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Matthew Stanley 685687f36f Restructure duckstation as submodule + patch; salvage TCP docs + debug_client
Recovery + restructure after rm -rf destroyed duckstation/build/ earlier this
session. Adopts the nesrecomp pattern (see F:/Projects/nesrecomp): pristine
upstream as submodule, our changes as a patch file that gets auto-applied by a
setup script.

Submodule:
- duckstation/ now pins stenzek/duckstation@ffb33c281 (release-20260328 era)
- .gitmodules records the pin; .gitignore stops ignoring the submodule path but
  still ignores build/ and dep/prebuilt/ (the submodule's own .gitignore also
  handles these)

Patch + setup:
- tools/duckstation/psxrecomp_oracle.patch (1187 lines, 7 files) captures our
  TCP debug-server on port 4371 plus the unfinished pc_break family of commands
  (with the VirtualMemoryAddress compile fix)
- tools/duckstation/setup.sh clones submodule, fetches + verifies + extracts
  prebuilt Windows deps, rewrites stale absolute paths baked into the prebuilt
  CMake metadata, applies the oracle patch. Idempotent.
- tools/duckstation/build.sh configures CMake (VS 17 2022) + runs MSBuild, then
  provisions bin/ with portable marker, BIOS copy, and settings.ini post-fixes
- tools/duckstation/README.md documents the layout, the regeneration flow, and
  the known headless-boot configuration issue

TCP documentation (salvaged from v3):
- TCP_COMMANDS.md: full command table with native (4370) / duckstation (4371)
  / both columns, reflecting actual v4 implementation including wtrace_* and
  pc_break/pc_hit_last families
- tools/debug_client.py: unified CLI from v3 (ports 4370/4371 match v4)
- DEBUG.md: merged v3's END-TO-END COMPLETION RULE, Stale Hypothesis Rule,
  TOOLING RULE, and TOOL LIFECYCLE RULE sections into v4's existing loop

Phase 4 diagnostic artefacts from this session:
- generated/relocation_proofs/vblank_registrar/ — corrected VBlank-stall
  diagnosis. Prior handoff claimed the shell VBlank handler was never installed;
  live TCP inspection of both runtime and DuckStation oracle proved handler IS
  installed at 0x800DFEE0. Real gap is one level up in the kernel IRQ chain at
  *(0xA000E014).
- tools/duck_query*.py, duck_search.py, disasm_ram.py, scan_*.py — focused
  probes used to establish the above; reusable against either server

CLAUDE.md §2 and new §15 document the submodule-based oracle setup and the
"never edit submodule, regenerate patch instead" rule.

Known issues (tracked in tools/duckstation/README.md):
- Fresh settings.ini doesn't complete BIOS boot under -nogui; one-time launch
  with GUI is required to warm up the settings before headless mode works

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-14 01:34:27 -07:00
Matthew Stanley 7c40d33db3 Phase 1 complete: recompiler proven correct on SCPH1001.BIN
Phase 1a (boot slice): 30 instructions at 0xBFC00000, compiles clean.
Phase 1b (instruction coverage): 54 opcodes implemented in strict_translator,
  44,629 walker-reachable instructions covered, 0 missing.
Phase 1c (function discovery): 76 functions from 2 seeds, 2,988 instructions,
  199 call edges, 27 indirect jumps. All validated through StrictTranslator.
Phase 1d (indirect control flow): 27 sites classified — 21 A0/B0/C0 dispatch
  stubs, 4 computed calls, 2 computed tail calls. Ghidra cross-referenced
  with 0 disagreements.
Phase 1e (relocation): ROM-to-RAM copy at FUN_bfc00420 proven with both
  Ghidra (static) and DuckStation (runtime). 69 address aliases, 68/69
  function entries match byte-for-byte in RAM. Normalization rule documented.

Includes PRINCIPLES.md and DEBUG.md adapted from recomp-template.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-11 21:26:04 -07:00