diff --git a/src/sys/include/misc/kernel_string_pool.h b/src/sys/include/misc/kernel_string_pool.h
index f0f4043..df44f70 100755
--- a/src/sys/include/misc/kernel_string_pool.h
+++ b/src/sys/include/misc/kernel_string_pool.h
@@ -28,30 +28,43 @@
    ----------------------------------------------------
 
    'ID' - [DWORD]:
-      - 'num-words' - bits [0,7]
-         - number of 'KRNWORD's in the string is 'num-words' + 1
-      - bits [8,32]  BYTE offset inside pool where the 'KRNSTR'
-                     (kernel string) is stored
+            -  BYTE offset inside pool where the 'KRNSTR'
+               (kernel string) is stored
 
    'KRNSTR's (kernel strings) are specified as an array of continuous BYTEs
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    'KRNSTR':
-      - [KRNWORD] x 'num-words' (given by ID)
+      - 'num-bytes' - [BYTE] 
+         - total number of bytes in kernel string
+      - [KRNWORD] x ???
+         - 'KRNWORD's follow for 'num-bytes' bytes
 
    'KRNWORD':
       - [BYTE] 'key1'
 
-      - if key1 == [0,254]:
+      - if key1 == [0,63]:
          - key1 is the index of the 'sub-string' in the pool
 
-      - otherwise key1 is an escape sequence and implies:
-         - [BYTE] 'key2'
-         - [BYTE] 'key3'
-         - the index of the 'sub-string' in the pool is key2*256 + key3 + 255
+      - otherwise
+         - if key1 has bit 7 set
+            - [BYTE] 'key2'
+            - [BYTE] 'key3'
+            - the index of the 'sub-string' in the pool is:
+                                          (key1&0x7F) * 65536
+                                          + key2 * 256
+                                          + key3
+            - (index is in [16384,(2^23-1)]
 
-      - NOTE: the reason for using two extra 8-bit keys instead of a 16-bit
-      value is in case we port to platform with data alignment exceptions
+         - otherwise
+            - [BYTE] 'key2'
+            - the index of the 'sub-string' in the pool is:
+                                          (key1&0x3F) * 256
+                                          + key2
+            - (index is in [64,16383])
+
+      - NOTE: the reason for using only extra 8-bit keys
+      is in case we port to platform with data alignment exceptions
       and this stuff is left dormant and never changed
 
    - NOTE: a 'space' (0x20) is implied between each 'KRNWORD', therefore
@@ -59,8 +72,9 @@
    A & B if AB does not contain any spaces
 
    - a 'sub-string' is found by using the the index of the
-   'sub-string' in the pool to get an offset into an array
-   of continuous BYTEs via lookup
+   'sub-string' and scanning through the whole
+   substring pool (a little slow)
+   (lookup table was ditched to save memory)
 
    'sub-string's are specified as an array of continuous BYTEs
    -----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -85,9 +99,6 @@
 
    /* pointer to where the sub strings are stored */
    const BYTEg * p_substrs;
-
-   /* lookup table for substring offsets */
-   const unsigned int * p_substr_off;
 }
 KSTR_POOL;