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title: "Compilation options"
date:  2019-06-22
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<p>
  Below is a list of the compile-time configuration options for
  Ouroboros. These can be set using
</p>
<pre><code>$ cmake -D&lt;option&gt;=&lt;value&gt; ..</code></pre>
<p>or using</p>
<pre><code>ccmake .</code></pre>
<p>
  Options will only show up in ccmake if they are relevant for
  your system configuration. The default value for each option
  is <u>underlined</u>. Boolean values will print as ON/OFF in
  ccmake instead of True/False.
</p>
<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Option</th>
    <th>Description</th>
    <th>Values</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th colspan="3">Compilation options</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE</td>
    <td>
      Set the build type for Ouroboros. Debug builds will add some
      extra logging. The debug build can further enable the
      address sanitizer (ASan) thread sanitizer (TSan) and leak
      sanitizer (LSan) options.
    </td>
    <td>
      <u>Release</u>, Debug, DebugASan, DebugTSan, DebugLSan
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX</td>
    <td>
      Set a path prefix in order to install Ouroboros in a
      sandboxed environment. Default is a system-wide install.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;path&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>DISABLE_SWIG</td>
    <td>
      Disable SWIG support.
    </td>
    <td>
      True, <u>False</u>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th colspan="3">Library options</th>
  <tr>
  <tr>
    <td>DISABLE_FUSE</td>
    <td>
      Disable FUSE support, removing the virtual filesystem under
      &lt;FUSE_PREFIX&gt;.
    </td>
    <td>
      True, <u>False</u>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>FUSE_PREFIX</td>
    <td>
      Set the path where the fuse system should be
      mounted. Default is /tmp/ouroboros.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;path&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>DISABLE_LIBGCRYPT</td>
    <td>
      Disable support for using the libgcrypt library for
      cryptographically secure random number generation and
      hashing.
    </td>
    <td>
      True, <u>False</u>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>DISABLE_OPENSSL</td>
    <td>
      Disable support for the libssl library for cryptographic
      random number generation and hashing.
    </td>
    <td>
      True, <u>False</u>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>DISABLE_ROBUST_MUTEXES</td>
    <td>
      Disable
      <a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/pthread_mutexattr_getrobust.html">
	robust mutex
      </a>
      support. Without robust mutex support, Ouroboros may lock up
      if processes are killed using SIGKILL.
    </td>
    <td>
      True, <u>False</u>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>PTHREAD_COND_CLOCK</td>
    <td>
      Set the
      <a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/time.h.html">
	clock type
      </a>
      to use for timeouts for pthread condition variables. Default
      on Linux/FreeBSD: CLOCK_MONOTONIC.  Default on OS X:
      CLOCK_REALTIME.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;clock_id_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th colspan="3">Shared memory system options</th>
  <tr>
  <tr>
    <td>SHM_PREFIX</td>
    <td>
      Set a prefix for the shared memory filenames. The mandatory
      leading
      <a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/shm_open.html">
	slash
      </a>
      is added by the build system. Default is "ouroboros".
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;size_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>SHM_BUFFER_SIZE</td>
    <td>
      Set the maximum total number of packet blocks Ouroboros
      can buffer at any point in time. Must be a power of 2.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;size_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>SHM_RDRB_BLOCK_SIZE</td>
    <td>
      Set the size of a packet block. Default: page size of the
      system.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;size_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>SHM_RDRB_MULTI-BLOCK</td>
    <td>
      Allow packets that are larger than a single packet block.
    </td>
    <td>
      <u>True</u>, False
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>DU_BUFF_HEADSPACE</td>
    <td>
      Set the amount of space to allow for the addition of
      protocol headers when a new packet buffer is passed to the
      system. Default: 128 bytes.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;size_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>DU_BUFF_TAILSPACE</td>
    <td>
      Set the amount of space to allow for the addition of
      protocol tail information (CRCs) when a new packet buffer
      is passed to the system. Default: 32 bytes.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;size_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th colspan="3">IRMd options</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>SYS_MAX_FLOWS</td>
    <td>
      The maximum number of flows this Ouroboros system can
      allocate. Default: 10240.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;size_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>SOCKET_TIMEOUT</td>
    <td>
      The IRMd sends commands to IPCPs over UNIX sockets. This
      sets the timeout for such commands in milliseconds. Some
      commands can be set independently. Default: 1000.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;time_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>BOOTSTRAP_TIMEOUT</td>
    <td>
      Timeout for the IRMd to wait for a response to a bootstrap
      command from an IPCP in milliseconds. Default: 5000.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;time_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>ENROLL_TIMEOUT</td>
    <td>
      Timeout for the IRMd to wait for a response to an enroll
      command from an IPCP in milliseconds. Default: 60000.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;time_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>CONNECT_TIMEOUT</td>
    <td>
      Timeout for the IRMd to wait for a response to a connect
      command from an IPCP in milliseconds. Default: 5000.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;time_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>REG_TIMEOUT</td>
    <td>
      Timeout for the IRMd to wait for a response to a register
      command from an IPCP in milliseconds. Default: 3000.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;time_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>QUERY_TIMEOUT</td>
    <td>
      Timeout for the IRMd to wait for a response to a query
      command from an IPCP in milliseconds. Default: 3000.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;time_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>IRMD_MIN_THREADS</td>
    <td>
      The minimum number of threads in the threadpool the IRMd
      keeps waiting for commands. Default: 8.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;size_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>IRMD_ADD_THREADS</td>
    <td>
      The number of threads the IRMd will create if the current
      available threadpool is lower than
      IRMD_MIN_THREADS. Default: 8.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;size_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th colspan="3">IPCP options</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>DISABLE_RAPTOR</td>
    <td>
      Disable support for the raptor NetFPGA implementation.
    </td>
    <td>
      True, <u>False</u>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>DISABLE_BPF</td>
    <td>
      Disable support for the Berkeley Packet Filter device
      interface for the Ethernet LLC layer. If no suitable
      interface is found, the LLC layer will not be built.
    </td>
    <td>
      True, <u>False</u>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>DISABLE_NETMAP</td>
    <td>
      Disable <a href="http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap/">netmap</a>
      support for the Ethernet LLC layer. If no suitable interface
      is found, the LLC layer will not be built.
    </td>
    <td>
      True, <u>False</u>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>DISABLE_RAW_SOCKETS</td>
    <td>
      Disable raw sockets support for the Ethernet LLC layer. If
      no suitable interface is found,the LLC layer will not be
      built.
    </td>
    <td>
      True, <u>False</u>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>DISABLE_DDNS</td>
    <td>
      Disable Dynamic Domain Name System support for the UDP
      layer.
    </td>
    <td>
      True, <u>False</u>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>IPCP_SCHED_THR_MUL</td>
    <td>
      The number of scheduler threads an IPCP runs per QoS
      cube. Default is 2.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;size_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>IPCP_QOS_CUBE_BE_PRIORITY</td>
    <td>
      Priority for the best effort qos cube scheduler
      thread. This is mapped to a system value. Scheduler
      threads have at least half the system max priority value.
    </td>
    <td>
      <u>0</u>..99
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>IPCP_QOS_CUBE_VIDEO_PRIORITY</td>
    <td>
      Priority for the video qos cube scheduler thread. This is
      mapped to a system value. Scheduler threads have at least
      half the system max priority value.
    </td>
    <td>
      0..<u>90</u>..99
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>IPCP_QOS_CUBE_VOICE_PRIORITY</td>
    <td>
      Priority for the voice qos cube scheduler thread. This is
      mapped to a system value. Scheduler threads have at least
      half the system max priority value.
    </td>
    <td>
      0..<u>99</u>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>IPCP_FLOW_STATS</td>
    <td>
      Enable statistics for the data transfer component.
    </td>
    <td>
      True, <u>False</u>
    </td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
    <td>PFT_SIZE</td>
    <td>
      The forwarding table in the normal IPCP uses a
      hashtable. This sets the size of this hash table. Default: 4096.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;size_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>IPCP_MIN_THREADS</td>
    <td>
      The minimum number of threads in the threadpool the IPCP
      keeps waiting for commands. Default: 4.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;size_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>IPCP_ADD_THREADS</td>
    <td>
      The number of threads the IPCP will create if the current
      available threadpool is lower than
      IPCP_MIN_THREADS. Default:4.
    </td>
    <td>
      &lt;size_t&gt;
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>