Re: [lwip-devel] recent 32-bit alignment patch in HEAD andrequirement for libc

[Jani Monoses]

> > > As far as I know, lwIP did not require the C library before.
> > 
> > we already call memcpy() though.
> > 
> I think I found the non-requirement on the C library in Adam Dunkel´s
> original thesis or documentation.
> 
> I am fine with adding a requirement to libc, but we should
> document it like Christiaan suggested, as this has changed.

We should document we don't require libc but list the exceptional
functions we use that are usually available form libc and the fact we
intend to keep these as few as possible.
Also malloc() is implemented in lwip so we don't rely on external lib.