> Hm.  We now have the following situation.
> 
> "I'd like to use procfs for this utility, but mustn't because it's only
> optional."
> 
> "I'd like to make procfs non-optional, but nothing uses it."
> 
> Someone's gonna have to bite one bullet or the other, or we'll be
> forever stuck where we are. :-)

Stuck without procfs is not a bad thing, in many peoples' opinions.
Make the kernel pageable, and then i'll let you have that memory.  8-)



cgd