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
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.