diff --git a/archival/Config.src b/archival/Config.src
index 9f4908178..885cb5bcc 100644
--- a/archival/Config.src
+++ b/archival/Config.src
@@ -187,15 +187,17 @@ config FEATURE_GZIP_LONG_OPTIONS
 	help
 	  Enable use of long options, increases size by about 106 Bytes
 
-config GZIP_BIG_MEM
-       bool "Trade memory for gzip speed"
-       default n
-       depends on GZIP
-       help
-         Enable big memory options for gzip, including larger I/O
-         buffers and bigger hash tables.  Faster, but uses at least
-         twice as much memory.  Select if speed is more important than
-         memory use.
+config GZIP_FAST
+	int "Trade memory for gzip speed (0:small,slow - 2:fast,big)"
+	default 0
+	range 0 2
+	depends on GZIP
+	help
+	  Enable big memory options for gzip.
+	  0: small buffers, small hash-tables
+	  1: larger buffers, larger hash-tables
+	  2: larger buffers, largest hash-tables
+	  Larger models may give slightly better compression
 
 config LZOP
 	bool "lzop"
@@ -340,15 +342,12 @@ config UNLZMA
 	  is generally considerably better than that achieved by the bzip2
 	  compressors.
 
-	  The BusyBox unlzma applet is limited to de-compression only.
+	  The BusyBox unlzma applet is limited to decompression only.
 	  On an x86 system, this applet adds about 4K.
 
-	  Unless you have a specific application which requires unlzma, you
-	  should probably say N here.
-
 config FEATURE_LZMA_FAST
 	bool "Optimize unlzma for speed"
-	default y
+	default n
 	depends on UNLZMA
 	help
 	  This option reduces decompression time by about 25% at the cost of
diff --git a/archival/bzip2.c b/archival/bzip2.c
index e39d7f704..3dde970f1 100644
--- a/archival/bzip2.c
+++ b/archival/bzip2.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include "archive.h"
 
-#define CONFIG_BZIP2_FEATURE_SPEED 1
+#define CONFIG_BZIP2_FAST 1
 
 /* Speed test:
  * Compiled with gcc 4.2.1, run on Athlon 64 1800 MHz (512K L2 cache).
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * (time to compress gcc-4.2.1.tar is 126.4% compared to bbox).
  * At SPEED 5 difference is 32.7%.
  *
- * Test run of all CONFIG_BZIP2_FEATURE_SPEED values on a 11Mb text file:
+ * Test run of all CONFIG_BZIP2_FAST values on a 11Mb text file:
  *     Size   Time (3 runs)
  * 0:  10828  4.145 4.146 4.148
  * 1:  11097  3.845 3.860 3.861
diff --git a/archival/gzip.c b/archival/gzip.c
index 0e0b68142..3af930b7e 100644
--- a/archival/gzip.c
+++ b/archival/gzip.c
@@ -81,10 +81,14 @@ aa:      85.1% -- replaced with aa.gz
 
 /* ===========================================================================
  */
-#if ENABLE_GZIP_BIG_MEM
+#if   CONFIG_GZIP_FAST == 0
+# define SMALL_MEM
+#elif CONFIG_GZIP_FAST == 1
+# define MEDIUM_MEM
+#elif CONFIG_GZIP_FAST == 2
 # define BIG_MEM
 #else
-# define SMALL_MEM
+# error "Invalid CONFIG_GZIP_FAST value"
 #endif
 
 #ifndef INBUFSIZ
diff --git a/archival/libarchive/bz/blocksort.c b/archival/libarchive/bz/blocksort.c
index f70c3701d..e600cb7a7 100644
--- a/archival/libarchive/bz/blocksort.c
+++ b/archival/libarchive/bz/blocksort.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ int mainGtU(
  * but speeds up compression 10% overall
  */
 
-#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FEATURE_SPEED >= 1
+#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FAST >= 1
 
 #define TIMES_8(code) \
 	code; code; code; code; \
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ void mainSimpleSort(uint32_t* ptr,
 			i++;
 
 /* 1.5% overall speedup, +290 bytes */
-#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FEATURE_SPEED >= 3
+#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FAST >= 3
 			/*-- copy 2 --*/
 			if (i > hi) break;
 			v = ptr[i];
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ void mainSort(EState* state,
 	j = block[0] << 8;
 	i = nblock - 1;
 /* 3%, +300 bytes */
-#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FEATURE_SPEED >= 2
+#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FAST >= 2
 	for (; i >= 3; i -= 4) {
 		quadrant[i] = 0;
 		j = (j >> 8) | (((uint16_t)block[i]) << 8);
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ void mainSort(EState* state,
 
 	s = block[0] << 8;
 	i = nblock - 1;
-#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FEATURE_SPEED >= 2
+#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FAST >= 2
 	for (; i >= 3; i -= 4) {
 		s = (s >> 8) | (block[i] << 8);
 		j = ftab[s] - 1;
diff --git a/archival/libarchive/bz/bzlib_private.h b/archival/libarchive/bz/bzlib_private.h
index 6430ce407..43e674bec 100644
--- a/archival/libarchive/bz/bzlib_private.h
+++ b/archival/libarchive/bz/bzlib_private.h
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ typedef struct EState {
 	/* stack-saving measures: these can be local, but they are too big */
 	int32_t  sendMTFValues__code [BZ_N_GROUPS][BZ_MAX_ALPHA_SIZE];
 	int32_t  sendMTFValues__rfreq[BZ_N_GROUPS][BZ_MAX_ALPHA_SIZE];
-#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FEATURE_SPEED >= 5
+#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FAST >= 5
 	/* second dimension: only 3 needed; 4 makes index calculations faster */
 	uint32_t sendMTFValues__len_pack[BZ_MAX_ALPHA_SIZE][4];
 #endif
diff --git a/archival/libarchive/bz/compress.c b/archival/libarchive/bz/compress.c
index f93671742..e9f1afdaf 100644
--- a/archival/libarchive/bz/compress.c
+++ b/archival/libarchive/bz/compress.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ void bsFinishWrite(EState* s)
 /*---------------------------------------------------*/
 static
 /* Helps only on level 5, on other levels hurts. ? */
-#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FEATURE_SPEED >= 5
+#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FAST >= 5
 ALWAYS_INLINE
 #endif
 void bsW(EState* s, int32_t n, uint32_t v)
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ void sendMTFValues(EState* s)
 			for (v = 0; v < alphaSize; v++)
 				s->rfreq[t][v] = 0;
 
-#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FEATURE_SPEED >= 5
+#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FAST >= 5
 		/*
 		 * Set up an auxiliary length table which is used to fast-track
 		 * the common case (nGroups == 6).
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void sendMTFValues(EState* s)
 			 */
 			for (t = 0; t < nGroups; t++)
 				cost[t] = 0;
-#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FEATURE_SPEED >= 5
+#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FAST >= 5
 			if (nGroups == 6 && 50 == ge-gs+1) {
 				/*--- fast track the common case ---*/
 				register uint32_t cost01, cost23, cost45;
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ void sendMTFValues(EState* s)
 			 * Increment the symbol frequencies for the selected table.
 			 */
 /* 1% faster compress. +800 bytes */
-#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FEATURE_SPEED >= 4
+#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FAST >= 4
 			if (nGroups == 6 && 50 == ge-gs+1) {
 				/*--- fast track the common case ---*/
 #define BZ_ITUR(nn) s->rfreq[bt][mtfv[gs + (nn)]]++
diff --git a/archival/libarchive/bz/huffman.c b/archival/libarchive/bz/huffman.c
index 676b1af66..bbec11adb 100644
--- a/archival/libarchive/bz/huffman.c
+++ b/archival/libarchive/bz/huffman.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ in the file LICENSE.
 
 
 /* 90 bytes, 0.3% of overall compress speed */
-#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FEATURE_SPEED >= 1
+#if CONFIG_BZIP2_FAST >= 1
 
 /* macro works better than inline (gcc 4.2.1) */
 #define DOWNHEAP1(heap, weight, Heap) \
diff --git a/configs/TEST_nommu_defconfig b/configs/TEST_nommu_defconfig
index 905f65296..15e12b1d2 100644
--- a/configs/TEST_nommu_defconfig
+++ b/configs/TEST_nommu_defconfig
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ CONFIG_PREFIX="./_install"
 # Busybox Library Tuning
 #
 CONFIG_PASSWORD_MINLEN=6
-CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED=2
+CONFIG_MD5_SMALL=1
 CONFIG_FEATURE_FAST_TOP=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_ETC_NETWORKS=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING=y
diff --git a/configs/TEST_noprintf_defconfig b/configs/TEST_noprintf_defconfig
index b72e12856..f4338df71 100644
--- a/configs/TEST_noprintf_defconfig
+++ b/configs/TEST_noprintf_defconfig
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ CONFIG_PREFIX="./_install"
 # Busybox Library Tuning
 #
 CONFIG_PASSWORD_MINLEN=6
-CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED=2
+CONFIG_MD5_SMALL=1
 CONFIG_FEATURE_FAST_TOP=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_ETC_NETWORKS is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING=y
diff --git a/configs/TEST_rh9_defconfig b/configs/TEST_rh9_defconfig
index 23094e391..193d8f615 100644
--- a/configs/TEST_rh9_defconfig
+++ b/configs/TEST_rh9_defconfig
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ CONFIG_PREFIX="./_install"
 # Busybox Library Tuning
 #
 CONFIG_PASSWORD_MINLEN=6
-CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED=2
+CONFIG_MD5_SMALL=1
 CONFIG_FEATURE_FAST_TOP=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_ETC_NETWORKS is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING=y
diff --git a/configs/android2_defconfig b/configs/android2_defconfig
index 338c7b13d..b5166e0fc 100644
--- a/configs/android2_defconfig
+++ b/configs/android2_defconfig
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ CONFIG_PREFIX="./_install"
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSTEMD is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_RTMINMAX is not set
 CONFIG_PASSWORD_MINLEN=6
-CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED=2
+CONFIG_MD5_SMALL=1
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_FAST_TOP is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_ETC_NETWORKS is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS=y
diff --git a/configs/android_defconfig b/configs/android_defconfig
index 7e5232a84..76068b040 100644
--- a/configs/android_defconfig
+++ b/configs/android_defconfig
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ CONFIG_PREFIX="./_install"
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSTEMD is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_RTMINMAX is not set
 CONFIG_PASSWORD_MINLEN=6
-CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED=2
+CONFIG_MD5_SMALL=1
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_FAST_TOP is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_ETC_NETWORKS is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS=y
diff --git a/configs/cygwin_defconfig b/configs/cygwin_defconfig
index cc2d643e1..bdd0d66d0 100644
--- a/configs/cygwin_defconfig
+++ b/configs/cygwin_defconfig
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ CONFIG_PREFIX="./_install"
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSTEMD is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_RTMINMAX=y
 CONFIG_PASSWORD_MINLEN=6
-CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED=2
+CONFIG_MD5_SMALL=1
 CONFIG_FEATURE_FAST_TOP=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_ETC_NETWORKS is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS=y
diff --git a/configs/freebsd_defconfig b/configs/freebsd_defconfig
index 5f2985be1..dcb5d953c 100644
--- a/configs/freebsd_defconfig
+++ b/configs/freebsd_defconfig
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ CONFIG_PREFIX="./_install"
 # Busybox Library Tuning
 #
 CONFIG_PASSWORD_MINLEN=6
-CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED=2
+CONFIG_MD5_SMALL=1
 CONFIG_FEATURE_FAST_TOP=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_ETC_NETWORKS is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS=y
diff --git a/libbb/Config.src b/libbb/Config.src
index f6f88b9ce..f45e43b04 100644
--- a/libbb/Config.src
+++ b/libbb/Config.src
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ config PASSWORD_MINLEN
 	help
 	  Minimum allowable password length.
 
-config MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED
+config MD5_SMALL
 	int "MD5: Trade bytes for speed (0:fast, 3:slow)"
-	default 2
+	default 1
 	range 0 3
 	help
 	  Trade binary size versus speed for the md5sum algorithm.
diff --git a/libbb/hash_md5_sha.c b/libbb/hash_md5_sha.c
index b87d1dde8..a313c2a65 100644
--- a/libbb/hash_md5_sha.c
+++ b/libbb/hash_md5_sha.c
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ static void FAST_FUNC common64_end(md5_ctx_t *ctx, int swap_needed)
  */
 
 /* 0: fastest, 3: smallest */
-#if CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED < 0
-# define MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED 0
-#elif CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 3
-# define MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED 3
+#if CONFIG_MD5_SMALL < 0
+# define MD5_SMALL 0
+#elif CONFIG_MD5_SMALL > 3
+# define MD5_SMALL 3
 #else
-# define MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED
+# define MD5_SMALL CONFIG_MD5_SMALL
 #endif
 
 /* These are the four functions used in the four steps of the MD5 algorithm
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static void FAST_FUNC common64_end(md5_ctx_t *ctx, int swap_needed)
 /* Hash a single block, 64 bytes long and 4-byte aligned */
 static void FAST_FUNC md5_process_block64(md5_ctx_t *ctx)
 {
-#if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 0
+#if MD5_SMALL > 0
 	/* Before we start, one word to the strange constants.
 	   They are defined in RFC 1321 as
 	   T[i] = (int)(4294967296.0 * fabs(sin(i))), i=1..64
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static void FAST_FUNC md5_process_block64(md5_ctx_t *ctx)
 		0xf7537e82, 0xbd3af235, 0x2ad7d2bb, 0xeb86d391
 	};
 	static const char P_array[] ALIGN1 = {
-# if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 1
+# if MD5_SMALL > 1
 		0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, /* 1 */
 # endif
 		1, 6, 11, 0, 5, 10, 15, 4, 9, 14, 3, 8, 13, 2, 7, 12, /* 2 */
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static void FAST_FUNC md5_process_block64(md5_ctx_t *ctx)
 	uint32_t C = ctx->hash[2];
 	uint32_t D = ctx->hash[3];
 
-#if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED >= 2  /* 2 or 3 */
+#if MD5_SMALL >= 2  /* 2 or 3 */
 
 	static const char S_array[] ALIGN1 = {
 		7, 12, 17, 22,
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static void FAST_FUNC md5_process_block64(md5_ctx_t *ctx)
 		words[i] = SWAP_LE32(words[i]);
 # endif
 
-# if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED == 3
+# if MD5_SMALL == 3
 	pc = C_array;
 	pp = P_array;
 	ps = S_array - 4;
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static void FAST_FUNC md5_process_block64(md5_ctx_t *ctx)
 		C = B;
 		B = temp;
 	}
-# else  /* MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED == 2 */
+# else  /* MD5_SMALL == 2 */
 	pc = C_array;
 	pp = P_array;
 	ps = S_array;
@@ -271,13 +271,13 @@ static void FAST_FUNC md5_process_block64(md5_ctx_t *ctx)
 	ctx->hash[2] += C;
 	ctx->hash[3] += D;
 
-#else  /* MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED == 0 or 1 */
+#else  /* MD5_SMALL == 0 or 1 */
 
 	uint32_t A_save = A;
 	uint32_t B_save = B;
 	uint32_t C_save = C;
 	uint32_t D_save = D;
-# if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED == 1
+# if MD5_SMALL == 1
 	const uint32_t *pc;
 	const char *pp;
 	int i;
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static void FAST_FUNC md5_process_block64(md5_ctx_t *ctx)
 	} while (0)
 
 	/* Round 1 */
-# if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED == 1
+# if MD5_SMALL == 1
 	pc = C_array;
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		OP(A, B, C, D, 7, *pc++);
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static void FAST_FUNC md5_process_block64(md5_ctx_t *ctx)
 	} while (0)
 
 	/* Round 2 */
-# if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED == 1
+# if MD5_SMALL == 1
 	pp = P_array;
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		OP(FG, A, B, C, D, (int) (*pp++), 5, *pc++);
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static void FAST_FUNC md5_process_block64(md5_ctx_t *ctx)
 # endif
 
 	/* Round 3 */
-# if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED == 1
+# if MD5_SMALL == 1
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		OP(FH, A, B, C, D, (int) (*pp++), 4, *pc++);
 		OP(FH, D, A, B, C, (int) (*pp++), 11, *pc++);
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static void FAST_FUNC md5_process_block64(md5_ctx_t *ctx)
 # endif
 
 	/* Round 4 */
-# if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED == 1
+# if MD5_SMALL == 1
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		OP(FI, A, B, C, D, (int) (*pp++), 6, *pc++);
 		OP(FI, D, A, B, C, (int) (*pp++), 10, *pc++);
diff --git a/libbb/hash_md5prime.c b/libbb/hash_md5prime.c
index 7986f4d29..e089a15f5 100644
--- a/libbb/hash_md5prime.c
+++ b/libbb/hash_md5prime.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
  * Completely removed static PADDING array.
  *
  * Reintroduced the loop unrolling in md5_transform and added the
- * MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED option for configurability.  Define below as:
+ * MD5_SMALL option for configurability.  Define below as:
  *       0    fully unrolled loops
  *       1    partially unrolled (4 ops per loop)
  *       2    no unrolling -- introduces the need to swap 4 variables (slow)
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 /* 1: fastest, 3: smallest */
-#if CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED < 1
-# define MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED 1
-#elif CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 3
-# define MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED 3
+#if CONFIG_MD5_SMALL < 1
+# define MD5_SMALL 1
+#elif CONFIG_MD5_SMALL > 3
+# define MD5_SMALL 3
 #else
-# define MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED
+# define MD5_SMALL CONFIG_MD5_SMALL
 #endif
 
 #if BB_LITTLE_ENDIAN
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ memcpy32_le2cpu(uint32_t *output, const unsigned char *input, unsigned len)
 static void md5_transform(uint32_t state[4], const unsigned char block[64])
 {
 	uint32_t a, b, c, d, x[16];
-#if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 1
+#if MD5_SMALL > 1
 	uint32_t temp;
 	const unsigned char *ps;
 
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ static void md5_transform(uint32_t state[4], const unsigned char block[64])
 		4, 11, 16, 23,
 		6, 10, 15, 21
 	};
-#endif /* MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 1 */
+#endif /* MD5_SMALL > 1 */
 
-#if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 0
+#if MD5_SMALL > 0
 	const uint32_t *pc;
 	const unsigned char *pp;
 	int i;
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static void md5_transform(uint32_t state[4], const unsigned char block[64])
 		0, 7, 14, 5, 12, 3, 10, 1, 8, 15, 6, 13, 4, 11, 2, 9  /* 4 */
 	};
 
-#endif /* MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 0 */
+#endif /* MD5_SMALL > 0 */
 
 	memcpy32_le2cpu(x, block, 64);
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static void md5_transform(uint32_t state[4], const unsigned char block[64])
 	c = state[2];
 	d = state[3];
 
-#if MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 2
+#if MD5_SMALL > 2
 	pc = C;
 	pp = P;
 	ps = S - 4;
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static void md5_transform(uint32_t state[4], const unsigned char block[64])
 		temp += b;
 		a = d; d = c; c = b; b = temp;
 	}
-#elif MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 1
+#elif MD5_SMALL > 1
 	pc = C;
 	pp = P;
 	ps = S;
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static void md5_transform(uint32_t state[4], const unsigned char block[64])
 		II(a, b, c, d, x[*pp], ps[i & 0x3], *pc); pp++; pc++;
 		temp = d; d = c; c = b; b = a; a = temp;
 	}
-#elif MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED > 0
+#elif MD5_SMALL > 0
 	pc = C;
 	pp = P;
 	/* Round 1 */