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Robert Allan JamesandClaude Sonnet 5 9f0f33dfc5 Stage 4 increment 1: per-device WIREBIND tracking, fixing a real multi-identity detach leak (FABRIC-3.md §XXVIII Stage 4)
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
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include/

Public headers for the hosted StarForth VM (src/). Kernel-only headers live under include/starkernel/.

Core VM

  • vm.h — the VM struct and all core types (DictEntry, DictPhysics, stacks, dictionary state); the central header most other files include.
  • vm_api.h — external VM API surface.
  • vm_host.h, vm_debug.h, startup.h, version.h — host integration, debug utilities, startup sequencing, version string.
  • cli.h, repl.h, io.h, log.h — CLI parsing, REPL loop, I/O, logging.
  • word_registry.h — word registration system shared by every src/word_source/*.c file.
  • compudynamics.h — the generic compudynamics module: tuning-word/config lookups (cd_tuning_word(), cd_tuning_vm()) consumed by ssm_jacquard.c.

Memory / blocks

  • memory_management.h, dictionary_management.h — dictionary allocator and search.
  • block_subsystem.h, blkcfg.h, blkio.h, blkio_factory.h — logical→ physical block mapper and pluggable block I/O backends (file/RAM).
  • platform_alloc.h, platform_lock.h, platform_time.h — platform abstraction shims (hosted vs. kernel allocation/locking/timing).

Physics-driven adaptive runtime (7 feedback loops)

  • physics_runtime.h — main physics coordinator.
  • physics_hotwords_cache.h — Loop #1, execution-heat hot-words cache.
  • physics_metadata.h — per-word DictPhysics metadata tracking.
  • physics_pipelining_metrics.h — Loop #4, word-transition prediction.
  • physics_execution_hooks.h — execution instrumentation hook points.
  • rolling_window_of_truth.h, rolling_window_knobs.h — Loop #2 circular execution-history buffer and its tuning knobs.
  • inference_engine.h — Loops #5/#6, window-width and decay-slope statistical inference.
  • dictionary_heat_optimization.h — Loop #1 heat counters.
  • ssm_jacquard.h — L8 Jacquard steady-state mode selector.
  • doe_metrics.h — Design of Experiments (2^7 factorial) metrics.
  • profiler.h — performance profiling hooks.

Arithmetic / codegen

  • q48_16.h — Q48.16 deterministic fixed-point arithmetic (used instead of IEEE-754 float specifically to keep cross-architecture behavior bit-identical).
  • math_portable.h — portable math helpers.
  • arch_detect.h, starforth_config.h — architecture detection and the build-flag fallback-default layer (used when a .c file is compiled by hand without make).
  • vm_asm_opt.h, vm_asm_opt_arm64.h, vm_asm_opt_riscv64.h, vm_inner_interp_asm.h, vm_inner_interp_arm64.h, vm_inner_interp_riscv64.h — per-architecture assembler-optimized inner interpreter (USE_ASM_OPT=1).

See include/starkernel/README.md for the bare-metal kernel headers.