docs: abi is the kernel↔runtime contract, not spoken by applications
Correct the abi.zig header (and the matching build.zig / README lines): the syscall ABI is the private contract between the kernel and the runtime library, not something every user program speaks. danos applications call the `runtime` (the stable, danos-native ABI); the runtime is the only thing that issues system calls, and POSIX layers over the runtime — the same split as libSystem on macOS or win32 over the NT syscalls. The call numbers here are an implementation detail the runtime hides and may renumber, not a public interface.
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@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
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// declares which one it speaks (no target is set, so each inherits the target of
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// whichever binary imports it). See docs/coding-standards.md.
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// boot-handoff : loader <-> kernel (BootInformation, framebuffer, VM layout)
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// abi : kernel <-> user, core (SystemCall, mmap prot flags, page_size)
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// abi : kernel <-> runtime, core (SystemCall, mmap prot flags, page_size)
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// device-abi : kernel <-> user, devices (DeviceDescriptor, DeviceClass, ...)
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const boot_handoff_module = b.addModule("boot-handoff", .{
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.root_source_file = b.path("system/boot-handoff.zig"),
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@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ A sub-project's extra files are reached through the module, never as separate pa
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```
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system/ → /system danos's own internals (the self-representation)
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boot-handoff.zig the loader↔kernel contract (the `boot-handoff` module)
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abi.zig the core kernel↔user ABI (the `abi` module)
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abi.zig the private kernel↔runtime syscall ABI (the `abi` module)
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parameters.zig initial-ramdisk.zig shared contracts
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kernel/ IPC, memory, scheduling, the private syscall dispatch
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architecture/x86_64/ the `architecture` module (never named by generic code)
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@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ appears in the private-ABI path.
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| Boot methods (one per way of booting the kernel) | `boot/` — `efi.zig` (UEFI) → `BOOTX64.efi` |
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| Kernel entry, panic, bring-up | `system/kernel/kernel.zig` |
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| Loader↔kernel handoff (`BootInfo`, `Framebuffer`, `MemoryMap`, VM layout) | `system/boot-handoff.zig` |
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| Core kernel↔user ABI (`SystemCall`, mmap prot flags, `page_size`) | `system/abi.zig` |
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| Private kernel↔runtime syscall ABI (`SystemCall`, mmap prot flags, `page_size`) — the runtime speaks it, not apps | `system/abi.zig` |
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| Device wire types (`DeviceDescriptor`, `DeviceClass`, …) | `system/devices/device-abi.zig` |
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| Physical frame allocator | `system/kernel/pmm.zig` |
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| Kernel heap (`std.mem.Allocator`) | `system/kernel/heap.zig` |
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//! The **kernel ↔ user** ABI: the core contract every user program speaks to the
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//! kernel — the system_call numbers, `mmap` protection flags, the page size those
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//! calls work in, and the IPC name-registry ids and notification bit. Shared by the
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//! kernel dispatcher (system/kernel/process.zig) and the user runtime library
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//! (library/runtime/), so the two can never drift.
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//! The **private kernel ↔ runtime** ABI: the raw system_call contract — the call
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//! numbers, `mmap` protection flags, the page size those calls work in, and the IPC
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//! name-registry ids and notification bit. Shared by the kernel dispatcher
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//! (system/kernel/process.zig) and the user-space runtime library (library/runtime/),
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//! so the two can never drift.
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//!
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//! This is the *core* ABI; the device half — `DeviceDescriptor` and friends, which
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//! **Application code does not speak this.** danos programs call the `runtime` library —
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//! the stable, danos-native ABI — and the runtime is the one thing that issues the
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//! actual system calls (POSIX code layers over the runtime, never on this directly). It
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//! is the same split as libSystem on macOS or win32 over the NT syscalls: the numbers
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//! here are an implementation detail the runtime hides and may renumber, not a public
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//! interface. See docs/coding-standards.md and library/runtime/.
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//!
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//! This is the *core* contract; the device half — `DeviceDescriptor` and friends, which
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//! also cross this boundary — lives with the device sub-project as [[device-abi]]
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//! (system/devices/device-abi.zig). The loader↔kernel handoff is [[boot-handoff]].
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/// Page size every `mmap`/`munmap` grant and the boot memory map are measured in.
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/// 4 KiB on every architecture danos targets so far. Part of the ABI because user
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/// code aligns to it (grants are page-granular) and the kernel guarantees it.
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/// 4 KiB on every architecture danos targets so far. Part of the ABI because the
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/// runtime aligns to it (grants are page-granular) and the kernel guarantees it.
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pub const page_size = 4096;
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/// The kernel system_call numbers — the single source of truth shared by the kernel
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