Re: GM-2, send/recv and size of messages

Susan Blackford <[email protected]> Thu, 06 May 2004 08:32:39 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.network.myrinet.general
Organization Myricom, Inc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thomas,

> Thomas Traub wrote:
> > I am working with GM-2. After reading the docu:
> > http://www.myri.com/scs/GM-2/doc/html/Receiving_Messages.html#receiving
> > it says that the size of the incomming message and the size of the buffer provided for receiving must match EXACTLY.
> > This is very strange and uncomfortable.

In addition to what Patrick replied,  I would also recommend that you
read an FAQ entry that we recently created entitled "What's the
difference between size and length in GM?"
  http://www.myri.com/cgi-bin/fom?file=336

and refer you to the example program in the following FAQ entry.
  http://www.myri.com/cgi-bin/fom?file=107

Feel free to contact us at [email protected] if you have further questions.

Susan
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Susan Blackford
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