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@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ open-iov/
├── scripts/ build/load/test automation, VM harness
├── config/ hardware/version profiles (the portability surface)
├── firmware/ versioned firmware images + decompilation artifacts
-├── (private) reverse-engineering study notes live untracked;
-│ see the maintainers' study index
+├── (private) reverse-engineering study notes live untracked,
+│ outside the published tree
├── docs/ THIS documentation tree (start at docs/README.md)
└── wiki/ long-form firmware/protocol deep dives
```
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ The following rules each come from a real bug and are enforced in review:
| `tools/cuda-ab/` | host-vs-guest CUDA A/B harness (one deterministic workload, diffed results) |
| `tools/rmq/` | host RM-API oracle for ground-truth GPU/RM data |
| `tools/firmware_analyzer.py` + Ghidra scripts | firmware analysis pipeline |
-| module debug parameters | guest-memory scanning/poking, VRAM inspection |
+| module debug parameters | guest-memory scanning/poking, VRAM inspection; physical-backend parameters and debugfs state/control files (see [`../eng-ops.md`](../eng-ops.md) Part II) |
| QEMU gdbstub workflow | guest virtual-memory inspection/writing |
| `debug/risc-v-gsp-rm-vm/` (green-eye) | **# TOOL IN DEVELOPMENT - NOT READY YET!** — RISC-V GSP/uproc VM runtime inspection, session recording and `gsp-rm-vfio` accuracy measurement (see [`../05-operations/03-risc-v-gsp-rm-vm.md`](../05-operations/03-risc-v-gsp-rm-vm.md)) |
| `wiki/` documents | protocol and firmware deep dives |
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ make clean
* Protocol changes: diff the RPC inventory before/after; attach both.
* Memory-model changes: re-run the VA↔PA discovery tooling and a guest CUDA
start-up; attach the trace.
+* Live physical-backend cycles are **supervised only**: one cycle at a time,
+ never unattended, with the module sha256 recorded before and after and the
+ clean-release checklist walked every time. Do not retry after a
+ mutating-RPC failure or a wedge. A requested reboot needs a written reason
+ and a post-reboot plan before approval is asked (project hard rule). See
+ [`../eng-ops.md`](../eng-ops.md) Part II.
* Never land a change that makes a rung regress, even "temporarily".
## 8. Security hygiene for contributors