Claude
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ENGINE step 4 Phase 2 (plan docs/v4.0.0/plans/2026-11-13-engine-step4-phase2-word-accounts.md). Rulings, Captain Bob 2026-11-13: "ID field in the header"; "Per heartbeat tick"; the ACL "All of it in Phase 4". - The word ID, at xt-4 before the flags (ENGINE.md 3b). The system's words are numbered as they are assembled, by a new directive, #id, (and #ids, the count), in the C assembler (text.c) and in the machine ROM's (capsules/v4/rom), which counts in the system's own (NEXT-ID). (HEADER) numbers later words; FORGET gives back the IDs it frees, always the newest; COLD resets to (BOOT-ID); (SEAL) records it. All 313 system headers carry the cell. - The kernel's records (v4/mesh.h): (TELL-DEFINED) and (TELL-FORGOTTEN), requests -19/-20 on port 0, which the kernel puts in (WORD-DEFINED)/(WORD-FORGOTTEN) when it seals a node, and reads the system's own words once. A bit per address marks a word's xt (calls into the ROM or headerless code are not words); at call, the bit test and a count. v4_mesh_charge hands the owner the calls since. - The Stadium: stadium_words_charge -- N calls as N of stadium_word_dispatch's dispatches, shared by calls when the reservoir is short; sk_v4.c charges every node's words at the tick beside its opcodes, and stadium_word_forget before an ID is used again. - Tests first: test_text.c, test_host_dict.c, test_host_quit.c (numbering, FORGET, COLD), test_mesh_boot.c (44 checks), kernel/tests/test_stadium_words.c; qemu_session.py: Hera's words admitted after POST. - amd64: Stadium words: promotions=141 after POST, CONSERVED; POST 539/539; word_count=377; dict_hash 0xa854ba15b437d288 (the new cell); the boot 142 s against Phase 1's 153 s. - v4 test, test-32: all pass; v4-checks: 80 programs under the sanitizers, 0 failures; the hosted builds alike. docs/reference/v4-dictionary.tsv: the two new words; FABRIC-3 XLVIII.24. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017RzZgrf7V7Zk2iczBXDRbm
src/starkernel/
LithosAnanke — the bare-metal UEFI kernel that boots StarForth directly on
hardware (amd64/aarch64/riscv64). Built only via Makefile.starkernel; the
only valid acceptance test is the three-arch QEMU boot (see
.claude/CLAUDE.md), never make test.
kernel_main.c— kernel entry point, driving the boot milestones (console init, PMM, VMM, interrupts, timers, kmalloc heap, VM bootstrap).repl.c— kernel REPL.doe_log.c— kernel-side DoE (Design of Experiments) metrics logging.
Subdirectories:
arch/{amd64,aarch64,riscv64}/— per-architecture support (APIC/GIC/ PLIC interrupt controller, timers, boot/ISR assembly).boot/— UEFI loader, ELF loading, kernel command-line parsing.capsule/— capsule birth/run/load/validate pipeline.hal/— hardware-abstraction-layer implementation (console, framebuffer, VT100, memory, host services).hash/— XXHash64 content-addressing implementation.math/— kernel-build Q48.16 fixed-point arithmetic.memory/— physical/virtual memory managers and the kernel heap.pci/— PCI bus enumeration.virtio/— VirtIO block device driver.vm/— kernel VM subsystem (bootstrap, core interpreter, parity logging, capsule arena).
See include/starkernel/README.md for the corresponding headers.