feat(v4.0.0): a node is sent text as a message and sends back what it prints

MESH.md step 3.  The ports are the transport; the message is what is
transported: to, from, type, heat and TTL, ACL tag, sequence, length, then
text four characters to a word.

- quit.v4: a node with nothing to do is blocked reading "any port"; text
  for it is interpreted; (FINISH) sends what it printed and then how the
  text ended, and it waits again
- core.v4: EMIT keeps what is printed, (FLUSH-OUT) and (HDR) send it to the
  sender on the port the message came on.  EMIT still needs one free data
  cell and no more; it works on the return stack and in A and B
- message.h/.c: the same format for whatever is on a port and is not a node
- boot.c: the boot is the node's console on port 1 and its kernel on port 0
- the prompt tests are a console that speaks messages
- gone: v4_line_begin, v4_line_done, v4_line_status; writing a node's input
  buffer and setting its P from outside; any use of CONSOLE-TX

Verified: make -C v4 test (test_host_quit.c 1283 checks, the full-stack
figures unchanged) and make -C v4 sanitize pass; hosted-check passes on
three ISAs with POST 550 of 550; clean qemu with STARFORTH_V4=1 passes POST
and answers lines typed at each prompt on amd64, aarch64 and riscv64
(logs/20261006-110551, -111621, -111341).  -110837 is an aarch64 run ended
by the test wrapper's limit while still in UEFI firmware; it shows nothing
about v4.

Not done: KEY, EXPECT and QUERY still read the console's input registers;
a message not for this node is let go (step 4).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
rajames
2026-10-06 11:19:46 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
parent 42610e844f
commit a041b401ea
24 changed files with 844 additions and 178 deletions
+56 -16
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@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
* which only a whole system has.
*/
#include "v4/boot.h"
#include "v4/message.h"
#include "starkernel/capsule.h"
#include "starkernel/capsule_generated.h"
#include "starkernel/capsule_sig.h"
@@ -126,22 +127,29 @@ static void post_watch(char c)
post_len = 0;
}
/* The boot is the node's neighbour on two of its ports. On port 0 it is
* the kernel: the node writes the number of a request there (ENGINE.md
* 3.3). On port 1 it is the console: it writes the node a message of text
* and reads back messages of what the node printed and of how the text
* ended (message.h). */
#define KERNEL_PORT 0u
#define CONSOLE_PORT 1u
#define CONSOLE_ID 1 /* the console's number as a sender; the node's is 0 until it is given one */
int v4_boot_line(const v4_boot *b, const char *text, unsigned len)
{
static v4_message out, in; /* one line at a time: the boot is not re-entered */
v4_node *n = b->n;
uint64_t steps = 0;
unsigned i;
unsigned sent = 0, i;
if (!v4_line_begin(n, b->im, text, len)) return V4_BOOT_LINE_TOO_LONG;
if (!v4_message_text(&out, 0, CONSOLE_ID, V4_MSG_TEXT, text, len)) return V4_BOOT_LINE_TOO_LONG;
in.count = 0;
for (;;) {
(void)v4_exec_step_word(n, b->es, b->h);
if (n->console_len) {
for (i = 0; i < n->console_len; i++) post_watch((char)n->console[i]);
b->out((const char *)n->console, n->console_len);
n->console_len = 0;
}
if (n->stopped) return V4_BOOT_LINE_STOPPED;
if (n->asking) { /* blocked at its port: the kernel's turn */
if (n->asking && n->ask_port == KERNEL_PORT) { /* a request: the kernel's turn */
if (b->serve && n->request >= 1 && n->request <= (v4_cell)b->word_count) {
b->serve(n, (unsigned)n->request);
v4_node_port_served(n);
@@ -153,8 +161,34 @@ int v4_boot_line(const v4_boot *b, const char *text, unsigned len)
}
continue;
}
if (v4_line_done(n, b->im)) return v4_line_status(n, b->im);
if (v4_image_waiting(n, b->im)) { /* the line is reading the keyboard */
if (n->asking && n->ask_port == CONSOLE_PORT) { /* a word of a message from the node */
v4_cell word = n->request;
v4_node_port_served(n);
if (v4_message_word(&in, word)) {
unsigned chars = v4_message_length(&in);
if (v4_message_type(&in) == V4_MSG_OUTPUT) {
for (i = 0; i < chars; i++) {
char c = v4_message_char(&in, i);
post_watch(c);
b->out(&c, 1);
}
} else if (v4_message_type(&in) == V4_MSG_DONE) {
return (int)in.word[V4_MSG_HEADER];
}
in.count = 0;
}
continue;
}
if (n->asking) return V4_BOOT_LINE_STOPPED; /* a port with nothing on it */
if (n->reading && !n->given) {
if (sent < out.count && (n->read_port == CONSOLE_PORT || n->read_port == V4_PORT_ANY)) {
v4_node_port_give(n, CONSOLE_PORT, out.word[sent++]); /* a word of the message to the node */
continue;
}
return V4_BOOT_LINE_STOPPED; /* waiting for what will not come */
}
if (v4_image_waiting(n, b->im)) { /* the text is reading the keyboard */
int c = b->key ? b->key() : V4_BOOT_KEY_END;
unsigned char ch = (unsigned char)c;
if (c == V4_BOOT_KEY_END) return V4_BOOT_LINE_NO_INPUT;
@@ -225,10 +259,10 @@ static int load_capsule(const v4_boot *b, const char *name)
if (len) {
for (i = 0; i < len; i++) text[i] = (char)p[i];
int how = v4_boot_line(b, text, len);
if (how != V4_LINE_COMPLETED) {
if (how != V4_TEXT_COMPLETED) {
say_where(b, name, block, line);
say(b, how == V4_LINE_ERROR ? " ended in an error: "
: how == V4_LINE_QUIT ? " ended with QUIT: "
say(b, how == V4_TEXT_ERROR ? " ended in an error: "
: how == V4_TEXT_QUIT ? " ended with QUIT: "
: how == V4_BOOT_LINE_NO_INPUT ? " reads the keyboard: "
: " stopped the node: ");
b->out(text, len); say(b, "\n");
@@ -289,7 +323,9 @@ static int load_nucleus(const v4_boot *b)
if (!p || cap->length % CELL_BYTES != 0) { say(b, "V4: capsule " NUCLEUS_NAME " is not whole words\n"); return 0; }
words = cap->length / CELL_BYTES;
while (at < words || !v4_line_done(n, b->im)) {
/* until it has taken every word and is waiting for a message: reading
* its ports again, but from its memory now and not from the port */
while (at < words || !(n->reading && !n->given && n->p != b->im->port + (v4_cell)V4_PORT_ANY)) {
(void)v4_exec_step_word(n, b->es, b->h);
if (n->stopped || n->asking || ++steps > STEP_LIMIT) {
say(b, "V4: the node did not take the nucleus in\n");
@@ -298,7 +334,11 @@ static int load_nucleus(const v4_boot *b)
if (n->reading && !n->given) {
v4_ucell word = 0;
unsigned i;
if (at >= words) { say(b, "V4: the node wants more than the nucleus holds\n"); return 0; }
if (at >= words) {
if (n->p != b->im->port + (v4_cell)V4_PORT_ANY) break; /* it is waiting for a message */
say(b, "V4: the node wants more than the nucleus holds\n");
return 0;
}
for (i = 0; i < CELL_BYTES; i++) word |= (v4_ucell)p[at * CELL_BYTES + i] << (8 * i);
v4_node_port_give(n, 0, (v4_cell)word);
at++;
@@ -335,7 +375,7 @@ int v4_boot_run(const v4_boot *b, unsigned char *disk, unsigned blocks)
for (; div; div /= 10) text[at++] = (char)('0' + num / div % 10);
for (k = 0; " KERNEL-WORD "[k]; k++) text[at++] = " KERNEL-WORD "[k];
for (k = 0; b->words[i][k] && at < sizeof text; k++) text[at++] = b->words[i][k];
if (b->words[i][k] || v4_boot_line(b, text, at) != V4_LINE_COMPLETED) {
if (b->words[i][k] || v4_boot_line(b, text, at) != V4_TEXT_COMPLETED) {
say(b, "V4: kernel word "); say(b, b->words[i]); say(b, " could not be made\nPARITY:FAIL\nPOST: FAILED\n");
return 0;
}