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@@ -89,18 +89,16 @@ HAS_LOCALE = false
HAS_WCHAR = false
# This specifies which malloc implementation is used.
-# "malloc-simple" is very, very small, but is also very, very dumb
-# and does not try to make good use of memory or clean up after itself.
#
-# "malloc" on the other hand is a bit bigger, but is pretty smart thereby
-# minimizing memory wastage and reusing already allocated memory. This
-# can be lots faster and safer IMHO.
+# "malloc" use mmap for all allocations and so works very well on MMU-less
+# systems that do not support the brk() system call. It is pretty smart
+# about reusing already allocated memory, and minimizing memory wastage.
#
-# "malloc-930716" is from libc-5.3.12 and was/is the standard gnu malloc.
-# It is actually smaller than "malloc", but because it is based on brk/sbrk
-# it will only work on systems with an MMU.
-MALLOC = malloc-simple
-#MALLOC = malloc
+# "malloc-930716" is derived from libc-5.3.12 and uses the brk() system call
+# for all memory allocations. This makes it very fast. It is also pretty
+# smart about reusing already allocated memory, and minimizing memory wastage.
+# Because this uses brk() it will not work on uClinux MMU-less systems.
+MALLOC = malloc
#MALLOC = malloc-930716
# If you want to collect common syscall code into one function, set to this to