# Parameter definitions for thorn ShmServ
# $Header$

private:
# triple buffer the shmem
# first byte allows writer to inform reader where in sequence 
# it is currently writing.  The reader informs writer where it
# is currently reading using second byte.  Writer never writes
# to same location used by reader??
# initially, lets be stupid about buffering. (single buffer)

STRING shmtoken "filename for shared memory token (unique ID used by ftok)"
{
  .* :: "A file path to a shared memory token (default uses /tmp to get local filesystem)"
} "/tmp/cactus"

INT output_every "How often to copy data to shmem" STEERABLE = ALWAYS
{
  1: :: "Some positive integer"
} 10

INT output_start "First iteration to start copying data to shmem. (Default=1)" STEERABLE = ALWAYS
{
  1: :: "Some positive integer"
} 1

STRING output_var "name of gf to output (no default)"
{
 .* :: "name of valid GF or empty to disable"
} ""

STRING hostlist "List of hosts to send (round robin assignment for z-slices)"
{
 .* :: "comma separated list of hosts targeted for UDP traffic"
} "localhost:7000,localhost:7001,localhost:7002,localhost:7003"

REAL delay "Delay between successive UDP packet sends (will eventually be rate)" STEERABLE = ALWAYS
{
  *:* :: "Delay in seconds (zero disables delay checking entirely)"
} 0.01

INT packet_size "Set the packet size for UDP packets" STEERABLE = ALWAYS
{
  500: :: "packetsize in bytes cannot exceed MTU or bad things happen"
} 1470

INT protocol_version "Set the UDP packet protocol header version"
{
  1: :: "Default is 1 (initial version)  version 2 is 6-word header"
} 1

INT strip_ghost "Strip ghost zones from the data before sending it"
{
  0: :: "Default is 0 (do not strip ghost zones)"
} 0

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### import IOUtil parameters
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shares: IO

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# verbose flag
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USES BOOLEAN verbose