Robert Allan JamesandClaude Sonnet 5
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Replaces the crashed NVRAM approach entirely. New include/starkernel/zuse_cert_devblock.h: a standalone on-disk record (magic + version + 32-byte seed + 32-byte pubkey + a real CRC-64/ISO from day one, same discipline homeblocks_sig_t established) occupying devblock_from_top=0 of the fence. Its own header, not inlined at the boot call site, since the still-open MINT word will be a second consumer of this exact format. kernel_main.c's mint-or-load logic now reads the fence, installs an existing valid cert, or mints fresh via virtio_rng+ed25519_keygen and writes it. Runs right after virtio_rng_init(), before capsule_birth_mama() -- unlike the crashed NVRAM attempt, raw block I/O against Artemis's already-proven device has no boot-timing risk, so the earlier "re-invoke ACL-ZUSE-BOOT after Mama birth" workaround is gone; ACL.4th's self-activating ACL-ZUSE-BOOT sees a correct cert on its one ordinary pass. Verified independently across every real scenario, never trusting the kernel's own report: fresh mint decodes correctly on disk with a CRC confirmed by a from-scratch Python re-implementation of the algorithm; a reboot without reformatting loads back byte-for-byte identical seed/pubkey (genuinely "mint once, ever"); a pre-fence volume refuses cleanly (no crash, no silent data loss, honest "not persistent" reporting); the real, untouched disk/artemis.img exercises the same graceful-refusal path identically on all three architectures. Phase 8's core arc is now functionally complete: real entropy -> real signing -> real anti-file block-native persistence -> a first-boot mint that survives reboots. Still open: the ongoing MINT word for minting additional regular users. Documented in FABRIC-3.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01U14ET9CWAtbQMbYqomKgXd
include/
Public headers for the hosted StarForth VM (src/). Kernel-only headers
live under include/starkernel/.
Core VM
vm.h— theVMstruct 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 everysrc/word_source/*.cfile.compudynamics.h— the generic compudynamics module: tuning-word/config lookups (cd_tuning_word(),cd_tuning_vm()) consumed byssm_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-wordDictPhysicsmetadata 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.cfile is compiled by hand withoutmake).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.