[email protected] wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:15:58 +0000 > > From: Gary Maxwell <[email protected]> > > To: libcurl development <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: Porting libcurl to a small, embedded system? > > > >> > >> I work with small, microcontroller-based embedded systems (eg, ARM > >> Cortex-M3). > >> > >> I'm wondering if it might be practical to port libcurl to such a > >> system? > >> Possibly with no OS ("bare metal"); probably using a 3rd-party TCP/IP > >> stack. > >> > > > > You did not mention the 3rd-party TCP/IP stack you were considering. > > It would be useful to know if there are any existing ports of libcurl to > this stack. > > Indeed - is there a list of existing ports anywhere? > (googling "libcurl port" just gets swamped with references to "port" in the > "IP port" > sense.) :-( > > I'm not "comitted" to a particular stack - but ones like Nichelite, LwIP, > uIP, etc > tend to be the ones touted by the microcontroller manufacturers... > > > Your mileage may vary, but be forewarned that the libcurl porting effort > may > > take longer than you think, and may require a good level of support from > the > > supplier of the stack. > > That kind of figures - thanks for the heads-up. > > Maybe I'd be better off looking at some of the simpler entries at > http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/competitors.html ? This list brings up some interesting issues. A tangential but interesting one is the difference between between the open software and MIT versions of libcurl. Also, I don't think any of the other libraries in the list support SFTP. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List admin: http://cool.haxx.se/list/listinfo/curl-library > Etiquette: http://curl.haxx.se/mail/etiquette.html -- Paul Romero RCOM Communications Software Phone/Fax: (510)339-2628 E-Mail: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------- List admin: http://cool.haxx.se/list/listinfo/curl-library Etiquette: http://curl.haxx.se/mail/etiquette.html
