Robert Allan JamesandClaude Sonnet 5
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Adds SkHermesChannel: a channel is an index into a boot-time, stadium_max_vm_count()-sized table (same sizing pattern task 3.1 established for the switch table -- no separate numeric rule was ruled for this table, so task 3.1's bound is extended directly, flagged as such rather than restated as a new ruling). No name field, mirroring messaging.4th's own nameless CH-ARENA. The common channel (index 0) is created at boot and permanent. Hera subscribes explicitly in kernel_main.c (she is the one VM never born through capsule_birth_baby()); every other VM -- Tripod fleet and future WIREBIND identities alike -- subscribes inside capsule_birth_baby() itself, the single choke point every other birth already passes through. Inert: no publish, no dispatch, no ACK/NACK, no ACL hook (tasks 3.3, 3.6, 3.7). Verified live on all three architectures: channel table sized to 50/202/50 slots (matching switch-signal's own per-arch sizing), common-channel fleet self-test confirms all four Tripod members are members, and a synthetic create/subscribe/unsubscribe/ destroy round-trip against a private topic passes, including refusing to destroy the common channel. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
src/starkernel/
LithosAnanke — the bare-metal UEFI kernel that boots StarForth directly on
hardware (amd64/aarch64/riscv64). Built only via Makefile.starkernel; the
only valid acceptance test is the three-arch QEMU boot (see
.claude/CLAUDE.md), never make test.
kernel_main.c— kernel entry point, driving the boot milestones (console init, PMM, VMM, interrupts, timers, kmalloc heap, VM bootstrap).repl.c— kernel REPL.doe_log.c— kernel-side DoE (Design of Experiments) metrics logging.
Subdirectories:
arch/{amd64,aarch64,riscv64}/— per-architecture support (APIC/GIC/ PLIC interrupt controller, timers, boot/ISR assembly).boot/— UEFI loader, ELF loading, kernel command-line parsing.capsule/— capsule birth/run/load/validate pipeline.hal/— hardware-abstraction-layer implementation (console, framebuffer, VT100, memory, host services).hash/— XXHash64 content-addressing implementation.math/— kernel-build Q48.16 fixed-point arithmetic.memory/— physical/virtual memory managers and the kernel heap.pci/— PCI bus enumeration.virtio/— VirtIO block device driver.vm/— kernel VM subsystem (bootstrap, core interpreter, parity logging, capsule arena).
See include/starkernel/README.md for the corresponding headers.