diff --git a/README b/README
index 22f5c4e..d05cbe8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ In addition, we are grateful for the patches contributed by Greg
 Price, Yandong Mao, and Hitoshi Mitake.
 
 The code in the files that constitute xv6 is
-Copyright 2006-2007 Frans Kaashoek, Robert Morris, and Russ Cox.
+Copyright 2006-2011 Frans Kaashoek, Robert Morris, and Russ Cox.
 
 ERROR REPORTS
 
diff --git a/vm.c b/vm.c
index aa7f659..3545171 100644
--- a/vm.c
+++ b/vm.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ seginit(void)
 {
   struct cpu *c;
 
-  // Map virtual addresses to linear addresses using identity map.
+  // Map "logical" addresses to virtual addresses using identity map.
   // Cannot share a CODE descriptor for both kernel and user
   // because it would have to have DPL_USR, but the CPU forbids
   // an interrupt from CPL=0 to DPL=3.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ seginit(void)
 }
 
 // Return the address of the PTE in page table pgdir
-// that corresponds to linear address va.  If alloc!=0,
+// that corresponds to virtual address va.  If alloc!=0,
 // create any required page table pages.
 static pte_t *
 walkpgdir(pde_t *pgdir, const void *va, char* (*alloc)(void))
@@ -64,17 +64,17 @@ walkpgdir(pde_t *pgdir, const void *va, char* (*alloc)(void))
   return &pgtab[PTX(va)];
 }
 
-// Create PTEs for linear addresses starting at la that refer to
+// Create PTEs for virtual addresses starting at la that refer to
 // physical addresses starting at pa. la and size might not
 // be page-aligned.
 static int
-mappages(pde_t *pgdir, void *la, uint size, uint pa, int perm, char* (*alloc)(void))
+mappages(pde_t *pgdir, void *va, uint size, uint pa, int perm, char* (*alloc)(void))
 {
   char *a, *last;
   pte_t *pte;
   
-  a = PGROUNDDOWN(la);
-  last = PGROUNDDOWN(la + size - 1);
+  a = PGROUNDDOWN(va);
+  last = PGROUNDDOWN(va + size - 1);
   for(;;){
     pte = walkpgdir(pgdir, a, alloc);
     if(pte == 0)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ mappages(pde_t *pgdir, void *la, uint size, uint pa, int perm, char* (*alloc)(vo
   return 0;
 }
 
-// The mappings from logical to linear are one to one (i.e.,
+// The mappings from logical to virtual are one to one (i.e.,
 // segmentation doesn't do anything).
 // There is one page table per process, plus one that's used
 // when a CPU is not running any process (kpgdir).
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ mappages(pde_t *pgdir, void *la, uint size, uint pa, int perm, char* (*alloc)(vo
 // page protection bits prevent it from using anything other
 // than its memory.
 // 
-//
 // setupkvm() and exec() set up every page table like this:
 //   0..USERTOP      : user memory (text, data, stack, heap), mapped to some unused phys mem
 //   KERNBASE..KERNBASE+1M: mapped to 0..1M
@@ -112,9 +111,9 @@ mappages(pde_t *pgdir, void *la, uint size, uint pa, int perm, char* (*alloc)(vo
 // (which is inaccessible in user mode).  The user program sits in
 // the bottom of the address space, and the kernel at the top at KERNBASE.
 static struct kmap {
-  void *l;
-  uint p;
-  uint e;
+  void *virt;
+  uint phys_start;
+  uint phys_end;
   int perm;
 } kmap[] = {
   { P2V(0), 0, 1024*1024, PTE_W},  // First 1Mbyte contains BIOS and some IO devices
@@ -135,7 +134,8 @@ setupkvm(char* (*alloc)(void))
   memset(pgdir, 0, PGSIZE);
   k = kmap;
   for(k = kmap; k < &kmap[NELEM(kmap)]; k++)
-    if(mappages(pgdir, k->l, k->e - k->p, (uint)k->p, k->perm, alloc) < 0)
+    if(mappages(pgdir, k->virt, k->phys_end - k->phys_start, (uint)k->phys_start, 
+		k->perm, alloc) < 0)
       return 0;
 
   return pgdir;