Robert Allan JamesandClaude Sonnet 5
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capsule_wirebind_unclean_detach()/eject() tracked "the attached identity" as a single global, correct for the console-pairing UX (one physical console) but wrong for detach safety: since §XV/§XVI proved multiple identities genuinely live simultaneously via this same attach path, every attach after the first silently overwrote the singleton, so an unclean detach of any but the most-recently-attached identity was silently ignored -- that VM leaked forever, no trace in the log. Adds a per-device live-identity table, separate from the (unchanged) console-pairing singleton, so unclean-detach resolves any attached device to its own identity. Sized off messaging.4th's own VM-MAX (16) minus Tripod's 3 reserved slots, not an invented number. Corrects the stale "single-USB-device constraint" doc claim in capsule_wirebind.h, false since §XV/§XVI. Groundwork for Stage 4's real deliverable (WIREBIND VMs as switch-signal participants) -- this increment only fixes detach targeting; switch- signal registration is next. Verified clean on all 3 architectures (no WIREBIND attach happens in a plain boot, so this is a regression check on the existing Tripod-only path; live multi-identity verification comes with the switch-signal registration increment). Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BWpNjdwPtFLuVLaAq44L9K
capsules/
FORTH personality files loaded by the VM at boot. A capsule is an immutable, content-addressed payload; its XXHash64 hash is its identity. Any mutation changes the hash and the birth protocol rejects the image.
Key files
| File | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
init.4th |
(m) MAMA_INIT |
Default Mama VM personality — loaded at LBN 2048 |
ACL.4th |
user | Word-level ACL system; self-activating at boot |
zuse.4th |
user | Bootstrap superuser; loaded by ACL.4th |
doe.4th |
user | DoE workload words (EXEC-DOE) — opt-in |
workload-0.4th … workload-9.4th |
(p) |
Numbered personality variants |
init-l8-*.4th |
(p) |
L8 Jacquard mode variants (stable/volatile/diverse/temporal/transition/omni) |
hermes/init.4th |
(p) |
Hermes baby VM personality |
artemis/init.4th |
(p) |
Artemis baby VM personality |
Block namespace
Block ranges are shared across all loaded capsules — collisions cause silent word-definition overwrites.
| Range | Owner |
|---|---|
| 2048–2099 | init.4th |
| 2100–2199 | doe.4th |
| 3000–3999 | workload capsules |
| 4000+ | user-defined (ACL.4th, zuse.4th, …) |
Each block is limited to 1024 bytes. Verify with wc -c before committing.
See also
experiments/bare_metal/README.md— DoE protocols and block namespace rulesdocs/03-architecture/word-acl/DESIGN.md— ACL system designtools/mkcapsule.c— assembles capsules intocapsule_generated.c- Project root