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Message-ID: <20251225034353.140374-1-yiconghui@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2025 03:43:53 +0000
From: Yicong Hui <yiconghui@...il.com>
To: davem@...emloft.net,
	kuba@...nel.org
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	skhan@...uxfoundation.org,
	david.hunter.linux@...il.com,
	Yicong Hui <yiconghui@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: Fix typo of "software" in driver comments

Fix misspelling of "software" as "softare" and "sotware" in code comments

Signed-off-by: Yicong Hui <yiconghui@...il.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:
  *
-- 
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