Claude
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proof/FINDINGS.md's Isabelle/HOL word-source sweep (§4) flagged five real defects; this fixes all five and records resolution in that doc: - EXECUTE (system_words.c): cast a popped cell straight to a DictEntry* and called through it with only a null check. Now validates via a new shared vm_dict_entry_ok(), promoted out of starforth_words.c's ENTROPY@/ENTROPY! guard (dictionary_management.c) so EXECUTE gets the same live-entry check. - ? and DUMP (format_words.c): dereferenced the popped cell as a raw host pointer, bypassing vm_addr_ok entirely (out-of-VM-bounds read). Both now go through VM_ADDR/vm_addr_ok/vm_load_cell/vm_ptr like every other memory word (@, `,`, editor_words.c). - TYPE (io_words.c): bounds check computed addr+count in signed 64-bit arithmetic, which can overflow and bypass the check on large operands. Replaced with vm_addr_ok(), which is written to avoid that overflow. - DECIMAL/HEX/OCTAL (format_words.c): wrote only the BASE memory cell, never vm->base, the host-mirror field number-output words actually read via current_base() -- so these words silently affected number parsing but never printing. Now call the existing vm_set_base() (previously only used at boot init), which updates both. vm_get_base/vm_set_base promoted to public declarations in include/vm.h. - ALIGN vs ALLOT/,/C,/2, (dictionary_words.c): disagreed on dictionary growth ceiling (2MB vs 5MB). Investigated which was correct rather than blindly widening: vm_get_block_addr() maps block N to vm->memory + N*BLOCK_SIZE across the full 5MB arena, and USER_BLOCKS_START (block 2048) lines up exactly with DICTIONARY_MEMORY_SIZE -- so ALLOT/,/C,/2, letting `here` grow past 2MB could silently corrupt live block/user data sharing that memory. Tightened ALLOT/,/C,/2, to DICTIONARY_MEMORY_SIZE to match ALIGN. Verified: hosted (amd64) and kernel (amd64, __STARKERNEL__) both build clean with -Wall -Werror; hosted POST suite 1012/1012 passing (0 regressions); manually exercised EXECUTE, ?/DUMP, TYPE, HEX/DECIMAL/OCTAL, and large-ALLOT rejection in the REPL. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014Qf6YcnHgaEtEygq3knx19
LithosAnanke v2.0.1
UEFI-bootable FORTH microkernel. Boots from firmware, initialises memory and interrupts, then runs the StarForth VM as its sole userspace runtime. No libc. No OS. Just stone and necessity.
Lithos (foundation) + Ananke (necessity) — the kernel under StarshipOS.
Status — M7.1 (Capsule System · Multi-VM Fleet)
| Milestone | Status | |
|---|---|---|
| M0–M6 | UEFI boot · PMM · VMM · IDT · APIC · heap · framebuffer VT100 console (v1.5.1-FINAL) | ✅ Complete |
| M7 | StarForth VM integration + parity validation | ✅ Complete |
| M7.1 | Capsule birth protocol · Mama FORTH vocabulary · Tripod multi-VM fleet (Hermes/Artemis) · Word-level ACL (Phases 1–7) | 🔄 In Progress |
| M8 | REPL — keyboard input, interactive Forth | Planned |
| M9 | Block storage — AHCI driver | Planned |
POST at boot: parity hash verified across amd64/aarch64/riscv64 · Mama capsule dictionary: 453 words
What's live in M7.1
- Tripod — a named multi-VM fleet (Hera the Mama VM, Artemis, two Hermes instances) births, runs, and re-births independently, verified booting live pre-REPL on all three architectures.
- Hermes — a 17-block inter-VM messaging/channel layer between fleet members, with async delivery and channel negotiation.
- Artemis — a Block Allocation Map (BAM) storage subsystem with Q48.16
block-heat tracking and cooldown/reclamation (
ART-COOL/ART-REAP). - Word-level ACL — every dictionary entry carries a TTL/allow/mode/pin
access-control record. Strict, TTL, and pinned modes; two console layers
(emergency
ok>and superuserzuse)ok>). Phases 1–7 complete (C infrastructure, FORTH policy layer,zusebootstrap superuser, Isabelle proof stubs, kernel parity); Phase 8 (Ed25519 PKI / thumbdrive challenge-response) is the only item remaining. Measured overhead once active on every check: +0.0054%–+0.0088%, CV = 0.000%, across a 3×3 Latin-square DoE campaign (architecture × seed × 30 replicates) — three orders of magnitude below the measurement floor. - VM Fleet Attractor physics — the L8 Jacquard mode selector now has a real per-VM heat channel into fleet-wide tuning, replacing hardcoded compudynamics constants with a dynamically-inferred rate.
- Kconfig build configuration — every physics/heartbeat/pipelining/ kernel-only tuning knob (~40 total) is now a discoverable, optional Kconfig symbol shared with the hosted VM build. See Quick Start below.
Quick Start
# Build kernel (requires cross-compilation toolchain, or native gcc)
make -f Makefile.starkernel ARCH=amd64
# Run in QEMU with OVMF
make -f Makefile.starkernel qemu
# Other architectures
make -f Makefile.starkernel ARCH=aarch64 qemu
make -f Makefile.starkernel ARCH=riscv64 qemu
Artifacts: build/amd64/kernel/starkernel_loader.efi · build/amd64/kernel/starkernel_kernel.elf
For the hosted VM by itself (Linux, no cross-compiler needed, no bare-metal tooling): see
the separate StarForth repository — LithosAnanke used to be a branch inside that repo,
now it's its own project with its own master.
Build configuration (optional)
Every kernel-only knob (STARFORTH_ENABLE_VM, PARITY_MODE, the shared
physics/heartbeat family, etc.) is an optional Kconfig symbol — a plain
make -f Makefile.starkernel uses the same defaults it always has unless
you opt in:
make -f Makefile.starkernel ARCH=amd64 menuconfig
make -f Makefile.starkernel ARCH=amd64 kernel_amd64_defconfig
Documentation
| System Architecture | Full kernel + VM design |
| HAL Reference | Hardware abstraction layer interfaces |
| Capsule System — M7.1 | Capsule birth protocol design |
| VM Fleet Attractor design log | Tripod/Hermes/Artemis physics + build-system history |
| Getting Started / Kconfig reference | Full symbol reference for both build targets |
| Changelog | Milestone-level history |
| Roadmap | Milestone plan through self-hosting |
License
Starship License 1.0 (SL-1.0) — free for personal, research, and educational use. Commercial use requires a separate agreement. Attribution to R.A. James (Captain Bob) must be preserved in all distributions.
Patent pending. USPTO provisional filed December 2025 — physics-grounded self-adaptive runtime system. This license does not grant patent rights. Licensing inquiries: rajames440@gmail.com
Robert A. James (Captain Bob) · Systems Engineer · Hacking since 1973