Robert Allan JamesandClaude Sonnet 5
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Previously deferred (rpi5_native_boot.c's own header comment flagged this as needing interval-splitting logic written blind against hardware not yet in hand) -- revisited by fetching bcm2712-ds.dtsi directly rather than assuming reserved-memory was empty or absent. It has one static child (atf@0, ARM Trusted Firmware's own region) and one dynamic child (linux,cma, size/alloc-ranges only, no fixed reg) -- the dynamic one is skipped, nothing fixed to carve and no allocator this early to service it against anyway. Adds two fdt.c primitives: fdt_find_node_by_name() (reserved-memory has neither compatible nor device_type per DT spec) and fdt_next_child_node() -- one exported symbol, not the two-primitive general sibling-walker originally sketched, collapsed after review since the only real use here is "iterate one node's direct children." collect_reserved_ranges() reads each child's own #address-cells/ #size-cells with a fallback to root's only if absent -- confirmed necessary, not just defensive: reserved-memory's own declared <2>/<1> genuinely differs from root's <2>/<2>. emit_region_with_carveouts() clips a sorted reserved-range list against each RAM region, emitting alternating EfiConventionalMemory gaps and EfiReservedMemoryType carve-outs (insertion sort, no libc qsort in freestanding). RPI5_MAX_MEMMAP_ENTRIES is the exact worst-case count, recomputed rather than estimated -- the rpi5_mailbox.c buffer-size bug is the standing lesson for this pattern. Compile-only-verified; nothing in the existing UEFI/QEMU path calls rpi5_native_boot(), so this cannot be exercised until real hardware. Verified 3-arch boot to ok>/zuse)ok>. 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