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If the restriction is size based, have you looked at the smaller libc
variants used in embedded world?
If the restriction  is a legal issue, you need to find a different lawyer...

On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Nulik Nol <nuliknol@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I need to develop an application to forward packets, but it must not
> use GLIBC. It will not have malloc(), printf() and other functions
> except syscalls. What files should I copy from DPDK distribution that
> would allow me to manage the rings ? Is this doable or it will require
> rewriting all the code, and probably I should write my own light DPDK
> for this purpose ?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Nulik