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19 years ago

tcp socket program puzzle

Hello everyone: I am learning and testing TCP socket program. In my application, I want to send and receive a great deal of data at one time. So the quantity of data exceed the size of array I...
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19 years ago

if i understand you right, you cannot define a buffer, which is big enough; for example: 

char buffer;

so if i'm right you should try to use the malloc function ; in this case (*EDIT* for buffers greater than 1MB) you need to enable a kernel option to do so (for big portions of memory): 

Processor type and features --> Allow allocating large blocks....

Greets

helmchen