function [algorithmWordsizes,targetWordsizes,algorithmHwInfo,targetHwInfo,rtwSettingsInfo] = get_word_sizes(relevantMachineName,targetName)
  
    codingSFunction = strcmp(targetName,'sfun');
    codingRTW = strcmp(targetName,'rtw');

    algWordLengthStr = get_param(relevantMachineName,'ProdHWWordLengths');

    if strcmp(lower(get_param(relevantMachineName,'BlockDiagramType')),'library')

      algorithmHwInfo.hwDeviceType = 0;
      algorithmHwInfo.signedDivRounding = 0;
      algorithmHwInfo.divByZeroProtectionNotWanted = 0;
      algorithmHwInfo.signedShiftIsArithmetic = 0;

      targetHwInfo.hwDeviceType = 0;
      targetHwInfo.signedDivRounding = 0;
      targetHwInfo.divByZeroProtectionNotWanted = 0;
      targetHwInfo.signedShiftIsArithmetic = 0;

      rtwSettingsInfo.castFloat2IntPortableWrapping = true;
      rtwSettingsInfo.genFunctionFixptDiv           = true;
      rtwSettingsInfo.genFunctionFixptMul           = true;
      rtwSettingsInfo.genFunctionFixptMisc          = true;
      rtwSettingsInfo.supportNonFinites             = true;
      rtwSettingsInfo.enforceIntegerDowncasts       = true;

    else
      cs = getActiveConfigSet(relevantMachineName);
      hardware = cs.getComponent('Hardware Implementation');

      optimizationCS = cs.getComponent('Optimization');    
      divByZeroProtectionNotWanted = get_param(optimizationCS,'NoFixptDivByZeroProtection');

      % algorithm target aka final production deployment target
      %
      % Currenly 0 means Microprocessor and 
      %          1 means ASIC/FPGA/Unconstrained Integer Sizes
      devType = get_param(hardware,'ProdHWDeviceType');
      algorithmHwInfo.hwDeviceType = strncmp(devType,'ASIC',4);

      divRndStr = get_param(hardware,'ProdIntDivRoundTo');
      if strcmp(upper(divRndStr),'ZERO')
        algorithmHwInfo.signedDivRounding = 1;
      elseif strcmp(upper(divRndStr),'FLOOR')
        algorithmHwInfo.signedDivRounding = 2;
      else
        algorithmHwInfo.signedDivRounding = 0;  % unknown
      end

      algorithmHwInfo.divByZeroProtectionNotWanted = divByZeroProtectionNotWanted;

      try
        algorithmHwInfo.signedShiftIsArithmetic = strcmp('on',get_param(hardware,'ProdShiftRightIntArith'));
      catch
        algorithmHwInfo.signedShiftIsArithmetic = true;
      end 

      % target HW aka current code generation target
      %
      if strcmp(hardware.TargetUnknown, 'off')
        devType = get_param(hardware,'TargetHWDeviceType');
        targetHwInfo.hwDeviceType = strncmp(devType,'ASIC',4);

        divRndStr = get_param(hardware,'TargetIntDivRoundTo');
        if strcmp(upper(divRndStr),'ZERO')
           targetHwInfo.signedDivRounding = 1;
        elseif strcmp(upper(divRndStr),'FLOOR')
           targetHwInfo.signedDivRounding = 2;
        else
           targetHwInfo.signedDivRounding = 0;  % unknown
        end
      else
        targetHwInfo.hwDeviceType = false;
        targetHwInfo.signedDivRounding = 0;
      end

      targetHwInfo.divByZeroProtectionNotWanted = divByZeroProtectionNotWanted;

      if strcmp('off',get_param(hardware,'TargetUnknown'))
        try       
          % An error can occur here legacy models
          % Configuration parameter 'TargetShiftRightIntArith' is not available since the current 
          % execution target hardware has not been configured.  To specify the target hardware 
          % characteristics, go to the Hardware Implementation page of the Configuration Parameters 
          % dialog.
          % 
          targetHwInfo.signedShiftIsArithmetic = strcmp('on',get_param(hardware,'TargetShiftRightIntArith'));
        catch
          targetHwInfo.signedShiftIsArithmetic = true;
        end 
      else
        targetHwInfo.signedShiftIsArithmetic = true;
      end 

      rtwcc = cs.getComponent('Real-Time Workshop');
      targetcc=rtwcc.getComponent('Target');

      rtwSettingsInfo.castFloat2IntPortableWrapping = ~get_param(optimizationCS,'EfficientFloat2IntCast');
      %
      % hardcode the following values for now, 
      % a likely interim solution is gett hese via rtw_host_implementation_props
      % the final proper solution will be to put these on the config params dialog
      %
      rtwSettingsInfo.genFunctionFixptDiv           = true; % hardcode
      rtwSettingsInfo.genFunctionFixptMul           = true; % hardcode
      rtwSettingsInfo.genFunctionFixptMisc          = true; % hardcode

      rtwSettingsInfo.supportNonFinites             = strcmp('on',get_param(targetcc,      'SupportNonFinite'));
      rtwSettingsInfo.enforceIntegerDowncasts       = strcmp('on',get_param(optimizationCS,'EnforceIntegerDowncast'));

    end

    [s,e] = regexp(algWordLengthStr,'\d+');
    if(length(s)<4)
        error('why');
    end
    for i=1:4
        nBitsStr = algWordLengthStr(s(i):e(i));
        nBits = sscanf(nBitsStr,'%d');
        if(isempty(nBits))
            error('why');
        end
        algorithmWordsizes(i) = nBits;
    end
    if(codingSFunction)
        targetWordsizes = [8 16 32 32];
    elseif(codingRTW)
        targetWordsizesStruct = rtwwordlengths(relevantMachineName);
        targetWordsizes(1) = double(targetWordsizesStruct.CharNumBits);
        targetWordsizes(2) = double(targetWordsizesStruct.ShortNumBits);
        targetWordsizes(3) = double(targetWordsizesStruct.IntNumBits);
        targetWordsizes(4) = double(targetWordsizesStruct.LongNumBits);
    else
        targetWordsizes = coder_options('targetWordsizes');
    end

    % Sort them to be on the safe side
    algorithmWordsizes = sort(algorithmWordsizes);
    targetWordsizes = sort(targetWordsizes);

    % for now we must make long type 32 bits long
    % as IR needs to sort out long issues
    if(algorithmWordsizes(4)>32)
        algorithmWordsizes(4) = 32;
    end
    if(targetWordsizes(4)>32)
        targetWordsizes(4) = 32;
    end

    % Ensure that algorithm word sizes are <= target word sizes
    for i=1:4
        if algorithmWordsizes(i) > targetWordsizes(i)
            typeNames = {'char','short','int','long'};
            str = sprintf('The word size for "%s" is specified as (%d) in the "Hardware Implementation" section of Configuration Parameters. This is greater than the size (%d) supported on the current machine. Results may be incorrect for signals of this type due to rounding/saturation effects.',...
            typeNames{i},algorithmWordsizes(i),targetWordsizes(i));
            sf('Private','construct_warning',[],'Coder',str);
            algorithmWordsizes(i) = targetWordsizes(i);
        end
    end