift lo to match ieee854.  */
       /* The lower double is normalized separately from the upper.  We
-	 may need to adjust the lower manitissa to reflect this.  */
+	 may need to adjust the lower mantissa to reflect this.  */
       ediff = eldbl.ieee.exponent - eldbl.ieee.exponent2;
       if (ediff > 53)
 	lo = lo >> (ediff-53);
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/bits/atomic.h b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/bits/atomic.h
index 2f441ed985..3e3a1effe5 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/bits/atomic.h
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/bits/atomic.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     This is a hint to the hardware to expect additional updates adjacent
     to the lock word or not.  If we are acquiring a Mutex, the hint
     should be true. Otherwise we releasing a Mutex or doing a simple
-    atomic operation.  In that case we don't expect addtional updates
+    atomic operation.  In that case we don't expect additional updates
     adjacent to the lock word after the Store Conditional and the hint
     should be false.  */
     
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 /*
  * The 32-bit exchange_bool is different on powerpc64 because the subf
- * does signed 64-bit arthmatic while the lwarx is 32-bit unsigned
+ * does signed 64-bit arithmetic while the lwarx is 32-bit unsigned
  * (a load word and zero (high 32) form).  So powerpc64 has a slightly
  * different version in sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/bits/atomic.h.
  */
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/cell/memcpy.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/cell/memcpy.S
index 5fbdab1db4..6d7d4ce5db 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/cell/memcpy.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/cell/memcpy.S
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * latency to memory is >400 clocks
  * To improve copy performance we need to prefetch source data
  * far ahead to hide this latency
- * For best performance instructionforms ending in "." like "andi."
+ * For best performance instruction forms ending in "." like "andi."
  * should be avoided as the are implemented in microcode on CELL.
  * The below code is loop unrolled for the CELL cache line of 128 bytes
  */
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 5, 0)
 	lfd	fp9, 0x08(r4)
 	dcbz	r11,r6
 	lfd	fp10, 0x10(r4)	/* 4 register stride copy is optimal  */
-	lfd	fp11, 0x18(r4)	/* to hide 1st level cache lantency.  */
+	lfd	fp11, 0x18(r4)	/* to hide 1st level cache latency.  */
 	lfd	fp12, 0x20(r4)
 	stfd	fp9, 0x08(r6)
 	stfd	fp10, 0x10(r6)
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-machine.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-machine.c
index f9f2a5d8f3..bd42fdf7d5 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-machine.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-machine.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ __elf_preferred_address (struct link_map *loader, size_t maplength,
   /* Otherwise, quickly look for a suitable gap between 0x3FFFF and
      0x70000000.  0x3FFFF is so that references off NULL pointers will
      cause a segfault, 0x70000000 is just paranoia (it should always
-     be superceded by the program's load address).  */
+     be superseded by the program's load address).  */
   low =  0x0003FFFF;
   high = 0x70000000;
   for (nsid = 0; nsid < DL_NNS; ++nsid)
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-start.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-start.S
index 01484e8e94..fa9c9bc4ae 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-start.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-start.S
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ _dl_start_user:
 	slwi	r5,r3,2
 	add	r6,r4,r5
 	addi	r5,r6,4
-/* pass the auxilary vector in r6. This is passed to us just after _envp.  */
+/* pass the auxiliary vector in r6. This is passed to us just after _envp.  */
 2:	lwzu	r0,4(r6)
 	cmpwi	r0,0
 	bne	2b
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/memset.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/memset.S
index 2e86d1c910..45c79d858b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/memset.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/memset.S
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ L(checklinesize):
 	beq	cr1,L(nondcbz)
 
 /* If the cache line size is 32 bytes then goto to L(zloopstart),
-   which is coded specificly for 32-byte lines (and 601).  */
+   which is coded specifically for 32-byte lines (and 601).  */
 	cmplwi	cr1,rCLS,32
 	beq	cr1,L(zloopstart)
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/mpa.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/mpa.c
index f167969ea3..b6f8341afa 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/mpa.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/mpa.c
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@ void __mul(const mp_no *x, const mp_no *y, mp_no *z, int p) {
     if (k > p2)  {i1=k-p2; i2=p2+1; }
     else        {i1=1;   i2=k;   }
 #if 1
-    /* rearange this inner loop to allow the fmadd instructions to be
+    /* rearrange this inner loop to allow the fmadd instructions to be
        independent and execute in parallel on processors that have
-       dual symetrical FP pipelines.  */
+       dual symmetrical FP pipelines.  */
     if (i1 < (i2-1))
     {
 	/* make sure we have at least 2 iterations */
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ void __mul(const mp_no *x, const mp_no *y, mp_no *z, int p) {
 	zk += x->d[i1]*y->d[i1];
     }
 #else
-    /* The orginal code.  */
+    /* The original code.  */
     for (i=i1,j=i2-1; i<i2; i++,j--)  zk += X[i]*Y[j];
 #endif
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/slowpow.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/slowpow.c
index 098e19a5f0..7c97d95817 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/slowpow.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/slowpow.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ __slowpow (double x, double y, double z)
   res1 = (double) (ldpp - ldeps);
 
   if (res != res1)		/* if result still not accurate enough */
-    {				/* use mpa for higher persision.  */
+    {				/* use mpa for higher precision.  */
       mp_no mpx, mpy, mpz, mpw, mpp, mpr, mpr1;
       static const mp_no eps = { -3, {1.0, 4.0} };
       int p;
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/w_sqrt.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/w_sqrt.S
index cb55816204..4f1c17680d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/w_sqrt.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/w_sqrt.S
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 /* double [fp1] sqrt (double x [fp1])
    Power4 (ISA V2.0) and above implement sqrt in hardware (not optional).
    The fsqrt instruction generates the correct value for all inputs and
-   sets the appropriate floating point exceptions.  Extented checking is
+   sets the appropriate floating point exceptions.  Extended checking is
    only needed to set errno (via __kernel_standard) if the input value
    is negative.
    
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/w_sqrtf.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/w_sqrtf.S
index a13a846875..0da5b7a8e3 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/w_sqrtf.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/w_sqrtf.S
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 /* float [fp1] sqrts (float x [fp1])
    Power4 (ISA V2.0) and above implement sqrt in hardware (not optional).
    The fsqrts instruction generates the correct value for all inputs and
-   sets the appropriate floating point exceptions.  Extented checking is
+   sets the appropriate floating point exceptions.  Extended checking is
    only needed to set errno (via __kernel_standard) if the input value
    is negative.
    
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/hp-timing.h b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/hp-timing.h
index 4742d76242..7d6c96e9e9 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/hp-timing.h
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/hp-timing.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ typedef unsigned long long int hp_timing_t;
 /* That's quite simple.  Use the `mftb' instruction.  Note that the value
    might not be 100% accurate since there might be some more instructions
    running in this moment.  This could be changed by using a barrier like
-   'lwsync' right before the `mftb' instruciton.  But we are not interested
+   'lwsync' right before the `mftb' instruction.  But we are not interested
    in accurate clock cycles here so we don't do this.  */
 
 #define HP_TIMING_NOW(Var)						\
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/memcmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/memcmp.S
index 65a0d809a7..bbee6f4d35 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/memcmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/memcmp.S
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(memcmp), 4, 0)
    Otherwise we know the two strings have the same alignment (but not
    yet word aligned).  So we force the string addresses to the next lower
    word boundary and special case this first word using shift left to
-   eliminate bits preceeding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
+   eliminate bits preceding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
    normal (word aligned) compare loop, starting at the second word,
    we need to adjust the length (rN) and special case the loop
    versioning for the first word. This insures that the loop count is
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ L(zeroLength):
    Otherwise we know that rSTR1 is not aready word aligned yet.
    So we can force the string addresses to the next lower word
    boundary and special case this first word using shift left to
-   eliminate bits preceeding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
+   eliminate bits preceding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
    normal (Wualigned) compare loop, starting at the second word,
    we need to adjust the length (rN) and special case the loop
    versioning for the first W. This insures that the loop count is
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/strncmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/strncmp.S
index ba12632085..50d79dc967 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/strncmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/strncmp.S
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(strncmp), 4, 0)
 	cmplwi	cr1, rN, 0
 	lis	rFEFE, -0x101
 	bne	L(unaligned)
-/* We are word alligned so set up for two loops.  first a word
+/* We are word aligned so set up for two loops.  first a word
    loop, then fall into the byte loop if any residual.  */
 	srwi.	rTMP, rN, 2
 	clrlwi	rN, rN, 30
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power5/fpu/w_sqrt.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power5/fpu/w_sqrt.S
index aab4e56609..23559aa192 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power5/fpu/w_sqrt.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power5/fpu/w_sqrt.S
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 /* double [fp1] sqrt (double x [fp1])
    Power4 (ISA V2.0) and above implement sqrt in hardware (not optional).
    The fsqrt instruction generates the correct value for all inputs and
-   sets the appropriate floating point exceptions.  Extented checking is
+   sets the appropriate floating point exceptions.  Extended checking is
    only needed to set errno (via __kernel_standard) if the input value
    is negative.
    
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power5/fpu/w_sqrtf.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power5/fpu/w_sqrtf.S
index 6d80ad93c4..590c24caf3 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power5/fpu/w_sqrtf.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power5/fpu/w_sqrtf.S
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 /* float [fp1] sqrts (float x [fp1])
    Power4 (ISA V2.0) and above implement sqrt in hardware (not optional).
    The fsqrts instruction generates the correct value for all inputs and
-   sets the appropriate floating point exceptions.  Extented checking is
+   sets the appropriate floating point exceptions.  Extended checking is
    only needed to set errno (via __kernel_standard) if the input value
    is negative.
    
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power6/memcpy.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power6/memcpy.S
index c1dd74df0b..203c979d1b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power6/memcpy.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power6/memcpy.S
@@ -411,31 +411,31 @@ L(wdu):
      not.  For power4, power5 and power6 machines there is penalty for
      unaligned loads (src) that cross 32-byte, cacheline, or page
      boundaries. So we want to use simple (unaligned) loads where
-     posible but avoid them where we know the load would span a 32-byte
+     possible but avoid them where we know the load would span a 32-byte
      boundary.
 
      At this point we know we have at least 29 (32-3) bytes to copy
      the src is unaligned. and we may cross at least one 32-byte
-     boundary. Also we have the following regester values:
+     boundary. Also we have the following register values:
      r3 == adjusted dst, word aligned
      r4 == unadjusted src
      r5 == unadjusted len
      r9 == adjusted Word length
      r10 == src alignment (1-3)
-     r12 == adjuested src, not aligned
+     r12 == adjusted src, not aligned
      r31 == adjusted len
 
-     First we need to copy word upto but not crossing the next 32-byte
+     First we need to copy word up to but not crossing the next 32-byte
      boundary. Then perform aligned loads just before and just after
-     the boundary and use shifts and or to gernerate the next aligned
+     the boundary and use shifts and or to generate the next aligned
      word for dst. If more then 32 bytes remain we copy (unaligned src)
      the next 7 words and repeat the loop until less then 32-bytes
-     remaim.
+     remain.
 
      Then if more then 4 bytes remain we again use aligned loads,
      shifts and or to generate the next dst word. We then process the
      remaining words using unaligned loads as needed. Finally we check
-     if there more then 0 bytes (1-3) bytes remainting and use
+     if there more then 0 bytes (1-3) bytes remaining and use
      halfword and or byte load/stores to complete the copy.
 */
     mr      4,12      /* restore unaligned adjusted src ptr */
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ L(wdu_h32_4):
     addi  3,3,4
     .align  4
 L(wdu_h32_0):
-/*  set up for 32-byte boundry crossing word move and possibly 32-byte
+/*  set up for 32-byte boundary crossing word move and possibly 32-byte
     move loop.  */
     clrrwi  12,4,2
     cmplwi  cr5,31,32
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/memchr.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/memchr.S
index 1412061206..3d8389e95c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/memchr.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/memchr.S
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ L(proceed):
 	rlwinm	r6,r3,3,27,28 /* Calculate padding.  */
 	cmpli	cr6,r6,0      /* cr6 == Do we have padding?  */
 	lwz	r12,0(r8)     /* Load word from memory.  */
-	cmpb	r10,r12,r4    /* Check for BYTE's in WORD1.  */
+	cmpb	r10,r12,r4    /* Check for BYTEs in WORD1.  */
 	beq	cr6,L(proceed_no_padding)
 	slw	r10,r10,r6
 	srw	r10,r10,r6
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/memcmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/memcmp.S
index f2cb1dfc2f..815e3c3953 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/memcmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/memcmp.S
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(memcmp),4,0)
    Otherwise we know the two strings have the same alignment (but not
    yet word aligned).  So we force the string addresses to the next lower
    word boundary and special case this first word using shift left to
-   eliminate bits preceeding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
+   eliminate bits preceding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
    normal (word aligned) compare loop, starting at the second word,
    we need to adjust the length (rN) and special case the loop
    versioning for the first word. This insures that the loop count is
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ L(zeroLength):
    Otherwise we know that rSTR1 is not aready word aligned yet.
    So we can force the string addresses to the next lower word
    boundary and special case this first word using shift left to
-   eliminate bits preceeding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
+   eliminate bits preceding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
    normal (Wualigned) compare loop, starting at the second word,
    we need to adjust the length (rN) and special case the loop
    versioning for the first W. This insures that the loop count is
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/memrchr.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/memrchr.S
index a6f495521a..9ff8d662f5 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/memrchr.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/memrchr.S
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ L(proceed):
 	cmpb	r10,r12,r4    /* Check for BYTE in WORD1.  */
 	slw	r10,r10,r0
 	srw	r10,r10,r0
-	cmplwi	cr7,r10,0     /* If r10 == 0, no BYTE's have been found.  */
+	cmplwi	cr7,r10,0     /* If r10 == 0, no BYTEs have been found.  */
 	bne	cr7,L(done)
 
 	/* Are we done already?  */
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/strcasecmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/strcasecmp.S
index 2fcca034d5..52d73d9f89 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/strcasecmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/strcasecmp.S
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ ENTRY (BP_SYM (__STRCMP))
 #define rSTR1	r5	/* 1st string */
 #define rSTR2	r4	/* 2nd string */
 #define rLOCARG	r5	/* 3rd argument: locale_t */
-#define rCHAR1	r6	/* Byte readed from 1st string */
-#define rCHAR2	r7	/* Byte readed from 2nd string */
+#define rCHAR1	r6	/* Byte read from 1st string */
+#define rCHAR2	r7	/* Byte read from 2nd string */
 #define rADDR1	r8	/* Address of tolower(rCHAR1) */
 #define rADDR2	r12	/* Address of tolower(rCHAR2) */
 #define rLWR1	r8	/* Byte tolower(rCHAR1) */
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/strncmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/strncmp.S
index 201651902c..3629783bc0 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/strncmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/strncmp.S
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(strncmp),5,0)
 	cmplwi	cr1,rN,0
 	lis	rFEFE,-0x101
 	bne	L(unaligned)
-/* We are word alligned so set up for two loops.  first a word
+/* We are word aligned so set up for two loops.  first a word
    loop, then fall into the byte loop if any residual.  */
 	srwi.	rTMP,rN,2
 	clrlwi	rN,rN,30
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/strncmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/strncmp.S
index 149e51a132..d9e274b69b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/strncmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/strncmp.S
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(strncmp), 4, 0)
 	cmplwi	cr1, rN, 0
 	lis	rFEFE, -0x101
 	bne	L(unaligned)
-/* We are word alligned so set up for two loops.  first a word
+/* We are word aligned so set up for two loops.  first a word
    loop, then fall into the byte loop if any residual.  */
 	srwi.	rTMP, rN, 2
 	clrlwi	rN, rN, 30
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/bits/atomic.h b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/bits/atomic.h
index f1e42a94c7..84a144758c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/bits/atomic.h
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/bits/atomic.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     This is a hint to the hardware to expect additional updates adjacent
     to the lock word or not.  If we are acquiring a Mutex, the hint
     should be true. Otherwise we releasing a Mutex or doing a simple
-    atomic operation.  In that case we don't expect addtional updates
+    atomic operation.  In that case we don't expect additional updates
     adjacent to the lock word after the Store Conditional and the hint
     should be false.  */
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #endif
 
 /* The 32-bit exchange_bool is different on powerpc64 because the subf
-   does signed 64-bit arthmatic while the lwarx is 32-bit unsigned
+   does signed 64-bit arithmetic while the lwarx is 32-bit unsigned
    (a load word and zero (high 32) form) load.
    In powerpc64 register values are 64-bit by default,  including oldval.
    The value in old val unknown sign extension, lwarx loads the 32-bit
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/cell/memcpy.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/cell/memcpy.S
index 3ec7630987..5ba4ebf625 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/cell/memcpy.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/cell/memcpy.S
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * latency to memory is >400 clocks
  * To improve copy performance we need to prefetch source data
  * far ahead to hide this latency
- * For best performance instructionforms ending in "." like "andi."
+ * For best performance instruction forms ending in "." like "andi."
  * should be avoided as the are implemented in microcode on CELL.
  * The below code is loop unrolled for the CELL cache line of 128 bytes
  */
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 5, 0)
 	ld	r9, 0x08(r4)
 	dcbz	r11,r6
 	ld	r7, 0x10(r4)	/* 4 register stride copy is optimal  */
-	ld	r8, 0x18(r4)	/* to hide 1st level cache lantency.  */
+	ld	r8, 0x18(r4)	/* to hide 1st level cache latency.  */
 	ld	r0, 0x20(r4)
 	std	r9, 0x08(r6)
 	std	r7, 0x10(r6)
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/dl-machine.h b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/dl-machine.h
index 7b3e4ddc67..14ade21d96 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/dl-machine.h
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/dl-machine.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ BODY_PREFIX "_dl_start_user:\n"						\
 "	sldi	5,3,3\n"						\
 "	add	6,4,5\n"						\
 "	addi	5,6,8\n"						\
-/* Pass the auxilary vector in r6. This is passed to us just after	\
+/* Pass the auxiliary vector in r6. This is passed to us just after	\
    _envp.  */								\
 "2:	ldu	0,8(6)\n"						\
 "	cmpdi	0,0\n"							\
@@ -322,13 +322,13 @@ elf_machine_runtime_setup (struct link_map *map, int lazy, int profile)
       /* Relocate the DT_PPC64_GLINK entry in the _DYNAMIC section.
 	 elf_get_dynamic_info takes care of the standard entries but
 	 doesn't know exactly what to do with processor specific
-	 entires.  */
+	 entries.  */
       if (info[DT_PPC64(GLINK)] != NULL)
 	info[DT_PPC64(GLINK)]->d_un.d_ptr += l_addr;
 
       if (lazy)
 	{
-	  /* The function descriptor of the appropriate trampline
+	  /* The function descriptor of the appropriate trampoline
 	     routine is used to set the 1st and 2nd doubleword of the
 	     plt_reserve.  */
 	  Elf64_FuncDesc *resolve_fd;
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/fpu/s_ceill.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/fpu/s_ceill.S
index 24fd521f0f..bffac3962c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/fpu/s_ceill.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/fpu/s_ceill.S
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
    PowerPC64 long double uses the IBM extended format which is
    represented two 64-floating point double values. The values are
    non-overlapping giving an effective precision of 106 bits. The first
-   double contains the high order bits of mantisa and is always ceiled
+   double contains the high order bits of mantissa and is always ceiled
    to represent a normal ceiling of long double to double. Since the
    long double value is sum of the high and low values, the low double
    normally has the opposite sign to compensate for the this ceiling.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
    1) |x| < 2**52, all the integer bits are in the high double.
       ceil the high double and set the low double to -0.0.
    2) |x| >= 2**52, ceiling involves both doubles.
-      See the comment before lable .L2 for details.
+      See the comment before label .L2 for details.
    */
 
 ENTRY (__ceill)
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/fpu/s_nearbyintl.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/fpu/s_nearbyintl.S
index 9cf03ccd7a..b235d9b99c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/fpu/s_nearbyintl.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/fpu/s_nearbyintl.S
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@
 	.section	".text"
 
 /* long double [fp1,fp2] nearbyintl (long double x [fp1,fp2])
-   IEEE 1003.1 nearbyintl function.  nearbyintl is simular to the rintl
+   IEEE 1003.1 nearbyintl function.  nearbyintl is similar to the rintl
    but does raise the "inexact" exception.  This implementation is
-   based on rintl but explicitly maskes the inexact exception on entry
+   based on rintl but explicitly masks the inexact exception on entry
    and clears any pending inexact before restoring the exception mask
    on exit.
 
    PowerPC64 long double uses the IBM extended format which is
    represented two 64-floating point double values. The values are
    non-overlapping giving an effective precision of 106 bits. The first
-   double contains the high order bits of mantisa and is always rounded
+   double contains the high order bits of mantissa and is always rounded
    to represent a normal rounding of long double to double. Since the
    long double value is sum of the high and low values, the low double
    normally has the opposite sign to compensate for the this rounding.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
    1) |x| < 2**52, all the integer bits are in the high double.
       floor the high double and set the low double to -0.0.
    2) |x| >= 2**52, Rounding involves both doubles.
-      See the comment before lable .L2 for details.
+      See the comment before label .L2 for details.
    */
 ENTRY (__nearbyintl)
 	mffs	fp11		/* Save current FPSCR.  */
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/hp-timing.h b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/hp-timing.h
index 12053a4206..e73ad5a664 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/hp-timing.h
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/hp-timing.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ typedef unsigned long long int hp_timing_t;
 /* That's quite simple.  Use the `mftb' instruction.  Note that the value
    might not be 100% accurate since there might be some more instructions
    running in this moment.  This could be changed by using a barrier like
-   'lwsync' right before the `mftb' instruciton.  But we are not interested
+   'lwsync' right before the `mftb' instruction.  But we are not interested
    in accurate clock cycles here so we don't do this.  */
 #ifdef _ARCH_PWR4
 #define HP_TIMING_NOW(Var)	__asm__ __volatile__ ("mfspr %0,268" : "=r" (Var))
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/memcpy.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/memcpy.S
index 82a40f39f6..7c1b656be1 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/memcpy.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/memcpy.S
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
    with the appropriate combination of byte and halfword load/stores.
    There is minimal effort to optimize the alignment of short moves.
    The 64-bit implementations of POWER3 and POWER4 do a reasonable job
-   of handling unligned load/stores that do not cross 32-byte boundries.
+   of handling unaligned load/stores that do not cross 32-byte boundaries.
 
    Longer moves (>= 32-bytes) justify the effort to get at least the
    destination doubleword (8-byte) aligned.  Further optimization is
-   posible when both source and destination are doubleword aligned.
+   possible when both source and destination are doubleword aligned.
    Each case has a optimized unrolled loop.   */
 
 EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 5, 0)
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 5, 0)
     std   3,-16(1)
     std   31,-8(1)
     cfi_offset(31,-8)
-    andi. 11,3,7	/* check alignement of dst.  */
+    andi. 11,3,7	/* check alignment of dst.  */
     clrldi 0,0,61	/* Number of bytes until the 1st doubleword of dst.  */
-    clrldi 10,4,61	/* check alignement of src.  */
+    clrldi 10,4,61	/* check alignment of src.  */
     cmpldi cr6,5,8
     ble-  cr1,.L2	/* If move < 32 bytes use short move code.  */
     cmpld cr6,10,11
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 5, 0)
     beq   .L0
 
     subf  31,0,5
-  /* Move 0-7 bytes as needed to get the destination doubleword alligned.  */
+  /* Move 0-7 bytes as needed to get the destination doubleword aligned.  */
 1:  bf    31,2f
     lbz   6,0(12)
     addi  12,12,1
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 5, 0)
     stw   6,0(3)
     addi  3,3,4
 0:
-    clrldi 10,12,61	/* check alignement of src again.  */
+    clrldi 10,12,61	/* check alignment of src again.  */
     srdi  9,31,3	/* Number of full double words remaining.  */
 
-  /* Copy doublewords from source to destination, assumpting the
+  /* Copy doublewords from source to destination, assuming the
      destination is aligned on a doubleword boundary.
 
      At this point we know there are at least 25 bytes left (32-7) to copy.
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 5, 0)
     add   12,12,0
 
 /*  At this point we have a tail of 0-7 bytes and we know that the
-    destiniation is double word aligned.  */
+    destination is double word aligned.  */
 4:  bf    29,2f
     lwz   6,0(12)
     addi  12,12,4
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 5, 0)
     bne   cr6,4f
 /* Would have liked to use use ld/std here but the 630 processors are
    slow for load/store doubles that are not at least word aligned.
-   Unaligned Load/Store word execute with only a 1 cycle penaltity.  */
+   Unaligned Load/Store word execute with only a 1 cycle penalty.  */
     lwz   6,0(4)
     lwz   7,4(4)
     stw   6,0(3)
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/fpu/mpa.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/fpu/mpa.c
index f167969ea3..b6f8341afa 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/fpu/mpa.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/fpu/mpa.c
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@ void __mul(const mp_no *x, const mp_no *y, mp_no *z, int p) {
     if (k > p2)  {i1=k-p2; i2=p2+1; }
     else        {i1=1;   i2=k;   }
 #if 1
-    /* rearange this inner loop to allow the fmadd instructions to be
+    /* rearrange this inner loop to allow the fmadd instructions to be
        independent and execute in parallel on processors that have
-       dual symetrical FP pipelines.  */
+       dual symmetrical FP pipelines.  */
     if (i1 < (i2-1))
     {
 	/* make sure we have at least 2 iterations */
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ void __mul(const mp_no *x, const mp_no *y, mp_no *z, int p) {
 	zk += x->d[i1]*y->d[i1];
     }
 #else
-    /* The orginal code.  */
+    /* The original code.  */
     for (i=i1,j=i2-1; i<i2; i++,j--)  zk += X[i]*Y[j];
 #endif
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/fpu/slowpow.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/fpu/slowpow.c
index 098e19a5f0..7c97d95817 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/fpu/slowpow.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/fpu/slowpow.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ __slowpow (double x, double y, double z)
   res1 = (double) (ldpp - ldeps);
 
   if (res != res1)		/* if result still not accurate enough */
-    {				/* use mpa for higher persision.  */
+    {				/* use mpa for higher precision.  */
       mp_no mpx, mpy, mpz, mpw, mpp, mpr, mpr1;
       static const mp_no eps = { -3, {1.0, 4.0} };
       int p;
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/memcmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/memcmp.S
index 65922813bd..7df52f810b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/memcmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/memcmp.S
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(memcmp), 4, 0)
 	beq-	cr6, L(zeroLength)
 	dcbt	0,rSTR1
 	dcbt	0,rSTR2
-/* If less than 8 bytes or not aligned, use the unalligned
+/* If less than 8 bytes or not aligned, use the unaligned
    byte loop.  */
 	blt	cr1, L(bytealigned)
 	std	rWORD8,-8(r1)	
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(memcmp), 4, 0)
 	cfi_offset(rWORD7,-16)
 	bne	L(unaligned)
 /* At this point we know both strings have the same alignment and the
-   compare length is at least 8 bytes.  rBITDIF containes the low order
+   compare length is at least 8 bytes.  rBITDIF contains the low order
    3 bits of rSTR1 and cr5 contains the result of the logical compare
    of rBITDIF to 0.  If rBITDIF == 0 then we are already double word 
    aligned and can perform the DWaligned loop.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(memcmp), 4, 0)
    Otherwise we know the two strings have the same alignment (but not
    yet DW).  So we can force the string addresses to the next lower DW
    boundary and special case this first DW word using shift left to
-   ellimiate bits preceeding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
+   eliminate bits preceding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
    normal (DWaligned) compare loop, starting at the second double word,
    we need to adjust the length (rN) and special case the loop
    versioning for the first DW. This insures that the loop count is
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ L(DWaligned):
 L(dP1):
 	mtctr   rTMP	/* Power4 wants mtctr 1st in dispatch group */
 /* Normally we'd use rWORD7/rWORD8 here, but since we might exit early
-   (8-15 byte compare), we want to use only volitile registers.  This
-   means we can avoid restoring non-volitile registers since we did not
+   (8-15 byte compare), we want to use only volatile registers.  This
+   means we can avoid restoring non-volatile registers since we did not
    change any on the early exit path.  The key here is the non-early
    exit path only cares about the condition code (cr5), not about which 
    register pair was used.  */
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ L(dP2e):
 	bne	cr5, L(dLcr5)
 	b	L(dLoop2)
 /* Again we are on a early exit path (16-23 byte compare), we want to
-   only use volitile registers and avoid restoring non-volitile
+   only use volatile registers and avoid restoring non-volatile
    registers.  */
 	.align 4
 L(dP2x):
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ L(dP3e):
 	bne	cr6, L(dLcr6)
 	b	L(dLoop1)
 /* Again we are on a early exit path (24-31 byte compare), we want to
-   only use volitile registers and avoid restoring non-volitile
+   only use volatile registers and avoid restoring non-volatile
    registers.  */
 	.align 4
 L(dP3x):
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ L(d04):
 	beq	L(zeroLength)
 /* At this point we have a remainder of 1 to 7 bytes to compare.  Since
    we are aligned it is safe to load the whole double word, and use
-   shift right double to elliminate bits beyond the compare length.  */ 
+   shift right double to eliminate bits beyond the compare length.  */
 L(d00):
 	ld	rWORD1, 8(rSTR1)
 	ld	rWORD2, 8(rSTR2) 
@@ -496,15 +496,15 @@ L(zeroLength):
 
 	.align 4
 /* At this point we know the strings have different alignment and the
-   compare length is at least 8 bytes.  rBITDIF containes the low order
+   compare length is at least 8 bytes.  rBITDIF contains the low order
    3 bits of rSTR1 and cr5 contains the result of the logical compare
    of rBITDIF to 0.  If rBITDIF == 0 then rStr1 is double word 
    aligned and can perform the DWunaligned loop.
   
-   Otherwise we know that rSTR1 is not aready DW aligned yet.
+   Otherwise we know that rSTR1 is not already DW aligned yet.
    So we can force the string addresses to the next lower DW
    boundary and special case this first DW word using shift left to
-   ellimiate bits preceeding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
+   eliminate bits preceding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
    normal (DWaligned) compare loop, starting at the second double word,
    we need to adjust the length (rN) and special case the loop
    versioning for the first DW. This insures that the loop count is
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ L(unaligned):
 	clrrdi	rSTR2, rSTR2, 3
 	std	r26,-48(r1)	
 	cfi_offset(r26,-48)
-/* Compute the leaft/right shift counts for the unalign rSTR2,
+/* Compute the left/right shift counts for the unalign rSTR2,
    compensating for the logical (DW aligned) start of rSTR1.  */ 
 	clrldi	rSHL, r27, 61
 	clrrdi	rSTR1, rSTR1, 3	
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ L(du14):
 	sldi.	rN, rN, 3
 	bne	cr5, L(duLcr5)
 /* At this point we have a remainder of 1 to 7 bytes to compare.  We use
-   shift right double to elliminate bits beyond the compare length. 
+   shift right double to eliminate bits beyond the compare length.
    This allows the use of double word subtract to compute the final
    result.
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/memcpy.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/memcpy.S
index 9d0b478029..734434af07 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/memcpy.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/memcpy.S
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
    with the appropriate combination of byte and halfword load/stores. 
    There is minimal effort to optimize the alignment of short moves.  
    The 64-bit implementations of POWER3 and POWER4 do a reasonable job
-   of handling unligned load/stores that do not cross 32-byte boundries.
+   of handling unaligned load/stores that do not cross 32-byte boundaries.
 
    Longer moves (>= 32-bytes) justify the effort to get at least the
    destination doubleword (8-byte) aligned.  Further optimization is
-   posible when both source and destination are doubleword aligned.
+   possible when both source and destination are doubleword aligned.
    Each case has a optimized unrolled loop.   */
 
 	.machine power4
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 5, 0)
     std   3,-16(1)
     std   31,-8(1)
     cfi_offset(31,-8)
-    andi. 11,3,7	/* check alignement of dst.  */
+    andi. 11,3,7	/* check alignment of dst.  */
     clrldi 0,0,61	/* Number of bytes until the 1st doubleword of dst.  */
-    clrldi 10,4,61	/* check alignement of src.  */
+    clrldi 10,4,61	/* check alignment of src.  */
     cmpldi cr6,5,8
     ble-  cr1,.L2	/* If move < 32 bytes use short move code.  */
     cmpld cr6,10,11     
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 5, 0)
     beq   .L0
   
     subf  31,0,5
-  /* Move 0-7 bytes as needed to get the destination doubleword alligned.  */
+  /* Move 0-7 bytes as needed to get the destination doubleword aligned.  */
 1:  bf    31,2f
     lbz   6,0(12)
     addi  12,12,1
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 5, 0)
     stw   6,0(3)
     addi  3,3,4
 0:
-    clrldi 10,12,61	/* check alignement of src again.  */     
+    clrldi 10,12,61	/* check alignment of src again.  */
     srdi  9,31,3	/* Number of full double words remaining.  */
     
-  /* Copy doublewords from source to destination, assumpting the
+  /* Copy doublewords from source to destination, assuming the
      destination is aligned on a doubleword boundary.
 
      At this point we know there are at least 25 bytes left (32-7) to copy.
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 5, 0)
     add   12,12,0
     
 /*  At this point we have a tail of 0-7 bytes and we know that the
-    destiniation is double word aligned.  */
+    destination is double word aligned.  */
 4:  bf    29,2f
     lwz   6,0(12)
     addi  12,12,4
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 5, 0)
     bne   cr6,4f
 /* Would have liked to use use ld/std here but the 630 processors are
    slow for load/store doubles that are not at least word aligned.  
-   Unaligned Load/Store word execute with only a 1 cycle penaltity.  */
+   Unaligned Load/Store word execute with only a 1 cycle penalty.  */
     lwz   6,0(4)
     lwz   7,4(4)
     stw   6,0(3)
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/strncmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/strncmp.S
index 0940571e8d..19877fa785 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/strncmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/strncmp.S
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(strncmp), 4, 0)
 	cmpldi	cr1, rN, 0
 	lis	rFEFE, -0x101
 	bne	L(unaligned)
-/* We are doubleword alligned so set up for two loops.  first a double word
+/* We are doubleword aligned so set up for two loops.  first a double word
    loop, then fall into the byte loop if any residual.  */
 	srdi.	rTMP, rN, 3
 	clrldi	rN, rN, 61
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power6/memcpy.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power6/memcpy.S
index 57f4d06990..64f5b2f427 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power6/memcpy.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power6/memcpy.S
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@
    with the appropriate combination of byte and halfword load/stores. 
    There is minimal effort to optimize the alignment of short moves.  
    The 64-bit implementations of POWER3 and POWER4 do a reasonable job
-   of handling unligned load/stores that do not cross 32-byte boundries.
+   of handling unaligned load/stores that do not cross 32-byte boundaries.
 
    Longer moves (>= 32-bytes) justify the effort to get at least the
    destination doubleword (8-byte) aligned.  Further optimization is
-   posible when both source and destination are doubleword aligned.
+   possible when both source and destination are doubleword aligned.
    Each case has a optimized unrolled loop.  
      
-   For POWER6 unaligned loads will take a 20+ cycle hicup for any
+   For POWER6 unaligned loads will take a 20+ cycle hiccup for any
    L1 cache miss that crosses a 32- or 128-byte boundary.  Store
-   is more forgiving and does not take a hicup until page or 
+   is more forgiving and does not take a hiccup until page or
    segment boundaries.  So we require doubleword alignment for 
    the source but may take a risk and only require word alignment
    for the destination.  */
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 7, 0)
     neg   0,3
     std   3,-16(1)
     std   31,-8(1)
-    andi. 11,3,7	/* check alignement of dst.  */
+    andi. 11,3,7	/* check alignment of dst.  */
     clrldi 0,0,61	/* Number of bytes until the 1st doubleword of dst.  */
-    clrldi 10,4,61	/* check alignement of src.  */
+    clrldi 10,4,61	/* check alignment of src.  */
     cmpldi cr6,5,8
     ble-  cr1,.L2	/* If move < 32 bytes use short move code.  */
     mtcrf 0x01,0
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 7, 0)
     beq   .L0
   
     subf  5,0,5
-  /* Move 0-7 bytes as needed to get the destination doubleword alligned.
-     Duplicate some code to maximize fall-throught and minimize agen delays.  */
+  /* Move 0-7 bytes as needed to get the destination doubleword aligned.
+     Duplicate some code to maximize fall-through and minimize agen delays.  */
 1:  bf    31,2f
     lbz   6,0(4)
     stb   6,0(3)
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 7, 0)
     add   4,4,0
     add   3,3,0
     
-    clrldi 10,4,61	/* check alignement of src again.  */     
+    clrldi 10,4,61	/* check alignment of src again.  */
     srdi  9,5,3	/* Number of full double words remaining.  */
     
-  /* Copy doublewords from source to destination, assumpting the
+  /* Copy doublewords from source to destination, assuming the
      destination is aligned on a doubleword boundary.
 
      At this point we know there are at least 25 bytes left (32-7) to copy.
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM (memcpy), 7, 0)
      load, load, store, store every 2 cycles.  
      
      The following code is sensitive to cache line alignment.  Do not
-     make any change with out first making sure thay don't result in
+     make any change with out first making sure they don't result in
      splitting ld/std pairs across a cache line.  */
 
     mtcrf 0x02,5
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ L(das_tail):
     
 L(das_tail2):
 /*  At this point we have a tail of 0-7 bytes and we know that the
-    destiniation is double word aligned.  */
+    destination is double word aligned.  */
 4:  bf    29,2f
     lwz   6,0(4)
     stw   6,0(3)
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ L(dus_tailX):
 .LE8:
     mr    12,4
     bne   cr6,L(dus_4)
-/* Exactly 8 bytes.  We may cross a 32-/128-byte boundry and take a ~20
+/* Exactly 8 bytes.  We may cross a 32-/128-byte boundary and take a ~20
    cycle delay.  This case should be rare and any attempt to avoid this
    would take most of 20 cycles any way.  */
     ld   6,0(4)
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ L(du_done):
     add   3,3,0
     add   12,12,0    
 /*  At this point we have a tail of 0-7 bytes and we know that the
-    destiniation is double word aligned.  */
+    destination is double word aligned.  */
 4:  bf    29,2f
     lwz   6,0(12)
     addi  12,12,4
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/memcmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/memcmp.S
index 80687f86da..a7caa48946 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/memcmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/memcmp.S
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(memcmp),4,0)
 	beq-	cr6,L(zeroLength)
 	dcbt	0,rSTR1
 	dcbt	0,rSTR2
-/* If less than 8 bytes or not aligned, use the unalligned
+/* If less than 8 bytes or not aligned, use the unaligned
    byte loop.  */
 	blt	cr1,L(bytealigned)
 	std	rWORD8,-8(r1)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(memcmp),4,0)
 	cfi_offset(rWORD7,-16)
 	bne	L(unaligned)
 /* At this point we know both strings have the same alignment and the
-   compare length is at least 8 bytes.  rBITDIF containes the low order
+   compare length is at least 8 bytes.  rBITDIF contains the low order
    3 bits of rSTR1 and cr5 contains the result of the logical compare
    of rBITDIF to 0.  If rBITDIF == 0 then we are already double word
    aligned and can perform the DWaligned loop.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(memcmp),4,0)
    Otherwise we know the two strings have the same alignment (but not
    yet DW).  So we can force the string addresses to the next lower DW
    boundary and special case this first DW word using shift left to
-   ellimiate bits preceeding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
+   eliminate bits preceding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
    normal (DWaligned) compare loop, starting at the second double word,
    we need to adjust the length (rN) and special case the loop
    versioning for the first DW. This insures that the loop count is
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ L(DWaligned):
 L(dP1):
 	mtctr	rTMP
 /* Normally we'd use rWORD7/rWORD8 here, but since we might exit early
-   (8-15 byte compare), we want to use only volitile registers.  This
-   means we can avoid restoring non-volitile registers since we did not
+   (8-15 byte compare), we want to use only volatile registers.  This
+   means we can avoid restoring non-volatile registers since we did not
    change any on the early exit path.  The key here is the non-early
    exit path only cares about the condition code (cr5), not about which
    register pair was used.  */
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ L(dP2e):
 	bne	cr5,L(dLcr5)
 	b	L(dLoop2)
 /* Again we are on a early exit path (16-23 byte compare), we want to
-   only use volitile registers and avoid restoring non-volitile
+   only use volatile registers and avoid restoring non-volatile
    registers.  */
 	.align	4
 L(dP2x):
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ L(dP3e):
 	bne	cr6,L(dLcr6)
 	b	L(dLoop1)
 /* Again we are on a early exit path (24-31 byte compare), we want to
-   only use volitile registers and avoid restoring non-volitile
+   only use volatile registers and avoid restoring non-volatile
    registers.  */
 	.align	4
 L(dP3x):
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ L(d04):
 	beq	L(zeroLength)
 /* At this point we have a remainder of 1 to 7 bytes to compare.  Since
    we are aligned it is safe to load the whole double word, and use
-   shift right double to elliminate bits beyond the compare length.  */
+   shift right double to eliminate bits beyond the compare length.  */
 L(d00):
 	ld	rWORD1,8(rSTR1)
 	ld	rWORD2,8(rSTR2)
@@ -498,15 +498,15 @@ L(zeroLength):
 
 	.align	4
 /* At this point we know the strings have different alignment and the
-   compare length is at least 8 bytes.  rBITDIF containes the low order
+   compare length is at least 8 bytes.  rBITDIF contains the low order
    3 bits of rSTR1 and cr5 contains the result of the logical compare
    of rBITDIF to 0.  If rBITDIF == 0 then rStr1 is double word
    aligned and can perform the DWunaligned loop.
 
-   Otherwise we know that rSTR1 is not aready DW aligned yet.
+   Otherwise we know that rSTR1 is not already DW aligned yet.
    So we can force the string addresses to the next lower DW
    boundary and special case this first DW word using shift left to
-   ellimiate bits preceeding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
+   eliminate bits preceding the first byte.  Since we want to join the
    normal (DWaligned) compare loop, starting at the second double word,
    we need to adjust the length (rN) and special case the loop
    versioning for the first DW. This insures that the loop count is
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ L(unaligned):
 	clrrdi	rSTR2,rSTR2,3
 	std	r26,-48(r1)
 	cfi_offset(r26,-48)
-/* Compute the leaft/right shift counts for the unalign rSTR2,
+/* Compute the left/right shift counts for the unaligned rSTR2,
    compensating for the logical (DW aligned) start of rSTR1.  */
 	clrldi	rSHL,r27,61
 	clrrdi	rSTR1,rSTR1,3
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ L(du14):
 	sldi.	rN,rN,3
 	bne	cr5,L(duLcr5)
 /* At this point we have a remainder of 1 to 7 bytes to compare.  We use
-   shift right double to elliminate bits beyond the compare length.
+   shift right double to eliminate bits beyond the compare length.
    This allows the use of double word subtract to compute the final
    result.
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/memrchr.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/memrchr.S
index 624d74fd38..d3ffe4c087 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/memrchr.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/memrchr.S
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ L(proceed):
 	cmpb	r10,r12,r4    /* Check for BYTE in DWORD1.  */
 	sld	r10,r10,r0
 	srd	r10,r10,r0
-	cmpldi	cr7,r10,0     /* If r10 == 0, no BYTE's have been found.  */
+	cmpldi	cr7,r10,0     /* If r10 == 0, no BYTEs have been found.  */
 	bne	cr7,L(done)
 
 	/* Are we done already?  */
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strcasecmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strcasecmp.S
index da24588c70..6323154eaa 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strcasecmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strcasecmp.S
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ ENTRY (BP_SYM (__STRCMP))
 #define rSTR1	r5	/* 1st string */
 #define rSTR2	r4	/* 2nd string */
 #define rLOCARG	r5	/* 3rd argument: locale_t */
-#define rCHAR1	r6	/* Byte readed from 1st string */
-#define rCHAR2	r7	/* Byte readed from 2nd string */
+#define rCHAR1	r6	/* Byte read from 1st string */
+#define rCHAR2	r7	/* Byte read from 2nd string */
 #define rADDR1	r8	/* Address of tolower(rCHAR1) */
 #define rADDR2	r12	/* Address of tolower(rCHAR2) */
 #define rLWR1	r8	/* Word tolower(rCHAR1) */
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strncmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strncmp.S
index 7aaad4ffe9..25a6baf479 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strncmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strncmp.S
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(strncmp),5,0)
 	cmpldi	cr1,rN,0
 	lis	rFEFE,-0x101
 	bne	L(unaligned)
-/* We are doubleword alligned so set up for two loops.  first a double word
+/* We are doubleword aligned so set up for two loops.  first a double word
    loop, then fall into the byte loop if any residual.  */
 	srdi.	rTMP,rN,3
 	clrldi	rN,rN,61
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/strncmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/strncmp.S
index 4c1938ef71..89a3246fdc 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/strncmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/strncmp.S
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(strncmp), 4, 0)
 	cmpldi	cr1, rN, 0
 	lis	rFEFE, -0x101
 	bne	L(unaligned)
-/* We are doubleword alligned so set up for two loops.  first a double word
+/* We are doubleword aligned so set up for two loops.  first a double word
    loop, then fall into the byte loop if any residual.  */
 	srdi.	rTMP, rN, 3
 	clrldi	rN, rN, 61