diff --git a/README b/README
index 9e3cf19..73e134e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 xv6 is a re-implementation of Dennis Ritchie's and Ken Thompson's Unix
 Version 6 (v6).  xv6 loosely follows the structure and style of v6,
-but is implemented for a modern x86-based multiprocessor using ANSI C.
+but is implemented for a modern RISC-V multiprocessor using ANSI C.
 
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 
diff --git a/console.c b/console.c
index c7e1852..122ccb3 100644
--- a/console.c
+++ b/console.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ consolewrite(struct inode *ip, int user_src, uint64 src, int n)
   acquire(&cons.lock);
   for(i = 0; i < n; i++){
     char c;
-    if(either_copyin(&c, user_src, src, 1) == -1)
+    if(either_copyin(&c, user_src, src+i, 1) == -1)
       break;
     consputc(c);
   }
diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 4c34a51..c854aae 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ exec(char *path, char **argv)
 {
   char *s, *last;
   int i, off;
-  uint64 argc, sz, sp, ustack[3+MAXARG+1];
+  uint64 argc, sz, sp, ustack[MAXARG+1];
   struct elfhdr elf;
   struct inode *ip;
   struct proghdr ph;
@@ -71,24 +71,24 @@ exec(char *path, char **argv)
   for(argc = 0; argv[argc]; argc++) {
     if(argc >= MAXARG)
       goto bad;
-    sp = (sp - (strlen(argv[argc]) + 1)) & ~(sizeof(uint64)-1);
+    sp -= strlen(argv[argc]) + 1;
+    sp -= sp % 16; // riscv sp must be 16-byte aligned
     if(copyout(pagetable, sp, argv[argc], strlen(argv[argc]) + 1) < 0)
       goto bad;
-    ustack[3+argc] = sp;
+    ustack[argc] = sp;
   }
-  ustack[3+argc] = 0;
+  ustack[argc] = 0;
 
-  ustack[0] = 0xffffffff;  // fake return PC
-  ustack[1] = argc;
-  ustack[2] = sp - (argc+1)*sizeof(uint64);  // argv pointer
+  // push the array of argv[] pointers.
+  sp -= (argc+1) * sizeof(uint64);
+  sp -= sp % 16;
+  if(copyout(pagetable, sp, (char *)ustack, (argc+1)*sizeof(uint64)) < 0)
+    goto bad;
 
   // arguments to user main(argc, argv)
-  p->tf->a0 = argc;
-  p->tf->a1 = sp - (argc+1)*sizeof(uint64);
-
-  sp -= (3+argc+1) * sizeof(uint64);
-  if(copyout(pagetable, sp, (char *)ustack, (3+argc+1)*sizeof(uint64)) < 0)
-    goto bad;
+  // argc is returned via the system call return
+  // value, which goes in a0.
+  p->tf->a1 = sp;
 
   // Save program name for debugging.
   for(last=s=path; *s; s++)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ exec(char *path, char **argv)
   p->tf->epc = elf.entry;  // initial program counter = main
   p->tf->sp = sp; // initial stack pointer
   proc_freepagetable(oldpagetable, oldsz);
-  return 0;
+  return argc; // this ends up in a0, the first argument to main(argc, argv)
 
  bad:
   if(pagetable)