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bare-operating-system/packages/bare-os-seeder
Raven Scott ef04e3a263 feat(kernel): giant-phase boot hooks, proc snapshot, and kernel UX tools
- Add BARE_OS_BOOT_SAFE_MODE, BOOT_TRANSACTION_JOURNAL, BOOT_CHECKPOINT in
  stock kernel; kernel.ext.d requires/after/before ordering; boot-ready
  subsystems.kernel.giantPhase adjunct
- Expose /proc/bare_os/giant_phase_program.json via bare-os-giant-phase;
  wire VFS, baretop snapshot, and ctx batch read
- Add /bin/kernel-doctor and /bin/kernel-explain; verify-giant-phase-doc in
  pretest; giant-phase-benchmark-harness stub
- Bump bareOsCtxApiVersion to 1.23.0; sync seeder kernel/init.js and runtime
  caps; extend booter tests for proc listing and safe mode

Docs: giant-phase-kernel-program.md, feature-roadmap, kernel-extensions,
compatibility-matrix, environment appendix, handbook 06/11, developer
guide, users-manual 07, scripts README; booter CHANGELOG
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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.

Documentation: User manual · Handbook · Seeder reference · Protocol reference.

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

  • 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

  • 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.jspackageRootDir, 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