qemu: display + touch scenario, ADR-0006, docs

Phase 4+5 of the device sim:

- Display + touch verified end-to-end: virtio-gpu at 720x720 (fbdev
  emulation) renders the real WardenOS dashboard from the static LVGL
  fbdev+evdev UI build (flare-edge qemu-vm-support tools/build-ui-vm.sh);
  QMP input-send-event taps the Metrics tab and qemu/tests/ui-shot.sh
  asserts the repaint from screendumps. Two load-bearing QEMU flags found
  and documented: -global virtio-mmio.force-legacy=false (gpu/input are
  VERSION_1-only) and the 200ms press hold (an instantaneous press+release
  lands inside one LVGL indev poll and never clicks).
- qemu/tests/qmp.py: minimal QMP client (screendump, tap, quit).
- stage-2 init starts warden-ui when present and fb0 exists.
- docs/decisions/0006-qemu-device-sim.md: virt-not-custom-board, the
  enters-at-kernel boundary, fragment policy, naming, consequences.
- docs/architecture.md: new section 7 (device emulation), order-of-work
  item 7; modbus cross-reference to the bridge.
- qemu/README.md: emulated-vs-not table, scenarios, gotchas, host/runner
  requirements. docs/ci-cd.md: runner needs one-time qemu-system-arm
  install (fail-closed smoke until then, [maintainer]-gated). Repo README updated.

Final sweep on this commit: shellcheck clean, bridge 7/7 tests, boot smoke
PASS, portal scenario PASS (check-in + fw pull + signed .wfw download),
ui-shot PASS (touch navigates to Metrics) — all under the final flags.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_018HUayid7W5w7jBdb9Rrj1K
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A QEMU virtual machine that boots the real forward-ported kernel (`build/` +
`patches/`) and real userspace, so the *device* — init, daemons, networking,
OTA, watchdog — can be tested off-hardware. The third simulator in the stack,
deliberately not named "sim":
OTA, watchdog, display — can be tested off-hardware. The third simulator in
the stack, deliberately not named "sim":
- `lvglsim` (flare-edge) — SDL desktop build of the UI. Rendering only.
- `sim/` (this repo) — register-level Rust models of RV1106 blocks behind
driver seams.
- `qemu/` (this) — the whole machine above the kernel entry point.
- `qemu/` (this) — the whole machine above the kernel entry point, running
the real binaries.
Decision record: `docs/decisions/0006-qemu-device-sim.md`.
## The boundary (read this before trusting a green run)
There is no RV1106 machine model in QEMU and everything below the kernel is
closed rkbin blobs plus mask ROM, so the VM **enters at `-kernel zImage`** on
`-M virt` (generic ARMv7 machine, virtio peripherals). That means:
`-M virt,highmem=off` (single Cortex-A7, 256M — the RV1106G3's shape).
- **Not emulated, not tested here:** BootROM, idblock/DDR-init, SPL, U-Boot,
the real BCB-driven A/B slot selection, bootcount auto-revert. The untested
A/B rollback chain stays untested by this tool.
- **Substituted, not modeled:** display (virtio-gpu, not VOP), input
(virtio-tablet, not GT911), network (virtio-net, not GMAC), storage
(virtio-blk, not eMMC). NPU/RGA/HPMCU behavior stays `sim/` territory.
- "Boots under emulation" is **not** "works on silicon". On-device claims
still need on-device evidence; the VM narrows which claims need a panel.
| Emulated / substituted | Not emulated (stays bench / `sim/` territory) |
|---|---|
| Kernel boot, init ordering, switch_root | BootROM, idblock/DDR-init, SPL, U-Boot |
| A/B *outcome* (`warden.slot=` cmdline) | Real BCB A/B selection, bootcount auto-revert |
| Storage: virtio-blk with the device's exact `blkdevparts=` layout + `/dev/block/by-name/` contract | eMMC controller itself |
| Network: virtio-net (slirp, hostfwd 22/80/28443) | GMAC, AIC8800 wifi, usb0 gadget |
| Display: virtio-gpu 720x720 via fbdev emulation | VOP/RGB666 pipeline, CH32V003 panel init, RGA blits |
| Touch: virtio-tablet (QMP `input-send-event`) | GT911 on I2C3 |
| Watchdog: i6300esb (PCI), `-action watchdog=reset` | DW watchdog @0xff5a0000, HPMCU supervisor |
| RS485: pci-serial chardev bridged to `sim/`'s `ModbusSlave` | Real UART4 timing/electrical behavior |
| RTC: PL031 (`--rtc` reproduces the no-RTC 2021-clock incident class) | The unpopulated backup-cell reality |
**"Boots/works under emulation" is never evidence of "works on silicon."**
The VM narrows which claims need a panel; on-device claims still need
on-device evidence. Conversely, the VM is the first environment that runs
production binaries on a non-RV1106 memory map — it found flare-edge #106
(fatal SIGBUS in flared's HPMCU probe) and #107 (Y2038 time_t truncation)
on its first two boots of real userspace.
Documented guest deviations from production, set by stage-2 init:
`WARDEN_FLARE_INSECURE=1` (the desk mock portal is plain HTTP) and
`WARDEN_HPMCU=0` (no mailbox SRAM on virt; flared >= flare-edge#106 fix
required, or the daemon dies of SIGBUS).
## Quick start
```sh
# 1. build the QEMU kernel variant (canonical RV1106 build + virt fragment)
# 1. kernel: canonical build boots the VM as-is; the fragment variant adds
# the scenario devices (PCI serial, watchdog, WireGuard, virtio-gpu/input)
WORK=$HOME/kbuild-out CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- \
WARDEN_KCONFIG_FRAGMENT=qemu/configs/virt.fragment bash build/build-kernel.sh
# 2. build the initramfs (sha256-pinned static busybox + qemu/rootfs/)
# 2. initramfs (sha256-pinned static busybox + qemu/rootfs/) and A/B disk
bash qemu/mkinitramfs.sh
bash qemu/mkimage.sh # options: --portal-url --state K=V --fw-version
# 3. smoke it
bash qemu/tests/boot-smoke.sh $HOME/kbuild-out/linux-6.18.46/arch/arm/boot/zImage
# 3. run (see run.sh header for all flags)
bash qemu/run.sh --kernel $HOME/kbuild-out/linux-6.18.46/arch/arm/boot/zImage --shell
```
Host requirements: `qemu-system-arm` (Debian 13 ships QEMU 10), `curl`, `cpio`,
`gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf` for the kernel build.
Payload: drop static musl armv7 binaries into `qemu/payload/` (see its
README) — `warden-flared`, `warden-modbus`, and `warden-ui` (the LVGL
fbdev+evdev build from flare-edge `tools/build-ui-vm.sh`) are started by
stage-2 init when present.
Status: bringup — boot smoke only. Disk/network harness, RS485 bridge to
`sim/`, portal scenarios, and display/touch land in later phases (see
`docs/decisions/0006-qemu-device-sim.md` once written).
## Scenario tests (`qemu/tests/`)
- `boot-smoke.sh <zImage>` — sentinel-asserting boot; runs in CI inside the
kernel-build job.
- `portal-scenario.sh <zImage>` (needs `FLARE_EDGE=<checkout>`) — the real
flared in the VM against the desk mock portal: authenticated check-in,
firmware desired-state pull, and download of a real signed tier-1 `.wfw`
offer. Verify/stage/APPLYING run as a dry run (no `WARDEN_FW_ALLOW_APPLY`);
flipping it on inside the VM is the documented stretch — apply writes
`/dev/block/by-name/rootfs_b` inside disk.img, then `--slot _b` boots it.
- `ui-shot.sh <zImage>` — display+touch: boots headless with virtio-gpu,
QMP-screendumps the 720x720 UI, taps the Metrics tab via `input-send-event`
(a 200 ms hold — an instantaneous press+release lands inside one LVGL poll
and never clicks), and asserts the frame changed. `qmp.py` is the tiny QMP
client.
- Watchdog: `run.sh --watchdog`, arm `/dev/watchdog` in the guest, don't pet —
the VM resets ~30 s later (verified). Do NOT combine with a flared payload
expecting survival: flared pets only while the UI heartbeat is fresh.
## Gotchas that cost time (so they cost it once)
- AF_UNIX socket paths cap at ~108 chars — keep `--rs485`/`--qmp` paths short.
- A serial port that is closed discards incoming bytes: hold ONE fd open
across write and read when scripting the guest side of the RS485 bridge.
- `highmem=off` and `-global virtio-mmio.force-legacy=false` are load-bearing
(32-bit ECAM reach; virtio-1-only gpu/input) — both live in run.sh.
- Never pass `earlyprintk`: DEBUG_UART_PHYS is the RV1106's 0xff4c0000.
## Host requirements
`qemu-system-arm` (Debian 13 ships QEMU 10), `curl`, `cpio`, `mkfs.ext4`,
`gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf` (kernel build), `python3` (+`cryptography` for the
portal scenario's `.wfw` signing). CI: the hosted `qemu-tools` job builds the
tooling; the boot smoke runs on the self-hosted kernel-build runner, which
needs a one-time `apt-get install qemu-system-arm` (see docs/ci-cd.md).