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authorTom Rondeau <tom@trondeau.com>2015-03-11 09:56:11 -0400
committerTom Rondeau <tom@trondeau.com>2015-04-02 15:38:57 -0700
commit72507d9ab7bc87d1f4552d11fb33798fd86418c7 (patch)
treed2965f81766e75780df2819dee1c9e0d11d3b386 /docs/doxygen/other
parent9073e7a1eab5187c92142d9c74e463c58f0c4a03 (diff)
controlport: more documentation and linking info.
Also allows use of Thrift config file to overload the max number of attempts when starting application and looking for a port.
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-rw-r--r--docs/doxygen/other/build_guide.dox13
-rw-r--r--docs/doxygen/other/ctrlport.dox1
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/doxygen/other/build_guide.dox b/docs/doxygen/other/build_guide.dox
index c21b9874ac..ebf47dc7e2 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/other/build_guide.dox
+++ b/docs/doxygen/other/build_guide.dox
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ first. Most recent systems have these packages available.
\li audio-osx
\li audio-windows
-* Optional but recommended dependencies.
+<b>Optional but recommended dependencies.</b>
It is not necessary to satisfy all of these dependencies; just the
one(s) that are right for your system. On Linux, don't expect
@@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ audio-osx and audio-windows to be either satisfied or built.
\li log4cpp (>= 1.0) http://log4cpp.sourceforge.net/
+<b>Optional</b>
+
+\ref page_ctrlport may use various backends to perform the RPC
+process, and each is its own dependency.
+
+Currently, ControlPort only supports the Apache Thrift backend.
+
+\li thrift (>= 0.9.2) https://thrift.apache.org/
+
+
+
\section build_gr_cmake Building GNU Radio
GNU Radio is built using the CMake build system
diff --git a/docs/doxygen/other/ctrlport.dox b/docs/doxygen/other/ctrlport.dox
index 57be07829d..94a768e429 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/other/ctrlport.dox
+++ b/docs/doxygen/other/ctrlport.dox
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ are:
port = 9090
nthreads = 2
buffersize = 1434
+init_attempts = 100
\endcode