From: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 20:44:27 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention that process_wait() can be changed to an infinite loop
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Mention that process_wait() can be changed to an infinite loop
temporarily.
---

diff --git a/doc/userprog.texi b/doc/userprog.texi
index 00c0f67..ab6115c 100644
--- a/doc/userprog.texi
+++ b/doc/userprog.texi
@@ -481,6 +481,12 @@ The @code{write} system call for writing to fd 1, the system console.
 All of our test programs write to the console (the user process version
 of @func{printf} is implemented this way), so they will all malfunction
 until @code{write} is available.
+
+@item
+For now, change @func{process_wait} to an infinite loop (one that waits
+forever).  The provided implementation returns immediately, so Pintos
+will power off before any processes actually get to run.  You will
+eventually need to provide a correct implementation.
 @end itemize
 
 After the above are implemented, user processes should work minimally.