From 774932e5370ba38e0a06029794790c6e25829061 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nandor Kracser <bonifaido@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:33:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] docs: update README to clarify cryptographic backend
 integration and build prerequisites

---
 README.md | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 79d33ed..0f054eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This project provides a C implementation of AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4) sign
 
 ## Features
 - AWS SigV4 signing for HTTP requests
-- OpenSSL integration for cryptographic operations
+- Pluggable cryptographic backend integration (not limited to OpenSSL)
 - Simple API for integration into C projects
 - Example usage included
 - System header configurability via `SIGV4_SYSTEM_HEADER`
@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@ This project provides a C implementation of AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4) sign
 
 ### Prerequisites
 - GCC or compatible C compiler
-- OpenSSL development libraries
 - `pkg-config` utility
+- OpenSSL for testing, and examples
+- libcheck for testing
 
 ### Build Instructions
 
+```sh
+sudo apt install libssl-dev check
+```
+
 To build the shared library and example application, run:
 
 ```sh
@@ -51,10 +56,10 @@ Include the header in your application:
 #include "sigv4.h"
 ```
 
-Link against the shared library and OpenSSL:
+Link against the shared library and your selected crypto backend:
 
 ```
--L. -lsigv4 $(pkg-config --libs libssl)
+-L. -lsigv4 [crypto backend linkage]
 ```
 
 ### Example

From 3db5bdd6478e2535189b7e4b352a7f574a3cd704 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nandor Kracser <bonifaido@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:37:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] add some links

---
 README.md | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f054eb..578c14d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This project provides a C implementation of AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4) sign
 - AWS SigV4 signing for HTTP requests
 - Pluggable cryptographic backend integration (not limited to OpenSSL)
 - Simple API for integration into C projects
-- Example usage included
+- Example usage and tests included
 - System header configurability via `SIGV4_SYSTEM_HEADER`
 
 ## Building
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ This project provides a C implementation of AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4) sign
 ### Prerequisites
 - GCC or compatible C compiler
 - `pkg-config` utility
-- OpenSSL for testing, and examples
-- libcheck for testing
+- [OpenSSL](https://github.com/openssl/openssl) for testing, and examples
+- [libcheck](https://github.com/libcheck/check) for testing
 
 ### Build Instructions
 

From 00dd23834469e5b5b8dbd7f6cf7bd8088639f01d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nandor Kracser <bonifaido@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:39:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] docs: add acknowledgments section to README for original
 library creator

---
 README.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 578c14d..3ffb7ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,3 +70,7 @@ See `LICENSE` for details.
 
 ## Contributing
 Pull requests and issues are welcome!
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+Special thanks to Shi Bai, who created the original version of this library: https://github.com/sidbai/aws-sigv4-c

From 65ad2b0580826bed65ca1b3f2f3fea6dbdee983e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nandor Kracser <bonifaido@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:40:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] docs: add note about no dynamic memory allocations in
 features section

---
 README.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ffb7ca..b935c02 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ This project provides a C implementation of AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4) sign
 
 ## Features
 - AWS SigV4 signing for HTTP requests
+- No dynamic memory allocations
 - Pluggable cryptographic backend integration (not limited to OpenSSL)
 - Simple API for integration into C projects
 - Example usage and tests included

From a86f17e305ccaab8c5426105164497d9f1564002 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nandor Kracser <bonifaido@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:43:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] docs: add build status badge to README

---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b935c02..84bc980 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # AWS SigV4 C Library
 
+[![Build](https://github.com/riptideslabs/libsigv4/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/riptideslabs/libsigv4/actions/workflows/build.yml)
+
 This project provides a C implementation of AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4) signing, suitable for use in embedded, kernel, or user-space applications. It includes a shared library and an example application demonstrating usage.
 
 ## Features