Robert Allan JamesandClaude Sonnet 5
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Closes the block-subsystem punch-list item -- built exactly to §F.11's already-decided algorithm after re-verifying it against current blk_meta_t (a 2026-09-03 re-scoping note had wrongly claimed the chain fields no longer existed; they do, untouched by BMAPFMT). blk_firsttouch_claim(): one linear scan of Artemis's own device (new blk_get_first_disk_range(), correctly bounding the scan instead of the global multi-device LBN space), scattered-chain claim via prev_block/next_block/chain_length, owner_fp stamped on every member devblock, fails outright with no partial claim. blk_meta_relocate_devblock(): the real migration primitive -- bridges the existing FORTH-block-granularity blk_subsys_relocate_block() up to devblock granularity (BLK_PACK_RATIO=3, corrected mid-design), running it 3x and transferring blk_meta_t ownership fields. The "migration state machine" turned out to be just the 2 states BLK_FLAG_MIGRATING already reserved; the real design work was the trigger. Two were scoped in conversation (overflow onto Artemis; heat-based wear leveling); heat/wear-leveling is built and wired into sk_repl_idle() via blk_meta_t.write_count. Overflow is deliberately left open, precisely scoped (needs a slot-lookup-by-device-pointer call site threaded from WIREBIND) rather than guessed at. Also flagged, not fixed: BMAPFMT's owner_fp/CLAIMED and the pre-existing BAM allocator are two parallel, unreconciled accounting systems -- FIRSTTOUCH/relocate only touch the former. Verified 3-arch boot to ok> (amd64/aarch64/riscv64, each in the foreground); logs and DoE CSVs from this session's verification runs included per this repo's own audit-artifact convention. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019YcT3H2PQeyujrzjqS3Var
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