The rsrv server is updated in this commit to deliver variable sized
waveforms in response to a zero length request, implementing an
extension to the v4 EPICS protocol tied to minor version 13.
The core of the changes are in read_reply, rsrv/camessage.c, which first
reserves packet space for the largest possible response, but then resizes
the packet according to how much data is actually returned from the
database.
In this commit the channel access client is modified to allow a zero
size request in a caget or camonitor call. This is passed through to
the corresponding CA_PROTO_READ_NOTIFY or CA_PROTO_EVENT__ADD message,
but only if the minor version of the protocol is >=13.
This commit also adds a new protocol test, CA_V413(), which detects a
server which claims to understand the new zero length request.
Finally, this commit prepares for a subtle change in the CA protocol.
A request for a zero length subscription or data request, which will
only be made for protocol version 4.13 and above, is interpreted as a
request for autosized data, where the intrinsic dynamic length of the
requested waveform should be returned.
With the synchronous ca_array_get() call there is no mechanism available
to pass back the size of the retrieved data if it is different from
the requested count, so the simplest thing is to ensure we don't
request autosizing data through this api.
The rsrv server is updated in this commit to deliver variable sized
waveforms in response to a zero length request, implementing an
extension to the v4 EPICS protocol tied to minor version 13.
The core of the changes are in read_reply, rsrv/camessage.c, which first
reserves packet space for the largest possible response, but then resizes
the packet according to how much data is actually returned from the
database.
In this commit the channel access client is modified to allow a zero
size request in a caget or camonitor call. This is passed through to
the corresponding CA_PROTO_READ_NOTIFY or CA_PROTO_EVENT__ADD message,
but only if the minor version of the protocol is >=13.
This commit also adds a new protocol test, CA_V413(), which detects a
server which claims to understand the new zero length request.
Finally, this commit prepares for a subtle change in the CA protocol.
A request for a zero length subscription or data request, which will
only be made for protocol version 4.13 and above, is interpreted as a
request for autosized data, where the intrinsic dynamic length of the
requested waveform should be returned.
With the synchronous ca_array_get() call there is no mechanism available
to pass back the size of the retrieved data if it is different from
the requested count, so the simplest thing is to ensure we don't
request autosizing data through this api.
* Fixed number base issue
* DBD file parser accepts spaces
* Added -w seconds option for CA timeout
* Improved argument parsing
* More perlish, should start up faster
Andrew Johnson
zimoch