diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 80a2f49da7..37d444f71e 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2001-05-07  Thiemo Seufer <seufer@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
+
+	* ecoff.c (bfd_debug_section): Fix initialization.
+	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables): Change maxidx to unsigned, it
+	is always a positive integer. Cast away sign mismatch.
+	* elf32-mips.c: Fix misleading comment and typo.
+	(_bfd_mips_elf_section_from_bfd_section): Remove unused attribute, use
+	correct data type.
+	* elflink.c: Fix typo.
+	(_bfd_elf_create_dynamic_sections): Remove superfluous initialization.
+	* ecoffswap.h (ecoff_swap_fdr_in): Cast away sign mismatch.
+
 2001-05-04  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
 
 	* elf64-alpha.c (SREL16, SREL32, SREL64): Set pcrel_offset true.
diff --git a/bfd/ecoff.c b/bfd/ecoff.c
index d88846b149..2237441e61 100644
--- a/bfd/ecoff.c
+++ b/bfd/ecoff.c
@@ -75,19 +75,19 @@ static unsigned int ecoff_armap_hash PARAMS ((CONST char *s,
 static asection bfd_debug_section =
 {
   /* name,   id,  index, next, flags, user_set_vma, reloc_done,    */ 
-  "*DEBUG*", 0,    0,    0,     0,    0,            0,        
+  "*DEBUG*", 0,   0,     NULL, 0,     0,            0,        
   /* linker_mark, gc_mark, segment_mark, vma, lma, _cooked_size,   */ 
      0,           0,       0,            0,   0,   0,
   /* _raw_size, output_offset, output_section, alignment_power,    */
      0,         0,             NULL,           0,
   /* relocation, orelocation, reloc_count, filepos, rel_filepos,   */
-     0,          0,           0,           0,       0,
+     NULL,       NULL,        0,           0,       0,
   /* line_filepos, userdata, contents, lineno, lineno_count,       */
      0,            NULL,     NULL,     NULL,   0,
-  /* comdat, kept_section, moving_line_filepos, target_index,      */
-     NULL,   NULL,         0,                   0,
-  /* used_by_bfd, constructor_chain, owner,                        */
-     NULL,        NULL,              NULL,
+  /* entsize, comdat, kept_section, moving_line_filepos,           */
+     0,       NULL,   NULL,         0,
+  /* target_index, used_by_bfd, constructor_chain, owner,          */
+     0,            NULL,        NULL,              NULL,
   /* symbol,                                                       */
      (struct symbol_cache_entry *) NULL,
   /* symbol_ptr_ptr,                                               */
diff --git a/bfd/ecoffswap.h b/bfd/ecoffswap.h
index daa61cb13c..dd6fa6f32a 100644
--- a/bfd/ecoffswap.h
+++ b/bfd/ecoffswap.h
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ ecoff_swap_fdr_in (abfd, ext_copy, intern)
   intern->adr           = ecoff_get_off (abfd, (bfd_byte *)ext->f_adr);
   intern->rss           = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *)ext->f_rss);
 #if defined (ECOFF_64) || defined (ECOFF_SIGNED_64)
-  if (intern->rss == 0xffffffff)
+  if (intern->rss == (signed long) 0xffffffff)
     intern->rss = -1;
 #endif
   intern->issBase       = bfd_h_get_32 (abfd, (bfd_byte *)ext->f_issBase);
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 602ebcdfce..d0cd62d109 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -4734,7 +4734,7 @@ _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables (abfd)
       Elf_Internal_Verdef *iverdefarr;
       Elf_Internal_Verdef iverdefmem;
       unsigned int i;
-      int maxidx;
+      unsigned int maxidx;
 
       hdr = &elf_tdata (abfd)->dynverdef_hdr;
 
@@ -4754,8 +4754,8 @@ _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables (abfd)
 	{
 	  _bfd_elf_swap_verdef_in (abfd, everdef, &iverdefmem);
 
-	  if ((iverdefmem.vd_ndx & VERSYM_VERSION) > maxidx)
-	    maxidx = iverdefmem.vd_ndx & VERSYM_VERSION;
+	  if ((iverdefmem.vd_ndx & ((unsigned) VERSYM_VERSION)) > maxidx)
+	    maxidx = iverdefmem.vd_ndx & ((unsigned) VERSYM_VERSION);
 
 	  everdef = ((Elf_External_Verdef *)
 		     ((bfd_byte *) everdef + iverdefmem.vd_next));
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-mips.c b/bfd/elf32-mips.c
index 065e7d7864..7f077e9dcc 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-mips.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-mips.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* MIPS-specific support for 32-bit ELF
+l/* MIPS-specific support for 32-bit ELF
    Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static reloc_howto_type elf_mips_howto_table[] =
 	 0xffffffff,		/* dst_mask */
 	 false),		/* pcrel_offset */
 
-  /* 26 bit branch address.  */
+  /* 26 bit jump address.  */
   HOWTO (R_MIPS_26,		/* type */
 	 2,			/* rightshift */
 	 2,			/* size (0 = byte, 1 = short, 2 = long) */
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ gprel32_with_gp (abfd, symbol, reloc_entry, input_section, relocateable, data,
 }
 
 /* Handle a 64 bit reloc in a 32 bit MIPS ELF file.  These are
-   generated when addreses are 64 bits.  The upper 32 bits are a simle
+   generated when addresses are 64 bits.  The upper 32 bits are a simple
    sign extension.  */
 
 static bfd_reloc_status_type
@@ -3071,8 +3071,8 @@ _bfd_mips_elf_fake_sections (abfd, hdr, sec)
 
 boolean
 _bfd_mips_elf_section_from_bfd_section (abfd, hdr, sec, retval)
-     bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED;
-     Elf32_Internal_Shdr *hdr ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED;
+     bfd *abfd;
+     Elf_Internal_Shdr *hdr ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED;
      asection *sec;
      int *retval;
 {
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index 9b6a708363..b971311d15 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ _bfd_elf_create_dynamic_sections (abfd, info)
   flagword flags, pltflags;
   register asection *s;
   struct elf_backend_data *bed = get_elf_backend_data (abfd);
-  int ptralign = 0;
+  int ptralign;
 
   switch (bed->s->arch_size)
     {
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ elf_link_renumber_hash_table_dynsyms (h, data)
   return true;
 }
 
-/* Assign dynsym indicies.  In a shared library we generate a section
+/* Assign dynsym indices.  In a shared library we generate a section
    symbol for each output section, which come first.  Next come all of
    the back-end allocated local dynamic syms, followed by the rest of
    the global symbols.  */