curl-library_at_Antronics.co.uk wrote:

> > Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:15:58 +0000
> > From: Gary Maxwell <gmaxwell_at_casabi.com>
> > To: libcurl development <curl-library_at_cool.haxx.se>
> > 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.

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