Hi Raphael,

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 09:41:31AM +0000, Hiesgen, Raphael wrote:
> I am curious as to how memory management works. Searching the code for "void 
> free(" returns two implementations. One implements the function in the native 
> port as a wrapper of the systems implementations (?) and the other does 
> nothing (found in malloc.h in the folder oneway-malloc and implemented in 
> oneway-malloc.c).

Yes, the native "implementation" just wraps the system implementation.

> Is there another implementation I have overlooked or is there no way to free 
> memory on boards?

Please have a look at 
https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/wiki/Static-vs-Dynamic-Memory

Cheers, Ludwig
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