On Monday, 22 August 2016 10:57:51 BST Antti Kantee wrote:
> On 22/08/16 10:43, Geoffrey Clements wrote:
> 
> Sorry but we're all noobs here.
> 

Yes but some are more noob than others ;) (with apologies to George Orwell)

> 
> This thread touches the subject, with a slightly longer version:
> https://www.freelists.org/post/rumpkernel-users/Library-Guide-Minimization
> 

Thanks for the link, at least that confirms for me that it isn't some 
cognitive defect on my part.

> 
> > It seems I need to include networking for a simple hello world program
> > which does not feel right to me given the philosophy of unikernels.
> 
> Philosophy and reality are not always aligned ;)
> 

Rarely, I would say :)

Just for the record, the minimum list would seem to be:
-lrumpnet -lrumpnet_config -lrumpnet_net

The project I have planned for my unikernel will require networking so this is 
not a problem for me.

> It is definitely possible to avoid including the networking stack.
> That's in fact what I did, IIRC, for rumprun-nethack.  However, it
> requires a bit of recompilation.  Of course, it's not impossible or even
> hard to fix properly, but nobody has had a pressing need to fix it and
> contribute their fix for others to enjoy.

I would love to be able to contribute but, alas, I'm not sure I am capable 
enough for such things.

-- 
Geoff

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