The AML interpreter runs in ring 3: the acpi service parses (M20.1)

The AML module becomes a build module compiled into both the kernel (for
the \_S5 sleep state it still needs) and the new acpi service — one
source, two builds, no fork. The kernel publishes a single acpi-tables
node: the DSDT/SSDT blobs as memory resources, a broad io_port grant (the
honest trust boundary — firmware AML names whatever ports it chose, known
only after parsing), and the SCI for the M21 event track. The acpi
service claims the node, maps each blob through the ordinary mmio grant
(which preserves the sub-page offset onto the bytecode), and runs the
same parser the kernel does. It self-verifies its namespace Device count
against the kernel's — 34 = 34 — deterministically via an argv the
acpi-parse test passes, so no racing the shared serial buffer. Parse-only
touches no hardware; OperationRegion evaluation waits for _CRS/_STA in
M20.2. The manager spawns 'discovery' (the neutral ramdisk name) at
startup. Suite 56/56.

system/devices/aml/aml.zig

@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ pub fn parse(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, blocks: []const []const u8) !ParseRes
     return .{ .namespace = namespace, .consumed = consumed, .total = total };
 }
 
+/// Count the Device objects in a parsed namespace — what the acpi service
+/// (docs/m19-m20-plan.md M20) reports, and what the kernel's own parse counts
+/// so the two can be checked equal across the ring-3 move.
+pub fn deviceCount(namespace: *const Namespace) usize {
+    return countKind(namespace.root, .device);
+}
+
+fn countKind(node: *const Node, kind: NodeKind) usize {
+    var n: usize = if (node.kind == kind) 1 else 0;
+    var c = node.first_child;
+    while (c) |child| : (c = child.next_sibling) n += countKind(child, kind);
+    return n;
+}
+
 /// Look up the `\_S{state}` sleep package in a parsed namespace and return its
 /// first two integer elements (SLP_TYP for PM1a / PM1b), or null if absent.
 pub fn sleepState(namespace: *Namespace, state: u8) ?SleepType {