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diff --git a/doc/userprog.texi b/doc/userprog.texi
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--- a/doc/userprog.texi
+++ b/doc/userprog.texi
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ assignment.  The ``alarm clock'' functionality may be useful in
 projects 3 and 4, but it is not strictly required.
 
 You might find it useful to go back and reread how to run the tests
-(@pxref{Testing}).  In particular, the tests for project 2 and later
-projects will probably run faster if you use the qemu emulator, e.g.@:
-via @code{make check PINTOSOPTS='--qemu'}.  The qemu emulator is
-available only on the Linux machines.
+(@pxref{Testing}).
 
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 * Project 2 Background::        
@@ -304,7 +301,7 @@ regardless of what user process or kernel thread is running.  In
 Pintos, kernel virtual memory is mapped one-to-one to physical
 memory, starting at @code{PHYS_BASE}.  That is, virtual address
 @code{PHYS_BASE} accesses physical
-address 0, virtual address @code{PHYS_BASE} + @t{0x1234} access
+address 0, virtual address @code{PHYS_BASE} + @t{0x1234} accesses
 physical address @t{0x1234}, and so on up to the size of the machine's
 physical memory.
 
@@ -317,11 +314,6 @@ the running process.  However, even in the kernel, an attempt to
 access memory at an unmapped user virtual address
 will cause a page fault.
 
-You must handle memory fragmentation gracefully, that is, a process that
-needs @var{N} pages of user virtual memory must not require those pages
-to be contiguous in physical memory (or, equivalently, in kernel virtual
-memory).
-
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 * Typical Memory Layout::       
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@@ -574,13 +566,13 @@ word is the program name, the second word is the first argument, and so
 on.  That is, @code{process_execute("grep foo bar")} should run
 @command{grep} passing two arguments @code{foo} and @code{bar}.
 
-Within a command line, multiple spaces are equivalent to a single space,
-so that @code{process_execute("grep foo bar")} is equivalent to our
-original example.  You can impose a reasonable limit on the length of
-the command line arguments.  For example, you could limit the arguments
-to those that will fit in a single page (4 kB).  (There is an unrelated
-limit of 128 bytes on command-line arguments that the @command{pintos}
-utility can pass to the kernel.)
+Within a command line, multiple spaces are equivalent to a single
+space, so that @code{process_execute("grep @w{ }foo @w{ }@w{ }bar")}
+is equivalent to our original example.  You can impose a reasonable
+limit on the length of the command line arguments.  For example, you
+could limit the arguments to those that will fit in a single page (4
+kB).  (There is an unrelated limit of 128 bytes on command-line
+arguments that the @command{pintos} utility can pass to the kernel.)
 
 You can parse argument strings any way you like.  If you're lost,
 look at @func{strtok_r}, prototyped in @file{lib/string.h} and
@@ -627,10 +619,11 @@ the program cannot load or run for any reason.
 @end deftypefn
 
 @deftypefn {System Call} int wait (pid_t @var{pid})
-Waits for process @var{pid} to die and returns the status it passed to
-@code{exit}.  Returns -1 if @var{pid}
-was terminated by the kernel (e.g.@: killed due to an exception).  If
-@var{pid} is does not refer to a child of the
+If process @var{pid} is still alive, waits until it dies.
+Then, returns the status that @var{pid} passed to @code{exit},
+or -1 if @var{pid}
+was terminated by the kernel (e.g.@: killed due to an exception).=  If
+@var{pid} does not refer to a child of the
 calling thread, or if @code{wait} has already been successfully
 called for the given @var{pid}, returns -1 immediately, without
 waiting.
@@ -682,6 +675,12 @@ as explicitly described below.
 
 Each process has an independent set of file descriptors.  File
 descriptors are not inherited by child processes.
+
+When a single file is opened more than once, whether by a single
+process or different processes, each @code{open} returns a new file
+descriptor.  Different file descriptors for a single file are closed
+independently in separate calls to @code{close} and they do not share
+a file position.
 @end deftypefn
 
 @deftypefn {System Call} int filesize (int @var{fd})
@@ -693,8 +692,7 @@ Reads @var{size} bytes from the file open as @var{fd} into
 @var{buffer}.  Returns the number of bytes actually read (0 at end of
 file), or -1 if the file could not be read (due to a condition other
 than end of file).  Fd 0 reads from the keyboard using
-@func{kbd_getc}.  (Keyboard input will not work if you pass the
-@option{-v} option to @command{pintos}.)
+@func{input_getc}.
 @end deftypefn
 
 @deftypefn {System Call} int write (int @var{fd}, const void *@var{buffer}, unsigned @var{size})
@@ -913,12 +911,6 @@ You can choose whatever suitable types you like for @code{tid_t} and
 @code{pid_t}.  By default, they're both @code{int}.  You can make them
 a one-to-one mapping, so that the same values in both identify the
 same process, or you can use a more complex mapping.  It's up to you.
-
-@item Keyboard input doesn't work.
-
-You are probably passing @option{-v} to @command{pintos}, but
-serial input isn't implemented.  Don't use @option{-v} if you
-want to use the shell or otherwise need keyboard input.
 @end table
 
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