docs: Alpha cross-node DLM wire oracle (vms-94c/vms-17c grounding) - #841
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…umented GRANT semantics Clean-room (Rule 8) research doc grounding vms_lock_dlm_xnode_dispatch (rung-1 SS$_UNSUPPORTED today) for the DLM rung-2 GRANT (vms-17c) and the rung ladder (vms-94c/vms-904c/vms-1bba/vms-6ee/vms-d81/vms-ec75). [OBSERVED] real 64-bit Alpha V8.4 SCS transport from lab-Alpha: ethertype 0x6007, node addressing, NISCA HELLO layout (node name + EWA device + offset-0x50 seq counter), corroborated on both nodes. [DOCUMENTED] DLM semantics grounding the GRANT: 6 lock modes + $LCKDEF values, 16-byte LVB, IDSM 3-case directory/mastering algorithm, ENQ->GRANT->DEQ->BLKAST cross-node flow, mapped to vms_dlm_xnode_args / vms_resmaster_args. Live 2-node DLM-message capture blocked by two AXPbox modes (#83 PROCGONE on join; DE500 TX-silence after SRM power-cycles) — DLM body bytes remain the RE target; every claim provenance-tagged OBSERVED/DOCUMENTED/code. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…ce parity, SHOW USERS de-fab (#858) Bumps OVMX_PRODUCT_VERSION and os-release V0.5-7 -> V0.5-8. 14 commits since V0.5-7. Distributed Lock Manager — the cross-node ladder tops out at a real GRANT: - #849 vms-e8f1/vms-17c DLM rung-2 (H4): the first REAL cross-node $ENQ GRANT — node B holds a lock on A's behalf for A's CSID, $ENQ returns SS$_NORMAL over live SCS (no longer INV-6 "grants nothing"). The distributed lock manager now actually locks across nodes. - #845 vms-209 DLM harness H3 — a cross-node $ENQ reaches node B's real executive - #843 vms-4bd0 DLM harness H2 — two real-executive QEMU nodes complete the full VMS$VAXcluster join - #842 vms-534 DLM harness H1 — two real-executive nodes exchange the 0x6007 HELLO over a socket netdev - #840 vms-4b6 DLM harness rung H0 — SCSD.EXE composes with a real executive - #841 docs Alpha cross-node DLM wire oracle — observed SCS transport + documented GRANT semantics (Rule 8) Alpha co-release parity — authenticated login + the shared SHOW battery: - #852 vms-f2c Alpha DCL/SHOW acceptance parity — the same shared 11-command battery x86_64 runs, now on qemu-system-alpha - #847 vms.ko guards BG fork-inherit tracepoints behind CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS (Alpha P0 modpost fix) Authenticity (INV-6 de-fabrication): - #839 vms-6a1 SHOW USERS fails honestly when the executive is absent — no more per-process fabricated user list Boot console fidelity: - #850 vms-dec kill boot-console newline spam (the operator's echoed RETURNs) + a type-during-boot regression gate Networking (layered-product promotion): - #851 vms-67f TCP/IP Services promoted to a first-class layered product — build plan + roadmap (1.0 blocker) Docs / ledger: - #745 Alpha C-RTL archive DECIDED — Option A (operator ruling 2026-08-23) - #709 vms-da0 OpenVMS GCC port × OVMX faithful-surface gap analysis - #838 reconcile the release block for the V0.5-7 tag (INV-LEDGER) QA'd under KVM boot-to-login on the workshop host with the full SHOW acceptance battery VMS-faithful; boot console clean (no newline flood) and SHOW USERS honest. Release notes are generated at tag time by tools/gen_release_notes.py (INV-LEDGER single-ledger); the roadmap narrative block + public site are the conductor's reconcile (INV-0/INV-LEDGER). Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Clean-room (Rule 8) research doc
docs/research-alpha-dlm-wire.mdgrounding OVMX's cross-node DLM (vms_lock_dlm_xnode_dispatch, rung-1SS\$_UNSUPPORTEDtoday) for the rung-2 GRANT (vms-17c) and the DLM rung ladder.Every claim is provenance-tagged [OBSERVED] / [DOCUMENTED] / [code]:
vms_dlm_xnode_args/vms_resmaster_args.Observed pcaps preserved under
/data/training/vax/alpha/captures/. No VSI/HPE source or binary disassembled/decompiled/copied.🤖 Generated with Claude Code