Robert Allan JamesandClaude Sonnet 5
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Introduces src/starkernel/heartbeat.c as the shared top/bottom-half implementation of heartbeat_init/tick/service/ticks/trust/state, replacing the per-architecture duplicates in amd64/riscv64/aarch64 timer.c. Each arch's timer.c now contributes only heartbeat_read_counter() (rdtsc / rdtime / CNTPCT_EL0). Per the GAP-A1 ruling the top half stays counter+ latch only; heartbeat_service() (called every REPL idle iteration, unconditionally per FABRIC.md's fidelity note) does the window/variance/ trust work outside interrupt context. vm_tick()'s call sites are unchanged -- the engine still runs on the virtual tick. Per FABRIC.md §26 (ruled 2026-08-03): wires Loop #7's execution-derived stable/volatile signal into the physical re-arm period. vm_runtime.c's existing Loop #7 site now calls heartbeat_set_adaptive_period_ns() with tick_target_ns ratio-rescaled onto a 10ms kernel base (not the hosted 10us HEARTBEAT_TICK_NS -- see §26.3 for the scale mismatch). Each architecture's re-arm function (apic_timer_rearm() on amd64/aarch64, riscv64_timer_rearm()) now converts heartbeat_next_period_ns() to its own raw counter units instead of a fixed constant; amd64 gained a rearm function it didn't previously need, since periodic-mode auto-reload never required one before this item. Verified: all three architectures build with no new warnings and boot cleanly to ok> with dict_hash=0x3d4e1daf289da94f, unchanged from the pre-change baseline -- no regression. Verified NOT achieved: live re-arm period variation under load. A temporary diagnostic (added and reverted) confirmed Loop #7 never actually fired during a live QEMU session -- a synthetic word-execution loop drove ~6,500 executions, past the 1000-tick inference frequency, without tripping vm_tick_inference_engine()'s pre-existing !vm->rolling_window.is_warm gate. That gate predates this item and was not investigated -- out of scope. FABRIC.md's Done-when is amended to record this honestly rather than claim it. Punch list §25 item 0.8 complete (per amended, weaker acceptance -- see the item's own annotation). Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
include/starkernel/
Headers for LithosAnanke, the bare-metal UEFI kernel (src/starkernel/).
Built only via Makefile.starkernel; gated by __STARKERNEL__ when shared
with hosted code.
uefi.h— UEFI protocol/type definitions consumed by the loader.elf64.h,elf_loader.h— ELF64 parsing and kernel-image loading.boot_info_offsets.h— struct-offset constants shared between the assembly bootstrap and the C boot path.arch.h,apic.h,timer.h— architecture init, APIC interrupt controller, timer (TSC/HPET/APIC, 100 Hz heartbeat).console.h,framebuffer.h,vt100.h— UART 16550 console, framebuffer driver, and VT100 terminal emulation over the framebuffer.pmm.h,vmm.h,kmalloc.h— physical memory manager (bitmap allocator), 4-level x86_64 paging, kernel heap allocator.pci.h,virtio_blk.h— PCI enumeration and the VirtIO block device driver (disk backend for the kernel block subsystem).capsule.h,capsule_birth.h,capsule_loader.h,capsule_run.h,capsule_vm_physics.h,capsule_generated.h— capsule system types, birth protocol, physics-runtime capsule bindings, and the build-time- generated capsule directory (seetools/mkcapsule.c).kernel_args.h,cmdline.h— boot-time kernel argument parsing (starforth.cfg/ command line).repl.h— kernel REPL.log.h,doe_log.h— kernel logging and DoE metrics logging.q48_16.h— kernel-build copy of Q48.16 fixed-point arithmetic.xxhash64.h— content-addressing hash used for capsule IDs.hal_memory.h— hardware-abstraction-layer memory interface.
Subdirectories:
hal/— top-level hardware-abstraction-layer interface.vm/— kernel VM subsystem headers (capsule arena, parity logging, bootstrap wiring).freestanding/— minimal libc-shim headers (assert.h,ctype.h,errno.h,inttypes.h,math.h,sched.h,signal.h,stdio.h,stdlib.h,string.h,time.h,sys/time.h,sys/types.h) for building shared VM code in the freestanding kernel environment, where no real libc is available.