+/* buffer allocation schemes */
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_GO_ON_STACK
+#define RESERVE_CONFIG_BUFFER(buffer,len) char buffer[len]
+#define RESERVE_CONFIG_UBUFFER(buffer,len) unsigned char buffer[len]
+#define RELEASE_CONFIG_BUFFER(buffer) ((void)0)
+#else
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_GO_IN_BSS
+#define RESERVE_CONFIG_BUFFER(buffer,len) static char buffer[len]
+#define RESERVE_CONFIG_UBUFFER(buffer,len) static unsigned char buffer[len]
+#define RELEASE_CONFIG_BUFFER(buffer) ((void)0)
+#else
+#define RESERVE_CONFIG_BUFFER(buffer,len) char *buffer=xmalloc(len)
+#define RESERVE_CONFIG_UBUFFER(buffer,len) unsigned char *buffer=xmalloc(len)
+#define RELEASE_CONFIG_BUFFER(buffer) free (buffer)
+#endif
+#endif
+
+