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bare-operating-system/packages/bare-os-seeder
Raven Scott de176addd9 feat(bare-os): kernel wave 3 — bits3, seed RPCs, policy, proc, CI schemas
Add third capability word (STOCK_V3) and word2 tail bits; seed RPCs
snapshot_hints and peer_firewall_stats; /proc mirrors (snapshot_hints,
pear_trust, rlimits, hdms_health, initd_graph) and /proc/net/udp; boot
policy v3 (requireFeatureBits2/3, Pear IPC allowlist, VFS deny prefixes,
initd restart cap); VFS enforcement for boot-policy path denies; delegate
in-flight caps; gated shell local/declare; initd path conditions, ordered
suspend/resume, OnInactiveSec timers; vfs.watch swarm/replication;
validate-example-schemas.mjs + ajv in pretest; extend verify-ctx for V3;
bump ctx API to 1.12.0; ADR 001, protocol, handbook, dev-guide, and
reference docs; seeder/kernel parity and booter tests.

Chore: Prettier table alignment in CHANGELOG and READMEs; compact
bareOsRequestPearReload signature in bare-os-ctx.d.ts.
2026-04-04 02:34:21 -04:00
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2026-04-03 23:42:47 -04:00

bare-os-seeder

Pear / Bare application that owns the canonical system Hyperdrive: it walks a kernel tree on disk, writes /boot/init.js, /bin/*, /etc/* into the drive (no host temp dirs), builds a 512-byte MBR with the drive key, joins Hyperswarm on bare-os-v1, and serves MBR block reads + Protomux bare-os-v1 replication to peers.

Run

From package directory (after npm ci at repo root):

node index.js

Or with Bare/Pear:

npm run pear:dev

From repo root (recommended — fixes workspace node_modules for Pear):

npm run os:seeder

Environment

Variable Meaning
BARE_OS_KERNEL_ROOT Absolute path to kernel tree to stage (default: package kernel/ vendored copy, or repo kernel/ under Node file: URL)
BARE_OS_HOST_DATA Base directory for host state (default ~/.bare-os)
BARE_OS_SEED_STORE Corestore directory (default ~/.bare-os/corestore/seeder)
BARE_OS_SEED_CAPABILITY_ATTESTATION_JSON Optional JSON string for seed RPC bare_os.capability_attestation (operators verify on host; guest does not crypto-verify)

Pear vs Node

  • import.meta.url is file: — seeder may dynamically import bare-os-coreutils/build.mjs and bare-os-bare-libs/build.mjs, rebuilding /bin and kernel/lib/bare before staging.
  • pear: bundle — coreutils and /lib/bare bundles must be pre-built into kernel/; run npm run build -w bare-os-coreutils and npm run build -w bare-os-bare-libs before pear run (root npm run os:seeder does both).

Layout

Path Role
index.js Entry: Corestore, Hyperdrive, stageKernelTree, swarm, setupSeedChannel (RPCs include optional bare_os.snapshot_hints and bare_os.peer_firewall_stats when implemented)
lib/paths.js packageRootDir, kernel root, Corestore path (Pear RTIaware)
kernel/ Vendored mirror of repo kernel/ for Pear staging — must match kernel/ byte-for-byte (npm test pretest runs scripts/verify-kernel-seeder-parity.mjs)

Dependencies

bare-os-protocol (workspace), hyperdrive, corestore, hyperswarm, protomux, b4a, compact-encoding, safety-catch, bare-os.

See also