Robert Allan JamesandClaude Sonnet 5
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Wires a hot-plugged USB Mass Storage device into the block subsystem's unified LBN chain. blkio_usb.c/blkio_usb.h mirror virtio_blk.c/ virtio_blk.h's established shape exactly (singleton state, blkio_vtable_t, a blkio_usb_open_msc() "find" function playing virtio_blk_find_artemis()'s role): read() translates a Forth block into a SCSI LBA/count pair and calls xhci_bot_read_block() + xhci_bot_wait_for_idle(); write() returns BLKIO_ENOSUP (no SCSI WRITE(10) exists yet, and blk_format_or_load_disk() never writes at attach time, so read-only is sufficient -- confirmed by reading that function first, not assumed). Refuses (-2) if the reported SCSI block size doesn't evenly divide the 1024-byte Forth block size. Connect-time wiring reuses the bot_msc_attach_pending/consume-in- sk_repl_idle() shape the prior increment's temp probe already validated, now made permanent: SET_CONFIGURATION sets the flag, sk_repl_idle() (strictly after its own xhci_poll_events() call returns) calls blkio_usb_open_msc() then blk_subsys_attach_device(). Verified live via hot-attach: full chain from USB connect through 'blkio_usb: MSC device ready' to 'blk: disk 'StarForth Volume' v2 LBN 26074..75184 (49111 user blocks)' -- real attachment, disk image confirmed byte-for-byte untouched after. Chased a real debugging detour along the way: the attach initially appeared silent (no blk: log line) -- traced to LOG_INFO filtering at the default LOG_WARN boot level, not a functional bug (settled via a temporary log-level bump, reverted after capture; also found and reported, but did not fix, a pre-existing unrelated Makefile.starkernel bug where --log-level=info via KERNEL_ARGS breaks printf parsing). All three architectures re-verified clean. FABRIC-2.md Section X 2h updated -- only hot-detach remains for 2h. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01CXjAPTEKrgY2Mrk25KoLDn
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 |
init-0.4th … init-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