4 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/power/acpi/Makefile b/tools/power/acpi/Makefile
index ebd3e1a1c28e..a249c50ebf55 100644
--- a/tools/power/acpi/Makefile
+++ b/tools/power/acpi/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 include ../../scripts/Makefile.include
 
+.NOTPARALLEL:
+
 all: acpidbg acpidump ec
 clean: acpidbg_clean acpidump_clean ec_clean
 install: acpidbg_install acpidump_install ec_install
diff --git a/tools/power/acpi/os_specific/service_layers/oslinuxtbl.c b/tools/power/acpi/os_specific/service_layers/oslinuxtbl.c
index dd38c2b2e1b4..11c5046dce16 100644
--- a/tools/power/acpi/os_specific/service_layers/oslinuxtbl.c
+++ b/tools/power/acpi/os_specific/service_layers/oslinuxtbl.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ u32 gbl_table_count = 0;
  *
  * RETURN:      Status; Converted from errno.
  *
- * DESCRIPTION: Get last errno and conver it to acpi_status.
+ * DESCRIPTION: Get last errno and convert it to acpi_status.
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile b/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
index c8622497ef23..c7bcddbd486d 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ DESTDIR ?=
 # Package-related definitions. Distributions can modify the version
 # and _should_ modify the PACKAGE_BUGREPORT definition
 
-VERSION=			$(shell ./utils/version-gen.sh)
+VERSION:=			$(shell ./utils/version-gen.sh)
 LIB_MAJ=			0.0.1
 LIB_MIN=			0
 
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/debug/i386/intel_gsic.c b/tools/power/cpupower/debug/i386/intel_gsic.c
index e5e926f46d6b..befd837f07f8 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/debug/i386/intel_gsic.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/debug/i386/intel_gsic.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int main (void)
 		printf("\tsmi_cmd=0x?? smi_port=0x?? smi_sig=1\n");
 		printf("\nUnfortunately, you have to know what exactly are "
 		       "smi_cmd and smi_port, and this\nis system "
-		       "dependant.\n");
+		       "dependent.\n");
 	}
 	return 1;
 }