[syslinux] Problems with newlib port

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Tue Jun 3 22:55:30 PDT 2008


Loginov Alexander wrote:
> Peter,
> 
> Is there are any disadvantages/shortcoming (in terms of functionality)
> of klibc comparing to newlib? I am asking because I need a decent
> C-library and syslinux for the embedded target. If those libraries are
> more or less the same, I would prefer to simply use klibc.
> 

It depends on what you need out of your "decent C library".  klibc's 
major shortcoming is that it doesn't have buffered stdio, but I actually 
have experimented with adding that support, too.

	-hpa




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