rajamesandClaude Opus 5.5
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The host node starts in its ROM (entry 12), and the boot feeds it the system's source through the console: capsules/v4/sys/map-64.f18, the fourteen .f18 blobs and end.f18, each found, hash-checked and signature-checked as any capsule, then EOT. The ROM assembles the system and starts it at (IDLE); the host reads the image record (v4_image_from_node) for what only the assembled system knows. A ROM error is reported with its blob, line and meaning, then PARITY:FAIL. Deleted: v4/tools/mkimage.c, capsules/v4/nucleus-64.f18, v4/capsule/*.v4, v4/tools/v4tof18.py. The .f18 files are the source now. - text.c speaks the rest of the ROM's language (set, here, store, start; v4_text_value, v4_text_start), so the oracle reads the same source: test_host_rom_nucleus compares the ROM against text.c on the .f18 files, word for word, image record included. Host tests load the .f18 files. - mkmap image writes v4_map_image (the map's description of the system); hosted and the kernel link the ROM and the map instead of v4_image_64.c. - Hera (Captain Bob's ruling, option 1): births stream the system the ROM assembled, as assembled code; hera.4th is unchanged. test_host_unit's host builds the system with the ROM. - New parity lines: PARITY:V4_F18 per blob, PARITY:V4_ROM words=2049 rom_hash=0xa6c792b5821010b7 instructions=60725216. Acceptance: amd64, aarch64, riscv64 boot to ok> with PARITY:V4_POST tests=538 pass=538 fail=0, POST: PASSED, and PARITY:V4_SYSTEM word_count=317 dict_hash=0xe5a57f3eb72ff94a on all three -- the same hash as the prebuilt nucleus gave. make -C v4 test test-32 hosted-check: all pass. Logs: logs/20261015-141648, -141938, -142350. Startup cost under QEMU TCG, the ROM's assembly (last V4_F18 line to V4_ROM): amd64 26.7 s of 132 s to ok>; aarch64 41.0 s of 195 s; riscv64 20.5 s of 101 s. Hosted native: +0.85 s. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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 |
workload-0.4th … workload-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/reference/word-acl/DESIGN.md— ACL system designtools/mkcapsule.c— assembles capsules intocapsule_generated.c- Project root