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> elinks-uclibc is 2.4MB.
> elinks dynamic against glibc is 1.6MB
>
> About lists SSL but not javascript support, No Backtrace, etc., same as
> what I compiled.  Works in BL2.  I need to reboot to BL3 to test.
> Sindi

First I rebooted to BL3 with 2.4.31 kernel so I could copy elinks to my 
USB flash drive.  The uclibc elinks worked perfectly off and online (once 
I remembered to update pppd to work with the ltmodem), showing all the 
text.  So did the glibc elinks I had compiled.

Then I rebooted to BL3 with 2.2.26 kernel.  The elinks I compiled is back 
to invisible pages.  The uclibc elinks no longer works at all:

ERROR at home.c:149.  Unable to find or create Elinks config 
directory.....
ERROR at main.c:244: Unable to attach_terminal().

elinks appears to require a 2.4 kernel to display pages.
uClibc elinks appears to require a 2.4 kernel to work at all.

Is there a later 2.2 kernel than 2.2.26?

Add these to the list of things that need 2.4 kernel - the newer 
busybox (uclibc based), most USB storage devices and probably other 
hardware.

To use links in BL3, you need a 2.4 kernel, but not glibc.  It should work 
in less RAM than Opera even with a larger kernel, and even at 2.4MB it is 
smaller than Opera or links2 (but nongraphical).

Perhaps Steven would like to offer us a minimal 2.4 kernel for BL3 with 
support for USB storage, also usable with elinks?

The main reason to use elinks is for its partial javascript and also 
ECMAscript support (a website listed them separately), if it can be 
compiled with them successfully.  I wrote Karolis with this challenge.

Sindi