ICE-Kernel (Layer 1)

The Hardened C11 Execution Core of the ICE Ecosystem.

ICE-Kernel is the deterministic heart of the ICE environment. It replaces the legacy Python runtime with a high-performance, memory-safe C11 implementation.

Core Architecture

• Layer 0 (Bootstrap): Authority handoff and Vault allocation.
• Layer 1 (Kernel): State machine enforcement, UDS Transport, and hardware-aligned execution.
• Layer 2 (Engine): High-level orchestration (Connected via Unix Domain Sockets).

System Status

• FSM: Operational (Deterministic State Machine)
• Vault: Integrated (C11 Shared Headers)
• Transport: UDS Socket (/tmp/ice_runtime.sock)
• Language: C11 (GCC/Clang)

Getting Started

make clean && make all
./bin/ice-boot --ws arch_dev_session --raid
./bin/ice-kernel --ws arch_dev_session

Build Targets

• make boot → build bin/ice-boot
• make kernel → build bin/ice-kernel
• make all → build both

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Intentional. Inspectable. Deterministic.