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[Runtime/BIOS] Guest-visible BIOS kernel jump-table (A0/B0/C0) state abstraction (#360) - #363

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Implements Issue #360: a guest-visible, dispatch-connected representation of the A0/B0/C0 BIOS kernel jump tables, closing the capability gap identified in ADR-014's amendment B0:56 GetC0Table / B0:57 GetB0Table evaluated, not registered (2026-09-11). Updated after two rounds of CodeRabbit review to fix an A0 patch-check bound gap, a stale B0/C0 range comment, a sentinel-seeding state-loss bug, and a C0/B0 canonical-identity gap.

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Production code (PSXRecomp.Core)

  • BiosJumpTables (new): table base addresses and per-slot address arithmetic. A0TableAddress = 0x200 is primary-source-confirmed (psx-spx, pinned commit ecd6f794f); A0MaxFunctionNumber = 0xBF is the primary-source-confirmed table-size bound (192 entries). B0TableAddress = 0x874 and C0TableAddress = 0x674 are this Runtime's own design choices — not confirmed real-hardware facts — chosen so their 0x200 separation reproduces the primary-source-documented C(80h.....) mirrors to B(00h.....) aliasing exactly; correct software always calls GetB0Table/GetC0Table rather than hardcoding them. CanonicalizeIdentity(family, functionNumber) is the single place that maps a C0 call at fn >= 0x80 to its canonical B0 physical-slot identity (fn - 0x80); every other call canonicalizes to itself.
  • IGuestMemoryReader.TryRead: promoted to the interface (GuestMemoryReader already had the method).
  • IGuestMemoryWriter.TryWrite (new, interface + implementation): all-or-nothing multi-byte write, validation-first, mirrors the reader's contract.
  • BiosServiceStatus.PatchedTarget + BiosServiceResult.PatchedTarget() factory: new result kind for a jump-table entry patched by guest code; ReturnValue carries the raw target address.
  • BiosHleRuntime's constructor: now requires an IGuestMemoryWriter and, for each registered slot, reads the existing 4-byte entry first — the sentinel (BiosJumpTables.HleSentinelTarget, computed from the slot's canonical identity) is written only when that entry is exactly zero. A pre-existing guest patch, a restored save-state value, or a failed read (treated the same as non-zero) all leave the slot untouched; the constructor never overwrites existing guest-visible state.
  • BiosHleRuntime.Invoke: reads the 4-byte slot at BiosJumpTables.EntryAddress(family, fn) through IGuestMemoryReader before reaching the registry. Non-zero and not that physical slot's own sentinel → PatchedTarget. Otherwise, the registry is consulted under the call's canonical physical-slot identity, so a registered B0 service (puts, GetC0Table, GetB0Table) is reachable through its C0 high-range alias exactly as through the direct B0 call — while the resolved handler, and the result/diagnostic, still report the identity the guest actually called, never the canonical one (mirroring the existing A0:3E/B0:3F puts-alias identity policy).
  • BiosHleRuntime GetC0Table/GetB0Table: B0:56 and B0:57 registered, returning C0TableAddress and B0TableAddress respectively, each backed by guest-visible RAM connected to dispatch.

Tests (PSXRecomp.Tests)

  • BiosHleContractTests: covers GetC0Table/GetB0Table success/invalid-args, patched-entry dispatch (registered and unregistered slots), KSEG0-alias patch visible via dispatch, untranslatable patched target reported faithfully, fresh-instance determinism, the A0 upper-bound patch-check guard, the full read/save/patch/restore round trip, the C0-high/B0 address alias (both directions, unregistered slots), zero-only sentinel seeding (fresh zeroed memory, pre-existing non-zero entry, reconstruction over already-patched memory, read-failure contract), and the C0/B0 canonical-identity fix (registered B0 service reachable through its C0 alias, sentinel/patch/restore consistency in both directions, original-identity preservation in diagnostics).
  • GuestMemoryWriterTests: 5 tests for TryWrite — multi-byte roundtrip, all-or-nothing rejection, overflow guard, oversized buffer, empty buffer.

Docs

  • ADR-014: five amendments dated 2026-09-09 through 2026-09-11 covering the guest-memory read/write boundaries, the guest-visible jump-table state design, the A0 upper-bound enforcement, the corrected B0/C0 primary-source range citation, and — most recently — the zero-only sentinel-seeding fix and the C0/B0 canonical physical-slot identity fix (both from this PR's CodeRabbit follow-up review).
  • docs/runtime/bios-hle-evidence.md: §2 support matrix and notes updated to match the zero-only seeding policy and canonical-identity dispatch/sentinel behavior.

Follow-up issue filed

#362[Runtime] Execute patched BIOS jump-table targets (guest-code / interpreter dispatch trap) — tracks the remaining gap: this Runtime returns PatchedTarget (from either the C0 alias or the direct B0 identity) but cannot execute that target. Intentionally out of scope here per ADR-014's amendment.

Verification

  • dotnet build src/PSXRecompStudio.slnx --configuration Release → 0 errors
  • dotnet test src/PSXRecompStudio.slnx -c DebugPSXRecomp.Tests: 1503 passed, 14 skipped (ROM-dependent), 0 failed; PSXRecompStudio.Tests: 11 passed, 0 failed
  • dotnet test src/PSXRecompStudio.slnx -c Release → same counts, 0 failed
  • Architecture analyzer (PSXRecomp.Analyzer, build-integrated, Error severity) → 0 violations (part of the build above)
  • pwsh ./scripts/ci/check-artifact-policy.ps1 → clean, no violations
  • git diff --check → clean
  • Native (PSXRecomp.Native/ctest): N/A — this PR touches no native code
  • Branch base: main at 45506e3; HEAD after this update: see PR commits

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Document Decision
docs/adr/014-bios-hle-runtime-contract.md Updated — five amendments, most recently for the zero-only seeding and canonical-identity fixes
docs/runtime/bios-hle-evidence.md Updated — §2 support matrix and notes
docs/REFERENCES.md No update — pinned psx-spx revision already recorded; secondary sources not added as authoritative citations

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  • New Features

    • Added BIOS jump-table support for A0, B0, and C0 services, including documented C0/B0 alias behavior.
    • Added GetC0Table and GetB0Table services to retrieve table addresses.
    • BIOS calls now recognize patched guest jump-table entries and report their target addresses.
    • Added jump-table entry values for registered services, preserving existing patches and save-state data.
    • Added safe, all-or-nothing multi-byte guest memory read and write operations.
  • Documentation

    • Updated BIOS runtime documentation with jump-table behavior, evidence, supported ranges, and current limitations.

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…osJumpTables, PatchedTarget, GetC0Table/GetB0Table)

- Add BiosJumpTables: A0 table base 0x200 (primary-source-confirmed),
  B0 base 0x874 and C0 base 0x674 (Runtime design choices, not confirmed
  real-hardware facts — see ADR-014 amendment for #360).
- Add BiosServiceStatus.PatchedTarget and BiosServiceResult.PatchedTarget()
  factory for jump-table entries patched by guest code.
- Add IGuestMemoryReader.TryRead(uint, Span<byte>) interface method; the
  concrete GuestMemoryReader already implemented this — interface promoted.
- Add IGuestMemoryWriter.TryWrite(uint, ReadOnlySpan<byte>) and the
  matching GuestMemoryWriter implementation (all-or-nothing, validation-
  first, mirroring the reader's contract).
- Rewrite BiosHleRuntime.Invoke to consult guest-visible table state first:
  if the entry at (family, functionNumber)'s slot address holds a non-zero
  32-bit LE value, return PatchedTarget before reaching the registry.
- Register B0:56 GetC0Table (returns C0TableAddress) and B0:57 GetB0Table
  (returns B0TableAddress); both take no arguments and are now backed by
  guest-visible RAM connected to dispatch.

Refs #360

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…le/GetB0Table, TryWrite

- BiosHleContractTests: add 9 new test groups covering GetC0Table/GetB0Table
  registration (success + invalid-arguments), patched-entry dispatch for a
  registered slot, patched-entry dispatch for an unregistered slot (C0:00),
  unpatched-unregistered slot stays Unsupported, KSEG0-alias patch visible
  through dispatch, untranslatable patched target reported as PatchedTarget
  (not rejected), and fresh-instance determinism across 5 registered services.
- GuestMemoryWriterTests: add 5 new tests for TryWrite — multi-byte roundtrip,
  all-or-nothing rejection on partial out-of-RAM range, address+length overflow
  guard, oversized-buffer rejection, and empty-buffer success.

Refs #360

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…ble state abstraction

- ADR-014: add amendment 2026-09-11 for #360: records A0 table address as
  primary-source-confirmed (0x200), B0/C0 addresses as Runtime design choices
  (0x874/0x674 — NOT confirmed real-hardware facts), dispatch design (guest RAM
  SSOT, PatchedTarget result kind, patched-target execution intentionally out of
  scope, follow-up Issue #TBD), GetC0Table/GetB0Table registration justification
  (effect-incomplete bar now met), and interface widenings.
- bios-hle-evidence.md §2: update support matrix to 5 registered entries; move
  B0:56/B0:57 from Blocked to Supported; add BiosJumpTables/PatchedTarget notes.
- bios-hle-evidence.md §4: mark B0:56/B0:57 recommendation item done (#360).
- bios-hle-evidence.md §6: resolve open question 9; update item 10; add item 11
  (patched-target execution follow-up, Issue #TBD).

Refs #360

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…d evidence doc

Refs #360 Refs #362

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The BIOS HLE runtime now seeds registered jump-table slots only when zero, detects guest patches, supports B0 table services, and canonicalizes C0/B0 aliases. Guest-memory range reads and writes are all-or-nothing. Tests and documentation cover the updated contract.

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BIOS jump-table runtime

Layer / File(s) Summary
Jump-table and memory contracts
src/PSXRecomp.Core/Runtime/BiosJumpTables.cs, src/PSXRecomp.Core/Runtime/IGuestMemoryReader.cs, src/PSXRecomp.Core/Runtime/IGuestMemoryWriter.cs, src/PSXRecomp.Core/Runtime/GuestMemoryWriter.cs, src/PSXRecomp.Core/Runtime/BiosServiceResult.cs
Defines table addresses, entry calculation, canonical C0/B0 identities, per-slot HLE sentinels, contiguous memory access, and the PatchedTarget result status.
BIOS dispatch and sentinel initialization
src/PSXRecomp.Core/Runtime/BiosHleRuntime.cs, src/PSXRecomp.Tests/Runtime/BiosHleContractTests.cs
Registers B0:56 and B0:57, seeds zero-valued registered slots, preserves non-zero entries, checks guest-visible entries before registry dispatch, skips out-of-range A0 patch checks, and preserves the original C0 identity.
BIOS dispatch and memory contract tests
src/PSXRecomp.Tests/Runtime/BiosHleContractTests.cs, src/PSXRecomp.Tests/Runtime/GuestMemoryWriterTests.cs
Tests range writes, patched and unpatched slots, sentinel state, save-state restoration, table services, unsupported ranges, C0/B0 aliases, and identity preservation.
Runtime contract documentation
docs/adr/014-bios-hle-runtime-contract.md, docs/runtime/bios-hle-evidence.md, docs/REFERENCES.md
Documents sentinel seeding, patched-target reporting, service registrations, confirmed C0/B0 ranges, alias behavior, and the remaining patched-target execution scope.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant BIOSCaller
  participant BiosHleRuntime
  participant GuestMemory
  participant BiosServiceResult
  BIOSCaller->>BiosHleRuntime: Invoke(family, functionNumber, arguments)
  BiosHleRuntime->>GuestMemory: Read 4-byte jump-table slot
  GuestMemory-->>BiosHleRuntime: Sentinel, patch target, or zero
  alt Non-zero value is not the canonical slot sentinel
    BiosHleRuntime->>BiosServiceResult: Create PatchedTarget
    BiosServiceResult-->>BIOSCaller: PatchedTarget and guest address
  else Zero or sentinel value
    BiosHleRuntime->>BiosHleRuntime: Canonicalize identity and invoke handler
    BiosHleRuntime-->>BIOSCaller: Service result
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In `@src/PSXRecomp.Core/Runtime/BiosJumpTables.cs`:
- Line 56: Update EntryAddress to enforce each BIOS jump table’s documented slot
capacity before calculating or probing an entry address; reject out-of-range
function numbers such as A0:0xC0 so BiosHleRuntime.Invoke treats them as
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Comment thread src/PSXRecomp.Core/Runtime/BiosJumpTables.cs
A0のジャンプテーブルサイズは一次ソース確認済み(psx-spx固定コミット
ecd6f794f459ab5f72feb88d46df8d23b3c413e0: 0x300バイト = 192エントリ、
有効関数番号0x00-0xBF)。fn >= 0xCOのA0呼び出しに対してパッチチェックを
実行すると、BIOSメモリマップの「再配置カーネルコード」領域を誤って
PatchedTargetと報告するリスクがあった。

変更内容:
- BiosJumpTables.A0MaxFunctionNumber = 0xBF を追加(一次ソース引用付き)
- BiosHleRuntime.Invoke: fn > A0MaxFunctionNumber のA0呼び出しは
  パッチチェックをスキップしUnsupportedにフォールスルー
- B0/C0の上限は一次ソース確認済みの上限なし。ADR-014の推測禁止ルールにより
  意図的に制限なし(docs/adr/014に追記(u)として記録)
- 回帰テスト: A0_FunctionNumber_AboveTableBound_SkipsPatchCheck_And_IsUnsupported
- ADR-014補遺: 条項(t)/(u)としてA0上限施行とB0/C0上限非施行の根拠を記録

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Pre-merge review found two blocking issues that are separate from CodeRabbit's resolved A0-bound finding:

  1. Guest-visible jump-table contents are zero for every unpatched slot while dispatch silently falls back to the host registry. This makes GetB0Table / GetC0Table effect-incomplete for callers that read/save/restore an existing entry: the guest observes 0 instead of the current 32-bit target represented by the jump list. Please make the guest-visible table contents and dispatch source-of-truth semantically consistent, or explicitly narrow the service contract with evidence that reading existing entries is not observable/required. The current ADR/docs describe these as real patchable 32-bit target lists, so registry fallback alone is not sufficient.

  2. The C0/B0 range rationale contradicts the pinned primary source. At ecd6f794f459ab5f72feb88d46df8d23b3c413e0, docs/kernelbios.md explicitly states C(1Eh..7Fh) N/A ;jump_to_00000000h and C(80h.....) N/A ;mirrors to B(00h.....), while B is defined through B(5Eh..FFh). Therefore the C0 >= 0x80 overlap with B0 is documented behavior in the cited primary source, not merely an unconfirmed/harmless design limitation. Please correct BiosJumpTables comments / ADR-014 and add regression coverage for C0:80 -> B0:00 aliasing plus a representative higher alias if the chosen layout intentionally models that behavior.

I would not merge #363 until these are addressed.

Resolves both pre-merge blockers on #360's guest-visible BIOS
jump-table state abstraction (PR #363).

Blocker 1 - guest-visible existing entries were always zero:
BiosHleRuntime.Invoke already made guest RAM the dispatch source of
truth, but every slot's initial content, including the five services
this Runtime registers (A0:3C, A0:3E, B0:3F, B0:56, B0:57), was left
at RAM's zero default. psx-spx's "BIOS Patches" section documents
reading an existing, non-zero jump-list entry as ordinary, common
practice (GetC0Table/GetB0Table followed by a read-then-compare
before patching), so an all-zero "existing" entry for a slot this
Runtime actually implements could not round-trip through
read/save/patch/restore.

Fix: BiosJumpTables.HleSentinelTarget(family, function) computes a
deterministic, per-slot sentinel confined to the KSEG2 window, which
Ps1AddressTranslation already rejects unconditionally, so it can
never collide with a real RAM/BIOS/kernel address or be mistaken for
one. BiosHleRuntime's constructor now also requires an
IGuestMemoryWriter and seeds each registered slot with its sentinel
at construction. Invoke's patch-check now excludes a slot's own
sentinel from PatchedTarget, so a guest that reads an existing entry,
saves it, patches the slot, and later restores the saved value sees
dispatch correctly resume reaching the original HLE handler.
Unregistered slots are untouched and remain honestly zero - this
Runtime still invents no address for a function it does not
implement.

Blocker 2 - the C0/B0 range comment contradicted primary source:
BiosJumpTables described C0's B0-aliasing at fn>=0x80 as an
unconfirmed Runtime-only quirk and claimed no primary source gives
B0/C0 range information. The pinned psx-spx source
(docs/kernelbios.md) documents both facts directly:
"C(80h.....) N/A ;mirrors to B(00h.....)" confirms the alias as
real-hardware behavior, and the B/C-Functions tables document the
full byte-range domain for both tables. Corrected the comments in
BiosJumpTables.cs and BiosHleRuntime.cs to cite the primary source
directly instead of describing confirmed facts as unconfirmed
limitations. No behavior change: no additional bound is enforced,
because the full byte domain is already documented, unlike A0 (whose
192-entry bound is a separate, real table-size limit).

ADR-014 records both design decisions (including the rejected
guest-RAM-SSOT and read-time-projection alternatives for Blocker 1)
and the corrected primary-source citations for Blocker 2.
docs/runtime/bios-hle-evidence.md and docs/REFERENCES.md are updated
to match.

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In `@docs/adr/014-bios-hle-runtime-contract.md`:
- Around line 718-722: Update BiosHleRuntime sentinel seeding after registry
construction so it reads each guest RAM slot before writing: call TryWrite only
when the existing jump-table target is zero, preserving nonzero guest patches or
restored state. Keep normal HLE sentinel initialization unchanged for empty
slots.

In `@src/PSXRecomp.Core/Runtime/BiosJumpTables.cs`:
- Around line 132-133: Use a canonical physical-slot identity in
HleSentinelTarget so C0/B0 aliases produce the same sentinel and registry key;
update BiosHleRuntime to normalize C0 high-range calls before sentinel
recognition and registry selection. Add a regression test invoking a registered
B0 service through its C0 high-range alias. Apply changes in
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Resolves both Major CodeRabbit blockers on PR #363's latest review pass.

Blocker A - sentinel seeding overwrote pre-existing guest state:
BiosHleRuntime's constructor wrote every registered slot's HLE sentinel
unconditionally, so a Runtime constructed over memory that already held
a guest patch or a restored save-state value silently replaced that
value with the sentinel - exactly the state-loss failure mode ADR-014's
own Blocker 1 fix was meant to rule out.

Fix: each slot is now read through IGuestMemoryReader before writing.
The sentinel is written only when the existing 4-byte entry is exactly
zero; a non-zero existing value, and a failed read, both leave the slot
untouched (a read failure is treated the same as non-zero - do not
seed - so a slot is never partially or speculatively mutated when its
actual content is unknown). Reconstructing a Runtime over already-
patched or already-restored memory now reproduces the same dispatch
outcome the original instance would have given.

Blocker B - the C0/B0 mirror shared one physical slot but not one
sentinel/registry identity:
psx-spx documents C(80h.....) as mirroring B(00h.....) - real hardware
dispatches C-function numbers 0x80+ through the very same jump-list
memory as B-function numbers 0x00+. BiosJumpTables' EntryAddress
arithmetic already reproduced that address aliasing, but
HleSentinelTarget and the registry lookup both keyed off the call's
logical (family, function) pair, so a registered B0 service reached
through its C0 high-range alias (e.g. C0:BF for B0:3F puts) read its
own real sentinel as an unrecognized non-zero value and incorrectly
reported PatchedTarget instead of dispatching to the registered
handler.

Fix: BiosJumpTables.CanonicalizeIdentity(family, functionNumber) is the
single place the 0x80 mirror threshold is written down, mapping a C0
call at fn>=0x80 to its canonical B0 identity (fn-0x80) and every other
call to itself. HleSentinelTarget and BiosHleRuntime.Invoke's registry
lookup both canonicalize before computing the sentinel / selecting the
handler, so a C0 alias and its mirrored B0 call always agree on which
physical slot they share. The resolved handler still receives - and
the result/diagnostic still reports - the identity the guest actually
called, never the canonical one, consistent with the existing A0:3E/
B0:3F puts-alias identity-preservation policy.

ADR-014 records both fixes (zero-only seeding policy, read-failure
policy, canonical physical-slot identity, and original-vs-canonical
identity handling) as a new amendment; docs/runtime/bios-hle-evidence.md
is updated to match. No behavior change for A0, for B0/C0 calls below
the mirror threshold, or for #362's patched-target execution gap
(still intentionally out of scope).

Refs #360

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TYUNZnNGEsvo97erGQUs2U
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Please review the latest HEAD, including commit a101d4664a9e7b6432947cad536af385003bb4a4. The previous review covered changes only through ed4c122; the final fixes for zero-only sentinel seeding and C0/B0 canonical physical-slot identity were applied afterward and need a fresh review.

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@mao2009: I reviewed the latest HEAD at a101d4664a9e7b6432947cad536af385003bb4a4.

I found no new issues in the changes after ed4c122.

The zero-only seeding logic preserves non-zero guest entries and does not write after a failed read. The C0 high-range canonical identity now applies consistently to sentinel generation and registry lookup. Dispatch still passes the original guest identity to services and diagnostics.

The contract tests cover the new zero-only seeding and C0/B0 alias behavior. The diff check reported no whitespace errors. I did not run tests because this sandbox does not execute repository code.


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Learning: In `src/PSXRecomp.Core/Runtime/BiosHleRuntime.cs`, only the A0 BIOS jump table has a primary-source-confirmed function-number bound: `BiosJumpTables.A0MaxFunctionNumber` is `0xBF` for the 192-entry table. `BiosHleRuntime.Invoke` must skip the guest-memory patch check for A0 function numbers at or above `0xC0` so unrelated memory cannot produce `BiosServiceStatus.PatchedTarget`. B0 and C0 have no primary-source-confirmed bounds in this repository; ADR-014 prohibits inventing them, so their patch checks remain unbounded by design.
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51-55: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Update stale BIOS HLE support-matrix statements.

BiosHleRuntime canonicalizes C0 aliases before registry lookup, so C0:BF, C0:D6, and C0:D7 reach the registered B0:3F, B0:56, and B0:57 services. The constructor also requires IGuestMemoryWriter and uses it to seed registered jump-table slots. Update the matrix to list only truly unregistered identities, and state that the writer is wired for sentinel seeding but not for gets.

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In `@docs/runtime/bios-hle-evidence.md` around lines 51 - 55, Update the BIOS HLE
support matrix to exclude C0:BF, C0:D6, and C0:D7 as unsupported because
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Addressed the latest CodeRabbit Minor documentation finding in commit 6d6ba62d5f451c9ea5774b9a2e700d4577c66ff5.

Updated docs/runtime/bios-hle-evidence.md so that:

  • C0 high-range aliases (C0:BF, C0:D6, C0:D7) are documented as reaching the registered B0 services via canonical physical-slot identity, rather than as unsupported.
  • IGuestMemoryWriter is documented as already wired into BiosHleRuntime for zero-only jump-table sentinel seeding, while gets itself still does not consume it.
  • stale related inventory text was reconciled with the current five-entry registry and [Runtime/BIOS] Guest-visible BIOS kernel jump-table (A0/B0/C0) state abstraction #360 completion state.

Docs-only change; no production code changed.

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