Re: Increased RAM usage after upgrade to newlib 4.3.0

Keith Packard <[email protected]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:07:56 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.newlib
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> I'm using an ARM MCU with only 4Kb of RAM and would very much like to
> avoid spending extra 300b on things I don't use.

You might try picolibc instead; that will use a lot less RAM (and ROM).

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-keith
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