diff -up procps-3.2.7/top.c.p14 procps-3.2.7/top.c
--- procps-3.2.7/top.c.p14	2008-09-01 11:36:55.000000000 +0200
+++ procps-3.2.7/top.c	2008-09-01 11:36:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ static int No_ksyms = -1,       // set t
            Loops = -1,          // number of iterations, -1 loops forever
            Secure_mode = 0;     // set if some functionality restricted
 
+static int VIRT_vmsize = 0;	//use vm_size for VIRT 
+
         /* Some cap's stuff to reduce runtime calls --
            to accomodate 'Batch' mode, they begin life as empty strings */
 static char  Cap_clr_eol    [CAPBUFSIZ],
@@ -1674,6 +1676,9 @@ static void before (char *me)
       Fieldstab[P_PPD].fmts = pid_fmt;
       Fieldstab[P_PPD].head = "       PPID" + 10 - pid_digits;
    }
+   
+   if (( getenv("STATSIZE")) && ( atoi(getenv("STATSIZE")) == 1 )) 
+	   VIRT_vmsize = 1;
 }
 
 
@@ -2207,6 +2212,7 @@ static void reframewins (void)
    }
    if (!Frames_libflags) Frames_libflags = L_DEFAULT;
    if (selection_type=='p') Frames_libflags |= PROC_PID;
+   if (VIRT_vmsize) Frames_libflags |= L_status;
 }
 
 
@@ -3186,7 +3192,10 @@ static void task_show (const WIN_t *q, c
             MKCOL(p->ruser);
             break;
          case P_VRT:
-            MKCOL(scale_num(PAGES_TO_KB(p->size), w, s));
+ 	    if (VIRT_vmsize) 
+		    MKCOL(scale_num(PAGES_TO_KB(p->vm_size), w, s));
+ 	    else
+		    MKCOL(scale_num(PAGES_TO_KB(p->size), w, s));
             break;
          case P_WCH:
             if (No_ksyms) {
diff -up procps-3.2.7/top.1.p14 procps-3.2.7/top.1
--- procps-3.2.7/top.1.p14	2006-06-19 06:33:51.000000000 +0200
+++ procps-3.2.7/top.1	2008-09-01 11:36:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@ A task's currently used share of availab
 o:\fB VIRT\fR \*(EM Virtual Image (kb)
 The total amount of \*(MV used by the task.
 It includes all code, data and shared libraries plus pages that have been
-swapped out.
+swapped out. (Note: you can define the STATSIZE=1 environment variable and the VIRT
+will be calculated from the /proc/#/state VmSize field.)
 
 VIRT = SWAP + RES.