+/***** START of max_start_pad handling *****/
+
+extern int32_t site_max_start_pad, transform_max_start_pad,
+ comm_max_start_pad;
+
+void update_max_start_pad(int32_t *our_module_global, int32_t our_instance);
+int32_t calculate_max_start_pad(void);
+
+/***** END of max_start_pad handling *****/
+