documenting smp and scheduling to research

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 - **[discovery.md](discovery.md) — device discovery.** A design note (not built yet)
  on learning what hardware exists via ACPI (x86) or device tree (ARM) behind one
  neutral device model — when to build it, and how to keep it architecture-agnostic.
+- **[smp.md](smp.md) — multiple cores.** A design/research note on how microkernels
+  (L4, seL4) handle SMP — big kernel lock vs per-CPU vs multikernel — and how the
+  right choice depends on whether danos is chasing real-time or resilience.
 - **[sysv.md](sysv.md) — the calling convention.** What "the kernel is SysV" means,
  and why the loader→kernel boundary has to pin it (the RDI-vs-RCX handoff).
 - **[testing.md](testing.md) — testing.** How the kernel is tested by booting it in