+ my $pseudolen = $len;
+
+ # if the caller wants to use at least N octets of packet length,
+ # pretend that we're using that many.
+ if (defined $options && defined $options->{'packet_length'}) {
+ $pseudolen = 2**($options->{'packet_length'} * 8) - 1;
+ }
+ if ($pseudolen < $len) {
+ $pseudolen = $len;
+ }