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authorEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2002-07-18 15:00:07 +0000
committerEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2002-07-18 15:00:07 +0000
commit35d29fcb08fadaf006561a058746b0fce76a6a74 (patch)
treeb42a59394f8ee7dc7c11f71ae2d45b1e1beb834b /extra/Configs/Config.powerpc
parent3b1e82407a02aed6319c6686c5b06c2051a20cca (diff)
Miles Bader implemented a new mmap based malloc which is much
smarter than the old "malloc-simple", and actually works, unlike the old "malloc". So kill the old "malloc-simple" and the old "malloc" and replace them with Miles' new malloc implementation. Update Config files to match. Thanks Miles!
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/extra/Configs/Config.powerpc b/extra/Configs/Config.powerpc
index 4cd446979..1d1cacf68 100644
--- a/extra/Configs/Config.powerpc
+++ b/extra/Configs/Config.powerpc
@@ -86,17 +86,15 @@ 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-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