> Hmmm, I guess I could allow individual parameters to be accessed with
> $<name>.<parameter>, so a couple lines like:
> 
> usage "       set \$iosize.min=<minum>    defaults to $iosize.min"
> usage "       set \$iosize.gamma=<gamma>  defaults to $iosize.gamma"
> 
> which would print out as:
>     set $iosize.min=<minum>  defaults to 1024
>     set $iosize.gamma=<gamma> defaults to 1500
> 
> That way the workload's author could only include parameters that make 
> sense for the particular workload.

This makes sense to me.  My main concern was that the user would try to
see $iosize as an option, try to set it, and get confused if it fails.
Changing the $iosize options to have .min and .gamma seems like it would
eliminate most of the confusion.

Thanks,

-j

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