How small does it need to be? My 3.0.0 libzmq.a is 2.7MB. I'm not sure how far you'll get trying to trim the library down by hand. Everything has a purpose, there is little or no superfluous code.
-Michel On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Ishigo, Kelvin K <[email protected]> wrote: > The zeromq functionality makes tremendous sense to me. I have worked my way > through the guide, using the python examples to see how it flows. I've built > several messaging type IPC's and have no desire to generalize them to > multiple processes. It will come down to code size. Maybe we can do as > others did and statically link but I would rather be able to trim out > functionality via a smart linker, or if needed, by hand. It would depend on > how modular the internals of libzmq are. > Thank you. > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joshua Foster > [[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 9:54 PM > To: ZeroMQ development list > Subject: Re: [zeromq-dev] embedding zeromq question > > The low-latency nature of ZeroMQ makes it ideal for embedded platforms. > As of 3.x, ZeroMQ has no external dependencies (2.1 needs libuuid). My > Windows version is 180KB, and my OSX version is 380KB. Your runtime > needs will depend on how large the messages are and the number of > messages expected in the queue(s). > > Your benefit for 4-5 devices is a highly optimized, stable messaging > solution that you don't need to write. The main features are messaging > patterns (request/reply, publish/subscribe, and pipeline), > re-connection, and atomic message delivery. I have found that I can > develop applications much faster once I got over the initial learning > curve. I would recommend reading at least the first chapter of the guide > (http://zguide.zeromq.org/page:all#toc0). > > Joshua > > On 6/4/2012 8:29 PM, Ishigo, Kelvin K wrote: >> Hello, >> We are looking at distributed message queue solutions and zeromq looks >> promising... but we deploy on an embedded linux platform(s) (2.6+) which is >> hosted to several different processor architectures. >> Our main question is whether zeromq is a suitable in this type of >> environment where we are code footprint limited due to flash on the box. >> Also, is it overkill since we are basically planning to "share" amongst a >> limited number of devices (4-5)? >> Thank you. >> >> If there are existing threads, please do point me to them as I do not wish >> to rehash existing discussions. >> >> Kelvin >> _______________________________________________ >> zeromq-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev > > _______________________________________________ > zeromq-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev > > _______________________________________________ > zeromq-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev _______________________________________________ zeromq-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev
