diff --git a/core/sys/process.c b/core/sys/process.c
index 284796d9c..da04bde9a 100644
--- a/core/sys/process.c
+++ b/core/sys/process.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  *
  * This file is part of the Contiki operating system.
  *
- * @(#)$Id: process.c,v 1.10 2010/02/02 21:13:27 adamdunkels Exp $
+ * @(#)$Id: process.c,v 1.11 2010/09/14 18:55:04 dak664 Exp $
  */
 
 /**
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ process_start(struct process *p, const char *arg)
   p->state = PROCESS_STATE_RUNNING;
   PT_INIT(&p->pt);
 
-  PRINTF("process: starting '%s'\n", p->name);
+  PRINTF("process: starting '%s'\n", PROCESS_NAME_STRING(p));
 
   /* Post a synchronous initialization event to the process. */
   process_post_synch(p, PROCESS_EVENT_INIT, (process_data_t)arg);
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ exit_process(struct process *p, struct process *fromprocess)
   register struct process *q;
   struct process *old_current = process_current;
 
-  PRINTF("process: exit_process '%s'\n", p->name);
+  PRINTF("process: exit_process '%s'\n", PROCESS_NAME_STRING(p));
 
   if(process_is_running(p)) {
     /* Process was running */
@@ -172,13 +172,13 @@ call_process(struct process *p, process_event_t ev, process_data_t data)
 
 #if DEBUG
   if(p->state == PROCESS_STATE_CALLED) {
-    printf("process: process '%s' called again with event %d\n", p->name, ev);
+    printf("process: process '%s' called again with event %d\n", PROCESS_NAME_STRING(p), ev);
   }
 #endif /* DEBUG */
   
   if((p->state & PROCESS_STATE_RUNNING) &&
      p->thread != NULL) {
-    PRINTF("process: calling process '%s' with event %d\n", p->name, ev);
+    PRINTF("process: calling process '%s' with event %d\n", PROCESS_NAME_STRING(p), ev);
     process_current = p;
     p->state = PROCESS_STATE_CALLED;
     ret = p->thread(&p->pt, ev, data);
@@ -319,19 +319,19 @@ process_post(struct process *p, process_event_t ev, process_data_t data)
 
   if(PROCESS_CURRENT() == NULL) {
     PRINTF("process_post: NULL process posts event %d to process '%s', nevents %d\n",
-	   ev, p->name, nevents);
+	   ev,PROCESS_NAME_STRING(p), nevents);
   } else {
     PRINTF("process_post: Process '%s' posts event %d to process '%s', nevents %d\n",
-	   PROCESS_CURRENT()->name, ev,
-	   p == PROCESS_BROADCAST? "<broadcast>": p->name, nevents);
+	   PROCESS_NAME_STRING(PROCESS_CURRENT()), ev,
+	   p == PROCESS_BROADCAST? "<broadcast>": PROCESS_NAME_STRING(p), nevents);
   }
   
   if(nevents == PROCESS_CONF_NUMEVENTS) {
 #if DEBUG
     if(p == PROCESS_BROADCAST) {
-      printf("soft panic: event queue is full when broadcast event %d was posted from %s\n", ev, process_current->name);
+      printf("soft panic: event queue is full when broadcast event %d was posted from %s\n", ev, PROCESS_NAME_STRING(process_current));
     } else {
-      printf("soft panic: event queue is full when event %d was posted to %s frpm %s\n", ev, p->name, process_current->name);
+      printf("soft panic: event queue is full when event %d was posted to %s frpm %s\n", ev, PROCESS_NAME_STRING(p), PROCESS_NAME_STRING(process_current));
     }
 #endif /* DEBUG */
     return PROCESS_ERR_FULL;
diff --git a/core/sys/process.h b/core/sys/process.h
index f1bea6aaf..097ac03cf 100644
--- a/core/sys/process.h
+++ b/core/sys/process.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  *
  * This file is part of the Contiki operating system.
  *
- * @(#)$Id: process.h,v 1.16 2008/10/14 12:46:39 nvt-se Exp $
+ * @(#)$Id: process.h,v 1.17 2010/09/14 18:55:04 dak664 Exp $
  */
 
 /**
@@ -292,22 +292,35 @@ static PT_THREAD(process_thread_##name(struct pt *process_pt,	\
  * This macro declares a process. The process has two names: the
  * variable of the process structure, which is used by the C program,
  * and a human readable string name, which is used when debugging.
+ * A configuration option allows removal of the readable name to save RAM.
  *
  * \param name The variable name of the process structure.
  * \param strname The string representation of the process' name.
  *
  * \hideinitializer
  */
+#if PROCESS_CONF_NO_PROCESS_NAMES
+#define PROCESS(name, strname)				\
+  PROCESS_THREAD(name, ev, data);			\
+  struct process name = { NULL,		        \
+                          process_thread_##name }
+#else
 #define PROCESS(name, strname)				\
   PROCESS_THREAD(name, ev, data);			\
   struct process name = { NULL, strname,		\
                           process_thread_##name }
+#endif
 
 /** @} */
 
 struct process {
   struct process *next;
+#if PROCESS_CONF_NO_PROCESS_NAMES
+#define PROCESS_NAME_STRING(process) ""
+#else
   const char *name;
+#define PROCESS_NAME_STRING(process) (process)->name
+#endif
   PT_THREAD((* thread)(struct pt *, process_event_t, process_data_t));
   struct pt pt;
   unsigned char state, needspoll;