Robert Allan JamesandClaude Sonnet 5
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Console sessions now route through the same general VM-to-VM messaging system (Phase C) any VM can already use for its own reasons -- not a synchronous shortcut. Per direct instruction: real async MSG-SEND/ MSG-DELIVER (Option B), not a VM-EXEC-based synchronous relay, because messaging is a general capability, not a console-specific mechanism. New CONSOLE-CMD-EVENT message type (common:messaging.4th). New sk_repl_dispatch_line() (repl.c), called from both sk_repl_step and sk_repl_run in place of a direct vm_interpret(): if the active VM's own name has a live "<name>~user" counterpart registered, the raw input line is wrapped as an S"-embedded CONSOLE-CMD-EVENT MSG-SEND and interpreted on the console VM instead of being run directly -- the console's own next MSG-TICK (Hera's idle pump) delivers it into the paired user VM via VM-EXEC, same mechanism every other message already uses. Falls back to direct interpretation if there's no pairing, or if the line contains a `"` (known v1 limitation, warned about explicitly rather than silently mishandled). New capsule_console_birth() (capsule_console.h/.c): a bare VM whose only content is loading common:messaging.4th -- the console side of a pairing, parallel in shape to RUNCAP's user-VM birth but with fixed embedded content instead of a devblock read (no identity, no thumbdrive involved). New PAIR-TEST diagnostic word (mama_forth_words.c, matches RUNCAP-TEST's own precedent): births both halves of a pairing and registers the "<name>~user" mapping. Not the real pairing call site -- that's the eventual attach/onboarding flow -- this exists to exercise the relay live before that flow exists. Found and fixed a real, serious bug live: console_set_vm_name() stored the caller's raw pointer instead of copying it. mama_word_use() (USE) passes a VMRegistryEntry field living on its own stack frame -- once USE returns, that pointer dangles, corrupting every console tag after the first USE (observed directly as garbled "[[]" / binary-looking prefixes instead of "[CaptBob]"). Fixed at the source: console_set_ vm_name() now copies into internal storage. That surfaced a second, related bug across every console_get_vm_name()-based save/restore call site in mama_forth_words.c (BIRTH, VM-STEP, VM-EXEC, CONNECT-HERMES, CONNECT-ARTEMIS): saving just a pointer into the single internal buffer meant an intervening console_set_vm_name() call silently corrupted the saved value before the restore ever ran. New console_save_vm_name() copies into caller-owned storage; every save/restore site updated. Verified end-to-end, live in QEMU: typed WELCOME at a paired console VM -- it did not execute directly (no UNKNOWN WORD), printed ok immediately (queued, async), and on the next idle tick "[CaptBob~user] Minted identity -- default personality" appeared on its own -- genuine delivery and execution in the paired user VM through the real MSG-SEND/MSG-DELIVER pipeline. Console tags confirmed clean (no garbling) across all three architectures' full regression boot. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019ZGkimpfyh63EZyRkNbkPD
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.