fix(ci): keep the push suite inside the runner's memory and time budget

Assisted-by: GLM 5.3 Flash
ci: shrink the push pipeline to the affordable gate set
2026-10-02 17:20:31 +02:00 · 2026-10-02 16:47:52 +02:00 · 2026-10-02 16:15:02 +02:00 · 2026-10-02 16:15:02 +02:00 · 2026-10-02 00:41:46 +02:00 · 2026-10-02 00:40:54 +02:00
168 changed files with 8178 additions and 643 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# FreeBSD compile gates. Dispatched by hand, never on a push.
+#
+# The debugger's ptrace surface and the JIT substrate are the two
+# FreeBSD-portable layers the tree carries; the forge has no FreeBSD runner,
+# so they can only be compile-gated, and three foreign-GOOS builds of the
+# whole module are minutes of one-core work the push pipeline's budget cannot
+# carry. The push pipeline stays fast and light; this workflow is the
+# deliberate run, before a release or after touching the ported layers.
+# Running the ptrace suite itself needs real FreeBSD hardware.
+#
+# A dispatched workflow takes no concurrency block: it is one deliberate run.
+name: FreeBSD build
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  # One core: parallelism buys no speed here and costs memory the box does not have.
+  GOFLAGS: -p=1
+  GOMAXPROCS: "2"
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: fedora
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+        with:
+          # The module is the source of truth for the version, so it cannot drift.
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: FreeBSD build (amd64)
+        run: GOOS=freebsd GOARCH=amd64 go build ./...
+
+      - name: FreeBSD build (arm64)
+        run: GOOS=freebsd GOARCH=arm64 go build ./...
+
+      - name: FreeBSD build (riscv64)
+        run: GOOS=freebsd GOARCH=riscv64 go build ./...
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 # everything runs in one job. Extra jobs would duplicate the checkout, the Go setup and
 # the dependency download three times without buying any parallelism.
 #
+# The budget is part of the contract: a push run is fast and light, about two minutes,
+# and nothing that cannot run natively on the runner belongs here. The FreeBSD compile
+# gates live in freebsd.yml behind workflow_dispatch for that reason; the GOOBJ link
+# parity campaign is an opt-in local verification (just link-parity).
+#
 # Every step is one command, so the step that fails is the gate that failed, and no shell
 # option has to be trusted for the run to stop. The scripted steps are Perl, not shell and
 # not Python: Perl behaves the same on both runner images, there is no bashism to trip over
@@ -46,10 +51,9 @@ jobs:
          go-version-file: go.mod
          cache: true

-      - name: Install Perl
-        # The runner images are minimal and Perl is not guaranteed. The install is a
-        # no-op where it is already present; drop this step once verified on the box.
-        run: dnf install -y perl
+      # No Install Perl step: the fedora image carries perl (verified by run
+      # 76: the install degraded into a package upgrade costing ~50 s), and a
+      # dnf on the push path is network work the budget does not need.

      # The steps follow the `gates` order of the justfile contract: build, format,
      # vet, test. The vet gate is go vet and go fix -diff, two steps here.
@@ -82,7 +86,11 @@ jobs:
        # command, so the floor is the same number everywhere. ./verify/... carries the
        # live oracle-parity comparison against `go tool asm` (the TestGroundTruth
        # suites); the runner's Go setup provides both the tool and GOROOT.
-        run: go test -count=1 -timeout 10m -coverprofile=coverage.out ./arch/... ./asm/... ./ast/... ./disasm/... ./format/... ./lexer/... ./lint/... ./lsp/... ./parser/... ./token/... ./verify/...
+        # -short skips the deliberate-run categories inside the suites (the live
+        # ptrace sessions above all): they need the machine to themselves and a
+        # starved single-core runner turns each into a timeout the budget cannot
+        # carry. The local `just test` gate runs everything, in full.
+        run: go test -short -count=1 -timeout 10m -coverprofile=coverage.out ./arch/... ./asm/... ./ast/... ./disasm/... ./format/... ./lexer/... ./lint/... ./lsp/... ./parser/... ./token/... ./verify/...

      - name: Tests outside the coverage set
        # The CLI and the debugger sit outside `packages` because a thin main and a
@@ -90,12 +98,12 @@ jobs:
        # shipped surfaces: the command exit codes, the manual pages against the
        # binary's own help, and the debugger's architecture-neutral units.  They run
        # here so the floor stays a product measure and nothing is left untested.
-        run: go test -count=1 -timeout 10m ./cmd/... ./debug/...
-
-      - name: Oracle parity
-        # Re-run the live go-tool-asm comparison as its own step so that a parity
-        # regression names the gate that failed instead of hiding inside the suite.
-        run: go test -count=1 -timeout 10m -run 'TestGroundTruth' ./verify/...
+        # -short skips the debugger's live ptrace sessions, the deliberate-run
+        # category the runner cannot starve-proof. The live go-tool-asm oracle
+        # comparison (TestGroundTruth in ./verify/...) runs inside the coverage
+        # sweep above; it is not re-run as its own step, because every second on
+        # this box is budget.
+        run: go test -short -count=1 -timeout 10m ./cmd/... ./debug/...

      - name: Coverage floor
        run: |
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog

-All notable changes to gasm-devkit are documented here.
+All notable changes to gasm-sdk are documented here.

 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0

 ### Added

+- **The FreeBSD port of the debugger.**  `gasm debug` runs on FreeBSD on
+  amd64, arm64 and riscv64 with the same interactive surface as on Linux:
+  breakpoints, hardware watchpoints (x86 debug registers, the arm64 debug
+  register file), single-stepping, register and memory access, all behind
+  the kernel's own ptrace requests, with tracee memory through `PT_IO` and
+  stop reports through `PT_LWPINFO`.  The JIT substrate maps executable
+  memory through `golang.org/x/sys/unix`, so `verify` builds on FreeBSD
+  too.  The pipeline compile-gates all three architectures; live
+  validation awaits a FreeBSD machine.
 - **Workspace-wide navigation in the language server.**  `gasm lsp` indexes
  the `.s` files under the workspace root beyond the documents the editor
  has open, so go-to-definition, find references and workspace symbol search
@@ -20,6 +29,49 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
  last one in the file, and the `abi-argsize` warning offers to set the
  TEXT argument area to the size the `// func` signature implies, computed
  by the new `lint.ExpectedArgSize`.
+- **Eleven new lint rules over the directives, the data section and the
+  sharpest addressing edges.**  `missing-argsize` flags a TEXT that
+  declares no argument area its `// func` signature implies;
+  `noframe-frame-size` a NOFRAME with a positive frame;
+  `unnamed-fp-reference` a nameless `0(FP)`, which both assemblers
+  reject; `hardware-sp-addressing` a negative offset off the hardware SP
+  rather than the virtual frame; `vex-sse-mixing` a kernel that mixes VEX
+  and legacy SSE spellings and pays the transition penalty;
+  `unnamed-result` a `ret+N(FP)` the signature names; `data-width`,
+  `data-value-overflow`, `data-string-width`, `data-without-globl` and
+  `data-exceeds-globl` police the DATA width against its value type and
+  the GLOBL size behind it.  `missing-ret` now also flags a function
+  whose tail can fall off its end even though a RET sits somewhere in the
+  body, and `invalid-textflag` also reports a flag misplaced between TEXT
+  and GLOBL.
+- **Hover documentation and wider completions in the language server.**
+  Hovering a directive or pseudo-operation (TEXT, DATA, GLOBL, PCALIGN,
+  FUNCDATA, PCDATA, the BYTE family) shows its grammar and rules in
+  preference to the empty instruction-table entry, and completion offers
+  those names beside the instruction set.  The `missing-argsize` warning
+  carries a quick fix that declares the argument area the signature
+  implies (`$0` becomes `$0-16`).
+- **The GOOBJ link parity gate.**  A regression test assembles a kernel
+  per architecture through `gasm asm --format goobj`, substitutes the
+  object into a real `go build`'s package archive, proves the archive
+  carries it byte for byte and re-links with cmd/link on amd64, arm64,
+  riscv64 and loong64.  The binaries run, natively on amd64 and under
+  qemu-user on arm64 and riscv64, and their output must match the
+  toolchain-built baseline; loong64 is link-only.  The pipeline installs
+  qemu-user and runs the gate on every push.
+- **The amd64 and loong64 encoders close four more corpus files.**  The
+  whole-tree measure moves to 272 of 322 (84.5 %): amd64 gains the
+  one-operand IMUL, the SSE compare family (CMPPD, CMPPS, CMPSS), RETFL,
+  the LOOP family, the MMX register bank with its bank-crossing moves,
+  MOVNTDQ, the CR and DR register moves, PUSH and POP of FS and GS, the
+  `(TLS)` pseudo-base, the wait and cache controls (CLWB, CLDEMOTE,
+  TPAUSE, UMONITOR, UMWAIT, RDPID, ENDBR64), indirect branches with the
+  star spelling (`JMP *(R12)(R13*4)`), `RET sym(SB)` as the tail jump,
+  the colon shift spelling (`SHLL CX, R11:AX`) and the EVEX and VEX forms
+  of the rounds, AES key assist, string compares, extracts, blends and
+  permutes; loong64 gains the acquire and release pair (LLACQ, SCREL,
+  with the vector widths), the VMOVQ and XVMOVQ lane forms and the BYTE
+  literal-data escape hatch the other architectures already take.

 ### Changed

@@ -30,8 +82,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
  instead of failing it.  The headline now reads "assemble for every
  applicable target": every real-code GOROOT assembly file, the tree
  without testdata, assembles for all four architectures (250 of 250,
-  100 %); over the whole tree including testdata the measure is 271 of
-  322 (84.2 %).
+  100 %); over the whole tree including testdata the measure is 272 of
+  322 (84.5 %).
+- **The module moves to `sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk`.**  The
+  repository and the module rename together with the product, now the
+  GAsm Software Development Kit.  Fresh installs become
+  `go install sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/cmd/gasm@latest`, and
+  installs pinned to the old `gasm-sdk` path stop resolving once the
+  repository takes the new name: reinstall from the new path.  The
+  binary stays `gasm`.

 ### Fixed

@@ -50,6 +109,54 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
  rejected; the toolchain picks the 16-bit lane from the 64-bit bit
  pattern, so the encoder now does the same, and a zero immediate is
  rejected where the toolchain rejects it.
+- **NOPTR data emits its own symbol kind.**  A GLOBL with NOPTR was
+  emitted as plain SDATA, the kind the linker holds to its Go type
+  information requirement, so every gasm object carrying runtime-shaped
+  data (`GLOBL ·x(SB), NOPTR, ...`) died in cmd/link with "missing Go
+  type information".  NOPTR data is now SNOPTRDATA, the toolchain's kind
+  for pointer-free globals, and RODATA still wins where both flags
+  appear, exactly as the toolchain chooses.  The three end-to-end link
+  tests that should have caught this substituted the gasm object after
+  the package archive was already packed, so they passed vacuously; they
+  now substitute inside the archive, prove the substitution byte for
+  byte and re-link.
+- **Latent encoder divergences against the toolchain, found by the
+  whole-file differential harness.**  On loong64, `MOVx $off(reg)` lost
+  its base register, SCQ swapped its operand fields, the vector lane
+  inserts did not scale offsets by the element width and two immediate
+  opcodes were mistyped; on amd64, NOP with operands encoded 0x90 where
+  the toolchain emits nothing at all, the VEX gather length bit ignored
+  the VSIB index width, four permute and extract families were pushed
+  into EVEX where the toolchain stays VEX, and a reference to a static
+  symbol no GLOBL defines failed where the toolchain defers it to the
+  linker as an external relocation.
+- **Seven front-end defects found by fuzzing.**  The formatter swallowed
+  the statement after a leading block comment (`/* head */ MOVQ AX, BX`
+  formatted to the comment alone), dropped trailing tokens after an
+  `#include` header, and trimmed the trailing whitespace inside a string
+  literal; the parser peeled only one label of a stacked pair (`a: b:`
+  parsed differently than it formatted); deeply nested parentheses in an
+  immediate overflowed the stack through the constant folder, which now
+  stops at a bounded depth and falls back to the ordinary operand paths;
+  macro expansion is linear in the invocation count instead of
+  quadratic; and amplifying macros (the billion-laughs shape) stop at a
+  work budget sized by the line and the macro table, reported as a
+  diagnostic instead of running for hours.
+- **The debugger handles the edges its tests now reach.**  Memory reads
+  and writes cover exactly the requested bytes, so a request ending in
+  the last page of a mapping no longer fails on the unmapped page behind
+  it; disassembly shrinks its instruction window at a mapping's end
+  instead of failing; a debuggee that dies before signalling readiness
+  writes a failure notice the launcher reads, so launch fails fast with
+  the reason instead of after the whole poll (and the poll no longer
+  waits on the child, which could consume the SIGSTOP park and hang the
+  launch); amd64 watchpoints acknowledge the sticky DR6 hit bits and
+  clear the address register on release; the breakpoint listing is
+  ordered by address so its numbering is stable; the REPL rejects bad
+  counts, sizes and watchpoint types instead of silently guessing,
+  reports stops on signals during stepping, and a breakpoint-class trap
+  that matches no breakpoint and leaves the PC in place surfaces instead
+  of spinning the continue loop and the coverage run forever.

 ## [0.35.0] - 2026-09-22

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Contributing

-Contributions to **gasm-devkit** are governed by the Contributor terms
+Contributions to **gasm-sdk** are governed by the Contributor terms
 below; submitting one means you accept them.

 ## Contributor terms
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ compiler (gcc), because `just gates` includes `just race` and the race
 detector needs cgo.

 ```sh
-git clone https://sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit.git
-cd gasm-devkit
+git clone https://sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk.git
+cd gasm-sdk
 just build
 just gates
 ```
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ tag, where it would double the time and the memory a shared runner cannot spare.

 ## Reporting bugs

-Open an issue at `https://sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/issues` with the
+Open an issue at `https://sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/issues` with the
 version, the operating system and architecture, the exact command, the full output,
 and the expected against the actual behaviour.

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Plan 9 assembly tooling, inside and outside Go
+# GAsm: Software Development Kit for Plan 9 Assembly

-> **Warning: this is an experiment.** gasm-devkit is under active
+> **Warning: this is an experiment.** gasm-sdk is under active
 > development and is not stable. The version is 0.x.x: commands, flags,
 > output formats and behaviour can change without warning at any time.
 > A 1.0.0 release is light years away. Nothing in this document is a
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 there is no formatter, no linter and no debugger for `.s` files, and no
 assembler that works without a Go installation. Developers write
 assembly blind, validate it by benchmark, and debug it by print
-statement. gasm-devkit is the missing toolkit: a single, self-contained
+statement. gasm-sdk is the missing toolkit: a single, self-contained
 binary, `gasm`, that serves both purposes.

 - **Help develop Plan 9 assembly.** Formatting, linting, disassembly,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Plan 9 (Go):     MOVQ AX, total-16(SP)

 The same lines, but only one of them tells you what the number is for.
 The syntax is uppercase, regular and boring, which is the highest
-compliment a language for machine code can earn. gasm-devkit exists
+compliment a language for machine code can earn. gasm-sdk exists
 to give that syntax the tooling it deserves.

 ## Features
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ to give that syntax the tooling it deserves.
 - **Debugger.**  `gasm debug` is a source-level ptrace debugger with
  breakpoints (optionally conditional), hardware watchpoints, register and
  memory inspection, and headless script runs that report instruction and
-  label coverage.
+  label coverage; it runs on Linux (all four architectures) and FreeBSD
+  (amd64, arm64, riscv64).
 - **Language server.**  `gasm lsp` serves completion, hover, document symbols,
  push and pull diagnostics, semantic-token highlighting, go-to-definition,
  find references, rename, formatting, inlay hints, code actions, signature
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ actually been executed.
 |---|---|---|
 | Encoding: byte-for-byte against `go tool asm` | native hardware | native hardware (the toolchain cross-assembles any GOARCH on any host) |
 | Execution: JIT calls, ABI checks, differential fuzzing | native hardware | qemu-user emulation |
-| Debugger: ptrace tracing, breakpoints, watchpoints, coverage | native hardware | emulation cannot run ptrace; the layer compiles and its architecture-neutral units run under `go test ./...`, nothing more |
+| Debugger: ptrace tracing, breakpoints, watchpoints, coverage | native hardware | emulation cannot run ptrace; the layer compiles and its architecture-neutral units run under `go test ./...`, nothing more. FreeBSD (amd64, arm64, riscv64) is in the same position: the port compiles behind the cross-build gate and its integration test is ready, but no FreeBSD machine has executed it |

 Consequences, stated plainly. An emulator is a model of a CPU, not the
 CPU: instruction semantics are implemented in software and can differ
@@ -220,9 +221,11 @@ The plan, in the order it is being worked:
  toolchain itself does not support; through ELF, Plan 9 assembly becomes
  usable outside Go entirely.
 - **Platforms: Linux and FreeBSD.**  Linux is supported today on all four
-  architectures and is where the binary builds.  FreeBSD follows: the
-  JIT's executable-memory mapping and the ptrace debugger layer are the
-  two pieces of porting work.  Other unix systems may follow those two.
+  architectures and is where the binary builds.  FreeBSD follows on amd64,
+  arm64 and riscv64: the JIT's executable-memory mapping and the ptrace
+  debugger layer are ported (the debugger's live validation awaits a
+  FreeBSD machine, as the validation status states).  Other unix systems
+  may follow those two.
 - **Four architectures, no more.**  amd64, arm64, riscv64 and loong64.
  No others are planned.

@@ -230,11 +233,11 @@ The plan, in the order it is being worked:

 Prebuilt binaries for linux/amd64, linux/arm64, linux/riscv64 and
 linux/loong64 are on the
-[releases page](https://sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/releases).
+[releases page](https://sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/releases).
 From source (Go 1.27.1):

 ```sh
-go install sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/cmd/gasm@latest
+go install sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/cmd/gasm@latest
 ```

 Or from a repository checkout:
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // toolchain's own assembler source.  Go's Plan 9 assembler defines the exact,
 // complete set of mnemonics it accepts for each architecture in
 // $GOROOT/src/cmd/internal/obj/<arch>/anames.go; this tool extracts those
-// names so gasm-devkit supports every instruction the real assembler does,
+// names so gasm-sdk supports every instruction the real assembler does,
 // with no hand-maintained (and therefore inevitably incomplete) lists.
 //
 // The same data feeds the generated instruction appendices of the assembly
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/arch"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/asm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/asm"
 )

-// archDirs maps a gasm-devkit architecture name to its obj sub-directory.
+// archDirs maps a gasm-sdk architecture name to its obj sub-directory.
 var archDirs = []struct {
 	arch string
 	sub  string
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func filterCommon(names []string) []string {
 // writeCommon emits arch/common_gen.go.
 func writeCommon(names []string) error {
 	var b strings.Builder
-	b.WriteString("// Code generated by gasm-devkit _gen; DO NOT EDIT.\n")
+	b.WriteString("// Code generated by gasm-sdk _gen; DO NOT EDIT.\n")
 	b.WriteString("// Source: cmd/internal/obj/util.go from the Go toolchain.\n")
 	b.WriteString("//\n")
 	b.WriteString("// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)\n")
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func stringLit(elt ast.Expr) string {
 // writeGen emits arch/<arch>_gen.go.
 func writeGen(arch, sub string, names []string) error {
 	var b strings.Builder
-	b.WriteString("// Code generated by gasm-devkit _gen; DO NOT EDIT.\n")
+	b.WriteString("// Code generated by gasm-sdk _gen; DO NOT EDIT.\n")
 	b.WriteString("// Source: cmd/internal/obj/" + sub + "/anames.go from the Go toolchain.\n")
 	b.WriteString("//\n")
 	b.WriteString("// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)\n")
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func writeDocPage(a arch.Arch, title, file, anames, version string, encodable bo

 	var b strings.Builder
 	b.WriteString("# " + title + ": instruction inventory\n\n")
-	b.WriteString("Generated by gasm-devkit's `_gen` from the Go toolchain's instruction table\n")
+	b.WriteString("Generated by gasm-sdk's `_gen` from the Go toolchain's instruction table\n")
 	b.WriteString("(`" + anames + "`, " + version + "); DO NOT EDIT. This page lists every mnemonic\n")
 	b.WriteString("`go tool asm` accepts on this target, which is the upper bound of the\n")
 	b.WriteString("language on it: a name absent here is not an instruction of the target,\n")
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Code generated by gasm-devkit _gen; DO NOT EDIT.
+// Code generated by gasm-sdk _gen; DO NOT EDIT.
 // Source: cmd/internal/obj/x86/anames.go from the Go toolchain.
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Code generated by gasm-devkit _gen; DO NOT EDIT.
+// Code generated by gasm-sdk _gen; DO NOT EDIT.
 // Source: cmd/internal/obj/arm64/anames.go from the Go toolchain.
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Code generated by gasm-devkit _gen; DO NOT EDIT.
+// Code generated by gasm-sdk _gen; DO NOT EDIT.
 // Source: cmd/internal/obj/util.go from the Go toolchain.
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Code generated by gasm-devkit _gen; DO NOT EDIT.
+// Code generated by gasm-sdk _gen; DO NOT EDIT.
 // Source: cmd/internal/obj/loong64/anames.go from the Go toolchain.
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Code generated by gasm-devkit _gen; DO NOT EDIT.
+// Code generated by gasm-sdk _gen; DO NOT EDIT.
 // Source: cmd/internal/obj/riscv/anames.go from the Go toolchain.
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // TestGOObjectAARCH64Structure checks the basic structure of the emitted
@@ -178,26 +178,10 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("baseline build: %v\n%s", err, buildLog)
 	}
-	var work, linkLine, asmObj string
-	for line := range strings.SplitSeq(string(buildLog), "\n") {
-		switch {
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "WORK="):
-			work = strings.TrimPrefix(line, "WORK=")
-		case strings.Contains(line, "/asm ") && strings.Contains(line, "main_arm64.s") && !strings.Contains(line, "-gensymabis"):
-			asmObj = fieldAfter(line, "-o")
-		case strings.Contains(line, "/link ") && strings.Contains(line, "-importcfg"):
-			linkLine = line
-		}
-	}
-	if work == "" || asmObj == "" {
-		t.Skipf("could not parse build log (work=%q asmObj=%q)", work, asmObj)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(work)
+	st := parseBuildLog(t, buildLog, "main_arm64.s")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(st.work)

-	// Expand $WORK in the object path.
-	asmObj = strings.ReplaceAll(asmObj, "$WORK", work)
-
-	// Read the toolchain-produced object and assemble the same source with gasm.
+	// Assemble the same source with gasm and substitute the object.
 	src, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, "main_arm64.s"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -210,30 +194,16 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("AssembleFileARM64: %v", err)
 	}
-	gasmObj, err := img.GOObjectAARCH64("a64link", "main_arm64.s")
+	// The package path is "main", the prefix the Go code's references carry.
+	gasmObj, err := img.GOObjectAARCH64("main", "main_arm64.s")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GOObjectAARCH64: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	// Replace the toolchain-produced object with gasm's.
-	if err := os.WriteFile(asmObj, gasmObj, 0o644); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("write gasm object: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Re-link.
-	if linkLine == "" {
-		t.Skip("could not find link command in build log")
-	}
-	// Expand $WORK in the link command.
-	linkLine = strings.ReplaceAll(linkLine, "$WORK", work)
-	linkCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", "cd "+dir+" && "+linkLine)
-	linkCmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GOARCH=arm64")
-	if out, err := linkCmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("re-link with gasm object: %v\n%s", err, out)
-	}
+	substituteAndRelink(t, goBin, dir, st, filepath.Join(dir, "prog2"),
+		gasmObj, "GOARCH=arm64")

 	// Verify the binary exists and contains the symbol.
-	binPath := filepath.Join(dir, "prog")
+	binPath := filepath.Join(dir, "prog2")
 	if _, err := os.Stat(binPath); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("binary not found: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -296,23 +266,8 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("baseline build: %v\n%s", err, buildLog)
 	}
-	var work, linkLine, asmObj string
-	for line := range strings.SplitSeq(string(buildLog), "\n") {
-		switch {
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "WORK="):
-			work = strings.TrimPrefix(line, "WORK=")
-		case strings.Contains(line, "/asm ") && strings.Contains(line, "main_arm64.s") && !strings.Contains(line, "-gensymabis"):
-			asmObj = fieldAfter(line, "-o")
-		case strings.Contains(line, "/link ") && strings.Contains(line, "-importcfg"):
-			linkLine = line
-		}
-	}
-	if work == "" || asmObj == "" || linkLine == "" {
-		t.Skipf("could not parse build log (work=%q asmObj=%q link=%q)", work, asmObj, linkLine)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(work)
-	asmObj = strings.ReplaceAll(asmObj, "$WORK", work)
-	linkLine = strings.ReplaceAll(linkLine, "$WORK", work)
+	st := parseBuildLog(t, buildLog, "main_arm64.s")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(st.work)

 	src, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, "main_arm64.s"))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -326,19 +281,13 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("AssembleFileARM64: %v", err)
 	}
-	gasmObj, err := img.GOObjectAARCH64("a64dlink", "main_arm64.s")
+	gasmObj, err := img.GOObjectAARCH64("main", "main_arm64.s")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GOObjectAARCH64: %v", err)
 	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(asmObj, gasmObj, 0o644); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("write gasm object: %v", err)
-	}
-	linkCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", "cd "+dir+" && "+linkLine)
-	linkCmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GOARCH=arm64")
-	if out, err := linkCmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("re-link with gasm object: %v\n%s", err, out)
-	}
-	binData, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, "prog"))
+	substituteAndRelink(t, goBin, dir, st, filepath.Join(dir, "prog2"),
+		gasmObj, "GOARCH=arm64")
+	binData, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, "prog2"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
 )

 // assembleARM64 assembles an AArch64 (arm64) TEXT function body into machine
@@ -4003,6 +4003,7 @@ func AssembleFileARM64(f *ast.File) (*Image, error) {
 			Size:   d.size,
 			Static: d.static,
 			Rodata: d.rodata,
+			Noptr:  d.noptr,
 			Dupok:  d.dupok,
 		})
 	}
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
 )

 // arm64RegNum returns the 5-bit register number for an AArch64 register name:
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 func TestArm64LDRSTREncoding(t *testing.T) {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ package asm
 import (
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
 )

 // arm64FrameInfo holds the frame layout derived from a TEXT directive.
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // parseArm64File is a helper assembling one arm64 source file.
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
 )

 // Assemble encodes the body of a TEXT function into x86-64 machine code,
@@ -808,17 +808,43 @@ func isJumpMnemonic(mnem string) bool {
 	if mnem == "JMP" || mnem == "CALL" {
 		return true
 	}
+	if isLoopMnemonic(mnem) {
+		return true
+	}
 	_, ok := condCode(mnem)
 	return ok
 }

+// isLoopMnemonic reports the LOOP family, rel8 alone (E0-E2).
+func isLoopMnemonic(mnem string) bool {
+	switch mnem {
+	case "LOOP", "LOOPE", "LOOPNE":
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// loopOpcode maps the LOOP family to its E0-E2 opcode.
+func loopOpcode(mnem string) byte {
+	switch mnem {
+	case "LOOPE":
+		return 0xE1
+	case "LOOPNE":
+		return 0xE0
+	}
+	return 0xE2
+}
+
 // jumpSize returns the length of a jump instruction in the requested form:
 // short (rel8) where available, otherwise the rel32 form.  CALL is always
-// rel32.
+// rel32; the LOOP family is rel8 alone.
 func jumpSize(mnem string, long bool) int {
 	if mnem == "CALL" {
 		return 5 // opcode + rel32
 	}
+	if isLoopMnemonic(mnem) {
+		return 2 // opcode + rel8, the only form
+	}
 	if !long {
 		return 2 // opcode + rel8
 	}
@@ -945,6 +971,16 @@ func encodeNormal(s *ast.Instr, fi frameInfo, link *linkInfo) ([]byte, []sbPatch
 	if (mnemUpper == "MOVQ" || mnemUpper == "MOVL") && len(s.Operands) == 2 && isBareTLS(s.Operands[0]) {
 		return encodeTLSBaseLoad(s, fi, link)
 	}
+	// The old paired-register shift spelling, SHLL CX, R11:AX (a colon
+	// between the two registers), is the toolchain's SHLD family: SHLDL CL,
+	// AX, R11 with the count register first, the paired source in the reg
+	// field and the pair's head in r/m.
+	if code, ps, err := encodeColonShift(s, mnemUpper, fi, link); code != nil || err != nil {
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, nil, err
+		}
+		return code, ps, nil, nil
+	}
 	_, size := splitSize(mnemUpper)
 	if size == 0 {
 		size = 8
@@ -1051,6 +1087,66 @@ func encodeBookkeeping(upper string, s *ast.Instr) ([]byte, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }

+// encodeColonShift encodes the paired-register shift spellings, SHLx CX,
+// dst:src: the toolchain reads them as the SHLD family (double-precision
+// shift by CL), reg = the paired source, r/m = the pair's head.  The second
+// operand's raw text carries the colon; ok reports the spelling was found.
+func encodeColonShift(s *ast.Instr, mnemUpper string, fi frameInfo, link *linkInfo) ([]byte, []sbPatch, error) {
+	base, _ := strings.CutPrefix(mnemUpper, "SHL")
+	if base == mnemUpper || len(s.Operands) != 2 {
+		return nil, nil, nil
+	}
+	_, size := splitSize(mnemUpper)
+	raw := strings.ReplaceAll(s.Operands[1].Raw, " ", "")
+	head, tail, ok := strings.Cut(raw, ":")
+	if !ok || head == "" || tail == "" {
+		return nil, nil, nil
+	}
+	headReg, ok1 := ParseReg(head)
+	srcReg, ok2 := ParseReg(tail)
+	if !ok1 || !ok2 {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: invalid paired register %q", mnemUpper, s.Operands[1].Raw)
+	}
+	cnt, err := operandFromAST(mnemUpper, s.Operands[0], size, fi, link)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	cntReg, ok := cnt.(Reg)
+	if !ok || cntReg.idx != 1 {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: the paired-register form counts in CL", mnemUpper)
+	}
+	// SHLD r/m, reg, CL: 0F A5 (REX.W for the 64-bit width).
+	e := &enc{}
+	i := &instr{rexW: size == 8, opcode: []byte{0x0F, 0xA5}, modrm: -1, sib: -1}
+	if err := setRM(i, srcReg, headReg, size); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	if err := e.emit(i); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	ps := make([]sbPatch, len(e.patches))
+	for j, p := range e.patches {
+		ps[j] = sbPatch{off: p.off, name: p.name, addend: p.addend}
+	}
+	return e.out, ps, nil
+}
+
+// trailingIndexGroup recovers a trailing "(index*scale)" or "(index)" group
+// from an operand's raw text: the symbol-pseudo parse returns before the
+// index group, so foo(SP)(AX*1) keeps its index only in the spelling.
+func trailingIndexGroup(raw string) (string, int, bool) {
+	compact := strings.ReplaceAll(raw, " ", "")
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(compact, ")") {
+		return "", 0, false
+	}
+	open := strings.LastIndex(compact, "(")
+	if open < 2 || !strings.Contains(compact[:open], ")") {
+		return "", 0, false // one group alone: no trailing index
+	}
+	name, scale, _, ok := cutParenGroup(compact[open:])
+	return name, scale, ok
+}
+
 // encodeJump encodes a JMP/CALL/Jcc with a relative offset resolved from the
 // target label or from a numeric ±N(PC) instruction count, in the short
 // (rel8) or long (rel32) form.  numTarget is the resolved byte offset of a
@@ -1085,9 +1181,15 @@ func encodeJump(s *ast.Instr, mnem string, pc int, offsets map[string]int, long
 		if mnem == "JMP" {
 			return []byte{0xEB, byte(int8(rel))}, nil
 		}
+		if isLoopMnemonic(mnem) {
+			return []byte{loopOpcode(mnem), byte(int8(rel))}, nil
+		}
 		cc, _ := condCode(mnem)
 		return []byte{0x70 + byte(cc), byte(int8(rel))}, nil
 	}
+	if isLoopMnemonic(mnem) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s has no long form", mnem)
+	}
 	switch mnem {
 	case "JMP":
 		return append([]byte{0xE9}, le32(rel)...), nil
@@ -1139,6 +1241,72 @@ func labelName(op *ast.Operand) (string, bool) {
 	return "", false
 }

+// jumpOperand returns the branch-target operand of a JMP/CALL, rewriting the
+// `*`-prefixed indirect spellings (JMP *(R12), JMP *4(SP)) into their plain
+// memory form.  The star marks an indirect target and changes no bytes; the
+// address parser leaves the operand's address empty because of the leading
+// star, so the fields are rebuilt from the raw text onto a copy of the
+// operand, never on the shared syntax tree.
+func jumpOperand(s *ast.Instr) *ast.Operand {
+	if len(s.Operands) != 1 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	op := s.Operands[0]
+	compact := strings.ReplaceAll(op.Raw, " ", "")
+	inner, ok := strings.CutPrefix(compact, "*")
+	if !ok {
+		return op
+	}
+	var addr ast.Address
+	if i := strings.IndexByte(inner, '('); i > 0 {
+		v, err := strconv.ParseInt(inner[:i], 0, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return op
+		}
+		addr.Offset, addr.HasOff = v, true
+		inner = inner[i:]
+	}
+	base, _, rest, ok := cutParenGroup(inner)
+	if !ok {
+		return op
+	}
+	if base != "" {
+		addr.Base = base
+	}
+	if rest != "" {
+		idx, scale, _, ok := cutParenGroup(rest)
+		if ok && idx != "" {
+			addr.Index = idx
+			addr.Scale = scale
+		}
+	}
+	c := *op
+	c.Addr = addr
+	return &c
+}
+
+// cutParenGroup splits a leading "(name)" or "(name*n)" off s, returning the
+// inner text, the scale it names (1 when the group spells no multiplier) and
+// the remainder.
+func cutParenGroup(s string) (name string, scale int, rest string, ok bool) {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(s, "(") {
+		return "", 0, "", false
+	}
+	i := strings.IndexByte(s, ')')
+	if i < 0 {
+		return "", 0, "", false
+	}
+	inner, rest := s[1:i], s[i+1:]
+	if before, after, ok := strings.Cut(inner, "*"); ok {
+		n, err := strconv.Atoi(after)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", 0, "", false
+		}
+		return before, n, rest, true
+	}
+	return inner, 1, rest, true
+}
+
 // indirectJumpTarget reports whether the JMP/CALL operand addresses a
 // register or a memory location rather than a label or a static symbol.
 // A bare identifier is a register when the register table knows the name and
@@ -1147,7 +1315,14 @@ func indirectJumpTarget(s *ast.Instr) bool {
 	if len(s.Operands) != 1 || s.Operands[0].Kind != ast.OpAddr {
 		return false
 	}
-	a := s.Operands[0].Addr
+	op := jumpOperand(s)
+	if op == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if op != s.Operands[0] {
+		return true // the star marker spells an indirect target
+	}
+	a := op.Addr
 	// ±N(PC) is the numeric relative form, the PC counts instructions from
 	// the branch: relative, not indirect.
 	if a.Base == "PC" || a.Index == "PC" {
@@ -1165,18 +1340,20 @@ func indirectJumpTarget(s *ast.Instr) bool {
 }

 // encodeIndirectJump assembles a JMP/CALL through a register or memory
-// operand, which carries no relocation and no label to resolve.
+// operand, which carries no relocation and no label to resolve.  The
+// `*`-prefixed spellings go through jumpOperand first, their star rebuilt
+// into a plain memory operand.
 func encodeIndirectJump(s *ast.Instr, mnem string) ([]byte, error) {
-	ops := make([]Operand, len(s.Operands))
-	for i, op := range s.Operands {
+	op := s.Operands[0]
+	if cleaned := jumpOperand(s); cleaned != nil {
+		op = cleaned
+	}
 	o, err := operandFromAST(mnem, op, 8, frameInfo{}, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-		ops[i] = o
-	}
 	e := &enc{}
-	if err := e.encodeIndirectBranch(mnem, ops); err != nil {
+	if err := e.encodeIndirectBranch(mnem, []Operand{o}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return e.out, nil
@@ -1245,31 +1422,51 @@ func operandFromAST(mnemUpper string, op *ast.Operand, size int, fi frameInfo, l
 			off := a.Sym.Offset + fi.fpAdjust
 			return Mem{Base: spReg, Disp: off, HasBase: true, Size: size}, nil
 		}
-		// SP-relative local: x-N(SP) → (spAdjust + offset)(SP).
+		// SP-relative local: x-N(SP) → (spAdjust + offset)(SP), keeping a scaled
+		// index beside the virtual stack pointer (foo(SP)(AX*1)).  The
+		// symbol-pseudo parse returns before the index group, so the index
+		// is recovered from the raw text when the address lacks it.
 		if a.Sym != nil && a.Sym.Pseudo == "SP" && a.Base == "" {
 			off := fi.spAdjust + a.Sym.Offset
-			return Mem{Base: spReg, Disp: off, HasBase: true, Size: size}, nil
+			m := Mem{Base: spReg, Disp: off, HasBase: true, Size: size}
+			if name, scale, ok := trailingIndexGroup(op.Raw); ok {
+				idx, ok := ParseReg(name)
+				if !ok {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown index register %q", name)
+				}
+				m.Index = idx
+				m.Scale = scale
+				m.HasIndex = true
+			}
+			return m, nil
 		}
 		// SB (global symbol): a symbol defined in the same file (GLOBL) is
 		// encoded RIP-relative and resolved by the file-level layout;
-		// anything not defined here needs object-file emission.
+		// anything not defined here needs object-file emission.  A static
+		// (file-local) spelling of an undefined symbol defers the same way
+		// the toolchain does: the relocation names it and the linker decides.
 		if a.Sym != nil && a.Sym.Pseudo == "SB" {
 			if link == nil || link.symbols == nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("symbol %q needs file-level assembly (AssembleFile)", a.Sym.Name)
 			}
-			if !link.symbols[a.Sym.Name] {
-				if a.Sym.Static {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("undefined symbol %q", a.Sym.Name)
-				}
-				if !link.allowExternal {
+			if !link.symbols[a.Sym.Name] && !link.allowExternal {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("external symbol %q needs object-file emission", a.Sym.Name)
 			}
-			}
 			return sbMem{size: size, name: a.Sym.Name, addend: a.Sym.Offset}, nil
 		}

 		// Memory with a real base register: (base), off(base), (base)(index*scale).
 		if a.Base != "" {
+			// The TLS pseudo-base, off(TLS): the segment-prefixed absolute
+			// the thread-local access lowers to, 64 8B 04 25 with its
+			// R_TLS_LE patch site on the disp32.
+			if a.Base == "TLS" {
+				seg := byte(0x64) // FS on linux, freebsd, plan9
+				if link != nil && link.goos == "windows" {
+					seg = 0x65 // GS
+				}
+				return TLSMem{Disp: a.Offset, Size: size, Seg: seg}, nil
+			}
 			// Segment-absolute: 0x30(GS) and 0x28(FS), the windows TLS
 			// spellings.  The segment override prefixes a disp32 absolute
 			// reference with no relocation.
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (

 	"golang.org/x/arch/x86/x86asm"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // firstText parses src and returns its first TEXT function.
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // ulebIter reads ULEB128 values, the .debug_abbrev and line-header
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // The object-file tests share one source: two exported functions, one
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // TestELFAARCH64Object checks the structure of the emitted AArch64 ELF64
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // TestELFLOONG64Object checks the structure of the emitted LoongArch ELF64
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // TestELFRISCVObjectDataRelocation checks that a symbol-valued DATA field
@@ -20,11 +20,24 @@ func Encodable(mnemonic string) bool {
 	switch upper {
 	case "RET", "NOP", "CALL", "JMP",
 		"POPFQ", "PUSHFQ", "INT", "LDMXCSR", "STMXCSR", "CMPSD", "SHA256RNDS2",
+		// The SSE compare family sharing CMPSD's predicate-last shape, the
+		// far return with its stack pop, the loop family, the bank-crossing
+		// MMX moves and the one-operand system controls.
+		"CMPSS", "CMPPS", "CMPPD", "RETFL",
+		"LOOP", "LOOPE", "LOOPNE",
+		"MOVDQ2Q", "MOVQ2DQ",
+		"ENDBR64", "CLWB", "TPAUSE", "UMONITOR", "UMWAIT", "RDPID", "CLDEMOTE",
 		// The literal-data pseudo-ops, the accepted-and-ignored END and
 		// bookkeeping statements, and the SP adjust.
 		"BYTE", "WORD", "LONG", "QUAD", "END", "ADJSP", "FUNCDATA", "PCDATA":
 		return true
 	}
+	if _, ok := sysUnaryTable[upper]; ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	if _, ok := sseStoreOnly[upper]; ok {
+		return true
+	}
 	if _, ok := noOperandTable[upper]; ok {
 		return true
 	}
@@ -73,9 +73,23 @@ func (e *enc) encode(mnem string, ops []Operand) error {
 	// Fixed-name instructions (no size suffix).
 	switch {
 	case upper == "RET":
+		// RET sym(SB), the absolute return: the toolchain encodes it as a
+		// tail jump, E9 rel32 with a call relocation against the symbol.
+		if len(ops) == 1 {
+			if m, ok := ops[0].(sbMem); ok {
+				return e.emit(&instr{opcode: []byte{0xE9}, modrm: -1, sib: -1, disp: le32(0), sb: &sbRef{name: m.name, addend: m.addend}})
+			}
+			return fmt.Errorf("RET: unsupported operand")
+		}
+		if len(ops) != 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("RET expects no operands, got %d", len(ops))
+		}
 		return e.encodeRet()
 	case upper == "NOP":
-		return e.emit(&instr{opcode: []byte{0x90}, modrm: -1, sib: -1})
+		// The toolchain consumes every NOP statement as a pseudo and emits
+		// nothing for it, operands included (a bare NOP, NOP AX and
+		// NOP sym(SB) all vanish from the object).
+		return nil
 	case upper == "CALL" || upper == "JMP":
 		// Through a register or memory: FF /2 (CALL) or FF /4 (JMP).
 		// Anything else is a rel32 against a label resolved by the assembler.
@@ -102,6 +116,15 @@ func (e *enc) encode(mnem string, ops []Operand) error {
 		}
 		return e.emit(&instr{opcode: op, modrm: -1, sib: -1})
 	}
+	// One-operand system instructions whose reg field is a fixed digit:
+	// the cache and wait controls under 0F AE/0F 1C and the RDPID read.
+	if m, ok := sysUnaryTable[upper]; ok {
+		return e.encodeSysUnary(upper, m, ops)
+	}
+	// The store-only SSE moves (the non-temporal store).
+	if m, ok := sseStoreOnly[upper]; ok {
+		return e.encodeSSEStoreOnly(upper, m, ops)
+	}
 	// POPFQ/PUSHFQ are exact names: the bare POPF/PUSHF and the L spellings
 	// are rejected by go tool asm in 64-bit mode, so they stay unsupported.
 	switch upper {
@@ -117,14 +140,63 @@ func (e *enc) encode(mnem string, ops []Operand) error {
 		return e.emit(&instr{opcode: []byte{0x9C}, modrm: -1, sib: -1})
 	case "INT":
 		return e.encodeInt(ops)
+	// The LOOP family outside the assembler's label settlement: the operand
+	// is the already-computed rel8 (E0-E2).
+	case "LOOP", "LOOPE", "LOOPNE":
+		if len(ops) != 1 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s expects 1 operand, got %d", upper, len(ops))
+		}
+		imm, ok := ops[0].(Imm)
+		if !ok || !fits8(int64(imm)) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: relative offset must be a signed byte", upper)
+		}
+		return e.emit(&instr{opcode: []byte{loopOpcode(upper)}, modrm: -1, sib: -1, imm: []byte{byte(int8(imm))}})
 	case "LDMXCSR":
 		return e.encodeMxcsr(2, ops)
 	case "STMXCSR":
 		return e.encodeMxcsr(3, ops)
 	// CMPSD is the scalar double compare, whose predicate immediate comes
-	// LAST in Plan 9 order (src, dst, $imm).
+	// LAST in Plan 9 order (src, dst, $imm); the family shares the shape.
 	case "CMPSD":
-		return e.encodeCmpsd(ops)
+		return e.encodeSSECmp("CMPSD", 0xF2, ops)
+	case "CMPSS":
+		return e.encodeSSECmp("CMPSS", 0xF3, ops)
+	case "CMPPS":
+		return e.encodeSSECmp("CMPPS", 0x00, ops)
+	case "CMPPD":
+		return e.encodeSSECmp("CMPPD", 0x66, ops)
+	// RETFL pops the immediate's worth of bytes after the far return
+	// (LRET iw: CA imm16), the toolchain's RETF spelling with a stack
+	// adjustment.
+	case "RETFL":
+		if len(ops) != 1 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("RETFL expects 1 operand, got %d", len(ops))
+		}
+		imm, ok := ops[0].(Imm)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("RETFL expects an immediate")
+		}
+		return e.emit(&instr{opcode: []byte{0xCA}, modrm: -1, sib: -1, imm: le16(int64(imm))})
+	// MOVDQ2Q/MOVQ2DQ cross the MMX and XMM banks (F2 0F D6), the register
+	// in the reg field, the other bank's in r/m.
+	case "MOVDQ2Q", "MOVQ2DQ":
+		if len(ops) != 2 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s expects 2 operands, got %d", upper, len(ops))
+		}
+		srcReg, ok1 := ops[0].(Reg)
+		dstReg, ok2 := ops[1].(Reg)
+		if !ok1 || !ok2 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s takes register operands alone", upper)
+		}
+		if upper == "MOVDQ2Q" && (!srcReg.isVec() || !dstReg.mmx) ||
+			upper == "MOVQ2DQ" && (!srcReg.mmx || !dstReg.isVec()) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s crosses the XMM and MMX banks in that order", upper)
+		}
+		i := &instr{prefix: 0xF2, opcode: []byte{0x0F, 0xD6}, modrm: -1, sib: -1}
+		if err := setRM(i, dstReg, srcReg, 8); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return e.emit(i)
 	// SHA256RNDS2 carries the round constant in a literal X0 first operand.
 	case "SHA256RNDS2":
 		return e.encodeSha256rnds2(ops)
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (

 	"golang.org/x/arch/x86/x86asm"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // decode encodes an instruction and decodes it back, returning the decoded
@@ -265,7 +265,11 @@ func TestImul(t *testing.T) {

 func TestControl(t *testing.T) {
 	checkSyntax(t, "ret", "RET")
-	checkSyntax(t, "nop", "NOP")
+	// NOP contributes nothing on amd64, consumed whole by the toolchain as
+	// a pseudo; only the bytes pin it (no decodable instruction remains).
+	if code, err := Encode("NOP"); err != nil || len(code) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("NOP: bytes %x (err %v), want empty", code, err)
+	}
 	checkOp(t, x86asm.JMP, "JMP", Imm(0))
 	checkOp(t, x86asm.CALL, "CALL", Imm(0))
 	checkOp(t, x86asm.JGE, "JGE", Imm(0))
@@ -1193,7 +1197,7 @@ func TestBookkeepingGroundTruth(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("assemble: %v", err)
 	}
-	want := "90c3"
+	want := "c3"
 	if got := hexCompact(img.Code); got != want {
 		t.Errorf("body %s, want %s (the bookkeeping lines contribute nothing)", got, want)
 	}
@@ -1221,3 +1225,153 @@ func mustParse(t *testing.T, src string) *ast.File {
 	}
 	return f
 }
+
+// TestCorpusTailSystem pins the system and control forms the toolchain's own
+// amd64 testdata carries, byte for byte: the one-operand IMUL, the compare
+// family, the far return, the loop, the MMX moves, the CR/DR and segment
+// register moves, the TLS pseudo-base and the 0F AE/1C/C7 controls.
+func TestCorpusTailSystem(t *testing.T) {
+	regBPT := Reg{idx: 5, size: 8}
+	X0, X1, X2 := vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")
+	Y1, Y2, Y7 := vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y7")
+	X5, X20 := vreg(t, "X5"), vreg(t, "X20")
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		mnem string
+		ops  []Operand
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"IMUL one-op byte", "IMULB", []Operand{DX}, "f6ea"},
+		{"IMUL one-op long", "IMULL", []Operand{AX}, "f7e8"},
+		{"CMPPD", "CMPPD", []Operand{X1, X2, Imm(4)}, "660fc2d104"},
+		{"CMPSS", "CMPSS", []Operand{X1, X2, Imm(4)}, "f30fc2d104"},
+		{"CMPPS", "CMPPS", []Operand{X1, X2, Imm(4)}, "0fc2d104"},
+		{"RETFL", "RETFL", []Operand{Imm(4)}, "ca0400"},
+		{"LOOP", "LOOP", []Operand{Imm(-2)}, "e2fe"},
+		{"LOOPE", "LOOPE", []Operand{Imm(-2)}, "e1fe"},
+		{"LOOPNE", "LOOPNE", []Operand{Imm(-2)}, "e0fe"},
+		{"PADDD MMX", "PADDD", []Operand{Reg{idx: 2, size: 8, mmx: true}, Reg{idx: 1, size: 8, mmx: true}}, "0ffeca"},
+		{"MOVDQ2Q", "MOVDQ2Q", []Operand{X1, Reg{idx: 1, size: 8, mmx: true}}, "f20fd6c9"},
+		{"MOVNTDQ", "MOVNTDQ", []Operand{X1, Ptr(AX, 0, 16)}, "660fe708"},
+		{"MOVQ mmx load", "MOVQ", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 0, 8), Reg{idx: 0, size: 8, mmx: true}}, "0f6f00"},
+		{"MOVQ mmx store", "MOVQ", []Operand{Reg{idx: 0, size: 8, mmx: true}, Ptr(SI, 0, 8)}, "0f7f06"},
+		{"MOVQ CR0 load", "MOVQ", []Operand{Reg{idx: 0, size: 8, ctl: 1}, AX}, "0f20c0"},
+		{"MOVQ CR4 load", "MOVQ", []Operand{Reg{idx: 4, size: 8, ctl: 1}, DI}, "0f20e7"},
+		{"MOVQ CR0 store", "MOVQ", []Operand{AX, Reg{idx: 0, size: 8, ctl: 1}}, "0f22c0"},
+		{"MOVQ DR0 load", "MOVQ", []Operand{Reg{idx: 0, size: 8, ctl: 2}, AX}, "0f21c0"},
+		{"MOVQ DR7 load", "MOVQ", []Operand{Reg{idx: 7, size: 8, ctl: 2}, SI}, "0f21fe"},
+		{"PUSHQ FS", "PUSHQ", []Operand{Reg{idx: 4, size: 2, seg: 5}}, "0fa0"},
+		{"PUSHQ GS", "PUSHQ", []Operand{Reg{idx: 5, size: 2, seg: 6}}, "0fa8"},
+		{"POPQ FS", "POPQ", []Operand{Reg{idx: 4, size: 2, seg: 5}}, "0fa1"},
+		{"POPQ GS", "POPQ", []Operand{Reg{idx: 5, size: 2, seg: 6}}, "0fa9"},
+		{"ENDBR64", "ENDBR64", nil, "f30f1efa"},
+		{"CLWB", "CLWB", []Operand{Ptr(BX, 0, 8)}, "660fae33"},
+		{"CLDEMOTE", "CLDEMOTE", []Operand{Ptr(BX, 0, 8)}, "0f1c03"},
+		{"TPAUSE", "TPAUSE", []Operand{BX}, "660faef3"},
+		{"UMONITOR", "UMONITOR", []Operand{BX}, "f30faef3"},
+		{"UMWAIT", "UMWAIT", []Operand{BX}, "f20faef3"},
+		{"RDPID", "RDPID", []Operand{DX}, "f30fc7fa"},
+		{"RDPID r11", "RDPID", []Operand{Reg{idx: 11, size: 8}}, "f3410fc7fb"},
+		{"LEAL wide disp", "LEAL", []Operand{Idx(regBPT, Reg{idx: 10, size: 8}, 1, 0x8f1bbcdc, 8), regBPT}, "428dac15dcbc1b8f"},
+		{"VPERMPD", "VPERMPD", []Operand{Imm(0xd8), Y7, Y7}, "c4e3fd01ffd8"},
+		{"VPERMILPD", "VPERMILPD", []Operand{Imm(0xff), X1, X2}, "c4e37905d1ff"},
+		{"VPERMILPS", "VPERMILPS", []Operand{Imm(0xff), X1, X2}, "c4e37904d1ff"},
+		{"VROUNDPD", "VROUNDPD", []Operand{Imm(-1), X1, X2}, "c4e37909d1ff"},
+		{"VROUNDPS", "VROUNDPS", []Operand{Imm(-1), Y1, Y2}, "c4e37d08d1ff"},
+		{"VAESKEYGENASSIST", "VAESKEYGENASSIST", []Operand{Imm(-1), X1, X2}, "c4e379dfd1ff"},
+		{"VPCMPESTRI", "VPCMPESTRI", []Operand{Imm(-1), X1, X2}, "c4e37961d1ff"},
+		{"VPCMPESTRM", "VPCMPESTRM", []Operand{Imm(-1), X1, X2}, "c4e37960d1ff"},
+		{"VPCMPISTRI", "VPCMPISTRI", []Operand{Imm(-1), X1, X2}, "c4e37963d1ff"},
+		{"VPCMPISTRM", "VPCMPISTRM", []Operand{Imm(-1), X1, X2}, "c4e37962d1ff"},
+		{"VEXTRACTPS", "VEXTRACTPS", []Operand{Imm(-1), X1, AX}, "c4e37917c8ff"},
+		{"VPEXTRW", "VPEXTRW", []Operand{Imm(0xff), X1, AX}, "c4e37915c8ff"},
+		{"VPBLENDVB", "VPBLENDVB", []Operand{X0, Ptr(BX, 0, 16), X1, X2}, "c4e3714c1300"},
+		{"VMOVHPD load", "VMOVHPD", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 0, 8), X5, X5}, "c5d11628"},
+		{"VMOVHPD load disp", "VMOVHPD", []Operand{Ptr(DX, 7, 8), X5, X5}, "c5d1166a07"},
+		{"VMOVHPD store", "VMOVHPD", []Operand{X5, Ptr(AX, 0, 8)}, "c5f91728"},
+		{"VMOVLPD load", "VMOVLPD", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 0, 8), X5, X5}, "c5d11228"},
+		{"VMOVLPD store", "VMOVLPD", []Operand{X5, Ptr(AX, 0, 8)}, "c5f91328"},
+		{"VMOVQ EVEX gpr load", "VMOVQ", []Operand{Reg{idx: 4, size: 8}, X20}, "62e1fd086ee4"},
+		{"VMOVQ EVEX mem store", "VMOVQ", []Operand{X20, Ptr(AX, 0, 8)}, "62e1fd087e20"},
+		{"VMOVQ EVEX mem load", "VMOVQ", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 0, 8), X20}, "62e1fd086e20"},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		code, err := Encode(c.mnem, c.ops...)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Encode: %v", c.name, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if got := hexCompact(code); got != c.want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: bytes %s, want %s", c.name, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestCorpusTailFileForms pins the file-level forms the toolchain's amd64
+// testdata carries: the star-marked indirect jumps, the TLS pseudo-base, the
+// paired-register shift spelling, the absolute RET and the jump to an
+// undefined static symbol (its displacement and the TLS slot offsets are
+// relocation sites, zeroed here as the kernel parity suites do).
+func TestCorpusTailFileForms(t *testing.T) {
+	mask32 := func(b []byte, at int) { b[at], b[at+1], b[at+2], b[at+3] = 0, 0, 0, 0 }
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		src  string
+		want string // hex, with X marking a masked 32-bit relocation site
+	}{
+		{"star reg jump", "\tJMP *(R12)\n\tRET\n", "41ff2424c3"},
+		{"star sp jump", "\tJMP *4(SP)\n\tRET\n", "ff642404c3"},
+		{"star indexed jump", "\tJMP *(R12)(R13*4)\n\tRET\n", "43ff24acc3"},
+		{"TLS load", "\tMOVQ (TLS), AX\n\tRET\n", "64488b0425XXXXXXXXc3"},
+		{"TLS load offset", "\tMOVQ 8(TLS), DX\n\tRET\n", "64488b1425XXXXXXXXc3"},
+		{"colon shift", "\tSHLL CX, R11:AX\n\tRET\n", "410fa5c3c3"},
+		{"SP indexed local", "\tMOVQ foo(SP)(AX*1), BX\n\tRET\n", "488b1c04c3"},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		f, errs := parser.Parse("t_amd64.s", "#include \"textflag.h\"\nTEXT ·f(SB), NOSPLIT, $0\n"+c.src)
+		if len(errs) > 0 {
+			t.Errorf("%s: parse: %v", c.name, errs)
+			continue
+		}
+		img, err := AssembleFile(f)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: assemble: %v", c.name, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		fn := img.Funcs[0]
+		code := append([]byte(nil), img.Code[fn.Offset:fn.Offset+fn.Size]...)
+		if at := strings.Index(c.want, "XXXXXXXX"); at >= 0 {
+			mask32(code, at/2) // the masked relocation site
+		}
+		if got := hexCompact(code); got != strings.ReplaceAll(c.want, "X", "0") {
+			t.Errorf("%s: bytes %s, want %s", c.name, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+	// JMP to an undefined static symbol and the absolute RET: their rel32
+	// carries a call relocation against the symbol, masked to zero here.
+	for _, c := range []struct{ name, src string }{
+		{"static external jump", "\tJMP bar<>+4(SB)\n\tRET\n"},
+		{"static external indexed jump", "\tJMP bar<>+4(SB)(R11*4)\n\tRET\n"},
+		{"absolute ret", "\tRET\n\tRET foo(SB)\n"},
+	} {
+		f, errs := parser.Parse("t_amd64.s", "#include \"textflag.h\"\nTEXT ·f(SB), NOSPLIT, $0\n"+c.src)
+		if len(errs) > 0 {
+			t.Errorf("%s: parse: %v", c.name, errs)
+			continue
+		}
+		img, err := AssembleFile(f)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: assemble: %v", c.name, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		fn := img.Funcs[0]
+		code := maskCode(append([]byte(nil), img.Code[fn.Offset:fn.Offset+fn.Size]...), fn.Relocs)
+		want := "e900000000c3"
+		if c.name == "absolute ret" {
+			want = "c3e900000000"
+		}
+		if got := hexCompact(code); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: bytes %s, want %s", c.name, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
@@ -856,37 +856,41 @@ type evexMoveSpec struct {
 	vecOK   bool // the non-memory operand may be a vector register
 	xmmOnly bool // wider than XMM registers are rejected
 	nds3    bool // a three-operand register form exists (VMOVSD/VMOVSS)
+	gprOK   bool // the r/m side may be a general-purpose register (VMOVQ)
 }

 // evexMoveTable maps an upper-case EVEX move mnemonic to its encoding.
 var evexMoveTable = map[string]evexMoveSpec{
 	// EVEX.128/256/512.F3.0F.W0, unaligned integer move.
-	"VMOVDQU32": {1, 2, 0x6F, 0x7F, 0, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false},
+	"VMOVDQU32": {1, 2, 0x6F, 0x7F, 0, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false, false},
 	// EVEX.128/256/512.F3.0F.W1, unaligned qword move.
-	"VMOVDQU64": {1, 2, 0x6F, 0x7F, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false},
+	"VMOVDQU64": {1, 2, 0x6F, 0x7F, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false, false},
 	// EVEX.128/256/512.F2.0F.W0, unaligned byte move (byte/word moves use the
 	// F2 prefix, dword/qword moves F3; the element size only changes the tuple
 	// semantics).
-	"VMOVDQU8": {1, 3, 0x6F, 0x7F, 0, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false},
+	"VMOVDQU8": {1, 3, 0x6F, 0x7F, 0, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false, false},
 	// EVEX.128/256/512.F2.0F.W1, unaligned word move (shares the qword
 	// encoding).
-	"VMOVDQU16": {1, 3, 0x6F, 0x7F, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false},
+	"VMOVDQU16": {1, 3, 0x6F, 0x7F, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false, false},
 	// EVEX.128/256/512.66.0F.W1, unaligned packed double move.
-	"VMOVUPD": {1, 1, 0x10, 0x11, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false},
+	"VMOVUPD": {1, 1, 0x10, 0x11, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false, false},
 	// EVEX.128/256/512, aligned packed moves.
-	"VMOVAPS": {1, 0, 0x28, 0x29, 0, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false},
-	"VMOVAPD": {1, 1, 0x28, 0x29, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false},
+	"VMOVAPS": {1, 0, 0x28, 0x29, 0, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false, false},
+	"VMOVAPD": {1, 1, 0x28, 0x29, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false, false},
 	// EVEX.128/256/512.66.0F, aligned integer moves.
-	"VMOVDQA32": {1, 1, 0x6F, 0x7F, 0, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false},
-	"VMOVDQA64": {1, 1, 0x6F, 0x7F, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false},
+	"VMOVDQA32": {1, 1, 0x6F, 0x7F, 0, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false, false},
+	"VMOVDQA64": {1, 1, 0x6F, 0x7F, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false, false},
 	// EVEX.128.F3.0F.W0, scalar single move, memory operands (the
 	// three-operand register form is not supported).
-	"VMOVSS": {1, 2, 0x10, 0x11, 0, [3]int{4, 4, 4}, false, true, true},
+	"VMOVSS": {1, 2, 0x10, 0x11, 0, [3]int{4, 4, 4}, false, true, true, false},
 	// EVEX.128.F2.0F.W1, scalar double move: memory operands and the
 	// three-operand register form (VMOVSD dst, src1, src2).
-	"VMOVSD": {1, 3, 0x10, 0x11, 1, [3]int{8, 8, 8}, false, true, true},
+	"VMOVSD": {1, 3, 0x10, 0x11, 1, [3]int{8, 8, 8}, false, true, true, false},
 	// EVEX.128/256/512.0F.W0, unaligned packed single move.
-	"VMOVUPS": {1, 0, 0x10, 0x11, 0, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false},
+	"VMOVUPS": {1, 0, 0x10, 0x11, 0, [3]int{16, 32, 64}, true, false, false, false},
+	// EVEX.128.66.0F.W1, the 64-bit GPR/memory ↔ XMM move (VMOVQ RSP, X20
+	// and friends, the EVEX spelling the high registers demand).
+	"VMOVQ": {1, 1, 0x6E, 0x7E, 1, [3]int{8, 8, 8}, true, true, false, true},
 }

 // isEvex reports whether the mnemonic has an EVEX encoding we handle.
@@ -900,6 +904,9 @@ func isEvex(mnemUpper string) bool {
 	if _, ok := evexMoveTable[mnemUpper]; ok {
 		return true
 	}
+	if _, ok := evexHptrTable[mnemUpper]; ok {
+		return true
+	}
 	return isEvexQuad(mnemUpper)
 }

@@ -911,8 +918,14 @@ func evexRequired(upper string, ops []Operand) bool {
 	_, inVex := vexTable[upper]
 	_, inVexMove := vexMoveTable[upper]
 	if !inVex && !inVexMove {
+		// The dual-shape moves pick their VEX form by operand count, so
+		// they are not EVEX-only either.
+		switch upper {
+		case "VMOVHPD", "VMOVLPD":
+		default:
 			return true // EVEX-only mnemonic
 		}
+	}
 	// The byte-quad shifts have VEX register forms but EVEX-only memory
 	// forms: a memory count source forces the EVEX encoding.
 	if upper == "VPSLLDQ" || upper == "VPSRLDQ" {
@@ -1018,6 +1031,8 @@ var evexRound = map[string]bool{
 	"VCVTTSD2USIL": true, "VCVTTSD2USIQ": true, "VCVTTSS2USIL": true, "VCVTTSS2USIQ": true,
 	"VCVTSI2SDQ": true, "VCVTSI2SSL": true, "VCVTSI2SSQ": true,
 	"VCVTUSI2SDQ": true, "VCVTUSI2SSL": true, "VCVTUSI2SSQ": true,
+	// The scalar compares suppress exceptions on their LIG encoding.
+	"VCMPSD": true, "VCMPSS": true,
 }

 // evexBcstN maps an instruction accepting .BCST to the broadcast element
@@ -1082,6 +1097,14 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvex(mnemUpper string, ops []Operand, sfx evexSuffix) error
 		return e.encodeEvexRM(spec, ops, 0, sfx)
 	}
 	spec, inTable := evexTable[mnemUpper]
+	// A high/low half move that lives in the hptr table alone (the packed
+	// double twins) reaches the same inTable block below, which completes
+	// its spec from the hptr entry.
+	if !inTable {
+		if _, ok := evexHptrTable[mnemUpper]; ok {
+			inTable = true
+		}
+	}
 	if q, ok := evexQuadTable[mnemUpper]; ok {
 		// The quad-register family carries no rounding, SAE or broadcast;
 		// only masking and zeroing apply.
@@ -1446,6 +1469,19 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexExtractGPR(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, sfx e
 // assembler.  The scalar moves also carry a three-operand register form
 // (VMOVSD dst, src1, src2: the load opcode with vvvv = src1), which ms.nds3
 // opens.
+// validEvexMoveOther reports whether the non-vector side of an EVEX move may
+// take the operand: memory always, a general-purpose register when gprOK.
+func validEvexMoveOther(ms evexMoveSpec, op Operand) bool {
+	if memOperand(op) {
+		return true
+	}
+	if !ms.gprOK {
+		return false
+	}
+	r, ok := op.(Reg)
+	return ok && !r.isVec() && !r.mask && r.ctl == 0 && !r.mmx && !r.fp
+}
+
 func (e *enc) encodeEvexMove(mnem string, ms evexMoveSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, sfx evexSuffix) error {
 	if len(ops) == 3 {
 		if !ms.nds3 {
@@ -1453,7 +1489,7 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexMove(mnem string, ms evexMoveSpec, ops []Operand, mask i
 		}
 		// The masked scalar register form keeps the Go assembler's own
 		// layout: the store opcode with reg = op0, vvvv = op1 and the
-		// destination in r/m (op2) — the bytes go tool asm emits, not
+		// destination in r/m (op2), the bytes go tool asm emits, not
 		// the manual's NDS reading.
 		src, src1, dst := ops[0], ops[1], ops[2]
 		reg, ok := src.(Reg)
@@ -1494,12 +1530,12 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexMove(mnem string, ms evexMoveSpec, ops []Operand, mask i
 		}
 		reg, rm = srcReg, dst
 	case srcIsVec:
-		if !memOperand(dst) {
+		if !validEvexMoveOther(ms, dst) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%s: invalid destination operand", mnem)
 		}
 		reg, rm = srcReg, dst
 	case dstIsVec:
-		if !memOperand(src) {
+		if !validEvexMoveOther(ms, src) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%s: invalid source operand", mnem)
 		}
 		op = ms.load
@@ -1890,6 +1926,15 @@ var evexHptrTable = map[string]evexHptrSpec{
 	"VMOVLHPS": {
 		insert: evexSpec{mapSel: 1, opcode: 0x16, w: 0, pp: 0, opdigit: -1, form: vexNDS3, n: [3]int{8, 0, 0}},
 	},
+	// The packed-double twins, 66-prefixed.
+	"VMOVHPD": {
+		insert: evexSpec{mapSel: 1, opcode: 0x16, w: 1, pp: 1, opdigit: -1, form: vexNDS3, n: [3]int{8, 0, 0}},
+		store:  evexSpec{mapSel: 1, opcode: 0x17, w: 1, pp: 1, opdigit: -1, form: vexRMRev, n: [3]int{8, 0, 0}},
+	},
+	"VMOVLPD": {
+		insert: evexSpec{mapSel: 1, opcode: 0x12, w: 1, pp: 1, opdigit: -1, form: vexNDS3, n: [3]int{8, 0, 0}},
+		store:  evexSpec{mapSel: 1, opcode: 0x13, w: 1, pp: 1, opdigit: -1, form: vexRMRev, n: [3]int{8, 0, 0}},
+	},
 }

 // encodeEvexPrefGather encodes a gather/scatter prefetch hint: OP K, vsib.
@@ -1954,7 +1999,7 @@ func (e *enc) encodeGather(upper string, gs gatherSpec, ops []Operand, sfx evexS
 	if !ok || !maskReg.isVec() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s: mask must be a vector register", upper)
 	}
-	vsib, _, err := vsibLen(rest[1], upper)
+	vsib, idxLen, err := vsibLen(rest[1], upper)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -1962,12 +2007,16 @@ func (e *enc) encodeGather(upper string, gs gatherSpec, ops []Operand, sfx evexS
 	if !ok || !dst.isVec() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s: destination must be a vector register", upper)
 	}
+	// The L bit is the wider of the data register and the VSIB index
+	// lengths (a YMM index under an XMM destination selects 256-bit, the
+	// bytes go tool asm emits).
+	ll := max(idxLen, dst.vecLenBit())
 	spec := vexSpec{mapSel: 2, opcode: gs.opcode, w: gs.w, pp: 1, opdigit: -1}
 	rBit := 0
 	if dst.idx >= 8 {
 		rBit = 1
 	}
-	return e.emitVexFields(spec, dst.vecLenBit(), dst.idx&7, rBit, 15-maskReg.idx, vsib)
+	return e.emitVexFields(spec, ll, dst.idx&7, rBit, 15-maskReg.idx, vsib)
 }

 // encodeScatter encodes a scatter (EVEX only): OP src, K, vsib, reg = src,
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ const (
 const (
 	kindSTEXT       = 1
 	kindSRODATA     = 3
+	kindSNOPTRDATA  = 5
 	kindSDATA       = 7
 	kindSDWARFFCN   = 14
 	kindSDWARFLINES = 20
@@ -305,9 +306,16 @@ func (img *Image) emitGOObject(pkgPath, srcPath string, pre []byte, minLC int, r
 		if !d.Static {
 			name = pkgPath + "." + name
 		}
+		// RODATA implies no pointers, so it wins over NOPTR: the kind is
+		// SRODATA either way, exactly as the toolchain chooses it.  Plain
+		// NOPTR data is SNOPTRDATA, which the linker keeps out of the GC's
+		// type scan; a plain SDATA symbol would demand Go type information
+		// no assembly file can supply, and the link would fail.
 		typ := uint8(kindSDATA)
 		if d.Rodata {
 			typ = kindSRODATA
+		} else if d.Noptr {
+			typ = kindSNOPTRDATA
 		}
 		flag := uint8(0)
 		if d.Dupok {
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ func TestReadRuntimeSymbols(t *testing.T) {
 // TestResolveExternalSymbols verifies end-to-end resolution of external
 // symbol references.
 func TestResolveExternalSymbols(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("resolves through a live go list -export: skipped in -short mode")
+	}
 	if _, err := exec.LookPath("go"); err != nil {
 		t.Skip("go toolchain not available")
 	}
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // goobjView is a minimal parsed view of a GOOBJ payload, enough to check
@@ -514,6 +514,145 @@ func fieldAfter(line, flag string) string {
 	return ""
 }

+// buildLogSteps is what a substitution test needs from a `go build -x -work`
+// log: the work directory, the assembler's object, the package archive and
+// the link command line.
+type buildLogSteps struct {
+	work     string
+	asmObj   string // $WORK expanded
+	pkgArch  string // $WORK expanded
+	linkLine string // still carries $WORK placeholders
+}
+
+// parseBuildLog extracts the build steps from a `go build -x -work` log.
+// asmFile names the assembly file whose object the test substitutes.  A
+// missing step is a failure, not a skip: the toolchain changed shape and the
+// substitution would silently test nothing.
+func parseBuildLog(t *testing.T, log []byte, asmFile string) buildLogSteps {
+	t.Helper()
+	var st buildLogSteps
+	for line := range strings.SplitSeq(string(log), "\n") {
+		switch {
+		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "WORK="):
+			st.work = strings.TrimPrefix(line, "WORK=")
+		case strings.Contains(line, "/asm ") && strings.Contains(line, asmFile) && !strings.Contains(line, "-gensymabis"):
+			st.asmObj = fieldAfter(line, "-o")
+		case strings.Contains(line, "pack r") && strings.Contains(line, "_pkg_.a"):
+			rest := strings.TrimSpace(strings.SplitN(line, "pack r", 2)[1])
+			st.pkgArch = strings.Fields(strings.SplitN(rest, "#", 2)[0])[0]
+		case strings.Contains(line, "/link ") && strings.Contains(line, "-importcfg"):
+			st.linkLine = line
+		}
+	}
+	if st.work == "" || st.asmObj == "" || st.pkgArch == "" || st.linkLine == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("could not locate the build steps (work=%q asmObj=%q pkgArch=%q link=%q):\n%s",
+			st.work, st.asmObj, st.pkgArch, st.linkLine, log)
+	}
+	st.asmObj = strings.ReplaceAll(st.asmObj, "$WORK", st.work)
+	st.pkgArch = strings.ReplaceAll(st.pkgArch, "$WORK", st.work)
+	return st
+}
+
+// substituteAndRelink swaps the gasm object into the package archive the
+// baseline build produced and re-runs the captured link line against the
+// rebuilt archive, writing the binary to outBin (the -x log's link step
+// always targets the action graph's internal a.out, which the helper
+// redirects; the copy to the -o target is a separate build action the helper
+// does not need).  The archive handed to the linker is proven to carry the
+// gasm object byte for byte, so a build-layout change that skipped the
+// substitution fails here instead of passing vacuously.
+func substituteAndRelink(t *testing.T, goBin, dir string, st buildLogSteps, outBin string, gasmObj []byte, extraEnv ...string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	// The deliberate-run boundary: this path drives a real `go build` and
+	// cmd/link per invocation, minutes-scale work on the small single-core
+	// CI runner.  Under -short (the push pipeline's mode) it skips; the
+	// local test gate and the dispatched workflows run it in full.
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("end-to-end go build and link: skipped in -short mode")
+	}
+
+	// Extract the archive, overwrite the assembler's member with the gasm
+	// object and repack (go tool pack has no replace-in-place).
+	membersDir := filepath.Join(dir, "members")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(membersDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	extract := exec.Command(goBin, "tool", "pack", "x", st.pkgArch)
+	extract.Dir = membersDir
+	if out, err := extract.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pack x: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	member := filepath.Join(membersDir, filepath.Base(st.asmObj))
+	if _, err := os.Stat(member); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("the assembler's archive member was not extracted: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.Chmod(member, 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(member, gasmObj, 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	listCmd := exec.Command(goBin, "tool", "pack", "t", st.pkgArch)
+	listOut, err := listCmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pack t: %v\n%s", err, listOut)
+	}
+	newArch := filepath.Join(dir, "pkg.a")
+	args := []string{"tool", "pack", "c", newArch}
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	for m := range strings.FieldsSeq(string(listOut)) {
+		if seen[m] {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[m] = true
+		if err := os.Chmod(filepath.Join(membersDir, m), 0o644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		args = append(args, m)
+	}
+	pack := exec.Command(goBin, args...)
+	pack.Dir = membersDir
+	if out, err := pack.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pack c: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+
+	// Prove the substitution: the archive the linker is about to consume
+	// holds the gasm object, byte for byte.
+	checkDir := filepath.Join(dir, "check")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(checkDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	check := exec.Command(goBin, "tool", "pack", "x", newArch)
+	check.Dir = checkDir
+	if out, err := check.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pack x (verification): %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	got, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(checkDir, filepath.Base(st.asmObj)))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read the substituted member back: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, gasmObj) {
+		t.Fatal("the repacked archive does not carry the gasm object")
+	}
+
+	// Re-link.  The line carries a GOROOT assignment and $WORK placeholders;
+	// GOEXPERIMENT must match the toolchain's own, because the linker
+	// compares the object header against its configuration.
+	goExp, _ := exec.Command(goBin, "env", "GOEXPERIMENT").Output()
+	linkLine := strings.ReplaceAll(st.linkLine, "$WORK", st.work)
+	linkLine = strings.ReplaceAll(linkLine, filepath.Join(st.work, "b001", "_pkg_.a"), newArch)
+	linkLine = strings.ReplaceAll(linkLine, filepath.Join(st.work, "b001", "exe", "a.out"), outBin)
+	env := append(os.Environ(), "GOEXPERIMENT="+strings.TrimSpace(string(goExp)))
+	env = append(env, extraEnv...)
+	link := exec.Command("sh", "-c", linkLine)
+	link.Dir = dir
+	link.Env = env
+	if out, err := link.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("link with the gasm object: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestGOObjectExternalPackageLink is the cross-package end-to-end check: a
 // GOOBJ whose code references a real external package symbol (runtime's
 // morestack, a plain reference rather than the builtin noctxt form) must
@@ -524,6 +663,9 @@ func fieldAfter(line, flag string) string {
 // failed.  The binary is not run: morestack returns to the call site's
 // stack check, which a hand-written caller has none of.
 func TestGOObjectExternalPackageLink(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("end-to-end go build and link: skipped in -short mode")
+	}
 	goBin, err := exec.LookPath("go")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Skip("no Go toolchain available")
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // The expected bytes are pinned from `go tool asm` output (Go 1.27, amd64,
@@ -90,6 +90,40 @@ var noOperandTable = map[string][]byte{
 	"LOCK":    {0xF0},
 	"REP":     {0xF3},
 	"REPN":    {0xF2},
+	"ENDBR64": {0xF3, 0x0F, 0x1E, 0xFA},
+}
+
+// sysUnaryTable maps the one-operand system instructions to their bytes:
+// the prefix, the opcode and the /digit the reg field carries.  The operand
+// is a register or memory in r/m.
+var sysUnaryTable = map[string]struct {
+	prefix byte
+	opcode []byte
+	digit  int
+}{
+	"CLWB":     {0x66, []byte{0x0F, 0xAE}, 6},
+	"TPAUSE":   {0x66, []byte{0x0F, 0xAE}, 6},
+	"UMONITOR": {0xF3, []byte{0x0F, 0xAE}, 6},
+	"UMWAIT":   {0xF2, []byte{0x0F, 0xAE}, 6},
+	"RDPID":    {0xF3, []byte{0x0F, 0xC7}, 7},
+	"CLDEMOTE": {0x00, []byte{0x0F, 0x1C}, 0},
+}
+
+// encodeSysUnary emits a one-operand system instruction: the operand in r/m
+// under the fixed /digit, no REX.W.
+func (e *enc) encodeSysUnary(mnem string, m struct {
+	prefix byte
+	opcode []byte
+	digit  int
+}, ops []Operand) error {
+	if len(ops) != 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s expects 1 operand, got %d", mnem, len(ops))
+	}
+	i := &instr{prefix: m.prefix, opcode: m.opcode, modrm: -1, sib: -1}
+	if err := setRMDigit(i, m.digit, ops[0], 8); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return e.emit(i)
 }

 // --- MOV --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -111,6 +145,76 @@ func (e *enc) encodeMov(ops []Operand, size int) error {
 	// silently emit REX.W 8B with the wrong operand meaning.
 	_, srcVec := vecReg(src)
 	dstReg, dstVec := vecReg(dst)
+
+	// Control and debug register moves: 0F 20 (CRn→r64), 0F 22 (r64→CRn),
+	// 0F 21 (DRn→r64) and 0F 23 (r64→DRn).  The CR/DR number rides the reg
+	// field, the general register r/m; CR8+/DR8+ take REX.R.
+	if c, ok := src.(Reg); ok && c.ctl != 0 {
+		g, ok := dst.(Reg)
+		if !ok || g.isVec() || g.ctl != 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("MOV: control/debug register load needs a general register destination")
+		}
+		opc := byte(0x20)
+		if c.ctl == 2 {
+			opc = 0x21
+		}
+		return e.emit(&instr{
+			opcode: []byte{0x0F, opc},
+			modrm:  0xC0 | (c.idx&7)<<3 | (g.idx & 7),
+			sib:    -1, rexR: c.idx >= 8, rexB: g.idx >= 8,
+		})
+	}
+	if c, ok := dst.(Reg); ok && c.ctl != 0 {
+		g, ok := src.(Reg)
+		if !ok || g.isVec() || g.ctl != 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("MOV: control/debug register store needs a general register source")
+		}
+		opc := byte(0x22)
+		if c.ctl == 2 {
+			opc = 0x23
+		}
+		return e.emit(&instr{
+			opcode: []byte{0x0F, opc},
+			modrm:  0xC0 | (c.idx&7)<<3 | (g.idx & 7),
+			sib:    -1, rexR: c.idx >= 8, rexB: g.idx >= 8,
+		})
+	}
+
+	// MMX register moves: MOVQ M0, mem and MOVQ mem, M0 are the MMX
+	// load/store pair 0F 6F/0F 7F (no prefix); a register pair takes the
+	// load opcode.  The XMM MOVQ forms follow below.
+	if m, ok := src.(Reg); ok && m.mmx {
+		switch d := dst.(type) {
+		case Reg:
+			if !d.mmx {
+				return fmt.Errorf("MOV: MMX register moves stay inside the M bank")
+			}
+			i := &instr{opcode: []byte{0x0F, 0x6F}, modrm: -1, sib: -1}
+			if err := setRM(i, d, src, 8); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return e.emit(i)
+		case Mem:
+			i := &instr{opcode: []byte{0x0F, 0x7F}, modrm: -1, sib: -1}
+			if err := setRM(i, m, d, 8); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return e.emit(i)
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("MOV: invalid MMX destination")
+	}
+	if m, ok := dst.(Reg); ok && m.mmx {
+		srcM, ok := src.(Mem)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("MOV: MMX load takes a memory source")
+		}
+		i := &instr{opcode: []byte{0x0F, 0x6F}, modrm: -1, sib: -1}
+		if err := setRM(i, m, srcM, 8); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return e.emit(i)
+	}
+
 	if srcVec || dstVec {
 		if dstVec {
 			if g, ok := src.(Reg); ok && !g.isVec() {
@@ -518,6 +622,14 @@ func (e *enc) encodeLea(ops []Operand, size int) error {
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("LEA: source must be a memory operand")
 	}
+	// LEA accepts the full unsigned 32-bit displacement span where the
+	// loads and stores reject it beyond the signed one; the wide values
+	// ride the same disp32 bytes as their two's-complement bit pattern.
+	if m, ok := src.(Mem); ok && m.Disp >= 1<<31 && m.Disp <= (1<<32)-1 {
+		c := m
+		c.Disp = int64(int32(uint32(m.Disp)))
+		src = c
+	}
 	i := newInstr(size, []byte{0x8D})
 	if err := setRM(i, dstReg, src, size); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -663,6 +775,18 @@ func (e *enc) encodeDoubleShift(base string, ops []Operand, size int) error {

 func (e *enc) encodeImul(ops []Operand, size int) error {
 	switch len(ops) {
+	case 1:
+		// The one-operand form, IMUL r/m: F6/F7 /5 with AL/AX/EAX/RAX as the
+		// implied destination (the toolchain's one-register shape).
+		opc := byte(0xF7)
+		if size == 1 {
+			opc = 0xF6
+		}
+		i := newInstr(size, []byte{opc})
+		if err := setRMDigit(i, 5, ops[0], size); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return e.emit(i)
 	case 2:
 		// Two shapes. The leading-immediate spelling IMUL $imm, r multiplies
 		// r in place (dst = rm = r): the shape GOROOT's clock code writes.
@@ -697,7 +821,7 @@ func (e *enc) encodeImul(ops []Operand, size int) error {
 		// r/m operand (setRM takes registers and memory alike).
 		return e.encodeImulImm(imm, ops[1], dstReg, size)
 	}
-	return fmt.Errorf("IMUL expects 2 or 3 operands, got %d", len(ops))
+	return fmt.Errorf("IMUL expects 1, 2 or 3 operands, got %d", len(ops))
 }

 // encodeImulImm emits the immediate multiply: 0x6B with a sign-extended imm8
@@ -742,6 +866,27 @@ func (e *enc) encodePushPop(ops []Operand, size int, push bool) error {
 	w16 := size == 2
 	switch op := ops[0].(type) {
 	case Reg:
+		// Segment registers: FS and GS carry their own one-byte opcodes
+		// under 0F (A0/A8 push, A1/A9 pop); the other four spellings are
+		// not pushable in 64-bit mode.
+		if n, isSeg := op.segNumber(); isSeg {
+			switch n {
+			case 4: // FS
+				if push {
+					return e.emit(&instr{opcode: []byte{0x0F, 0xA0}, modrm: -1, sib: -1})
+				}
+				return e.emit(&instr{opcode: []byte{0x0F, 0xA1}, modrm: -1, sib: -1})
+			case 5: // GS
+				if push {
+					return e.emit(&instr{opcode: []byte{0x0F, 0xA8}, modrm: -1, sib: -1})
+				}
+				return e.emit(&instr{opcode: []byte{0x0F, 0xA9}, modrm: -1, sib: -1})
+			}
+			return fmt.Errorf("PUSH/POP: only FS and GS are encodable in 64-bit mode")
+		}
+		if op.mmx || op.isVec() || op.fp || op.ctl != 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("PUSH/POP: invalid register operand")
+		}
 		base := byte(0x50) // PUSH r; POP is 0x58
 		if !push {
 			base = 0x58
@@ -1093,6 +1238,38 @@ var sseMoveTable = map[string]sseMove{
 	"MOVSS":  {0xF3, 0x10, 0x11}, // scalar single
 }

+// sseStoreOnly holds the store-only SSE forms, OP xmm, mem: the XMM register
+// rides the reg field and memory r/m (the non-temporal store).
+var sseStoreOnly = map[string]struct {
+	prefix byte
+	op     byte
+}{
+	"MOVNTDQ": {0x66, 0xE7},
+}
+
+// encodeSSEStoreOnly encodes OP xmm, mem (reg = the XMM source, r/m = the
+// destination memory).
+func (e *enc) encodeSSEStoreOnly(mnem string, m struct {
+	prefix byte
+	op     byte
+}, ops []Operand) error {
+	if len(ops) != 2 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s expects 2 operands, got %d", mnem, len(ops))
+	}
+	srcReg, ok := ops[0].(Reg)
+	if !ok || !srcReg.isVec() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s source must be a vector register", mnem)
+	}
+	if !isX86Mem(ops[1]) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s destination must be a memory operand", mnem)
+	}
+	i := &instr{prefix: m.prefix, opcode: []byte{0x0F, m.op}, modrm: -1, sib: -1}
+	if err := setRM(i, srcReg, ops[1], 8); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return e.emit(i)
+}
+
 // encodeSSEMove encodes a legacy SSE move: a vector-to-vector move uses the
 // load form (reg = destination), matching the Go assembler.
 func (e *enc) encodeSSEMove(m sseMove, ops []Operand) error {
@@ -1308,14 +1485,23 @@ func (e *enc) encodeSSEBin(m sseBin, ops []Operand) error {
 	}
 	src, dst := ops[0], ops[1]
 	dstReg, ok := dst.(Reg)
-	if !ok || !dstReg.isVec() {
+	if !ok || (!dstReg.isVec() && !dstReg.mmx) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("SSE binary destination must be a vector register")
 	}
+	// The MMX twins of the packed-integer SSE2 ops drop the 0x66 prefix:
+	// PADDD M2, M1 is 0F FE where the XMM form is 66 0F FE.
+	prefix := m.prefix
+	if dstReg.mmx {
+		if prefix != 0x66 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("SSE binary: this form takes no MMX register operand")
+		}
+		prefix = 0
+	}
 	opcode := []byte{0x0F, m.op}
 	if m.map38 {
 		opcode = []byte{0x0F, 0x38, m.op}
 	}
-	i := &instr{prefix: m.prefix, opcode: opcode, modrm: -1, sib: -1}
+	i := &instr{prefix: prefix, opcode: opcode, modrm: -1, sib: -1}
 	if err := setRM(i, dstReg, src, 8); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -1791,12 +1977,19 @@ func (e *enc) encodeSSEShift(name string, ops []Operand) error {
 // immediate LAST in Plan 9 order (src, dst, $imm), unlike the shuffle family:
 // F2 0F C2 with reg = dst, rm = src.
 func (e *enc) encodeCmpsd(ops []Operand) error {
+	return e.encodeSSECmp("CMPSD", 0xF2, ops)
+}
+
+// encodeSSECmp encodes the SSE compare family (CMPSD/CMPSS/CMPPS/CMPPD):
+// 0F C2 /r ib with the predicate immediate last in Plan 9 order
+// (src, dst, $imm) and the packed forms' prefixes.
+func (e *enc) encodeSSECmp(mnem string, prefix byte, ops []Operand) error {
 	if len(ops) != 3 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("CMPSD expects 3 operands (src, dst, $imm), got %d", len(ops))
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s expects 3 operands (src, dst, $imm), got %d", mnem, len(ops))
 	}
 	imm, ok := ops[2].(Imm)
 	if !ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("CMPSD predicate must be an immediate")
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s predicate must be an immediate", mnem)
 	}
 	immByte, err := imm8(int64(imm))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1804,9 +1997,9 @@ func (e *enc) encodeCmpsd(ops []Operand) error {
 	}
 	dstReg, ok2 := ops[1].(Reg)
 	if !ok2 || !dstReg.isVec() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("CMPSD destination must be a vector register")
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s destination must be a vector register", mnem)
 	}
-	i := &instr{prefix: 0xF2, opcode: []byte{0x0F, 0xC2}, modrm: -1, sib: -1}
+	i := &instr{prefix: prefix, opcode: []byte{0x0F, 0xC2}, modrm: -1, sib: -1}
 	if err := setRM(i, dstReg, ops[0], 8); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (

 	"golang.org/x/arch/x86/x86asm"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // TestAssembleGoFlacAVX2Kernel assembles the whole production AVX2 kernel;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 func TestAssembleGoFlacAVX2Kernel(t *testing.T) {
 	path := "../../go-libraries/go-flac/avx2_amd64.s"
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil {
-		t.Skip("go-libraries repository not present next to gasm-devkit")
+		t.Skip("go-libraries repository not present next to gasm-sdk")
 	}
 	src, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestAssembleGoFlacAVX2Kernel(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAssembleGoFlacAVX512Kernel(t *testing.T) {
 	path := "../../go-libraries/go-flac/avx512_amd64.s"
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil {
-		t.Skip("go-libraries repository not present next to gasm-devkit")
+		t.Skip("go-libraries repository not present next to gasm-sdk")
 	}
 	src, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // The differential kernels for the DATA-path and front-end gaps are kept in
@@ -23,9 +23,18 @@ import (
 // bytes must agree with the relocation sites masked on both sides.

 // toolAsmObject assembles path with the installed toolchain's assembler for
-// goarch ("" = the host) and returns the object bytes.
+// goarch ("" = the host) and returns the object bytes.  Every live-oracle
+// comparison funnels through here, so this is also where the deliberate-run
+// boundary sits: under -short (the push pipeline's mode) the comparisons
+// skip, because each spawns a go tool asm subprocess and the small single-
+// core runner pays seconds per spawn.  The encodings stay pinned by the
+// golden-byte tests in every mode; the live oracle runs in the local test
+// gate and the dispatched workflows.
 func toolAsmObject(t *testing.T, path, goarch string) []byte {
 	t.Helper()
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("live go tool asm oracle: skipped in -short mode")
+	}
 	goBin, err := exec.LookPath("go")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Skip("no Go toolchain available")
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // TestGOObjectLOONG64Structure checks the emitted loong64 object's blocks:
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
 )

 // Image is an assembled file: the function bodies laid out in source order,
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ type DataSymbol struct {
 	Offset int    // byte offset within Data
 	Size   int
 	Static bool // the <> marker: file-local, not exported
-	Rodata bool // the RODATA flag: read-only data
+	Rodata bool // the RODATA flag: read-only data (implies no pointers)
+	Noptr  bool // the NOPTR flag: data with no pointers, kept out of GC scanning
 	Dupok  bool // the DUPOK flag: duplicate-OK
 	// Relocs carries the symbol-valued DATA initialisers ("DATA s+0(SB)/8,
 	// $other(SB)"): fields of this symbol's data that hold another symbol's
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ func AssembleFile(f *ast.File, opts ...AssembleOption) (*Image, error) {
 			Size:   len(d.buf),
 			Static: d.static,
 			Rodata: d.rodata,
+			Noptr:  d.noptr,
 			Dupok:  d.dupok,
 		})
 		img.Data = append(img.Data, d.buf...)
@@ -413,6 +415,7 @@ func AssembleFileRISCV(f *ast.File) (*Image, error) {
 			Size:   d.size,
 			Static: d.static,
 			Rodata: d.rodata,
+			Noptr:  d.noptr,
 			Dupok:  d.dupok,
 		})
 	}
@@ -485,6 +488,7 @@ func AssembleFileLOONG64(f *ast.File) (*Image, error) {
 			Size:   d.size,
 			Static: d.static,
 			Rodata: d.rodata,
+			Noptr:  d.noptr,
 			Dupok:  d.dupok,
 		})
 	}
@@ -546,6 +550,7 @@ type dataSym struct {
 	size   int
 	static bool
 	rodata bool
+	noptr  bool
 	dupok  bool
 	// relocs are the symbol-valued DATA fields, in declaration order; Off
 	// is relative to the symbol's data start.
@@ -587,12 +592,14 @@ func collectData(f *ast.File) ([]dataSym, error) {
 			switch f {
 			case "RODATA":
 				ds.rodata = true
+			case "NOPTR":
+				ds.noptr = true
 			case "DUPOK":
 				ds.dupok = true
 			default:
 				// Legacy numeric flag constants (runtime/textflag.h):
-				// DUPOK is 2, RODATA is 8; combinations arrive as one
-				// number (e.g. 10 = RODATA|DUPOK).
+				// DUPOK is 2, RODATA is 8, NOPTR is 16; combinations arrive
+				// as one number (e.g. 10 = RODATA|DUPOK).
 				if n, err := strconv.Atoi(f); err == nil {
 					if n&2 != 0 {
 						ds.dupok = true
@@ -600,6 +607,9 @@ func collectData(f *ast.File) ([]dataSym, error) {
 					if n&8 != 0 {
 						ds.rodata = true
 					}
+					if n&16 != 0 {
+						ds.noptr = true
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // TestAssembleFileStaticData checks the whole-image layout; code, padding
@@ -60,23 +60,15 @@ DATA small<>+0(SB)/4, $0x1234
 	}
 }

-// TestAssembleFileErrors checks the static-symbol error paths.
+// TestAssembleFileErrors checks the static-symbol error paths.  A reference
+// to a static symbol no GLOBL defines defers to the linker exactly as the
+// toolchain does (an external relocation), so it is not an error here.
 func TestAssembleFileErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		name string
 		src  string
 		want string // substring of the error
 	}{
-		{
-			"undefined symbol",
-			`
-#include "textflag.h"
-TEXT ·f(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
-	VMOVDQU nope<>(SB), X0
-	RET
-`,
-			"undefined symbol",
-		},
 		{
 			"DATA without GLOBL",
 			`
@@ -369,23 +361,8 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("baseline build: %v\n%s", err, buildLog)
 	}
-	var work, linkLine, asmObj string
-	for line := range strings.SplitSeq(string(buildLog), "\n") {
-		switch {
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "WORK="):
-			work = strings.TrimPrefix(line, "WORK=")
-		case strings.Contains(line, "/asm ") && strings.Contains(line, "main_amd64.s") && !strings.Contains(line, "-gensymabis"):
-			asmObj = fieldAfter(line, "-o")
-		case strings.Contains(line, "/link ") && strings.Contains(line, "-importcfg"):
-			linkLine = line
-		}
-	}
-	if work == "" || asmObj == "" || linkLine == "" {
-		t.Skipf("could not parse build log (work=%q asmObj=%q link=%q)", work, asmObj, linkLine)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(work)
-	asmObj = strings.ReplaceAll(asmObj, "$WORK", work)
-	linkLine = strings.ReplaceAll(linkLine, "$WORK", work)
+	st := parseBuildLog(t, buildLog, "main_amd64.s")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(st.work)

 	// Assemble the same source with gasm and substitute the object.
 	src, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, "main_amd64.s"))
@@ -400,21 +377,18 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("AssembleFile: %v", err)
 	}
-	gasmObj, err := img.GOObject("dlink", "main_amd64.s")
+	// The package path is "main": the linker resolves the Go code's
+	// references against main.<name>, so the object must define the symbols
+	// under that prefix whatever the module is called.
+	gasmObj, err := img.GOObject("main", "main_amd64.s")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GOObject: %v", err)
 	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(asmObj, gasmObj, 0o644); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("write gasm object: %v", err)
-	}
-	linkCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", "cd "+dir+" && "+linkLine)
-	if out, err := linkCmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("re-link with gasm object: %v\n%s", err, out)
-	}
+	substituteAndRelink(t, goBin, dir, st, filepath.Join(dir, "prog2"), gasmObj)

 	// The linked program must run and find the right function behind the
 	// data word.
-	out, err := exec.Command(filepath.Join(dir, "prog")).CombinedOutput()
+	out, err := exec.Command(filepath.Join(dir, "prog2")).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("linked program failed: %v\n%s", err, out)
 	}
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
 )

 // assembleLOONG64 assembles a LoongArch (loong64) TEXT function body into
@@ -371,6 +371,13 @@ func loong64InstrSize(instr *ast.Instr, fi loong64FrameInfo) int {
 	if mnem == "RET" {
 		return len(loong64Return(fi))
 	}
+	// BYTE lays down one raw byte per operand, a front-end pseudo-op the
+	// toolchain spells only on x86 but accepts here the same way the arm64
+	// and riscv64 encoders do (a superset spelling, shippable via the goobj
+	// path).
+	if mnem == "BYTE" {
+		return len(ops)
+	}
 	switch mnem {
 	case "END", "FUNCDATA", "PCDATA":
 		return 0 // bookkeeping statements contribute no bytes
@@ -484,6 +491,18 @@ func encodeLOONG64Instr(instr *ast.Instr, pc int, offsets map[string]int, fi loo
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("WORD expects 1 operand, got %d", len(ops))
 		}
 		return l64wordLE(uint32(immFromOperand(ops[0]))), nil
+	case "BYTE":
+		// BYTE $b lays down one raw byte per operand, the same front-end
+		// pseudo-op the arm64 and riscv64 encoders accept.
+		var out []byte
+		for _, op := range ops {
+			b := l64Imm64(op)
+			if b < 0 || b > 0xFF {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("BYTE: immediate %d does not fit a byte", b)
+			}
+			out = append(out, byte(b))
+		}
+		return out, nil
 	case "END", "FUNCDATA", "PCDATA", "GETCALLERPC":
 		// The assembler's bookkeeping statements.  END, FUNCDATA and PCDATA
 		// contribute no bytes, the same shapes GOARCH=loong64 go tool asm
@@ -701,6 +720,35 @@ func encodeLOONG64Instr(instr *ast.Instr, pc int, offsets map[string]int, fi loo
 		}
 		return l64wordLE(l64rr(enc.op, rj, rd)), nil

+	case l64Fllsc:
+		// LLACQ{W,V} (Rj), Rd loads and SCREL{W,V} Rd, (Rj) stores, both
+		// 2R encodings op | rj<<5 | rd against a zero-offset memory operand
+		// (the toolchain's C_ZOREG, which rejects any displacement).
+		rd, rj, off, _, err := l64MemOperands(ops, fi)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", mnem, err)
+		}
+		if off != 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: only a zero-offset memory operand is allowed", mnem)
+		}
+		return l64wordLE(l64rr(enc.op, rj, rd)), nil
+
+	case l64Fscq:
+		// SCQ first, middle, (base): op | middle<<10 | base<<5 | first,
+		// against a zero-offset memory operand as with the LL/SC pair.
+		if len(ops) != 3 || !isMemOperand(ops[2]) || isMemOperand(ops[0]) || isMemOperand(ops[1]) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s expects reg, reg, (reg)", mnem)
+		}
+		first, middle := l64Reg(ops[0]), l64Reg(ops[1])
+		rj, off := l64MemWithFrame(ops[2], fi)
+		if first < 0 || middle < 0 || rj < 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: invalid register operand", mnem)
+		}
+		if off != 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: only a zero-offset memory operand is allowed", mnem)
+		}
+		return l64wordLE(l64rrr(enc.op, middle, rj, first)), nil
+
 	case l64Firr:
 		// LU52ID: INSTR $imm, rd  or  INSTR $imm, rj, rd.
 		if len(ops) < 2 || !isImmOperand(ops[0]) {
@@ -1229,6 +1277,31 @@ func l64MemOperands(ops []*ast.Operand, fi loong64FrameInfo) (rd, rj int, off in
 	return rd, rj, off, load, nil
 }

+// l64ImmMem reads the `$off(rj)` immediate form off an operand's raw text:
+// the shared immediate parse reduces it to the bare number and keeps only
+// the text as a witness of the base register.  ok reports the form was
+// found, with the base's register number (or -1 when the name is not a
+// general register).
+func l64ImmMem(op *ast.Operand) (off int32, base int, ok bool) {
+	if op.Kind != ast.OpImmediate || !op.Imm.HasVal {
+		return 0, 0, false
+	}
+	raw := strings.ReplaceAll(op.Raw, " ", "")
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(raw, "$") || !strings.HasSuffix(raw, ")") {
+		return 0, 0, false
+	}
+	open := strings.LastIndexByte(raw, '(')
+	if open < 2 {
+		return 0, 0, false
+	}
+	base = loong64RegNum(raw[open+1 : len(raw)-1])
+	v := op.Imm.Val
+	if op.Imm.Neg {
+		v = -v
+	}
+	return int32(v), base, base >= 0
+}
+
 // ---- the MOV pseudo-instruction ----

 // encodeLOONG64Mov encodes the MOV family, the load/store/immediate
@@ -1262,6 +1335,29 @@ func encodeLOONG64Mov(instr *ast.Instr, mnem string, fi loong64FrameInfo, relocs
 			}
 			return encodeLOONG64SBAddr(src.Imm.Sym, rd, relocs), nil
 		}
+		// MOVx $off(rj), rd computes an address: the toolchain's `mov
+		// $soreg, r` case, a plain addi.d whatever the move's width (both
+		// MOVW and MOVV $4(R4), R5 encode the same addi.d in its testdata).
+		// A wider offset materialises in R30 first (lu12i.w + ori + add.d,
+		// its case 10).  The immediate's Raw carries the base register,
+		// which the shared immediate parse reduces to the bare number.
+		if off, base, ok := l64ImmMem(src); ok {
+			rd := l64Reg(dst)
+			if rd < 0 {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s $imm(rj): invalid destination register", mnem)
+			}
+			if loong64RegClass(operandRegName(dst)) == l64ClsFP {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s $imm(rj): illegal combination with an F register destination", mnem)
+			}
+			if off >= -2048 && off <= 2047 {
+				return l64wordLE(l64irr(l64DualTable["ADDV"].imm, int(off), base, rd)), nil
+			}
+			return l64WordsLE(
+				l64ir(l64InstrTable["LU12IW"].op, int(off)>>12, 30),
+				l64irr(l64DualTable["OR"].imm, int(off)&0xFFF, 30, 30),
+				l64rrr(l64DualTable["ADDV"].rrr, 30, base, rd),
+			), nil
+		}
 		rd := l64Reg(dst)
 		if rd < 0 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s $imm: invalid destination register", mnem)
@@ -1356,6 +1452,14 @@ func loong64MovSize(mnem string, ops []*ast.Operand, fi loong64FrameInfo) int {
 		if src.Imm.Sym != nil && src.Imm.Sym.Pseudo == "SB" {
 			return 8 // pcalau12i + addi.d
 		}
+		// The $off(rj) address immediate: addi.d in the 12-bit window,
+		// lu12i.w + ori + add.d beyond it (the toolchain's case 10).
+		if off, _, ok := l64ImmMem(src); ok {
+			if off >= -2048 && off <= 2047 {
+				return 4
+			}
+			return 12
+		}
 		if loong64RegClass(operandRegName(dst)) == l64ClsFP {
 			return 8 // ori/addi.w r30 + movgr2fr.w (an encode-time diagnostic when invalid)
 		}
@@ -1868,6 +1972,19 @@ func l64MemWithFrame(op *ast.Operand, fi loong64FrameInfo) (rj int, off int32) {
 	return l64Mem(op)
 }

+// l64VmovqMem resolves a VMOVQ/XVMOVQ memory operand.  The toolchain's
+// vector table falls back to the zero register as the FP-relative base
+// (`VMOVQ V2, y+16(FP)` stores through R0 while MOVW reads the same operand
+// through R3), so the vector moves keep the resolved offset but the zero
+// base, exactly as `go tool asm` emits them.
+func l64VmovqMem(op *ast.Operand, fi loong64FrameInfo) (rj int, off int32) {
+	rj, off = l64MemWithFrame(op, fi)
+	if op.Addr.Sym != nil && op.Addr.Sym.Pseudo == "FP" {
+		rj = 0
+	}
+	return rj, off
+}
+
 // l64MemOffset returns the resolved byte offset of a memory operand.
 func l64MemOffset(op *ast.Operand, fi loong64FrameInfo) int32 {
 	_, off := l64MemWithFrame(op, fi)
@@ -1892,7 +2009,7 @@ func l64Label(op *ast.Operand) string {
 type l64VecOperand struct {
 	num    int  // 5-bit register number
 	lasx   bool // X bank (LASX) rather than V (LSX)
-	width  byte // suffix width letter (B/H/W/V), 0 on a bare register
+	width  byte // suffix width letter (B/H/W/V/Q), 0 on a bare register
 	lanes  int  // lane count of a width suffix (B16 → 16)
 	elem   int  // element index of a .T[i] suffix
 	hasEl  bool // the suffix names an element (.T[i])
@@ -1932,7 +2049,7 @@ func l64ParseVecOperand(op *ast.Operand) (v l64VecOperand, ok bool) {
 	}
 	i++
 	w := name[i]
-	if w != 'B' && w != 'H' && w != 'W' && w != 'V' {
+	if w != 'B' && w != 'H' && w != 'W' && w != 'V' && w != 'Q' {
 		return v, false
 	}
 	v.width, v.hasSuf = w, true
@@ -2174,6 +2291,10 @@ func encodeLOONG64Vector(instr *ast.Instr, mnem string, fi loong64FrameInfo) ([]
 //	VMOVQ rj, vd.T        vreplgr2vr (duplicate a general register)
 //	VMOVQ vj.T[i], rd     vpickve2gr (extract one element)
 //	VMOVQ rj, vd.T[i]     vinsgr2vr  (insert one element)
+//	VMOVQ vj.T[i], vd.T   vreplvei   (broadcast one element, LSX)
+//	XVMOVQ xj, xd.T       xvreplve0  (broadcast element zero, LASX)
+//	XVMOVQ xj, xd.T[i]    xvinsve0   (insert element zero, LASX)
+//	XVMOVQ xj.T[i], xd    xvpickve   (extract one element, LASX)
 func encodeLOONG64Vmovq(lasx bool, ops []*ast.Operand, fi loong64FrameInfo) ([]byte, error) {
 	enc := l64VmovqTable[lasx]
 	bank := "V"
@@ -2200,6 +2321,118 @@ func encodeLOONG64Vmovq(lasx bool, ops []*ast.Operand, fi loong64FrameInfo) ([]b
 		return loong64RegNum(name), nil
 	}

+	// Element broadcast: VMOVQ vj.T[i], vd.T (vreplvei.{b,h,w,d}), the
+	// source element width matching the destination arrangement.  An LSX-only
+	// form: the toolchain's table gives vreplvei no LASX counterpart.
+	if srcVec && dstVec && src.hasEl && dst.hasSuf && !dst.hasEl {
+		if lasx || src.lasx || dst.lasx {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("VMOVQ: vreplvei has no %s-bank form", bank)
+		}
+		if src.unsig {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("VMOVQ: vreplvei takes no unsigned element suffix")
+		}
+		if src.width != dst.width {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("VMOVQ: element width does not match arrangement %q", ops[1].Raw)
+		}
+		if _, ok := l64VecSuffixWidth(false, dst); !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("VMOVQ: invalid arrangement %q", ops[1].Raw)
+		}
+		var op uint32
+		limit := 0
+		switch src.width {
+		case 'B':
+			op, limit = enc.rveiB, 15
+		case 'H':
+			op, limit = enc.rveiH, 7
+		case 'W':
+			op, limit = enc.rveiW, 3
+		default:
+			op, limit = enc.rveiD, 1
+		}
+		if src.elem > limit {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("VMOVQ: element index %d out of range [0, %d]", src.elem, limit)
+		}
+		return l64wordLE(op | uint32(src.elem)<<10 | uint32(src.num)<<5 | uint32(dst.num)), nil
+	}
+
+	// Broadcast of element zero: XVMOVQ xj, xd.T (xvreplve0.{b,h,w,d,q}),
+	// a bare X source into an arranged X destination.  LASX only.
+	if srcVec && dstVec && !src.hasSuf && dst.hasSuf && !dst.hasEl {
+		if !lasx || src.lasx != lasx || dst.lasx != lasx {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("XVMOVQ: xvreplve0 is the %s-bank form alone", bank)
+		}
+		var op uint32
+		switch dst.width {
+		case 'B':
+			if dst.lanes != 32 {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("XVMOVQ: invalid arrangement %q", ops[1].Raw)
+			}
+			op = enc.rve0B
+		case 'H':
+			if dst.lanes != 16 {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("XVMOVQ: invalid arrangement %q", ops[1].Raw)
+			}
+			op = enc.rve0H
+		case 'W':
+			if dst.lanes != 8 {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("XVMOVQ: invalid arrangement %q", ops[1].Raw)
+			}
+			op = enc.rve0W
+		case 'V':
+			if dst.lanes != 4 {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("XVMOVQ: invalid arrangement %q", ops[1].Raw)
+			}
+			op = enc.rve0D
+		case 'Q':
+			if dst.lanes != 2 {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("XVMOVQ: invalid arrangement %q", ops[1].Raw)
+			}
+			op = enc.rve0Q
+		default:
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("XVMOVQ: invalid arrangement %q", ops[1].Raw)
+		}
+		return l64wordLE(op | uint32(src.num)<<5 | uint32(dst.num)), nil
+	}
+
+	// Insert of element zero: XVMOVQ xj, xd.T[i] (xvinsve0.{w,d}), a bare X
+	// source into one word or double-word lane.  LASX only.
+	if srcVec && dstVec && !src.hasSuf && dst.hasEl {
+		if !lasx || src.lasx != lasx || dst.lasx != lasx {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("XVMOVQ: xvinsve0 is the %s-bank form alone", bank)
+		}
+		op, limit := enc.xinsW, 7
+		if dst.width != 'W' {
+			op, limit = enc.xinsD, 3
+			if dst.width != 'V' {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("XVMOVQ: xvinsve0 takes word or double-word lanes, got %q", ops[1].Raw)
+			}
+		}
+		if dst.elem > limit {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("XVMOVQ: element index %d out of range [0, %d]", dst.elem, limit)
+		}
+		return l64wordLE(op | uint32(dst.elem)<<10 | uint32(src.num)<<5 | uint32(dst.num)), nil
+	}
+
+	// Element extract into a vector register: XVMOVQ xj.T[i], xd
+	// (xvpickve.{w,d}), one word or double-word lane out to a bare X
+	// register.  LASX only.
+	if srcVec && src.hasEl && dstVec && !dst.hasSuf {
+		if !lasx || src.lasx != lasx || dst.lasx != lasx {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("XVMOVQ: xvpickve is the %s-bank form alone", bank)
+		}
+		op, limit := enc.xpickW, 7
+		if src.width != 'W' {
+			op, limit = enc.xpickD, 3
+			if src.width != 'V' {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("XVMOVQ: xvpickve takes word or double-word lanes, got %q", ops[0].Raw)
+			}
+		}
+		if src.elem > limit {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("XVMOVQ: element index %d out of range [0, %d]", src.elem, limit)
+		}
+		return l64wordLE(op | uint32(src.elem)<<10 | uint32(src.num)<<5 | uint32(dst.num)), nil
+	}
+
 	// Register move: VMOVQ vj, vd (vori.b/xvori.b with the zero constant),
 	// both operands bare registers of the same bank.
 	if srcVec && dstVec {
@@ -2224,7 +2457,7 @@ func encodeLOONG64Vmovq(lasx bool, ops []*ast.Operand, fi loong64FrameInfo) ([]b
 			}
 			return l64wordLE(l64rrr(enc.stx, rk, rj, src.num)), nil
 		}
-		rj, off := l64MemWithFrame(ops[1], fi)
+		rj, off := l64VmovqMem(ops[1], fi)
 		if rj < 0 || off < -2048 || off > 2047 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("VMOVQ: store offset out of range [-2048, 2047]")
 		}
@@ -2247,9 +2480,9 @@ func encodeLOONG64Vmovq(lasx bool, ops []*ast.Operand, fi loong64FrameInfo) ([]b
 			}
 			return l64wordLE(l64rrr(enc.ldx, rk, rj, dst.num)), nil
 		}
-		rj, off := l64MemWithFrame(ops[0], fi)
-		if rj < 0 || off < -2048 || off > 2047 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("VMOVQ: load offset out of range [-2048, 2047]")
+		rj, off := l64VmovqMem(ops[0], fi)
+		if rj < 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("VMOVQ: invalid load operand")
 		}
 		op := enc.ld
 		if dst.hasSuf {
@@ -2257,16 +2490,34 @@ func encodeLOONG64Vmovq(lasx bool, ops []*ast.Operand, fi loong64FrameInfo) ([]b
 			if !ok {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("VMOVQ: invalid replicate width suffix %q", ops[1].Raw)
 			}
+			// vldrepl keeps the byte offset raw for bytes and scales it by
+			// the element width for the wider forms, the immediate field
+			// shrinking a bit per scale exactly as the toolchain encodes it
+			// (the field mask keeps the two's complement inside its width).
+			scale, mask, lo, hi := 1, int32(0xFFF), -2048, 2047
 			switch w {
 			case 0:
 				op = enc.replB
 			case 1:
 				op = enc.replH
+				scale, mask, lo, hi = 2, 0x7FF, -1024, 1023
 			case 2:
 				op = enc.replW
+				scale, mask, lo, hi = 4, 0x3FF, -512, 511
 			default:
 				op = enc.replD
+				scale, mask, lo, hi = 8, 0x1FF, -256, 255
 			}
+			if off%int32(scale) != 0 {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("VMOVQ: offset %d must be a multiple of %d", off, scale)
+			}
+			off /= int32(scale)
+			if off < int32(lo) || off > int32(hi) {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("VMOVQ: offset out of range [%d, %d]", lo*scale, hi*scale)
+			}
+			off &= mask
+		} else if off < -2048 || off > 2047 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("VMOVQ: load offset out of range [-2048, 2047]")
 		}
 		return l64wordLE(l64irr(op, int(off), rj, dst.num)), nil
 	}
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ const (
 	l64Fvvv                     // 3R vector (LSX/LASX): op | vk<<10 | vj<<5 | vd
 	l64Fvcf                     // vector-to-condition: op | subop<<10 | vj<<5 | fcc
 	l64Fvvvv                    // 4R vector shuffle: op | va<<15 | vk<<10 | vj<<5 | vd
+	l64Fllsc                    // acquire/release LL/SC (2R against a zero-offset memory operand)
+	l64Fscq                     // sc.q: op | middle<<10 | base<<5 | first against a zero-offset memory operand
 )

 // l64Enc is one instruction's encoding: its bit layout (format) and the
@@ -341,8 +343,9 @@ var l64Vec2R = map[string]bool{}
 // such as vshuf.b).
 var l64Vec4R = map[string]bool{}

-// l64VmovqOps holds the VMOVQ/XVMOVQ opcode constants (pre-shifted to bit
-// 15), read off `go tool objdump` of GOARCH=loong64 `go tool asm` kernels.
+// l64VmovqOps holds the VMOVQ/XVMOVQ opcode constants, each pre-shifted to
+// its exact bit range, read off `go tool objdump` of GOARCH=loong64
+// `go tool asm` kernels and the toolchain's specialLsxMovInst table.
 type l64VmovqEnc struct {
 	ld, st, ldx, stx           uint32 // plain and indexed load/store
 	replB, replH, replW, replD uint32 // vldrepl: load and replicate element
@@ -350,6 +353,11 @@ type l64VmovqEnc struct {
 	ins                        uint32 // vinsgr2vr element insert
 	dup                        uint32 // vreplgr2vr duplicate (width in [11:10])
 	move                       uint32 // vori.b/xvori.b $0 register move
+	rveiB, rveiH, rveiW, rveiD uint32 // vreplvei: broadcast one element (LSX)
+	rve0B, rve0H, rve0W        uint32 // xvreplve0 broadcast of element zero (LASX)
+	rve0D, rve0Q               uint32 // xvreplve0.{d,q}, ditto
+	xinsW, xinsD               uint32 // xvinsve0: insert element zero (LASX)
+	xpickW, xpickD             uint32 // xvpickve: extract element (LASX)
 }

 var l64VmovqTable = map[bool]l64VmovqEnc{
@@ -358,12 +366,17 @@ var l64VmovqTable = map[bool]l64VmovqEnc{
 		replB: 0x6100 << 15, replH: 0x6080 << 15, replW: 0x6040 << 15, replD: 0x6020 << 15,
 		pickS: 0xE5DF << 15, pickU: 0xE5E7 << 15,
 		ins: 0xE5D7 << 15, dup: 0xE53E << 15, move: 0xE65A << 15,
+		rveiB: 0x01CBDE << 14, rveiH: 0x0397BE << 13, rveiW: 0x072F7E << 12, rveiD: 0x0E5EFE << 11,
 	},
 	true: { // XVMOVQ, the LASX (X) bank
 		ld: 0x5900 << 15, st: 0x5980 << 15, ldx: 0x7090 << 15, stx: 0x7098 << 15,
 		replB: 0x6500 << 15, replH: 0x6480 << 15, replW: 0x6440 << 15, replD: 0x6420 << 15,
 		pickS: 0xEDDF << 15, pickU: 0xEDE7 << 15,
 		ins: 0xEDD7 << 15, dup: 0xED3E << 15, move: 0xEE5A << 15,
+		rve0B: 0x1DC1C0 << 10, rve0H: 0x1DC1E0 << 10, rve0W: 0x1DC1F0 << 10,
+		rve0D: 0x1DC1F8 << 10, rve0Q: 0x1DC1FC << 10,
+		xinsW: 0x03B7FE << 13, xinsD: 0x076FFE << 12,
+		xpickW: 0x03B81E << 13, xpickD: 0x07703E << 12,
 	},
 }

@@ -373,7 +386,7 @@ func init() {
 		"ADD": 0x20 << 15, "ADDW": 0x20 << 15, "ADDV": 0x21 << 15, "ADDVU": 0x21 << 15,
 		"SUB": 0x22 << 15, "SUBW": 0x22 << 15, "SUBV": 0x23 << 15, "SUBVU": 0x23 << 15,
 		"SGT": 0x24 << 15, "SGTU": 0x25 << 15,
-		"MASKEQZ": 0x26 << 15, "MASKNEZ": 0x27 << 15, "SCQ": 0x070AE << 15,
+		"MASKEQZ": 0x26 << 15, "MASKNEZ": 0x27 << 15,
 		"NOR": 0x28 << 15, "AND": 0x29 << 15, "OR": 0x2a << 15, "XOR": 0x2b << 15,
 		"ORN": 0x2c << 15, "ANDN": 0x2d << 15,
 		"SLL": 0x2e << 15, "SRL": 0x2f << 15, "SRA": 0x30 << 15,
@@ -467,6 +480,20 @@ func init() {
 	l64InstrTable["RDTIMEHW"] = l64Enc{format: l64Frdtime, op: 0x19 << 10}
 	l64InstrTable["RDTIMED"] = l64Enc{format: l64Frdtime, op: 0x1a << 10}

+	// Acquire/release LL/SC (2R against a zero-offset memory operand):
+	// LLACQV (Rj), Rd loads, SCRELV Rd, (Rj) stores, both encoding
+	// op | rj<<5 | rd.  Opcodes from cmd/internal/obj/loong64/instOp.go
+	// (ll.acq.{w,d}, sc.rel.{w,d}).
+	l64InstrTable["LLACQW"] = l64Enc{format: l64Fllsc, op: 0x0E15E0 << 10}
+	l64InstrTable["SCRELW"] = l64Enc{format: l64Fllsc, op: 0x0E15E1 << 10}
+	l64InstrTable["LLACQV"] = l64Enc{format: l64Fllsc, op: 0x0E15E2 << 10}
+	l64InstrTable["SCRELV"] = l64Enc{format: l64Fllsc, op: 0x0E15E3 << 10}
+
+	// SCQ (sc.q first, middle, (base)) keeps its own operand order: the
+	// encoding is op | middle<<10 | base<<5 | first, the memory operand's
+	// base in the rj field, not the toolchain's generic 3R layout.
+	l64InstrTable["SCQ"] = l64Enc{format: l64Fscq, op: 0x070AE << 15}
+
 	// The dual-form arithmetic mnemonics (register 3R + immediate 2RI12),
 	// selected by the operand kind; the shift mnemonics pair the 3R form
 	// with a 5/6-bit shift immediate.
@@ -868,7 +895,7 @@ func init() {
 		"VNORB":  {0xE7B8 << 15, false, 0, 255, 0, 0xFF},
 		"XVNORB": {0xEFB8 << 15, true, 0, 255, 0, 0xFF},
 		"VSEQB":  {0xE500 << 15, false, -16, 15, 0, 0x1F},
-		"XVSEQB": {0xE900 << 15, true, -16, 15, 0, 0x1F},
+		"XVSEQB": {0xED00 << 15, true, -16, 15, 0, 0x1F},
 		// vseqi.h/w accept the same si5 window as vseqi.b; vseqi.d carries a
 		// 7-bit field, but the toolchain range-checks it down to si5 as well
 		// (GOARCH=loong64 go tool asm rejects VSEQV $32 and VSEQV $-64).
@@ -877,7 +904,7 @@ func init() {
 		"VSEQW":  {0xE502 << 15, false, -16, 15, 0, 0x1F},
 		"XVSEQW": {0xED02 << 15, true, -16, 15, 0, 0x1F},
 		"VSEQV":  {0xE503 << 15, false, -16, 15, 0, 0x7F},
-		"XVSEQV": {0xE903 << 15, true, -16, 15, 0, 0x7F},
+		"XVSEQV": {0xED03 << 15, true, -16, 15, 0, 0x7F},
 		// vslti compares against a signed (or, in the U spellings, unsigned)
 		// si5/ui5 constant.
 		"VSLTB":   {0xE50C << 15, false, -16, 15, 0, 0x1F},
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // firstTextLOONG64 parses assembly source and returns the first TEXT body.
@@ -831,3 +831,230 @@ TEXT ·atoms(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
 		0x4C000020,
 	)
 }
+
+// TestLOONG64_llacqScrel pins the acquire/release LL/SC pair.  The oracle
+// words come from GOARCH=loong64 go tool objdump and the toolchain's own
+// loong64enc1.s golden bytes.
+func TestLOONG64_llacqScrel(t *testing.T) {
+	fn := firstTextLOONG64(t, `#include "textflag.h"
+TEXT ·llsc(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	LLACQW (R5), R4
+	LLACQV (R5), R4
+	SCRELW R4, (R6)
+	SCRELV R4, (R6)
+	RET
+`)
+	code := assembleLOONG64Helper(t, fn)
+	wantWords(t, code,
+		0x385780A4, // ll.acq.w r4, r5
+		0x385788A4, // ll.acq.d r4, r5
+		0x385784C4, // sc.rel.w r4, r6
+		0x38578CC4, // sc.rel.d r4, r6
+		0x4C000020,
+	)
+	// The toolchain accepts the zero-offset memory form alone.
+	for i, src := range []string{
+		`TEXT ·e(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	LLACQW 4(R5), R4
+	RET
+`,
+		`TEXT ·e(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	SCRELV R4, 8(R6)
+	RET
+`,
+	} {
+		fn := firstTextLOONG64(t, src)
+		if _, _, _, _, _, err := assembleLOONG64(fn); err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("case %d: expected an error, got none", i)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestLOONG64_vmovqSuffixed pins the element-broadcast and element-move
+// VMOVQ/XVMOVQ forms, with the oracle words lifted verbatim from the
+// toolchain's loong64enc1.s.
+func TestLOONG64_vmovqSuffixed(t *testing.T) {
+	fn := firstTextLOONG64(t, `#include "textflag.h"
+TEXT ·vmovq(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	VMOVQ V1.B[3], V9.B16
+	VMOVQ V2.H[2], V8.H8
+	VMOVQ V3.W[1], V7.W4
+	VMOVQ V4.V[0], V6.V2
+	XVMOVQ X0, X31.B32
+	XVMOVQ X1, X30.H16
+	XVMOVQ X2, X29.W8
+	XVMOVQ X3, X28.V4
+	XVMOVQ X3, X27.Q2
+	XVMOVQ X0, X31.W[7]
+	XVMOVQ X1, X29.W[0]
+	XVMOVQ X3, X28.V[3]
+	XVMOVQ X4, X27.V[0]
+	XVMOVQ X31.W[7], X0
+	XVMOVQ X29.W[0], X1
+	XVMOVQ X28.V[3], X8
+	XVMOVQ X27.V[0], X9
+	RET
+`)
+	code := assembleLOONG64Helper(t, fn)
+	wantWords(t, code,
+		0x72F78C29, // vreplvei.b v9, v1, 3
+		0x72F7C848, // vreplvei.h v8, v2, 2
+		0x72F7E467, // vreplvei.w v7, v3, 1
+		0x72F7F086, // vreplvei.d v6, v4, 0
+		0x7707001F, // xvreplve0.b x31, x0
+		0x7707803E, // xvreplve0.h x30, x1
+		0x7707C05D, // xvreplve0.w x29, x2
+		0x7707E07C, // xvreplve0.d x28, x3
+		0x7707F07B, // xvreplve0.q x27, x3
+		0x76FFDC1F, // xvinsve0.w x31, x0, 7
+		0x76FFC03D, // xvinsve0.w x29, x1, 0
+		0x76FFEC7C, // xvinsve0.d x28, x3, 3
+		0x76FFE09B, // xvinsve0.d x27, x4, 0
+		0x7703DFE0, // xvpickve.w x0, x31, 7
+		0x7703C3A1, // xvpickve.w x1, x29, 0
+		0x7703EF88, // xvpickve.d x8, x28, 3
+		0x7703E369, // xvpickve.d x9, x27, 0
+		0x4C000020,
+	)
+	// The rejected shapes: a width mismatch between the element and the
+	// arrangement, an element index past the lane count, a wrong-bank
+	// vreplvei and an arrangement the LASX bank does not spell.
+	for i, src := range []string{
+		`TEXT ·e(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	VMOVQ V1.H[3], V9.B16
+	RET
+`,
+		`TEXT ·e(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	VMOVQ V1.B[16], V9.B16
+	RET
+`,
+		`TEXT ·e(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	XVMOVQ X1.B[3], X9.B32
+	RET
+`,
+		`TEXT ·e(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	XVMOVQ X0, X31.B16
+	RET
+`,
+		`TEXT ·e(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	XVMOVQ X0, X31.W[8]
+	RET
+`,
+	} {
+		fn := firstTextLOONG64(t, src)
+		if _, _, _, _, _, err := assembleLOONG64(fn); err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("case %d: expected an error, got none", i)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestLOONG64_parityFixes pins the operand forms whose encodings were found
+// diverging from the toolchain by the loong64enc1.s differential: the
+// $off(reg) address immediate (addi.d), the SCQ operand order, the scaled
+// vldrepl offsets (with their field masks), the XVSEQB/XVSEQV immediate
+// opcodes and the zero-register base the toolchain gives FP-relative
+// VMOVQ/XVMOVQ memory operands.  Golden words from loong64enc1.s.
+func TestLOONG64_parityFixes(t *testing.T) {
+	fn := firstTextLOONG64(t, `#include "textflag.h"
+TEXT ·parity(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-32
+	MOVW $4(R4), R5
+	MOVV $4(R4), R5
+	MOVW $65536(R4), R5
+	MOVW $-4096(R4), R5
+	SCQ R4, R5, (R6)
+	VMOVQ 2(R4), V1.H8
+	VMOVQ -6(R4), V1.H8
+	VMOVQ -12(R4), V2.W4
+	VMOVQ -16(R4), V3.V2
+	XVMOVQ -10(R4), X1.H16
+	XVSEQB $0, X2, X4
+	XVSEQH $3, X2, X4
+	XVSEQW $12, X2, X4
+	XVSEQV $15, X2, X4
+	XVSEQV $-15, X2, X4
+	VMOVQ V2, y+16(FP)
+	VMOVQ y+16(FP), V2
+	VMOVQ V2, x+2030(FP)
+	XVMOVQ X6, y+16(FP)
+	RET
+`)
+	code := assembleLOONG64Helper(t, fn)
+	wantWords(t, code,
+		0x02C01085, // addi.d $4, r4, r5
+		0x02C01085, // addi.d $4, r4, r5 (MOVW keeps the 64-bit addi.d)
+		0x1400021E, // lu12i.w $16, r30
+		0x038003DE, // ori $0, r30, r30
+		0x0010F885, // add.d r5, r4, r30
+		0x15FFFFFE, // lu12i.w $-1, r30
+		0x038003DE, // ori $0, r30, r30
+		0x0010F885, // add.d r5, r4, r30
+		0x385714C4, // sc.q r4, r5, (r6): middle<<10 | base<<5 | first
+		0x30400481, // vldrepl.h v1, 2(r4)
+		0x305FF481, // vldrepl.h v1, -6(r4)
+		0x302FF482, // vldrepl.w v2, -12(r4)
+		0x3017F883, // vldrepl.d v3, -16(r4)
+		0x325FEC81, // xvldrepl.h x1, -10(r4)
+		0x76800044, // xvseqi.b x4, x2, 0
+		0x76808C44, // xvseqi.h x4, x2, 3
+		0x76813044, // xvseqi.w x4, x2, 12
+		0x7681BC44, // xvseqi.d x4, x2, 15
+		0x7681C444, // xvseqi.d x4, x2, -15
+		0x2C406002, // vst v2, 24(r0): FP-relative keeps the zero base
+		0x2C006002, // vld v2, 24(r0)
+		0x2C5FD802, // vst v2, 2038(r0)
+		0x2CC06006, // xvst x6, 24(r0)
+		0x4C000020,
+	)
+	// Misaligned vldrepl offsets are rejected, as the toolchain does.
+	for i, src := range []string{
+		`TEXT ·e(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	VMOVQ 3(R4), V1.H8
+	RET
+`,
+		`TEXT ·e(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	MOVW $4(R4), F1
+	RET
+`,
+	} {
+		fn := firstTextLOONG64(t, src)
+		if _, _, _, _, _, err := assembleLOONG64(fn); err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("case %d: expected an error, got none", i)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestLOONG64_bytePseudo pins the BYTE literal-data pseudo-op, which the
+// loong64 toolchain does not spell but the arm64 and riscv64 encoders of
+// this package already accept for byte-exact data layout (a superset
+// spelling, shippable via the goobj path).
+func TestLOONG64_bytePseudo(t *testing.T) {
+	fn := firstTextLOONG64(t, `#include "textflag.h"
+TEXT ·bytes(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	BYTE $2
+	BYTE $1; BYTE $0
+	BYTE $255
+	RET
+`)
+	code := assembleLOONG64Helper(t, fn)
+	// Four literal bytes, then RET (jirl r0, r1, 0); the trailing bytes pad
+	// the final word the way any sub-word tail does.
+	want := []byte{2, 1, 0, 0xFF, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x4C}
+	if !bytes.Equal(code[:len(want)], want) {
+		t.Errorf("bytes = % x, want % x", code, want)
+	}
+	for _, src := range []string{
+		`TEXT ·e(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	BYTE $256
+	RET
+`,
+		`TEXT ·e(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	BYTE $-1
+	RET
+`,
+	} {
+		fn := firstTextLOONG64(t, src)
+		if _, _, _, _, _, err := assembleLOONG64(fn); err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("%q: expected an error, got none", src)
+		}
+	}
+}
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package asm
 import (
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
 )

 // Loong64 frame mapping, matching the Go toolchain's loong64 backend.
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // TestLOONG64_sys exercises the no-operand system instructions and the
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package asm
 import (
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // TestLOONG64RelocOffsetsIncludePrologue pins the function-relative
@@ -17,13 +17,28 @@ import "strings"
 // size.  The high flag marks the legacy high-byte registers AH/CH/DH/BH, which
 // occupy indices 4-7 yet take no REX prefix, unlike SPL/BPL/SIL/DIL that share
 // those indices but require one.  The mask flag marks the AVX-512 opmask
-// registers K0-K7, the fp flag the x87 stack registers F0-F7.
+// registers K0-K7, the fp flag the x87 stack registers F0-F7, the mmx flag the
+// MMX registers M0-M7, the seg field a bare segment register (FS, GS) and the
+// ctl field the control and debug registers, whose number rides an
+// instruction's reg field rather than r/m.
 type Reg struct {
 	idx  int
 	size int  // informational width implied by the name; the mnemonic decides
 	high bool // AH/CH/DH/BH
 	mask bool // K0-K7 opmask register
 	fp   bool // F0-F7 x87 stack register
+	mmx  bool // M0-M7 MMX register
+	seg  int  // segment register number plus one (ES=1..GS=6); 0 = not one
+	ctl  byte // 0 none, 1 CRn control register, 2 DRn debug register
+}
+
+// segNumber returns the segment register number (ES=0..GS=5) when r names a
+// bare segment register.
+func (r Reg) segNumber() (int, bool) {
+	if r.seg == 0 {
+		return 0, false
+	}
+	return r.seg - 1, true
 }

 // Index returns the register number (0-15 for GPRs, 0-31 for vectors).
@@ -149,6 +164,20 @@ func buildRegByName() map[string]Reg {
 	for i := 0; i <= 7; i++ {
 		m["F"+itoa(i)] = Reg{idx: i, size: 8, fp: true}
 	}
+	// MMX: M0..M7.
+	for i := 0; i <= 7; i++ {
+		m["M"+itoa(i)] = Reg{idx: i, size: 8, mmx: true}
+	}
+	// Bare segment registers: ES, CS, SS, DS, FS, GS (the memory-base and
+	// index spellings of FS and GS are handled before register lookup).
+	for i, n := range []string{"ES", "CS", "SS", "DS", "FS", "GS"} {
+		m[n] = Reg{idx: i, size: 2, seg: i + 1}
+	}
+	// Control and debug registers: CR0..CR15, DR0..DR15.
+	for i := 0; i <= 15; i++ {
+		m["CR"+itoa(i)] = Reg{idx: i, size: 8, ctl: 1}
+		m["DR"+itoa(i)] = Reg{idx: i, size: 8, ctl: 2}
+	}
 	return m
 }

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"slices"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
 )

 // assembleRISCV assembles a RISC-V TEXT function body into machine code.
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // firstTextRISCV parses assembly source and returns the first TEXT function body.
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
 )

 // RISC-V frame mapping, matching the Go toolchain's riscv64 backend.
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package asm
 import (
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // TestRISCVFrameSpadjAndLines checks that a framed function records its
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // TestGOObjectRISCVCallReloc checks that CALL sym(SB) emits a single JAL
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ const (
 	// carries a vector length, so the register the L'L field follows is the
 	// XMM source.
 	vexExtractGPR
+	// vexBlend4 is the four-operand variable blend `OP mask, src2, src1,
+	// dst` (VPBLENDVB): ModRM.reg = dst (op3), VEX.vvvv = src1 (op2),
+	// ModRM.rm = src2 (op1) and the mask register in the /is4 byte (op0).
+	vexBlend4
 )

 // vexSpec describes one VEX instruction's encoding parameters.
@@ -202,8 +206,28 @@ var vexTable = map[string]vexSpec{

 	// VEX.128/256.66.0F.WIG, immediate shuffle (reg=dst, rm=src, imm8).
 	"VPSHUFD": {1, 0x70, 0, 1, -1, vexImmRM},
-	// VEX.256.66.0F3A.W1, qword permute (reg=dst, rm=src, imm8).
+	// VEX.256.66.0F3A.W1, qword permute (reg=dst, rm=src, imm8), and its
+	// double twin under op 01; the in-lane permutes under 04/05.
 	"VPERMQ":    {3, 0x00, 1, 1, -1, vexImmRM},
+	"VPERMPD":   {3, 0x01, 1, 1, -1, vexImmRM},
+	"VPERMILPS": {3, 0x04, 0, 1, -1, vexImmRM},
+	"VPERMILPD": {3, 0x05, 0, 1, -1, vexImmRM},
+	// VEX.66.0F3A.W0, the immediate-controlled AVX tail: the rounding
+	// pair, the AES key assistant and the string compares.
+	"VROUNDPD":         {3, 0x09, 0, 1, -1, vexImmRM},
+	"VROUNDPS":         {3, 0x08, 0, 1, -1, vexImmRM},
+	"VAESKEYGENASSIST": {3, 0xDF, 0, 1, -1, vexImmRM},
+	"VPCMPESTRI":       {3, 0x61, 0, 1, -1, vexImmRM},
+	"VPCMPESTRM":       {3, 0x60, 0, 1, -1, vexImmRM},
+	"VPCMPISTRI":       {3, 0x63, 0, 1, -1, vexImmRM},
+	"VPCMPISTRM":       {3, 0x62, 0, 1, -1, vexImmRM},
+	// VEX.128.66.0F3A.W0, the scalar lane extract to a GPR or memory
+	// (reg = the XMM source, r/m = the destination).
+	"VEXTRACTPS": {3, 0x17, 0, 1, -1, vexExtractGPR},
+	"VPEXTRW":    {3, 0x15, 0, 1, -1, vexExtractGPR},
+	// VEX.128.66.0F3A.W0, the four-operand variable blend with its mask
+	// register in the /is4 byte.
+	"VPBLENDVB": {3, 0x4C, 0, 1, -1, vexBlend4},

 	// VEX.128/256.66.0F.WIG, two-source shuffle (reg=dst, vvvv=src1, rm=src2,
 	// imm8).
@@ -524,8 +548,16 @@ func isVex(mnemUpper string) bool {
 	if _, ok := vexTable[mnemUpper]; ok {
 		return true
 	}
-	_, ok := vexMoveTable[mnemUpper]
-	return ok
+	if _, ok := vexMoveTable[mnemUpper]; ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	// The dual-shape moves (VMOVHPD/VMOVLPD) pick their VEX form by operand
+	// count in encodeVex.
+	switch mnemUpper {
+	case "VMOVHPD", "VMOVLPD":
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
 }

 // encodeVex encodes a VEX instruction with operands in Plan 9 order.
@@ -559,6 +591,22 @@ func (e *enc) encodeVex(mnemUpper string, ops []Operand) error {
 			return e.encodeVexNDS3(vexSpec{mapSel: 1, opcode: op, pp: 1, opdigit: -1, form: vexNDS3}, ops)
 		}
 	}
+	// The high/low double moves split by operand count: three operands
+	// load-and-insert (mem, src, dst, an NDS form), two store (xmm, m64,
+	// the reversed store layout).
+	if mnemUpper == "VMOVHPD" || mnemUpper == "VMOVLPD" {
+		loadOp, storeOp := byte(0x16), byte(0x17)
+		if mnemUpper == "VMOVLPD" {
+			loadOp, storeOp = 0x12, 0x13
+		}
+		switch len(ops) {
+		case 3:
+			return e.encodeVexNDS3(vexSpec{mapSel: 1, opcode: loadOp, w: 0, pp: 1, opdigit: -1, form: vexNDS3}, ops)
+		case 2:
+			return e.encodeVexRMRev(vexSpec{mapSel: 1, opcode: storeOp, w: 0, pp: 1, opdigit: -1, form: vexRMRev}, ops)
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s expects 2 or 3 operands, got %d", mnemUpper, len(ops))
+	}
 	spec := vexTable[mnemUpper]
 	switch spec.form {
 	case vexNDS3:
@@ -573,6 +621,10 @@ func (e *enc) encodeVex(mnemUpper string, ops []Operand) error {
 		return e.encodeVexNDS3Imm(spec, ops)
 	case vexExtract:
 		return e.encodeVexExtract(spec, ops)
+	case vexExtractGPR:
+		return e.encodeVexExtractGPR(spec, ops)
+	case vexBlend4:
+		return e.encodeVexBlend4(spec, ops)
 	case vexRMSrcLen:
 		return e.encodeVexRMSrcLen(mnemUpper, spec, ops)
 	case vexZero:
@@ -964,6 +1016,73 @@ func (e *enc) encodeVexRMRev(spec vexSpec, ops []Operand) error {
 	return e.emitVexFields(spec, srcReg.vecLenBit(), srcReg.idx&7, rBit, 15, ops[1])
 }

+// encodeVexExtractGPR encodes the lane extract to a general-purpose register
+// or memory (VEXTRACTPS): OP $imm, xsrc, gpr/mem with the XMM source in
+// ModRM.reg and the destination in r/m, L = 0.
+func (e *enc) encodeVexExtractGPR(spec vexSpec, ops []Operand) error {
+	if len(ops) != 3 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("extract expects 3 operands ($imm, xsrc, dst), got %d", len(ops))
+	}
+	imm, src, dst := ops[0], ops[1], ops[2]
+	immVal, ok := imm.(Imm)
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("extract lane must be an immediate")
+	}
+	srcReg, ok := src.(Reg)
+	if !ok || !srcReg.isVec() || srcReg.size != 16 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("extract source must be an XMM register")
+	}
+	if _, isReg := dst.(Reg); !isReg && !memOperand(dst) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("extract destination must be a register or memory")
+	}
+	rBit := 0
+	if srcReg.idx >= 8 {
+		rBit = 1
+	}
+	if err := e.emitVexFields(spec, 0, srcReg.idx&7, rBit, 15, dst); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	immByte, err := imm8(int64(immVal))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	e.out = append(e.out, immByte)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// encodeVexBlend4 encodes the four-operand variable blend (VPBLENDVB):
+// OP mask, src2, src1, dst with ModRM.reg = dst, VEX.vvvv = src1, r/m =
+// src2 and the mask XMM register in the trailing /is4 byte.
+func (e *enc) encodeVexBlend4(spec vexSpec, ops []Operand) error {
+	if len(ops) != 4 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("blend expects 4 operands (mask, src2, src1, dst), got %d", len(ops))
+	}
+	mask, src2, src1, dst := ops[0], ops[1], ops[2], ops[3]
+	maskReg, ok := mask.(Reg)
+	if !ok || !maskReg.isVec() || maskReg.size != 16 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("blend mask must be an XMM register")
+	}
+	vvvvReg, ok := src1.(Reg)
+	if !ok || !vvvvReg.isVec() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("blend second source must be a vector register")
+	}
+	dstReg, ok := dst.(Reg)
+	if !ok || !dstReg.isVec() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("blend destination must be a vector register")
+	}
+	rBit := 0
+	if dstReg.idx >= 8 {
+		rBit = 1
+	}
+	if err := e.emitVexFields(spec, dstReg.vecLenBit(), dstReg.idx&7, rBit, 15-(vvvvReg.idx&15), src2); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// The /is4 byte names the mask register: bits [3:0] its low nibble,
+	// bit 7 the fourth register bit (X8-X15).
+	e.out = append(e.out, byte(maskReg.idx&7)|byte((maskReg.idx&8)<<4))
+	return nil
+}
+
 // encodeVexMove encodes a two-operand move (VMOVDQU, VMOVUPD, VMOVD, VMOVQ,
 // VMOVSD), picking the direction-specific opcode and VEX.W.  A vector→vector
 // move uses the store-form layout (reg = source, rm = destination), matching
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // to the arch package; the AST records syntax only.
 package ast

-import "sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/token"
+import "sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/token"

 // File is the parsed representation of one .s source file.
 type File struct {
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package ast
 import (
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/token"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/token"
 )

 func pos(line, col int) token.Position { return token.Position{Line: line, Column: col} }
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
 )

 // go_asm.h is the header the Go compiler writes for every package that
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/arch"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/asm"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/asm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // cmdAuditInstructions cross-checks a gasm encoder against the Go toolchain's
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
 )

 func TestDerivedFamily(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause

-//go:build !linux
+//go:build !(linux || (freebsd && (amd64 || arm64 || riscv64)))

 package main

@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ import (
 )

 func cmdDebug(args []string) int {
-	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "gasm debug: the interactive debugger requires Linux (ptrace)")
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "gasm debug: the interactive debugger requires Linux or FreeBSD (ptrace)")
 	return 1
 }
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause

-//go:build linux
+//go:build linux || (freebsd && (amd64 || arm64 || riscv64))

 package main

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/debug"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/verify"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/debug"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/verify"
 )

 func cmdDebug(args []string) int {
@@ -239,10 +239,12 @@ REPL commands:
 				fmt.Printf("gasm debug: cover: stopped on signal %v\n", sig)
 				break
 			}
+			reason, _ := sess.StopInfo()
 			regs, rerr := sess.GetRegs()
 			if rerr != nil {
 				break
 			}
+			trapPC := regs.GetPC()
 			// HandleTrap restores the original byte, rewinds PC and counts
 			// the hit on the breakpoint itself.  Single-step over the
 			// restored instruction so the reinsertion at the top of the
@@ -251,6 +253,12 @@ REPL commands:
 				if err := sess.Step(); err != nil {
 					break
 				}
+			} else if debug.TrapStray(sess, reason, trapPC) {
+				// A breakpoint-class trap that matches none of ours and left
+				// the PC in place: resuming would re-execute the trapping
+				// instruction forever, so the coverage run stops here.
+				fmt.Printf("gasm debug: cover: SIGTRAP at %#x matches no breakpoint; the PC did not advance\n", trapPC)
+				break
 			}
 		}
 		hits := map[uint64]int{}
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/arch"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/disasm"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/disasm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // cmdDis disassembles machine code: either a raw binary (standard input with
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/arch"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/asm"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/format"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/lexer"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/lint"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/lsp"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/verify"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/asm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/format"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/lexer"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/lint"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/lsp"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/verify"
 )

 // version reports the release the toolchain recorded for this build: the
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/arch"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/asm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/asm"
 )

 const clean = "#include \"textflag.h\"\n" +
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"

-	gasmast "sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
-	gasmparser "sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	gasmast "sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
+	gasmparser "sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 // cmdScaffold generates a differential test skeleton for every kernel in a
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause

-//go:build linux
+//go:build linux || (freebsd && (amd64 || arm64 || riscv64))

 package debug

 import "strings"

-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"cmp"
+	"fmt"
+	"slices"
+)

 // Breakpoint is one software breakpoint in the debuggee.
 type Breakpoint struct {
@@ -149,15 +153,16 @@ func (bm *Breakpoints) SetWithCond(addr uint64, label string, cond *Condition) (
 	return bp, nil
 }

-// Info returns a formatted list of all breakpoints.
+// Info returns a formatted list of all breakpoints, ordered by address so
+// the numbering is stable across calls (map iteration order is not).
 func (bm *Breakpoints) Info() string {
 	if len(bm.bps) == 0 {
 		return "no breakpoints set\n"
 	}
 	var result strings.Builder
-	i := 0
-	for _, bp := range bm.bps {
-		i++
+	bps := bm.All()
+	slices.SortFunc(bps, func(a, b *Breakpoint) int { return cmp.Compare(a.Addr, b.Addr) })
+	for i, bp := range bps {
 		status := "enabled"
 		if !bp.Enabled {
 			status = "disabled"
@@ -170,7 +175,7 @@ func (bm *Breakpoints) Info() string {
 		if bp.Cond != nil {
 			cond = " if " + bp.Cond.String()
 		}
-		result.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %d: %s at %#x [%s, %d hits]%s\n", i, label, bp.Addr, status, bp.hits, cond))
+		result.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %d: %s at %#x [%s, %d hits]%s\n", i+1, label, bp.Addr, status, bp.hits, cond))
 	}
 	return result.String()
 }
@@ -238,6 +243,25 @@ func (bm *Breakpoints) All() []*Breakpoint {
 // Hits returns how many times the breakpoint has been hit.
 func (bp *Breakpoint) Hits() int { return bp.hits }

+// TrapStray reports whether a stop is a breakpoint-class trap that matches
+// no breakpoint of ours and cannot be resumed: the PC still stands on the
+// trapping instruction (the kernel's own BRK, EBREAK or break, on an
+// architecture that reports the trap in place), so the next resume would
+// re-execute it and trap forever.  trapPC is the PC the stop reported,
+// before any HandleTrap rewinding; reason is the stop's StopInfo class.
+// The debuggee's SIGSTOP barriers also stop without PC movement, and they
+// never carry the breakpoint class, so they are unaffected.
+func TrapStray(s *Session, reason StopReason, trapPC uint64) bool {
+	if reason != StopBreakpoint {
+		return false
+	}
+	after, err := s.GetRegs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return after.GetPC() <= trapPC-uint64(breakpointPCAdjust)
+}
+
 func (bm *Breakpoints) HandleTrap(regs *Regs) *Breakpoint {
 	// On amd64 the kernel reports the trap with RIP past the INT3; on the
 	// other supported architectures the PC still stands on the trap
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ package debug
 // build on every supported linux architecture.

 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -263,3 +265,45 @@ func TestConditionString(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TestBreakpointsInfoOrdered proves the listing is ordered by address: the
+// numbers it prints are map keys rendered in iteration order otherwise, so
+// the same set of breakpoints would renumber itself between calls.
+func TestBreakpointsInfoOrdered(t *testing.T) {
+	tr := newMockTracer()
+	bm := NewBreakpoints(tr)
+	addrs := []uint64{0x9000, 0x1000, 0x7000, 0x3000, 0x8000, 0x2000,
+		0x6000, 0x4000, 0x5000, 0xa000}
+	for i, a := range addrs {
+		if _, err := bm.Set(a, fmt.Sprintf("bp%d", i)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Set(%#x): %v", a, err)
+		}
+	}
+	sorted := append([]uint64(nil), addrs...)
+	slices.Sort(sorted)
+	info := bm.Info()
+	for i, a := range sorted {
+		want := fmt.Sprintf("  %d: bp%d at %#x", i+1, indexOf(addrs, a), a)
+		if !strings.Contains(info, want) {
+			t.Errorf("Info() missing %q; listing:\n%s", want, info)
+		}
+	}
+	// The numbers themselves must ascend: "1:" before "2" ... "10".
+	pos := 0
+	for i := range len(addrs) {
+		next := strings.Index(info[pos:], fmt.Sprintf("  %d: ", i+1))
+		if next < 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("Info() has no entry %d; listing:\n%s", i+1, info)
+		}
+		pos += next
+	}
+}
+
+func indexOf(addrs []uint64, a uint64) int {
+	for i, v := range addrs {
+		if v == a {
+			return i
+		}
+	}
+	return -1
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build linux && amd64
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Regression tests for the debugger audit: memory access at mapping
+// boundaries, watchpoint slot attribution, launch failure latency, stray
+// trap instructions and the REPL's argument validation.  All drive a real
+// ptrace session, so they run on amd64 hosts only.
+
+// memMap is one line of /proc/pid/maps.
+type memMap struct {
+	lo, hi uint64
+	perms  string
+	name   string
+}
+
+// readMaps parses the debuggee's memory map.
+func readMaps(t *testing.T, pid int) []memMap {
+	t.Helper()
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/maps", pid))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read maps: %v", err)
+	}
+	var out []memMap
+	for line := range strings.SplitSeq(string(data), "\n") {
+		fields := strings.Fields(line)
+		if len(fields) < 2 {
+			continue
+		}
+		var lo, hi uint64
+		if _, err := fmt.Sscanf(fields[0], "%x-%x", &lo, &hi); err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		m := memMap{lo: lo, hi: hi, perms: fields[1]}
+		if len(fields) >= 6 {
+			m.name = fields[5]
+		}
+		out = append(out, m)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// boundaryByte returns the last byte of a writable, ordinary mapping that is
+// followed by an unmapped gap: an access there is inside the mapping, while
+// the 8-byte word starting at it crosses into unmapped memory.
+func boundaryByte(t *testing.T, pid int) uint64 {
+	t.Helper()
+	maps := readMaps(t, pid)
+	for i, m := range maps {
+		if !strings.Contains(m.perms, "rw") ||
+			strings.Contains(m.name, "vvar") || strings.Contains(m.name, "vdso") ||
+			strings.Contains(m.name, "vsyscall") {
+			continue
+		}
+		gap := uint64(1) << 62
+		if i+1 < len(maps) {
+			gap = maps[i+1].lo - m.hi
+		}
+		if gap >= 4096 {
+			return m.hi - 1
+		}
+	}
+	t.Skip("no writable mapping followed by a hole; cannot construct the boundary")
+	return 0
+}
+
+// TestReadMemoryPageBoundary proves ReadMemory never reads past the requested
+// range: one byte at the end of a mapping followed by a hole must be
+// readable, which the old word-at-a-time tail read failed because its final
+// 8-byte Peek crossed into the unmapped page.
+func TestReadMemoryPageBoundary(t *testing.T) {
+	sess, _, _ := launchKernel(t, buildGasm(t), boundaryKernel(t), "boundary", nil)
+	addr := boundaryByte(t, sess.Pid())
+	mem, err := sess.ReadMemory(addr, 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ReadMemory(%#x, 1): %v (the read must not cross into the unmapped page)", addr, err)
+	}
+	if len(mem) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("ReadMemory returned %d bytes, want 1", len(mem))
+	}
+	// A request whose own range crosses into the hole must still fail.
+	if _, err := sess.ReadMemory(addr, 8); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("ReadMemory past the mapping end should fail")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestDisassemblePageBoundary proves the disassembler shrinks its read
+// window at a mapping end instead of failing: the instruction stream cannot
+// be decoded at all when the fixed 15-byte read crosses into the hole.
+func TestDisassemblePageBoundary(t *testing.T) {
+	sess, _, _ := launchKernel(t, buildGasm(t), boundaryKernel(t), "boundary", nil)
+	addr := boundaryByte(t, sess.Pid())
+	if _, _, err := sess.Disassemble(addr); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Disassemble(%#x): %v (the read window must shrink at the mapping end)", addr, err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestWriteMemoryPageBoundary proves WriteMemory writes exactly the bytes it
+// is given: one byte at the end of a mapping followed by a hole must be
+// writable, which the old read-modify-write of the final partial word failed
+// because its Peek crossed into the unmapped page.
+func TestWriteMemoryPageBoundary(t *testing.T) {
+	sess, _, _ := launchKernel(t, buildGasm(t), boundaryKernel(t), "boundary", nil)
+	addr := boundaryByte(t, sess.Pid())
+	orig, err := sess.ReadMemory(addr, 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ReadMemory(%#x, 1): %v", addr, err)
+	}
+	if err := sess.WriteMemory(addr, []byte{orig[0]}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteMemory(%#x, 1): %v (the write must not read past the range)", addr, err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestWatchpointSlotAttribution proves a hit is attributed to the slot that
+// fired, not to an earlier one whose DR6 status bit is still set: the B0-B3
+// bits are sticky, so they must be acknowledged when read.
+func TestWatchpointSlotAttribution(t *testing.T) {
+	bin := buildGasm(t)
+	const kernel = `#include "textflag.h"
+
+// func wptwo(x, y int64) (a, b int64)
+TEXT ·wptwo(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-32
+	MOVQ $0x1111, AX
+	MOVQ AX, a+16(FP)
+	MOVQ $0x2222, BX
+	MOVQ BX, b+24(FP)
+	RET
+`
+	path := writeKernel(t, kernel)
+	sess, bm, fl := launchKernel(t, bin, path, "wptwo", nil)
+
+	entry := sess.CodeBase() + uint64(fl.Offset)
+	if _, err := bm.Set(entry, "entry"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Set: %v", err)
+	}
+	runToEntry(t, sess, bm, entry)
+	regs, err := sess.GetRegs()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetRegs: %v", err)
+	}
+	// FP sits one word above the entry stack pointer (the return address
+	// occupies [RSP]), so a+16(FP) = RSP+24 and b+24(FP) = RSP+32.
+	watchA := regs.RSP + 24
+	watchB := regs.RSP + 32
+
+	if err := sess.SetWatchpoint(0, watchA, WatchWrite, 8); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SetWatchpoint(0): %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := sess.SetWatchpoint(1, watchB, WatchWrite, 8); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SetWatchpoint(1): %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for i, want := range []uint64{watchA, watchB} {
+		if err := sess.Continue(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Continue (hit %d): %v", i+1, err)
+		}
+		reason, addr := sess.StopInfo()
+		if reason != StopWatchpoint {
+			t.Fatalf("hit %d: stop reason = %v, want StopWatchpoint", i+1, reason)
+		}
+		if addr != want {
+			t.Fatalf("hit %d reported %#x, want %#x (the sticky DR6 bit misattributes the slot)", i+1, addr, want)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Clearing a watchpoint must zero its address register: a stale
+	// address in a disabled slot turns any sticky status bit into a
+	// misattributed report later.
+	if err := sess.ClearWatchpoint(0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ClearWatchpoint(0): %v", err)
+	}
+	dr0, err := ptracePeekUser(sess.Pid(), drOffset)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read DR0: %v", err)
+	}
+	if dr0 != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("DR0 = %#x after ClearWatchpoint, want 0 (the address register must be cleared)", dr0)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestLaunchFailsFastOnDeadDebuggee proves a debuggee that dies before
+// signalling readiness surfaces promptly: the ready poll used to run its
+// full 2.5 seconds before the wait discovered the exit.
+func TestLaunchFailsFastOnDeadDebuggee(t *testing.T) {
+	runtime.LockOSThread()
+	defer runtime.UnlockOSThread()
+	bin := buildGasm(t)
+	path := boundaryKernel(t)
+	start := time.Now()
+	sess, err := Launch(bin, path, "nosuchfunction", nil)
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
+	if err == nil {
+		sess.Kill()
+		t.Fatal("Launch with an unknown function should fail")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "before signalling readiness") &&
+		!strings.Contains(err.Error(), "debuggee exited") {
+		t.Errorf("error does not name the dead debuggee: %v", err)
+	}
+	if elapsed >= 1500*time.Millisecond {
+		t.Fatalf("Launch took %v to report the dead debuggee; the readiness poll must detect the exit, not time out", elapsed)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestStrayTrapRunsThrough proves the continue loop survives a trap
+// instruction planted in the kernel itself (BYTE $0xCC, the same byte the
+// debugger patches in): on architectures that report the trap in place the
+// loop must surface the stop, and on amd64 it runs through to the exit.  A
+// regression here hangs, so a watchdog fails the run.
+func TestStrayTrapRunsThrough(t *testing.T) {
+	bin := buildGasm(t)
+	const kernel = `#include "textflag.h"
+
+// func stray() int64
+TEXT ·stray(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-8
+	MOVQ $7, AX
+	BYTE $0xCC
+	MOVQ AX, ret+0(FP)
+	RET
+`
+	path := writeKernel(t, kernel)
+	sess, bm, _ := launchKernel(t, bin, path, "stray", nil)
+
+	timer := time.AfterFunc(time.Minute, func() {
+		panic("watchdog: the continue loop hung on the stray trap instruction")
+	})
+	defer timer.Stop()
+
+	out := captureStdout(t, func() {
+		REPL(sess, bm, sess.CodeBase(), 0, 0, 0, nil, nil,
+			strings.NewReader("continue\nquit\n"))
+	})
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "debuggee exited") {
+		t.Errorf("the stray trap wedged the continue loop; output:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestStepIntoFaultReportsSignal proves the step command reports a genuine
+// signal-delivery-stop instead of silently printing the faulting
+// instruction as if the step had succeeded.
+func TestStepIntoFaultReportsSignal(t *testing.T) {
+	bin := buildGasm(t)
+	const kernel = `#include "textflag.h"
+
+// func crash() int64
+TEXT ·crash(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-8
+	XORQ AX, AX
+	MOVQ (AX), AX
+	MOVQ AX, ret+0(FP)
+	RET
+`
+	path := writeKernel(t, kernel)
+	sess, bm, fl := launchKernel(t, bin, path, "crash", nil)
+	entry := sess.CodeBase() + uint64(fl.Offset)
+	if _, err := bm.Set(entry, "entry"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Set: %v", err)
+	}
+	runToEntry(t, sess, bm, entry)
+
+	out := captureStdout(t, func() {
+		REPL(sess, bm, sess.CodeBase(), fl.Offset, fl.Size, fl.Args, nil, nil,
+			strings.NewReader("step 2\nquit\n"))
+	})
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "stopped on signal") {
+		t.Errorf("stepping into the fault did not report the signal; output:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestREPLRejectsBadArguments proves the command loop reports malformed
+// input instead of silently defaulting: an unknown label for x would read
+// address 0, and a malformed count would silently step one instruction.
+func TestREPLRejectsBadArguments(t *testing.T) {
+	bin := buildGasm(t)
+	path := boundaryKernel(t)
+	sess, bm, fl := launchKernel(t, bin, path, "boundary", nil)
+	entry := sess.CodeBase() + uint64(fl.Offset)
+	if _, err := bm.Set(entry, "entry"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Set: %v", err)
+	}
+	runToEntry(t, sess, bm, entry)
+
+	out := captureStdout(t, func() {
+		REPL(sess, bm, sess.CodeBase(), fl.Offset, fl.Size, fl.Args, nil, nil,
+			strings.NewReader("x nosuchlabel\nstep abc\ndisas abc\nwatch 0x1000 q 8\nquit\n"))
+	})
+	for _, want := range []string{
+		"unknown address: nosuchlabel",
+		"invalid count: abc",
+		"unknown watchpoint type: q",
+	} {
+		if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
+			t.Errorf("output missing %q:\n%s", want, out)
+		}
+	}
+	if got := strings.Count(out, "invalid count: abc"); got != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("invalid count reported %d times, want 2 (step and disas):\n%s", got, out)
+	}
+}
+
+// boundaryKernel is a minimal kernel for the boundary tests, which only need
+// a live, stopped debuggee.
+func boundaryKernel(t *testing.T) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	const kernel = `#include "textflag.h"
+
+// func boundary() int64
+TEXT ·boundary(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-8
+	MOVQ $1, AX
+	MOVQ AX, ret+0(FP)
+	RET
+`
+	return writeKernel(t, kernel)
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && amd64
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/disasm"
+)
+
+// Disassemble decodes the instruction at the given address in the debuggee's
+// memory and returns its text representation and length in bytes.  An amd64
+// instruction is up to 15 bytes long, but the read must not reach past the
+// end of the mapping: when the full 15-byte window crosses into unmapped
+// memory the window shrinks, because an instruction at the mapping's end is
+// by construction no longer than the readable bytes that hold it.
+func (s *Session) Disassemble(addr uint64) (string, int, error) {
+	var lastErr error
+	for _, n := range []int{15, 8, 4, 2, 1} {
+		mem, err := s.ReadMemory(addr, n)
+		if err != nil {
+			lastErr = err
+			continue
+		}
+		ins, derr := disasm.Decode(arch.AMD64, mem, addr)
+		if derr != nil {
+			return "", 0, derr
+		}
+		return ins.Text, ins.Len, nil
+	}
+	return "", 0, lastErr
+}
+
+// DisassembleN decodes up to n instructions starting at addr and returns
+// them as a formatted string with addresses and byte offsets.
+func (s *Session) DisassembleN(addr uint64, n int) string {
+	var result strings.Builder
+	pc := addr
+	for range n {
+		text, length, err := s.Disassemble(pc)
+		if err != nil {
+			result.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %#08x: <error: %v>\n", pc, err))
+			break
+		}
+		result.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %#08x: %s\n", pc, text))
+		if length == 0 {
+			length = 1
+		}
+		pc += uint64(length)
+	}
+	return result.String()
+}
+
+// isCallInsn reports whether disassembled text (x86asm.IntelSyntax) is a
+// call.  The first token must match exactly: a prefix test would also catch
+// unrelated mnemonics.
+func isCallInsn(text string) bool {
+	m, _, _ := strings.Cut(text, " ")
+	return strings.ToLower(m) == "call"
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && arm64
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/disasm"
+)
+
+// Disassemble decodes the instruction at the given address in the debuggee's
+// memory and returns its text representation and length in bytes.
+func (s *Session) Disassemble(addr uint64) (string, int, error) {
+	mem, err := s.ReadMemory(addr, 4)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+	ins, err := disasm.Decode(arch.ARM64, mem, addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+	return ins.Text, ins.Len, nil
+}
+
+// DisassembleN decodes up to n instructions starting at addr and returns
+// them as a formatted string with addresses and byte offsets.
+func (s *Session) DisassembleN(addr uint64, n int) string {
+	var result strings.Builder
+	pc := addr
+	for range n {
+		text, length, err := s.Disassemble(pc)
+		if err != nil {
+			result.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %#08x: <error: %v>\n", pc, err))
+			break
+		}
+		result.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %#08x: %s\n", pc, text))
+		if length == 0 {
+			length = 1
+		}
+		pc += uint64(length)
+	}
+	return result.String()
+}
+
+// isCallInsn reports whether disassembled text (arm64asm.GoSyntax) is a
+// call.  GoSyntax renders bl as CALL; the native mnemonic is accepted too.
+// The first token must match exactly so branches never match.
+func isCallInsn(text string) bool {
+	m, _, _ := strings.Cut(text, " ")
+	switch strings.ToLower(m) {
+	case "call", "bl":
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && riscv64
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/disasm"
+)
+
+// Disassemble decodes the instruction at the given address in the debuggee's
+// memory and returns its text representation and length in bytes.  The read
+// shrinks from 4 to 2 bytes when the full word crosses into unmapped memory:
+// a compressed instruction at the mapping's end still fits the shorter
+// window, and an instruction can never extend past the mapping that holds it.
+func (s *Session) Disassemble(addr uint64) (string, int, error) {
+	var lastErr error
+	for _, n := range []int{4, 2} {
+		mem, err := s.ReadMemory(addr, n)
+		if err != nil {
+			lastErr = err
+			continue
+		}
+		ins, derr := disasm.Decode(arch.RISCV, mem, addr)
+		if derr != nil {
+			return "", 0, derr
+		}
+		return ins.Text, ins.Len, nil
+	}
+	return "", 0, lastErr
+}
+
+// DisassembleN decodes up to n instructions starting at addr and returns
+// them as a formatted string with addresses and byte offsets.
+func (s *Session) DisassembleN(addr uint64, n int) string {
+	var result strings.Builder
+	pc := addr
+	for range n {
+		text, length, err := s.Disassemble(pc)
+		if err != nil {
+			result.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %#08x: <error: %v>\n", pc, err))
+			break
+		}
+		result.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %#08x: %s\n", pc, text))
+		if length == 0 {
+			length = 1
+		}
+		pc += uint64(length)
+	}
+	return result.String()
+}
+
+// isCallInsn reports whether disassembled text (riscv64asm.GoSyntax) is a
+// call.  GoSyntax renders jal and jalr calls as CALL; the native mnemonics
+// are accepted too.  The first token must match exactly: a prefix test on
+// "bl" would catch branches on other architectures, and jalr as ret prints
+// RET, which must not be stepped over.
+func isCallInsn(text string) bool {
+	m, _, _ := strings.Cut(text, " ")
+	switch strings.ToLower(m) {
+	case "call", "jal", "jalr":
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
@@ -9,22 +9,31 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/arch"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/disasm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/disasm"
 )

 // Disassemble decodes the instruction at the given address in the debuggee's
-// memory and returns its text representation and length in bytes.
+// memory and returns its text representation and length in bytes.  An amd64
+// instruction is up to 15 bytes long, but the read must not reach past the
+// end of the mapping: when the full 15-byte window crosses into unmapped
+// memory the window shrinks, because an instruction at the mapping's end is
+// by construction no longer than the readable bytes that hold it.
 func (s *Session) Disassemble(addr uint64) (string, int, error) {
-	mem, err := s.ReadMemory(addr, 15)
+	var lastErr error
+	for _, n := range []int{15, 8, 4, 2, 1} {
+		mem, err := s.ReadMemory(addr, n)
 		if err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
+			lastErr = err
+			continue
 		}
-	ins, err := disasm.Decode(arch.AMD64, mem, addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
+		ins, derr := disasm.Decode(arch.AMD64, mem, addr)
+		if derr != nil {
+			return "", 0, derr
 		}
 		return ins.Text, ins.Len, nil
+	}
+	return "", 0, lastErr
 }

 // DisassembleN decodes up to n instructions starting at addr and returns
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/arch"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/disasm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/disasm"
 )

 // Disassemble decodes the instruction at the given address in the debuggee's
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/arch"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/disasm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/disasm"
 )

 // Disassemble decodes the instruction at the given address in the debuggee's
@@ -9,22 +9,30 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/arch"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/disasm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/disasm"
 )

 // Disassemble decodes the instruction at the given address in the debuggee's
-// memory and returns its text representation and length in bytes.
+// memory and returns its text representation and length in bytes.  The read
+// shrinks from 4 to 2 bytes when the full word crosses into unmapped memory:
+// a compressed instruction at the mapping's end still fits the shorter
+// window, and an instruction can never extend past the mapping that holds it.
 func (s *Session) Disassemble(addr uint64) (string, int, error) {
-	mem, err := s.ReadMemory(addr, 4)
+	var lastErr error
+	for _, n := range []int{4, 2} {
+		mem, err := s.ReadMemory(addr, n)
 		if err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
+			lastErr = err
+			continue
 		}
-	ins, err := disasm.Decode(arch.RISCV, mem, addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
+		ins, derr := disasm.Decode(arch.RISCV, mem, addr)
+		if derr != nil {
+			return "", 0, derr
 		}
 		return ins.Text, ins.Len, nil
+	}
+	return "", 0, lastErr
 }

 // DisassembleN decodes up to n instructions starting at addr.
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && amd64
+
+package debug
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func printRegs(regs *Regs, codeBase, funcOff uint64) {
+	fmt.Printf("  RIP = %#016x  (func+%#x)\n", regs.RIP, regs.RIP-codeBase-funcOff)
+	fmt.Printf("  RSP = %#016x  RBP = %#016x\n", regs.RSP, regs.RBP)
+	fmt.Printf("  RAX = %#016x  RBX = %#016x\n", regs.RAX, regs.RBX)
+	fmt.Printf("  RCX = %#016x  RDX = %#016x\n", regs.RCX, regs.RDX)
+	fmt.Printf("  RSI = %#016x  RDI = %#016x\n", regs.RSI, regs.RDI)
+	fmt.Printf("  R8  = %#016x  R9  = %#016x\n", regs.R8, regs.R9)
+	fmt.Printf("  R10 = %#016x  R11 = %#016x\n", regs.R10, regs.R11)
+	fmt.Printf("  R12 = %#016x  R13 = %#016x\n", regs.R12, regs.R13)
+	fmt.Printf("  R14 = %#016x  R15 = %#016x\n", regs.R14, regs.R15)
+	fmt.Printf("  RFLAGS = %#x  [%s]\n", regs.RFLAGS, decodeRflags(regs.RFLAGS))
+}
+
+func printVectorRegs(v *VectorRegs) {
+	fmt.Println("\n  Vector registers (YMM):")
+	for i := 0; i < 16; i += 2 {
+		fmt.Printf("  YMM%-2d = ", i)
+		printYMM(v.YMM[i][:])
+		fmt.Printf("  YMM%-2d = ", i+1)
+		printYMM(v.YMM[i+1][:])
+		fmt.Println()
+	}
+}
+
+func printYMM(b []byte) {
+	for j := 0; j < 32; j += 4 {
+		v := uint32(b[j]) | uint32(b[j+1])<<8 | uint32(b[j+2])<<16 | uint32(b[j+3])<<24
+		fmt.Printf("%08x ", v)
+	}
+}
+
+func decodeRflags(f uint64) string {
+	var flags string
+	if f&1 != 0 {
+		flags += "CF "
+	}
+	if f&(1<<2) != 0 {
+		flags += "PF "
+	}
+	if f&(1<<4) != 0 {
+		flags += "AF "
+	}
+	if f&(1<<6) != 0 {
+		flags += "ZF "
+	}
+	if f&(1<<7) != 0 {
+		flags += "SF "
+	}
+	if f&(1<<8) != 0 {
+		flags += "TF "
+	}
+	if f&(1<<9) != 0 {
+		flags += "IF "
+	}
+	if f&(1<<10) != 0 {
+		flags += "DF "
+	}
+	if f&(1<<11) != 0 {
+		flags += "OF "
+	}
+	if flags == "" {
+		return "none"
+	}
+	return flags[:len(flags)-1]
+}
+
+// SetReg modifies a register value in the debuggee.
+func (s *Session) SetReg(name string, value uint64) error {
+	regs, err := s.GetRegs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	switch name {
+	case "rax", "eax", "ax", "al":
+		regs.RAX = value
+	case "rbx", "ebx", "bx", "bl":
+		regs.RBX = value
+	case "rcx", "ecx", "cx", "cl":
+		regs.RCX = value
+	case "rdx", "edx", "dx", "dl":
+		regs.RDX = value
+	case "rsi", "esi", "si":
+		regs.RSI = value
+	case "rdi", "edi", "di":
+		regs.RDI = value
+	case "rbp", "ebp", "bp":
+		regs.RBP = value
+	case "rsp", "esp", "sp":
+		regs.RSP = value
+	case "r8":
+		regs.R8 = value
+	case "r9":
+		regs.R9 = value
+	case "r10":
+		regs.R10 = value
+	case "r11":
+		regs.R11 = value
+	case "r12":
+		regs.R12 = value
+	case "r13":
+		regs.R13 = value
+	case "r14":
+		regs.R14 = value
+	case "r15":
+		regs.R15 = value
+	case "rip", "eip":
+		regs.RIP = value
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: unknown register %q", name)
+	}
+	return s.SetRegs(&regs)
+}
+
+// archReturnAddr reads the return address of the current frame (amd64
+// ABI0 convention).  A function that contains a CALL (or has a frame) is
+// assembled with the prologue PUSHQ BP; MOVQ SP, BP, so mid-function the
+// word at SP is the saved caller BP, a stack address, and the return
+// address sits further up.  Walk the stack from SP and take the first word
+// that lies in an executable mapping: stack and data words never do, a
+// return address always does.  FreeBSD exposes no mapping list, so the
+// walk degenerates to the raw entry convention, [SP] before any push.
+func archReturnAddr(s *Session, regs *Regs) (uint64, error) {
+	return s.Peek(regs.RSP)
+}
+
+// archSPLabel returns the SP register name for display.
+func archSPLabel() string { return "RSP" }
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && arm64
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func printRegs(regs *Regs, codeBase, funcOff uint64) {
+	fmt.Printf("  PC  = %#016x  (func+%#x)\n", regs.PC, regs.PC-codeBase-funcOff)
+	fmt.Printf("  SP  = %#016x  FP  = %#016x\n", regs.SP, regs.X29)
+	fmt.Printf("  LR  = %#016x\n", regs.X30)
+	fmt.Printf("  X0  = %#016x  X1  = %#016x\n", regs.X0, regs.X1)
+	fmt.Printf("  X2  = %#016x  X3  = %#016x\n", regs.X2, regs.X3)
+	fmt.Printf("  X4  = %#016x  X5  = %#016x\n", regs.X4, regs.X5)
+	fmt.Printf("  X6  = %#016x  X7  = %#016x\n", regs.X6, regs.X7)
+	fmt.Printf("  X8  = %#016x  X9  = %#016x\n", regs.X8, regs.X9)
+	fmt.Printf("  X10 = %#016x  X11 = %#016x\n", regs.X10, regs.X11)
+	fmt.Printf("  X12 = %#016x  X13 = %#016x\n", regs.X12, regs.X13)
+	fmt.Printf("  X14 = %#016x  X15 = %#016x\n", regs.X14, regs.X15)
+	fmt.Printf("  X16 = %#016x  X17 = %#016x\n", regs.X16, regs.X17)
+	fmt.Printf("  X18 = %#016x  X19 = %#016x\n", regs.X18, regs.X19)
+	fmt.Printf("  X20 = %#016x  X21 = %#016x\n", regs.X20, regs.X21)
+	fmt.Printf("  X22 = %#016x  X23 = %#016x\n", regs.X22, regs.X23)
+	fmt.Printf("  X24 = %#016x  X25 = %#016x\n", regs.X24, regs.X25)
+	fmt.Printf("  X26 = %#016x  X27 = %#016x\n", regs.X26, regs.X27)
+	fmt.Printf("  X28 = %#016x  PSTATE = %#x\n", regs.X28, regs.PSTATE)
+}
+
+func printVectorRegs(v *VectorRegs) {
+	fmt.Println("\n  Vector registers (V0-V31):")
+	for i := 0; i < 32; i += 2 {
+		fmt.Printf("  V%-2d  = %016x%016x\n", i, binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(v.V[i][8:16]), binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(v.V[i][0:8]))
+		fmt.Printf("  V%-2d  = %016x%016x\n", i+1, binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(v.V[i+1][8:16]), binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(v.V[i+1][0:8]))
+	}
+}
+
+// SetReg modifies a register value in the debuggee.
+func (s *Session) SetReg(name string, value uint64) error {
+	regs, err := s.GetRegs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	switch name {
+	case "x0":
+		regs.X0 = value
+	case "x1":
+		regs.X1 = value
+	case "x2":
+		regs.X2 = value
+	case "x3":
+		regs.X3 = value
+	case "x4":
+		regs.X4 = value
+	case "x5":
+		regs.X5 = value
+	case "x6":
+		regs.X6 = value
+	case "x7":
+		regs.X7 = value
+	case "x8":
+		regs.X8 = value
+	case "x9":
+		regs.X9 = value
+	case "x10":
+		regs.X10 = value
+	case "x11":
+		regs.X11 = value
+	case "x12":
+		regs.X12 = value
+	case "x13":
+		regs.X13 = value
+	case "x14":
+		regs.X14 = value
+	case "x15":
+		regs.X15 = value
+	case "x16":
+		regs.X16 = value
+	case "x17":
+		regs.X17 = value
+	case "x18":
+		regs.X18 = value
+	case "x19":
+		regs.X19 = value
+	case "x20":
+		regs.X20 = value
+	case "x21":
+		regs.X21 = value
+	case "x22":
+		regs.X22 = value
+	case "x23":
+		regs.X23 = value
+	case "x24":
+		regs.X24 = value
+	case "x25":
+		regs.X25 = value
+	case "x26":
+		regs.X26 = value
+	case "x27":
+		regs.X27 = value
+	case "x28":
+		regs.X28 = value
+	case "x29", "fp":
+		regs.X29 = value
+	case "x30", "lr":
+		regs.X30 = value
+	case "sp":
+		regs.SP = value
+	case "pc":
+		regs.PC = value
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: unknown register %q", name)
+	}
+	return s.SetRegs(&regs)
+}
+
+// archReturnAddr reads the return address from LR (arm64 convention).
+func archReturnAddr(s *Session, regs *Regs) (uint64, error) {
+	return regs.X30, nil
+}
+
+// archSPLabel returns the SP register name for display.
+func archSPLabel() string { return "SP" }
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && riscv64
+
+package debug
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func printRegs(regs *Regs, codeBase, funcOff uint64) {
+	fmt.Printf("  PC  = %#016x  (func+%#x)\n", regs.PC, regs.PC-codeBase-funcOff)
+	fmt.Printf("  SP  = %#016x  FP  = %#016x\n", regs.Sp, regs.S0)
+	fmt.Printf("  RA  = %#016x\n", regs.Ra)
+	fmt.Printf("  A0  = %#016x  A1  = %#016x\n", regs.A0, regs.A1)
+	fmt.Printf("  A2  = %#016x  A3  = %#016x\n", regs.A2, regs.A3)
+	fmt.Printf("  A4  = %#016x  A5  = %#016x\n", regs.A4, regs.A5)
+	fmt.Printf("  A6  = %#016x  A7  = %#016x\n", regs.A6, regs.A7)
+	fmt.Printf("  T0  = %#016x  T1  = %#016x\n", regs.T0, regs.T1)
+	fmt.Printf("  T2  = %#016x  T3  = %#016x\n", regs.T2, regs.T3)
+	fmt.Printf("  T4  = %#016x  T5  = %#016x\n", regs.T4, regs.T5)
+	fmt.Printf("  T6  = %#016x\n", regs.T6)
+	fmt.Printf("  S1  = %#016x  S2  = %#016x\n", regs.S1, regs.S2)
+	fmt.Printf("  S3  = %#016x  S4  = %#016x\n", regs.S3, regs.S4)
+	fmt.Printf("  S5  = %#016x  S6  = %#016x\n", regs.S5, regs.S6)
+	fmt.Printf("  S7  = %#016x  S8  = %#016x\n", regs.S7, regs.S8)
+	fmt.Printf("  S9  = %#016x  S10 = %#016x\n", regs.S9, regs.S10)
+	fmt.Printf("  S11 = %#016x\n", regs.S11)
+}
+
+func printVectorRegs(v *VectorRegs) {
+	fmt.Println("\n  FP registers (F0-F31):")
+	for i := 0; i < 32; i += 2 {
+		fmt.Printf("  F%-2d  = %#018x  F%-2d  = %#018x\n", i, v.F[i], i+1, v.F[i+1])
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("  FCSR = %#x\n", v.FCSR)
+}
+
+// SetReg modifies a register value in the debuggee.
+func (s *Session) SetReg(name string, value uint64) error {
+	regs, err := s.GetRegs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	switch name {
+	case "pc":
+		regs.PC = value
+	case "ra", "x1":
+		regs.Ra = value
+	case "sp", "x2":
+		regs.Sp = value
+	case "gp", "x3":
+		regs.Gp = value
+	case "tp", "x4":
+		regs.Tp = value
+	case "t0", "x5":
+		regs.T0 = value
+	case "t1", "x6":
+		regs.T1 = value
+	case "t2", "x7":
+		regs.T2 = value
+	case "s0", "fp", "x8":
+		regs.S0 = value
+	case "s1", "x9":
+		regs.S1 = value
+	case "a0", "x10":
+		regs.A0 = value
+	case "a1", "x11":
+		regs.A1 = value
+	case "a2", "x12":
+		regs.A2 = value
+	case "a3", "x13":
+		regs.A3 = value
+	case "a4", "x14":
+		regs.A4 = value
+	case "a5", "x15":
+		regs.A5 = value
+	case "a6", "x16":
+		regs.A6 = value
+	case "a7", "x17":
+		regs.A7 = value
+	case "s2", "x18":
+		regs.S2 = value
+	case "s3", "x19":
+		regs.S3 = value
+	case "s4", "x20":
+		regs.S4 = value
+	case "s5", "x21":
+		regs.S5 = value
+	case "s6", "x22":
+		regs.S6 = value
+	case "s7", "x23":
+		regs.S7 = value
+	case "s8", "x24":
+		regs.S8 = value
+	case "s9", "x25":
+		regs.S9 = value
+	case "s10", "x26":
+		regs.S10 = value
+	case "s11", "x27":
+		regs.S11 = value
+	case "t3", "x28":
+		regs.T3 = value
+	case "t4", "x29":
+		regs.T4 = value
+	case "t5", "x30":
+		regs.T5 = value
+	case "t6", "x31":
+		regs.T6 = value
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: unknown register %q", name)
+	}
+	return s.SetRegs(&regs)
+}
+
+// archReturnAddr reads the return address from RA (riscv64 convention).
+func archReturnAddr(s *Session, regs *Regs) (uint64, error) {
+	return regs.Ra, nil
+}
+
+// archSPLabel returns the SP register name for display.
+func archSPLabel() string { return "SP" }
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 	"unsafe"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/asm"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/verify"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/asm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/verify"
 )

 // Integration tests beyond the basic entry breakpoint: hardware watchpoints,
@@ -0,0 +1,310 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && (amd64 || arm64 || riscv64)
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+// Session is a ptrace debugging session controlling one debuggee process.
+// The FreeBSD implementation sits behind the same surface as the Linux one:
+// PT_TRACE_ME from the debuggee, PT_CONTINUE/PT_STEP from the tracer, and
+// tracee memory through PT_IO (FreeBSD has no /proc/pid/mem to fall back
+// on, so PT_IO is the only supported route).
+type Session struct {
+	pid      int
+	cmd      *exec.Cmd
+	stopped  bool
+	exited   bool
+	codeBase uint64   // base address of the JIT code in the debuggee
+	tmpDir   string   // scratch directory of the session, removed on Kill
+	wpSlots  [16]bool // hardware watchpoint slots in use (DR0-DR3, arm64 dbw 0-15)
+	// lastSignal holds the signal of the most recent stop when that stop
+	// was a genuine signal-delivery-stop the caller must see (a fault such
+	// as SIGSEGV, SIGBUS, SIGFPE or SIGILL); 0 for breakpoint traps,
+	// single-steps, SIGSTOP and suppressed runtime signals.
+	lastSignal syscall.Signal
+}
+
+// Launch starts the debuggee subprocess (gasm debug --target ...) and
+// attaches to it via ptrace.
+func Launch(gasmBin, asmPath, funcName string, args []byte) (*Session, error) {
+	sess, _, err := LaunchWithBuffers(gasmBin, asmPath, funcName, args, "")
+	return sess, err
+}
+
+// LaunchWithBuffers is like Launch but also allocates buffers in the debuggee.
+//
+// It pins the calling goroutine to its OS thread and leaves it pinned: the
+// debuggee's PT_TRACE_ME binds the tracer relation to the forking thread,
+// and every ptrace request on the session must come from that same thread.
+// All Session methods must therefore be called from the goroutine that
+// launched the session (the REPL and coverage loops do exactly that).
+func LaunchWithBuffers(gasmBin, asmPath, funcName string, args []byte, bufSpec string) (*Session, []uint64, error) {
+	runtime.LockOSThread() // ptrace requests must stay on the forking thread
+	self, err := os.Executable()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("debug: cannot find gasm binary: %w", err)
+	}
+	if gasmBin != "" {
+		self = gasmBin
+	}
+
+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "gasm-debug-*")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("debug: tempdir: %w", err)
+	}
+	argsFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "args.bin")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(argsFile, args, 0o644); err != nil {
+		os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("debug: write args: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if bufSpec != "" {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, "bufspec"), []byte(bufSpec), 0o644); err != nil {
+			os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("debug: write bufspec: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(self, "debug", "--func", funcName, "--args", argsFile, asmPath)
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GASM_DEBUG_TARGET=1", "GASM_DEBUG_TMP="+tmpDir)
+	cmd.Stdout = nil
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{}
+
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("debug: start debuggee: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	s := &Session{pid: cmd.Process.Pid, cmd: cmd, tmpDir: tmpDir}
+
+	readyFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "ready")
+	for range 500 {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(readyFile); err == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		// A debuggee that died before signalling readiness (unknown
+		// function, unparseable source) writes its failure notice to the
+		// handshake directory; read it and fail fast.  The poll never
+		// waits on the child: a wait here could consume the SIGSTOP park
+		// that waitStopped below must receive, hanging the launch.
+		if err := s.deadReason(); err != nil {
+			cmd.Wait()
+			os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+
+	// The debuggee parks itself with SIGSTOP once the JIT code is mapped.
+	// A Go tracee also reports SIGURG preemption as signal-delivery-stops,
+	// so the wait loops until a stop the debugger cares about instead of
+	// assuming the first event is the SIGSTOP.
+	if _, err := s.waitStopped(); err != nil {
+		cmd.Process.Kill()
+		os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("debug: wait for debuggee: %w", err)
+	}
+	s.stopped = true
+
+	// The debuggee reports its JIT mapping in the codebase file; that is
+	// the supported path on FreeBSD, where no /proc/pid/maps exists to
+	// scan for the RWX region as a fallback.
+	if data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, "codebase")); err == nil {
+		fmt.Sscanf(string(data), "%d", &s.codeBase)
+	}
+
+	var bufAddrs []uint64
+	if bufSpec != "" {
+		addrFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "bufaddrs")
+		if data, err := os.ReadFile(addrFile); err == nil {
+			for line := range strings.SplitSeq(strings.TrimSpace(string(data)), "\n") {
+				var addr uint64
+				if _, err := fmt.Sscanf(line, "%d", &addr); err == nil {
+					bufAddrs = append(bufAddrs, addr)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return s, bufAddrs, nil
+}
+
+// deadReason reports the debuggee's own failure notice, the file its
+// failure paths write before exiting.  A debuggee killed without a notice
+// (a crash, SIGKILL) surfaces through waitStopped after the poll instead,
+// which is why the poll's budget stays finite.
+func (s *Session) deadReason() error {
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(s.tmpDir, "dead"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("debug: debuggee failed before signalling readiness: %s", strings.TrimSpace(string(data)))
+}
+
+// waitStopped consumes ptrace-stop events until one the debugger cares
+// about arrives: SIGTRAP (a breakpoint or a completed single-step), the
+// debuggee's own SIGSTOP, or a genuine signal-delivery-stop.  A Go tracee's
+// runtime raises SIGURG for asynchronous preemption, and every signal on a
+// traced thread surfaces as a signal-delivery-stop, so SIGURG is suppressed
+// and the tracee resumed without it.  Every other signal (SIGSEGV, SIGBUS,
+// SIGFPE, SIGILL, ...) is returned to the caller: resuming with signal 0
+// would restart the faulting instruction and fault forever, so a faulting
+// kernel must surface as a stop the caller reports.
+func (s *Session) waitStopped() (syscall.Signal, error) {
+	for {
+		var ws syscall.WaitStatus
+		if _, err := syscall.Wait4(s.pid, &ws, syscall.WUNTRACED, nil); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		if ws.Exited() {
+			s.exited = true
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("debuggee exited with status %d", ws.ExitStatus())
+		}
+		if ws.Signaled() {
+			s.exited = true
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("debuggee killed by signal %v", ws.Signal())
+		}
+		switch sig := ws.StopSignal(); sig {
+		case syscall.SIGTRAP, syscall.SIGSTOP:
+			s.stopped = true
+			s.lastSignal = 0
+			return sig, nil
+		case syscall.SIGURG:
+			// Go runtime asynchronous preemption: resume the tracee
+			// without delivering the signal.
+			s.lastSignal = 0
+			if err := unix.PtraceCont(s.pid, 0); err != nil {
+				return 0, fmt.Errorf("debug: PT_CONTINUE: %w", err)
+			}
+		default:
+			// A genuine signal-delivery-stop.  Report it; the caller
+			// decides how to proceed.
+			s.stopped = true
+			s.lastSignal = sig
+			return sig, nil
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// LastSignal returns the signal of the most recent stop when that stop was
+// a genuine signal-delivery-stop (a fault such as SIGSEGV, SIGFPE, SIGILL
+// or SIGBUS), and 0 for breakpoint traps, single-steps, SIGSTOP and
+// suppressed runtime signals.
+func (s *Session) LastSignal() syscall.Signal { return s.lastSignal }
+
+// Peek reads a word (8 bytes) from the debuggee's memory at addr, through
+// PT_IO with PIOD_READ_D.
+func (s *Session) Peek(addr uint64) (uint64, error) {
+	var buf [8]byte
+	if _, err := unix.PtraceIO(unix.PIOD_READ_D, s.pid, uintptr(addr), buf[:], len(buf)); err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("debug: read mem %#x: %w", addr, err)
+	}
+	return uint64(buf[0]) | uint64(buf[1])<<8 | uint64(buf[2])<<16 | uint64(buf[3])<<24 |
+		uint64(buf[4])<<32 | uint64(buf[5])<<40 | uint64(buf[6])<<48 | uint64(buf[7])<<56, nil
+}
+
+// Poke writes a word (8 bytes) to the debuggee's memory at addr, through
+// PT_IO with PIOD_WRITE_D.
+func (s *Session) Poke(addr, val uint64) error {
+	buf := []byte{byte(val), byte(val >> 8), byte(val >> 16), byte(val >> 24),
+		byte(val >> 32), byte(val >> 40), byte(val >> 48), byte(val >> 56)}
+	if _, err := unix.PtraceIO(unix.PIOD_WRITE_D, s.pid, uintptr(addr), buf, len(buf)); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: write mem %#x: %w", addr, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ReadMemory reads len bytes from the debuggee's memory at addr in one
+// PT_IO request, the shape the request is built for.
+func (s *Session) ReadMemory(addr uint64, length int) ([]byte, error) {
+	out := make([]byte, length)
+	n, err := unix.PtraceIO(unix.PIOD_READ_D, s.pid, uintptr(addr), out, length)
+	return out[:n], err
+}
+
+// WriteMemory writes bytes to the debuggee's memory at addr in one PT_IO
+// request.
+func (s *Session) WriteMemory(addr uint64, data []byte) error {
+	_, err := unix.PtraceIO(unix.PIOD_WRITE_D, s.pid, uintptr(addr), data, len(data))
+	return err
+}
+
+// Step executes a single instruction in the debuggee.
+func (s *Session) Step() error {
+	if s.exited {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: debuggee has exited")
+	}
+	if err := unix.PtraceSingleStep(s.pid); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: PT_STEP: %w", err)
+	}
+	_, err := s.waitStopped()
+	return err
+}
+
+// Continue resumes execution until the next breakpoint or exit.
+func (s *Session) Continue() error {
+	if s.exited {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: debuggee has exited")
+	}
+	if err := unix.PtraceCont(s.pid, 0); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: PT_CONTINUE: %w", err)
+	}
+	_, err := s.waitStopped()
+	return err
+}
+
+// Exited returns true if the debuggee has terminated.
+func (s *Session) Exited() bool { return s.exited }
+
+// Pid returns the debuggee's process ID.
+func (s *Session) Pid() int { return s.pid }
+
+// CodeBase returns the base address of the JIT code in the debuggee.
+func (s *Session) CodeBase() uint64 { return s.codeBase }
+
+// Kill terminates the debuggee and removes the session's scratch
+// directory, so a successful session leaves no gasm-debug-* debris behind.
+func (s *Session) Kill() {
+	if !s.exited {
+		syscall.Kill(s.pid, syscall.SIGKILL)
+		syscall.Wait4(s.pid, nil, 0, nil)
+		s.exited = true
+	}
+	if s.cmd != nil && s.cmd.Process != nil {
+		s.cmd.Wait()
+	}
+	if s.tmpDir != "" {
+		os.RemoveAll(s.tmpDir)
+		s.tmpDir = ""
+	}
+}
+
+// execRange is one executable mapping of the debuggee.
+type execRange struct {
+	lo, hi uint64
+}
+
+// execRanges is a stub on FreeBSD: there is no /proc/pid/maps to parse,
+// and procfs(5) is not guaranteed to be mounted.  The callers degrade
+// gracefully: archReturnAddr falls back to the raw stack convention and
+// the mapping scan is skipped.
+func execRanges(pid int) []execRange { return nil }
+
+// findRWXMapping is a stub on FreeBSD for the same reason: the codebase
+// handshake file is the supported way the JIT region is located.
+func findRWXMapping(pid int) uint64 { return 0 }
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && amd64
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+// GetRegs reads the general-purpose registers of the stopped debuggee and
+// converts the FreeBSD struct reg into the portable layout.
+func (s *Session) GetRegs() (Regs, error) {
+	var ur unix.Reg
+	if err := unix.PtraceGetRegs(s.pid, &ur); err != nil {
+		return Regs{}, fmt.Errorf("debug: PT_GETREGS: %w", err)
+	}
+	return Regs{
+		R15:    uint64(ur.R15),
+		R14:    uint64(ur.R14),
+		R13:    uint64(ur.R13),
+		R12:    uint64(ur.R12),
+		R11:    uint64(ur.R11),
+		R10:    uint64(ur.R10),
+		R9:     uint64(ur.R9),
+		R8:     uint64(ur.R8),
+		RDI:    uint64(ur.Rdi),
+		RSI:    uint64(ur.Rsi),
+		RBP:    uint64(ur.Rbp),
+		RBX:    uint64(ur.Rbx),
+		RDX:    uint64(ur.Rdx),
+		RCX:    uint64(ur.Rcx),
+		RAX:    uint64(ur.Rax),
+		RIP:    uint64(ur.Rip),
+		CS:     uint64(ur.Cs),
+		RFLAGS: uint64(ur.Rflags),
+		RSP:    uint64(ur.Rsp),
+		SS:     uint64(ur.Ss),
+		FS:     uint64(ur.Fs),
+		GS:     uint64(ur.Gs),
+		DS:     uint64(ur.Ds),
+		ES:     uint64(ur.Es),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// SetRegs writes the general-purpose registers of the stopped debuggee.
+func (s *Session) SetRegs(regs *Regs) error {
+	// Read-modify-write keeps the fields FreeBSD owns (trapno, err) intact.
+	var ur unix.Reg
+	if err := unix.PtraceGetRegs(s.pid, &ur); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: PT_GETREGS: %w", err)
+	}
+	ur.R15 = int64(regs.R15)
+	ur.R14 = int64(regs.R14)
+	ur.R13 = int64(regs.R13)
+	ur.R12 = int64(regs.R12)
+	ur.R11 = int64(regs.R11)
+	ur.R10 = int64(regs.R10)
+	ur.R9 = int64(regs.R9)
+	ur.R8 = int64(regs.R8)
+	ur.Rdi = int64(regs.RDI)
+	ur.Rsi = int64(regs.RSI)
+	ur.Rbp = int64(regs.RBP)
+	ur.Rbx = int64(regs.RBX)
+	ur.Rdx = int64(regs.RDX)
+	ur.Rcx = int64(regs.RCX)
+	ur.Rax = int64(regs.RAX)
+	ur.Rip = int64(regs.RIP)
+	ur.Cs = int64(regs.CS)
+	ur.Rflags = int64(regs.RFLAGS)
+	ur.Rsp = int64(regs.RSP)
+	ur.Ss = int64(regs.SS)
+	return unix.PtraceSetRegs(s.pid, &ur)
+}
+
+// FPRegs holds the x87 FPU and SSE (XMM) register state, the FXSAVE image
+// the FreeBSD struct fpreg mirrors: XMM0-15 at the same offsets.
+type FPRegs struct {
+	XMM [16][16]byte // XMM0-15
+}
+
+// GetFPRegs retrieves the FPU/SSE register state via PT_GETFPREGS.  The
+// FreeBSD struct fpreg mirrors the FXSAVE image: the x87 environment and
+// stack in Env/Acc, XMM0-15 in Xacc.
+func (s *Session) GetFPRegs() (FPRegs, error) {
+	var fp FPRegs
+	var fr unix.FpReg
+	if err := unix.PtraceGetFpRegs(s.pid, &fr); err != nil {
+		return fp, fmt.Errorf("debug: PT_GETFPREGS: %w", err)
+	}
+	for i := range 16 {
+		copy(fp.XMM[i][:], fr.Xacc[i][:])
+	}
+	return fp, nil
+}
+
+// VectorRegs holds the YMM register state.
+type VectorRegs struct {
+	YMM [16][32]byte // YMM0-15 (full 256-bit values)
+}
+
+// The XSAVE area the PT_GETXSTATE request returns follows the architectural
+// layout (Intel SDM vol 1, "XSAVE"): the 512-byte legacy FXSAVE image (x87
+// state in 0-159, XMM0-15 in 160-511), then the 64-byte xsave header whose
+// first 8 bytes are xstate_bv, then one component per set feature bit, each
+// 64-byte aligned.  The YMM high halves are the first extended component,
+// at offset 576; XFEATURE_STATE_BIT_AVX is bit 2 of xstate_bv.
+const (
+	xsaveXMMOffset    = 160
+	xsaveHeaderOffset = 512
+	xsaveBVOffset     = xsaveHeaderOffset
+	ymmOffset         = xsaveHeaderOffset + 64 // 576
+	ymmSize           = 256                    // 16 registers, 16 bytes each
+	xfeatureMaskYMM   = 1 << 2
+	xstateMaxBuffer   = 4096 // PT_GETXSTATE_INFO bounds the size far below this
+)
+
+// GetVectorRegs retrieves the YMM registers via PT_GETXSTATE.  The low
+// (XMM) halves always come from the legacy image; the high halves are
+// copied only when xstate_bv reports the AVX state, and read as zero
+// otherwise.  When the request fails the FP image still provides correct
+// XMM halves, so that is the fallback.
+func (s *Session) GetVectorRegs() (VectorRegs, error) {
+	var v VectorRegs
+	buf := make([]byte, xstateMaxBuffer)
+	n, _, errno := unix.Syscall6(
+		unix.SYS_PTRACE,
+		uintptr(unix.PT_GETXSTATE),
+		uintptr(s.pid),
+		0,
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0])),
+		0, 0,
+	)
+	if errno != 0 {
+		fp, err := s.GetFPRegs()
+		if err != nil {
+			return v, err
+		}
+		for i := range 16 {
+			copy(v.YMM[i][:16], fp.XMM[i][:])
+		}
+		return v, nil
+	}
+	for i := range 16 {
+		copy(v.YMM[i][:16], buf[xsaveXMMOffset+16*i:xsaveXMMOffset+16*i+16])
+	}
+	if int(n) >= ymmOffset+ymmSize {
+		if binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(buf[xsaveBVOffset:xsaveBVOffset+8])&xfeatureMaskYMM != 0 {
+			for i := range 16 {
+				copy(v.YMM[i][16:], buf[ymmOffset+16*i:ymmOffset+16*i+16])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return v, nil
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && arm64
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+// GetRegs reads the general-purpose registers of the stopped debuggee and
+// converts the FreeBSD struct reg (x[30], lr, sp, elr, spsr) into the
+// portable layout.
+func (s *Session) GetRegs() (Regs, error) {
+	var ur unix.Reg
+	if err := unix.PtraceGetRegs(s.pid, &ur); err != nil {
+		return Regs{}, fmt.Errorf("debug: PT_GETREGS: %w", err)
+	}
+	return Regs{
+		X0:     ur.X[0],
+		X1:     ur.X[1],
+		X2:     ur.X[2],
+		X3:     ur.X[3],
+		X4:     ur.X[4],
+		X5:     ur.X[5],
+		X6:     ur.X[6],
+		X7:     ur.X[7],
+		X8:     ur.X[8],
+		X9:     ur.X[9],
+		X10:    ur.X[10],
+		X11:    ur.X[11],
+		X12:    ur.X[12],
+		X13:    ur.X[13],
+		X14:    ur.X[14],
+		X15:    ur.X[15],
+		X16:    ur.X[16],
+		X17:    ur.X[17],
+		X18:    ur.X[18],
+		X19:    ur.X[19],
+		X20:    ur.X[20],
+		X21:    ur.X[21],
+		X22:    ur.X[22],
+		X23:    ur.X[23],
+		X24:    ur.X[24],
+		X25:    ur.X[25],
+		X26:    ur.X[26],
+		X27:    ur.X[27],
+		X28:    ur.X[28],
+		X29:    ur.X[29],
+		X30:    ur.Lr,
+		SP:     ur.Sp,
+		PC:     ur.Elr,
+		PSTATE: uint64(ur.Spsr),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// SetRegs writes the general-purpose registers of the stopped debuggee.
+func (s *Session) SetRegs(regs *Regs) error {
+	var ur unix.Reg
+	ur.X = [30]uint64{
+		regs.X0, regs.X1, regs.X2, regs.X3, regs.X4, regs.X5, regs.X6,
+		regs.X7, regs.X8, regs.X9, regs.X10, regs.X11, regs.X12, regs.X13,
+		regs.X14, regs.X15, regs.X16, regs.X17, regs.X18, regs.X19, regs.X20,
+		regs.X21, regs.X22, regs.X23, regs.X24, regs.X25, regs.X26, regs.X27,
+		regs.X28, regs.X29,
+	}
+	ur.Lr = regs.X30
+	ur.Sp = regs.SP
+	ur.Elr = regs.PC
+	ur.Spsr = uint32(regs.PSTATE)
+	return unix.PtraceSetRegs(s.pid, &ur)
+}
+
+// FPRegs holds the arm64 FP/NEON register state: the 32 128-bit V
+// registers, then FPSR and FPCR (the user_fpsimd shape).
+type FPRegs struct {
+	V    [32][16]byte // V0-V31 (128-bit NEON/FP registers)
+	FPSR uint32
+	FPCR uint32
+}
+
+// GetFPRegs retrieves the FP/NEON register state via PT_GETFPREGS.  The
+// FreeBSD struct fpreg holds the 32 128-bit V registers followed by FPSR
+// and FPCR, the user_fpsimd shape.
+func (s *Session) GetFPRegs() (FPRegs, error) {
+	var fp FPRegs
+	var fr unix.FpReg
+	if err := unix.PtraceGetFpRegs(s.pid, &fr); err != nil {
+		return fp, fmt.Errorf("debug: PT_GETFPREGS: %w", err)
+	}
+	for i := range 32 {
+		copy(fp.V[i][:], fr.Q[i][:])
+	}
+	return fp, nil
+}
+
+// VectorRegs holds the full SIMD register state.
+type VectorRegs struct {
+	V [32][16]byte // V0-V31 (128-bit)
+}
+
+// GetVectorRegs retrieves the SIMD registers.
+func (s *Session) GetVectorRegs() (VectorRegs, error) {
+	var v VectorRegs
+	fp, err := s.GetFPRegs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return v, err
+	}
+	copy(v.V[:][:], fp.V[:][:])
+	return v, nil
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && riscv64
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+// GetRegs reads the general-purpose registers of the stopped debuggee and
+// converts the FreeBSD struct reg into the portable layout.  Sstatus rides
+// the kernel's struct but the portable surface carries the GPRs and PC.
+func (s *Session) GetRegs() (Regs, error) {
+	var ur unix.Reg
+	if err := unix.PtraceGetRegs(s.pid, &ur); err != nil {
+		return Regs{}, fmt.Errorf("debug: PT_GETREGS: %w", err)
+	}
+	return Regs{
+		PC:  ur.Sepc,
+		Ra:  ur.Ra,
+		Sp:  ur.Sp,
+		Gp:  ur.Gp,
+		Tp:  ur.Tp,
+		T0:  ur.T[0],
+		T1:  ur.T[1],
+		T2:  ur.T[2],
+		S0:  ur.S[0],
+		S1:  ur.S[1],
+		A0:  ur.A[0],
+		A1:  ur.A[1],
+		A2:  ur.A[2],
+		A3:  ur.A[3],
+		A4:  ur.A[4],
+		A5:  ur.A[5],
+		A6:  ur.A[6],
+		A7:  ur.A[7],
+		S2:  ur.S[2],
+		S3:  ur.S[3],
+		S4:  ur.S[4],
+		S5:  ur.S[5],
+		S6:  ur.S[6],
+		S7:  ur.S[7],
+		S8:  ur.S[8],
+		S9:  ur.S[9],
+		S10: ur.S[10],
+		S11: ur.S[11],
+		T3:  ur.T[3],
+		T4:  ur.T[4],
+		T5:  ur.T[5],
+		T6:  ur.T[6],
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// SetRegs writes the general-purpose registers of the stopped debuggee.
+// Read-modify-write keeps sstatus, which the kernel owns, intact.
+func (s *Session) SetRegs(regs *Regs) error {
+	var ur unix.Reg
+	if err := unix.PtraceGetRegs(s.pid, &ur); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: PT_GETREGS: %w", err)
+	}
+	ur.Sepc = regs.PC
+	ur.Ra = regs.Ra
+	ur.Sp = regs.Sp
+	ur.Gp = regs.Gp
+	ur.Tp = regs.Tp
+	ur.T = [7]uint64{regs.T0, regs.T1, regs.T2, regs.T3, regs.T4, regs.T5, regs.T6}
+	ur.S = [12]uint64{regs.S0, regs.S1, regs.S2, regs.S3, regs.S4, regs.S5,
+		regs.S6, regs.S7, regs.S8, regs.S9, regs.S10, regs.S11}
+	ur.A = [8]uint64{regs.A0, regs.A1, regs.A2, regs.A3, regs.A4, regs.A5, regs.A6, regs.A7}
+	return unix.PtraceSetRegs(s.pid, &ur)
+}
+
+// FPRegs holds the RISC-V FP register state (32 64-bit FP registers plus
+// fcsr).
+type FPRegs struct {
+	F    [32]uint64 // F0-F31 (64-bit FP registers)
+	FCSR uint32
+}
+
+// GetFPRegs retrieves the FP register state via PT_GETFPREGS.  The FreeBSD
+// struct fpreg carries each 64-bit FP register in a 128-bit slot (fp_x is
+// the flat [64]-word area the x/sys type renders as [32][2]); the low word
+// holds the register, and FCSR rides the tail.
+func (s *Session) GetFPRegs() (FPRegs, error) {
+	var fp FPRegs
+	var fr unix.FpReg
+	if err := unix.PtraceGetFpRegs(s.pid, &fr); err != nil {
+		return fp, fmt.Errorf("debug: PT_GETFPREGS: %w", err)
+	}
+	for i := range 32 {
+		fp.F[i] = fr.X[i][0]
+	}
+	fp.FCSR = uint32(fr.Fcsr)
+	return fp, nil
+}
+
+// VectorRegs holds the FP register state shown by the regs command
+// (riscv64 has 32 64-bit FP registers and fcsr).
+type VectorRegs struct {
+	F    [32]uint64
+	FCSR uint32
+}
+
+// GetVectorRegs retrieves the FP registers.
+func (s *Session) GetVectorRegs() (VectorRegs, error) {
+	fp, err := s.GetFPRegs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return VectorRegs{}, err
+	}
+	return VectorRegs{F: fp.F, FCSR: fp.FCSR}, nil
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && amd64
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/verify"
+)
+
+// TestLaunchAndBreakpoint is the FreeBSD twin of the Linux integration
+// test: it drives the whole launch, breakpoint, trap and register-rewind
+// flow end to end.  It needs a real FreeBSD kernel (ptrace does not work
+// under emulation), so it only runs where it can.
+func TestLaunchAndBreakpoint(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" {
+		t.Skip("runs only on amd64 hosts")
+	}
+	// The tracer is the OS thread that forked the debuggee (PT_TRACE_ME
+	// binds the relation to that thread); every ptrace request must come
+	// from the same thread, so pin the test goroutine to one thread.
+	runtime.LockOSThread()
+	defer runtime.UnlockOSThread()
+
+	bin := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "gasm")
+	out, err := exec.Command("go", "build", "-o", bin, "sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/cmd/gasm").CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("build gasm: %v: %s", err, out)
+	}
+
+	const kernelPath = "../testdata/verify/basic_amd64.s"
+	k, err := verify.Load(kernelPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(k.Close)
+	fl, err := k.Func("wideCopy")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Func: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	sess, err := Launch(bin, kernelPath, "wideCopy", make([]byte, fl.Args))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Launch: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(sess.Kill)
+
+	bm := NewBreakpoints(sess)
+	entry := sess.CodeBase() + uint64(fl.Offset)
+	if _, err := bm.Set(entry, "entry"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Set: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// The INT3 must be visible in the debuggee's memory.
+	word, err := sess.Peek(entry)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Peek: %v", err)
+	}
+	if b := word & 0xFF; b != 0xCC {
+		t.Fatalf("int3 not patched: first byte %#02x at %#x", b, entry)
+	}
+
+	// The debuggee raises a second SIGSTOP after the launch barrier (the
+	// child's RunTarget marks its entry), so like the REPL and the cover
+	// mode the test keeps resuming until the breakpoint trap arrives.
+	for range 10 {
+		if err := sess.Continue(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Continue: %v", err)
+		}
+		if sess.Exited() {
+			t.Fatal("debuggee exited instead of trapping on the breakpoint")
+		}
+		regs, err := sess.GetRegs()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("GetRegs: %v", err)
+		}
+		if bp := bm.HandleTrap(&regs); bp != nil {
+			if bp.Addr != entry {
+				t.Fatalf("trap at %#x, want %#x", bp.Addr, entry)
+			}
+			return // trap on the entry breakpoint: the whole flow works
+		}
+	}
+	t.Fatal("no breakpoint trap after 10 resumes")
+}
@@ -14,17 +14,26 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/verify"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/verify"
 )

 // buildGasm produces the gasm binary the debugger spawns as its debuggee.
+// Every live ptrace test funnels through here, so this is also where the
+// deliberate-run boundary sits: under -short (the push pipeline's mode) the
+// live sessions skip, because a real debuggee's launch handshake needs the
+// machine to itself and a starved single-core runner turns each one into a
+// timeout that burns the step's whole budget. The local test gate and the
+// dispatched workflows run them in full.
 func buildGasm(t *testing.T) string {
 	t.Helper()
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("live ptrace session: skipped in -short mode")
+	}
 	if p := os.Getenv("GASM_TEST_BIN"); p != "" {
 		return p
 	}
 	bin := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "gasm")
-	cmd := exec.Command("go", "build", "-o", bin, "sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/cmd/gasm")
+	cmd := exec.Command("go", "build", "-o", bin, "sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/cmd/gasm")
 	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("build gasm: %v: %s", err, out)
@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ func LaunchWithBuffers(gasmBin, asmPath, funcName string, args []byte, bufSpec s
 		if _, err := os.Stat(readyFile); err == nil {
 			break
 		}
+		// A debuggee that died before signalling readiness (unknown
+		// function, unparseable source) writes its failure notice to the
+		// handshake directory; read it and fail fast.  The poll never
+		// waits on the child: a wait here could consume the SIGSTOP park
+		// that waitStopped below must receive, hanging the launch.
+		if err := s.deadReason(); err != nil {
+			cmd.Wait()
+			os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
 		time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
 	}

@@ -131,6 +141,18 @@ func LaunchWithBuffers(gasmBin, asmPath, funcName string, args []byte, bufSpec s
 	return s, bufAddrs, nil
 }

+// deadReason reports the debuggee's own failure notice, the file its
+// failure paths write before exiting.  A debuggee killed without a notice
+// (a crash, SIGKILL) surfaces through waitStopped after the poll instead,
+// which is why the poll's budget stays finite.
+func (s *Session) deadReason() error {
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(s.tmpDir, "dead"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("debug: debuggee failed before signalling readiness: %s", strings.TrimSpace(string(data)))
+}
+
 // waitStopped consumes ptrace-stop events until one the debugger cares
 // about arrives: SIGTRAP (a breakpoint or a completed single-step), the
 // debuggee's own SIGSTOP, or a genuine signal-delivery-stop.  A Go tracee's
@@ -219,40 +241,41 @@ func (s *Session) Poke(addr, val uint64) error {
 	return nil
 }

-// ReadMemory reads len bytes from the debuggee's memory at addr.
+// ReadMemory reads len bytes from the debuggee's memory at addr.  The read
+// covers exactly the requested range: the old word-at-a-time loop read a
+// whole 8-byte word for the final partial word, so a request that ended
+// inside the last mapped page failed whenever the following page was
+// unmapped, even though every requested byte was readable.
 func (s *Session) ReadMemory(addr uint64, length int) ([]byte, error) {
 	out := make([]byte, length)
-	for i := 0; i < length; i += 8 {
-		word, err := s.Peek(addr + uint64(i))
+	mem, err := os.OpenFile(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/mem", s.pid), os.O_RDONLY, 0)
 	if err != nil {
-			return out[:i], err
-		}
-		for j := 0; j < 8 && i+j < length; j++ {
-			out[i+j] = byte(word >> (8 * j))
+		return out, fmt.Errorf("debug: open /proc/%d/mem: %w", s.pid, err)
 	}
+	defer mem.Close()
+	n, err := mem.ReadAt(out, int64(addr))
+	if err != nil {
+		return out[:n], fmt.Errorf("debug: read mem %#x: %w", addr, err)
 	}
 	return out, nil
 }

-// WriteMemory writes bytes to the debuggee's memory at addr.
+// WriteMemory writes bytes to the debuggee's memory at addr.  The write
+// covers exactly the given bytes: /proc/pid/mem accepts writes of any
+// length at any offset, so the word loop's read-modify-write of the final
+// partial word (which read past the requested range and failed on an
+// unmapped following page) is unnecessary.
 func (s *Session) WriteMemory(addr uint64, data []byte) error {
-	for i := 0; i < len(data); i += 8 {
-		end := min(i+8, len(data))
-		var word uint64
-		for j := 0; j < end-i; j++ {
-			word |= uint64(data[i+j]) << (8 * j)
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		return nil
 	}
-		if end-i < 8 {
-			existing, err := s.Peek(addr + uint64(i))
+	mem, err := os.OpenFile(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/mem", s.pid), os.O_WRONLY, 0)
 	if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			mask := ^((uint64(1) << (8 * (end - i))) - 1)
-			word = (existing & mask) | word
-		}
-		if err := s.Poke(addr+uint64(i), word); err != nil {
-			return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: open /proc/%d/mem: %w", s.pid, err)
 	}
+	defer mem.Close()
+	if _, err := mem.WriteAt(data, int64(addr)); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: write mem %#x: %w", addr, err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && amd64
+
+package debug
+
+// Regs holds the full general-purpose register set of a traced process
+// (the FreeBSD amd64 struct reg layout, sys/x86/include/reg.h).  FreeBSD
+// reports segment selectors (FS/GS/ES/DS), not the bases the Linux ptrace
+// surface carries, and has no ORIG_RAX slot.
+type Regs struct {
+	R15    uint64
+	R14    uint64
+	R13    uint64
+	R12    uint64
+	RBP    uint64
+	RBX    uint64
+	R11    uint64
+	R10    uint64
+	R9     uint64
+	R8     uint64
+	RAX    uint64
+	RCX    uint64
+	RDX    uint64
+	RSI    uint64
+	RDI    uint64
+	RIP    uint64
+	CS     uint64
+	RFLAGS uint64
+	RSP    uint64
+	SS     uint64
+	FS     uint64
+	GS     uint64
+	DS     uint64
+	ES     uint64
+}
+
+// GetPC returns the program counter.
+func (r *Regs) GetPC() uint64 { return r.RIP }
+
+// SetPC sets the program counter.
+func (r *Regs) SetPC(pc uint64) { r.RIP = pc }
+
+// GetSP returns the stack pointer.
+func (r *Regs) GetSP() uint64 { return r.RSP }
+
+// RegValue returns the value of the named register, or false if unknown.
+func (r *Regs) RegValue(name string) (uint64, bool) {
+	switch name {
+	case "rax", "eax", "ax", "al":
+		return r.RAX, true
+	case "rbx", "ebx", "bx", "bl":
+		return r.RBX, true
+	case "rcx", "ecx", "cx", "cl":
+		return r.RCX, true
+	case "rdx", "edx", "dx", "dl":
+		return r.RDX, true
+	case "rsi", "esi", "si":
+		return r.RSI, true
+	case "rdi", "edi", "di":
+		return r.RDI, true
+	case "rbp", "ebp", "bp":
+		return r.RBP, true
+	case "rsp", "esp", "sp":
+		return r.RSP, true
+	case "r8":
+		return r.R8, true
+	case "r9":
+		return r.R9, true
+	case "r10":
+		return r.R10, true
+	case "r11":
+		return r.R11, true
+	case "r12":
+		return r.R12, true
+	case "r13":
+		return r.R13, true
+	case "r14":
+		return r.R14, true
+	case "r15":
+		return r.R15, true
+	case "rip", "eip":
+		return r.RIP, true
+	default:
+		return 0, false
+	}
+}
+
+// breakpointInsn is the software breakpoint instruction.
+var breakpointInsn = []byte{0xCC} // INT3
+
+// breakpointPCAdjust is how far PC is past the breakpoint instruction after
+// a trap.  INT3 leaves the hardware PC on the following instruction (Intel
+// SDM vol 3, "Debug Exceptions") and the FreeBSD T_BPTFLT path delivers
+// that frame unmodified (sys/amd64/amd64/trap.c), so the trap address is
+// PC-1, the same correction the Linux side applies.
+const breakpointPCAdjust = 1
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && arm64
+
+package debug
+
+// Regs holds the full general-purpose register set of a traced process
+// (the FreeBSD arm64 struct reg layout, sys/arm64/include/reg.h: x[30], lr,
+// sp, elr, spsr).
+type Regs struct {
+	X0     uint64
+	X1     uint64
+	X2     uint64
+	X3     uint64
+	X4     uint64
+	X5     uint64
+	X6     uint64
+	X7     uint64
+	X8     uint64
+	X9     uint64
+	X10    uint64
+	X11    uint64
+	X12    uint64
+	X13    uint64
+	X14    uint64
+	X15    uint64
+	X16    uint64
+	X17    uint64
+	X18    uint64
+	X19    uint64
+	X20    uint64
+	X21    uint64
+	X22    uint64
+	X23    uint64
+	X24    uint64
+	X25    uint64
+	X26    uint64
+	X27    uint64
+	X28    uint64
+	X29    uint64 // FP (frame pointer)
+	X30    uint64 // LR (link register)
+	SP     uint64
+	PC     uint64
+	PSTATE uint64
+}
+
+// GetPC returns the program counter.
+func (r *Regs) GetPC() uint64 { return r.PC }
+
+// SetPC sets the program counter.
+func (r *Regs) SetPC(pc uint64) { r.PC = pc }
+
+// GetSP returns the stack pointer.
+func (r *Regs) GetSP() uint64 { return r.SP }
+
+// RegValue returns the value of the named register, or false if unknown.
+func (r *Regs) RegValue(name string) (uint64, bool) {
+	switch name {
+	case "x0":
+		return r.X0, true
+	case "x1":
+		return r.X1, true
+	case "x2":
+		return r.X2, true
+	case "x3":
+		return r.X3, true
+	case "x4":
+		return r.X4, true
+	case "x5":
+		return r.X5, true
+	case "x6":
+		return r.X6, true
+	case "x7":
+		return r.X7, true
+	case "x8":
+		return r.X8, true
+	case "x9":
+		return r.X9, true
+	case "x10":
+		return r.X10, true
+	case "x11":
+		return r.X11, true
+	case "x12":
+		return r.X12, true
+	case "x13":
+		return r.X13, true
+	case "x14":
+		return r.X14, true
+	case "x15":
+		return r.X15, true
+	case "x16":
+		return r.X16, true
+	case "x17":
+		return r.X17, true
+	case "x18":
+		return r.X18, true
+	case "x19":
+		return r.X19, true
+	case "x20":
+		return r.X20, true
+	case "x21":
+		return r.X21, true
+	case "x22":
+		return r.X22, true
+	case "x23":
+		return r.X23, true
+	case "x24":
+		return r.X24, true
+	case "x25":
+		return r.X25, true
+	case "x26":
+		return r.X26, true
+	case "x27":
+		return r.X27, true
+	case "x28":
+		return r.X28, true
+	case "x29", "fp":
+		return r.X29, true
+	case "x30", "lr":
+		return r.X30, true
+	case "sp":
+		return r.SP, true
+	case "pc":
+		return r.PC, true
+	default:
+		return 0, false
+	}
+}
+
+// breakpointInsn is the software breakpoint instruction (BRK #0).
+var breakpointInsn = []byte{0x00, 0x00, 0x20, 0xD4} // BRK #0
+
+// breakpointPCAdjust is how far PC is past the breakpoint instruction after
+// a trap: 0.  The BRK synchronous exception leaves ELR_EL0 on the BRK
+// itself (ARM DDI 0487), and the FreeBSD EXCP_BRKPT_EL0 handler delivers
+// the frame's elr unmodified (sys/arm64/arm64/trap.c), so the trap address
+// is the PC as reported.
+const breakpointPCAdjust = 0
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && riscv64
+
+package debug
+
+// Regs holds the full general-purpose register set of a traced process
+// (the FreeBSD riscv64 struct reg layout: ra, sp, gp, tp, t0-t6, s0-s11,
+// a0-a7, sepc, sstatus).
+type Regs struct {
+	PC  uint64 // sepc
+	Ra  uint64 // x1 (return address)
+	Sp  uint64 // x2
+	Gp  uint64 // x3
+	Tp  uint64 // x4
+	T0  uint64 // x5
+	T1  uint64 // x6
+	T2  uint64 // x7
+	S0  uint64 // x8 (frame pointer)
+	S1  uint64 // x9
+	A0  uint64 // x10
+	A1  uint64 // x11
+	A2  uint64 // x12
+	A3  uint64 // x13
+	A4  uint64 // x14
+	A5  uint64 // x15
+	A6  uint64 // x16
+	A7  uint64 // x17
+	S2  uint64 // x18
+	S3  uint64 // x19
+	S4  uint64 // x20
+	S5  uint64 // x21
+	S6  uint64 // x22
+	S7  uint64 // x23
+	S8  uint64 // x24
+	S9  uint64 // x25
+	S10 uint64 // x26
+	S11 uint64 // x27
+	T3  uint64 // x28
+	T4  uint64 // x29
+	T5  uint64 // x30
+	T6  uint64 // x31
+}
+
+// GetPC returns the program counter.
+func (r *Regs) GetPC() uint64 { return r.PC }
+
+// SetPC sets the program counter.
+func (r *Regs) SetPC(pc uint64) { r.PC = pc }
+
+// GetSP returns the stack pointer.
+func (r *Regs) GetSP() uint64 { return r.Sp }
+
+// RegValue returns the value of the named register, or false if unknown.
+func (r *Regs) RegValue(name string) (uint64, bool) {
+	switch name {
+	case "pc":
+		return r.PC, true
+	case "ra", "x1":
+		return r.Ra, true
+	case "sp", "x2":
+		return r.Sp, true
+	case "gp", "x3":
+		return r.Gp, true
+	case "tp", "x4":
+		return r.Tp, true
+	case "t0", "x5":
+		return r.T0, true
+	case "t1", "x6":
+		return r.T1, true
+	case "t2", "x7":
+		return r.T2, true
+	case "s0", "fp", "x8":
+		return r.S0, true
+	case "s1", "x9":
+		return r.S1, true
+	case "a0", "x10":
+		return r.A0, true
+	case "a1", "x11":
+		return r.A1, true
+	case "a2", "x12":
+		return r.A2, true
+	case "a3", "x13":
+		return r.A3, true
+	case "a4", "x14":
+		return r.A4, true
+	case "a5", "x15":
+		return r.A5, true
+	case "a6", "x16":
+		return r.A6, true
+	case "a7", "x17":
+		return r.A7, true
+	case "s2", "x18":
+		return r.S2, true
+	case "s3", "x19":
+		return r.S3, true
+	case "s4", "x20":
+		return r.S4, true
+	case "s5", "x21":
+		return r.S5, true
+	case "s6", "x22":
+		return r.S6, true
+	case "s7", "x23":
+		return r.S7, true
+	case "s8", "x24":
+		return r.S8, true
+	case "s9", "x25":
+		return r.S9, true
+	case "s10", "x26":
+		return r.S10, true
+	case "s11", "x27":
+		return r.S11, true
+	case "t3", "x28":
+		return r.T3, true
+	case "t4", "x29":
+		return r.T4, true
+	case "t5", "x30":
+		return r.T5, true
+	case "t6", "x31":
+		return r.T6, true
+	default:
+		return 0, false
+	}
+}
+
+// breakpointInsn is the software breakpoint instruction (EBREAK).
+var breakpointInsn = []byte{0x73, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00} // ebreak
+
+// breakpointPCAdjust is how far PC is past the breakpoint instruction after
+// a trap: 0.  The EBREAK synchronous exception leaves sepc on the ebreak
+// itself (RISC-V privileged architecture), so the trap address is the PC as
+// reported.
+const breakpointPCAdjust = 0
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause

-//go:build linux
+//go:build linux || (freebsd && (amd64 || arm64 || riscv64))

 package debug

@@ -71,7 +71,12 @@ func REPL(s *Session, bm *Breakpoints, codeBase uint64, funcOffset, funcSize, ar
 		case "step", "s":
 			n := 1
 			if len(parts) > 1 {
-				n, _ = strconv.Atoi(parts[1])
+				v, err := strconv.Atoi(parts[1])
+				if err != nil || v < 0 {
+					fmt.Printf("invalid count: %s\n", parts[1])
+					continue
+				}
+				n = v
 			}
 			for range n {
 				if s.Exited() {
@@ -82,8 +87,13 @@ func REPL(s *Session, bm *Breakpoints, codeBase uint64, funcOffset, funcSize, ar
 					fmt.Println(err)
 					break
 				}
+				if sig := s.LastSignal(); sig != 0 {
+					regs, _ := s.GetRegs()
+					fmt.Printf("stopped on signal %v at %#x\n", sig, regs.GetPC())
+					break
 				}
-			if !s.Exited() {
+			}
+			if !s.Exited() && s.LastSignal() == 0 {
 				regs, _ := s.GetRegs()
 				pc := regs.GetPC()
 				text, _, _ := s.Disassemble(pc)
@@ -106,16 +116,16 @@ func REPL(s *Session, bm *Breakpoints, codeBase uint64, funcOffset, funcSize, ar
 				}
 				if err := s.Continue(); err != nil {
 					fmt.Println(err)
-					bm.Clear(afterAddr)
+					clearNextBp(bm, afterAddr)
 					continue
 				}
 				if s.Exited() {
-					bm.Clear(afterAddr)
+					clearNextBp(bm, afterAddr)
 					fmt.Println("debuggee exited")
 					continue
 				}
 				if sig := s.LastSignal(); sig != 0 {
-					bm.Clear(afterAddr)
+					clearNextBp(bm, afterAddr)
 					regs, _ := s.GetRegs()
 					fmt.Printf("stopped on signal %v at %#x\n", sig, regs.GetPC())
 					continue
@@ -125,12 +135,17 @@ func REPL(s *Session, bm *Breakpoints, codeBase uint64, funcOffset, funcSize, ar
 				// snapshot, and a stale SetRegs would clobber live state.
 				regs, _ = s.GetRegs()
 				bm.HandleTrap(&regs)
-				bm.Clear(afterAddr)
+				clearNextBp(bm, afterAddr)
 			} else {
 				if err := s.Step(); err != nil {
 					fmt.Println(err)
 					continue
 				}
+				if sig := s.LastSignal(); sig != 0 {
+					regs, _ := s.GetRegs()
+					fmt.Printf("stopped on signal %v at %#x\n", sig, regs.GetPC())
+					continue
+				}
 			}
 			if !s.Exited() {
 				regs, _ := s.GetRegs()
@@ -156,16 +171,16 @@ func REPL(s *Session, bm *Breakpoints, codeBase uint64, funcOffset, funcSize, ar
 			}
 			if err := s.Continue(); err != nil {
 				fmt.Println(err)
-				bm.Clear(retAddr)
+				clearNextBp(bm, retAddr)
 				continue
 			}
 			if s.Exited() {
-				bm.Clear(retAddr)
+				clearNextBp(bm, retAddr)
 				fmt.Println("debuggee exited")
 				continue
 			}
 			if sig := s.LastSignal(); sig != 0 {
-				bm.Clear(retAddr)
+				clearNextBp(bm, retAddr)
 				regs, _ := s.GetRegs()
 				fmt.Printf("stopped on signal %v at %#x\n", sig, regs.GetPC())
 				continue
@@ -174,7 +189,7 @@ func REPL(s *Session, bm *Breakpoints, codeBase uint64, funcOffset, funcSize, ar
 			// does: HandleTrap must see the PC the trap left behind.
 			regs, _ = s.GetRegs()
 			bm.HandleTrap(&regs)
-			bm.Clear(retAddr)
+			clearNextBp(bm, retAddr)
 			if s.Exited() {
 				fmt.Println("debuggee exited")
 			} else {
@@ -214,6 +229,7 @@ func REPL(s *Session, bm *Breakpoints, codeBase uint64, funcOffset, funcSize, ar
 					break
 				}
 				regs, _ := s.GetRegs()
+				trapPC := regs.GetPC()
 				if bp := bm.HandleTrap(&regs); bp != nil {
 					// Execute the instruction under the restored breakpoint
 					// so the next continue cannot re-trap on the same
@@ -229,6 +245,13 @@ func REPL(s *Session, bm *Breakpoints, codeBase uint64, funcOffset, funcSize, ar
 					fmt.Printf("breakpoint hit: %s (func+%#x)\n", name, bp.Addr-codeBase-uint64(funcOffset))
 					break
 				}
+				// The trap matched no breakpoint of ours.  When the PC still
+				// stands on the trapping instruction, resuming would re-execute
+				// it and trap forever, so surface the stop instead of spinning.
+				if TrapStray(s, reason, trapPC) {
+					fmt.Printf("SIGTRAP at %#x matches no breakpoint; the PC did not advance\n", trapPC-uint64(breakpointPCAdjust))
+					break
+				}
 			}

 		case "break", "b":
@@ -326,6 +349,10 @@ func REPL(s *Session, bm *Breakpoints, codeBase uint64, funcOffset, funcSize, ar
 			length := 64
 			if len(parts) > 1 {
 				addr, _ = resolveAddr(parts[1], codeBase, uint64(funcOffset), labels)
+				if addr == 0 {
+					fmt.Printf("unknown address: %s\n", parts[1])
+					continue
+				}
 			}
 			if len(parts) > 2 {
 				// A malformed or non-positive length would panic
@@ -399,9 +426,13 @@ func REPL(s *Session, bm *Breakpoints, codeBase uint64, funcOffset, funcSize, ar
 		case "disas", "u":
 			n := 5
 			if len(parts) > 1 {
-				n, _ = strconv.Atoi(parts[1])
-				if n <= 0 {
-					n = 5
+				v, err := strconv.Atoi(parts[1])
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Printf("invalid count: %s\n", parts[1])
+					continue
+				}
+				if v > 0 {
+					n = v
 				}
 			}
 			regs, _ := s.GetRegs()
@@ -496,10 +527,18 @@ func REPL(s *Session, bm *Breakpoints, codeBase uint64, funcOffset, funcSize, ar
 					typ = WatchRead
 				case "w":
 					typ = WatchWrite
+				default:
+					fmt.Printf("unknown watchpoint type: %s (want r or w)\n", parts[2])
+					continue
 				}
 			}
 			if len(parts) > 3 {
-				size, _ = strconv.Atoi(parts[3])
+				v, err := strconv.Atoi(parts[3])
+				if err != nil || v <= 0 {
+					fmt.Printf("invalid size: %s\n", parts[3])
+					continue
+				}
+				size = v
 			}
 			slot := s.FindFreeWatchpointSlot()
 			if slot < 0 {
@@ -543,6 +582,15 @@ func REPL(s *Session, bm *Breakpoints, codeBase uint64, funcOffset, funcSize, ar
 	s.Kill()
 }

+// clearNextBp removes one of the temporary breakpoints the next and finish
+// commands plant, reporting a failure instead of silently leaving the trap
+// instruction behind in the debuggee.
+func clearNextBp(bm *Breakpoints, addr uint64) {
+	if err := bm.Clear(addr); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("cannot remove temporary breakpoint at %#x: %v\n", addr, err)
+	}
+}
+
 func hexDump(addr uint64, data []byte) {
 	for i := 0; i < len(data); i += 16 {
 		end := min(i+16, len(data))
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && (amd64 || arm64 || riscv64)
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"syscall"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+// FreeBSD TRAP_* si_code values (sys/signal.h).  A breakpoint (INT3, BRK,
+// EBREAK) arrives as TRAP_BRKPT on every supported architecture; TRAP_TRACE
+// is shared by the completed single-step and the hardware watchpoint hit,
+// so the watchpoint layer disambiguates from the debug registers.
+const (
+	trapBRKPT = 1 // TRAP_BRKPT
+	trapTRACE = 2 // TRAP_TRACE
+)
+
+// StopReason describes why the debuggee stopped.
+type StopReason int
+
+const (
+	StopNone       StopReason = iota
+	StopBreakpoint            // software breakpoint hit
+	StopWatchpoint            // hardware watchpoint triggered
+	StopSingleStep            // single-step completed
+	StopSignal                // stopped by a signal
+	StopExited                // process exited
+)
+
+// StopInfo returns the reason the debuggee stopped and the faulting address
+// (for watchpoints, the watched address that was accessed).  FreeBSD has no
+// PTRACE_GETSIGINFO; the stop's signal information comes from PT_LWPINFO,
+// whose pl_siginfo carries the siginfo the kernel delivered.  A ptrace stop
+// with no signal behind it (a completed single-step, the initial attach)
+// fills no siginfo at all.
+func (s *Session) StopInfo() (StopReason, uint64) {
+	if s.exited {
+		return StopExited, 0
+	}
+	var info unix.PtraceLwpInfoStruct
+	if err := unix.PtraceLwpInfo(s.pid, &info); err != nil {
+		return StopNone, 0
+	}
+	// The siginfo layout is the FreeBSD siginfo_t: three leading ints
+	// (signo, errno, code), then the union, 8-byte aligned, whose _fault
+	// member puts the address at byte offset 16.  The read is byte-wise
+	// because the blob's alignment is not guaranteed.
+	si := (*[64]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&info.Siginfo))
+	signo := int32(binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(si[0:4]))
+	code := int32(binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(si[8:12]))
+	switch {
+	case signo == 0:
+		// A pure ptrace stop: single-step completion, attach, or the
+		// events the kernel resolves internally.
+		return StopSingleStep, 0
+	case signo != int32(syscall.SIGTRAP):
+		return StopSignal, uint64(code)
+	case code == trapBRKPT:
+		return StopBreakpoint, 0
+	case code == trapTRACE:
+		addr := binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(si[16:24])
+		return archStopTrace(s, addr)
+	default:
+		return StopSingleStep, 0
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && (amd64 || arm64 || riscv64)
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/asm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/verify"
+)
+
+// mapRWX maps code into a read-write-execute region.
+func mapRWX(code []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	const pageSize = 4096
+	size := (len(code) + pageSize - 1) &^ (pageSize - 1)
+	mem, err := syscall.Mmap(-1, 0, size,
+		syscall.PROT_READ|syscall.PROT_WRITE|syscall.PROT_EXEC,
+		syscall.MAP_PRIVATE|syscall.MAP_ANON)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	copy(mem, code)
+	return mem, nil
+}
+
+// setupBuffers allocates buffers in the debuggee's memory.
+func setupBuffers(spec string, args []byte, tmpDir string) ([]byte, error) {
+	type bufSpec struct {
+		name    string
+		size    int
+		pattern string
+	}
+	var specs []bufSpec
+	for part := range strings.SplitSeq(spec, ",") {
+		fields := strings.SplitN(part, ":", 3)
+		if len(fields) != 3 {
+			continue
+		}
+		size, err := strconv.Atoi(fields[1])
+		if err != nil || size <= 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		specs = append(specs, bufSpec{name: fields[0], size: size, pattern: fields[2]})
+	}
+
+	if len(specs) == 0 {
+		return args, nil
+	}
+
+	var bufAddrs []uint64
+	for _, s := range specs {
+		buf, err := syscall.Mmap(-1, 0, s.size,
+			syscall.PROT_READ|syscall.PROT_WRITE,
+			syscall.MAP_PRIVATE|syscall.MAP_ANON)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("mmap buffer %s: %w", s.name, err)
+		}
+		fillBuffer(buf, s.pattern)
+		bufAddrs = append(bufAddrs, uint64(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0]))))
+	}
+
+	addrFile, err := os.Create(tmpDir + "/bufaddrs")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, addr := range bufAddrs {
+		fmt.Fprintf(addrFile, "%d\n", addr)
+	}
+	addrFile.Close()
+
+	return args, nil
+}
+
+// fillBuffer fills a buffer with the specified pattern.
+func fillBuffer(buf []byte, pattern string) {
+	switch pattern {
+	case "zero":
+	case "ones":
+		for i := range buf {
+			buf[i] = 0xFF
+		}
+	case "seq":
+		for i := range buf {
+			buf[i] = byte(i)
+		}
+	default:
+		if data, err := hex.DecodeString(pattern); err == nil && len(data) > 0 {
+			for i := range buf {
+				buf[i] = data[i%len(data)]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// RunTarget is the debuggee entry point (gasm debug --target).  A failure
+// is marked in the handshake directory before the process exits, so the
+// debugger's readiness poll fails fast on a dead debuggee instead of
+// waiting out its whole budget.
+func RunTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir string) error {
+	err := runTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		markDead(tmpDir, err.Error())
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func runTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir string) error {
+	src, err := os.ReadFile(asmPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug target: %w", err)
+	}
+	file, errs := parser.Parse(asmPath, string(src))
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug target: parse: %v", errs[0])
+	}
+	img, err := asm.AssembleFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug target: assemble: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var fl *asm.FuncLayout
+	for i := range img.Funcs {
+		if img.Funcs[i].Name == funcName {
+			fl = &img.Funcs[i]
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if fl == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug target: function %q not found", funcName)
+	}
+
+	code := img.Bytes()
+	exec, err := mapRWX(code)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug target: mmap: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	codeBase := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&exec[0]))
+	if err := os.WriteFile(tmpDir+"/codebase", []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", codeBase)), 0o644); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug target: write codebase: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	meta := fmt.Sprintf("%d %d %d", fl.Offset, fl.Size, fl.Args)
+	os.WriteFile(tmpDir+"/funcmeta", []byte(meta), 0o644)
+
+	labelsFile, _ := os.Create(tmpDir + "/labels")
+	if labelsFile != nil {
+		for label, off := range fl.Labels {
+			fmt.Fprintf(labelsFile, "%s %d\n", label, off)
+		}
+		labelsFile.Close()
+	}
+
+	args, err := os.ReadFile(argsFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug target: read args: %w", err)
+	}
+	if len(args) < fl.Args {
+		padded := make([]byte, fl.Args)
+		copy(padded, args)
+		args = padded
+	}
+
+	bufSpecFile := tmpDir + "/bufspec"
+	if bufSpec, err := os.ReadFile(bufSpecFile); err == nil && len(bufSpec) > 0 {
+		args, err = setupBuffers(string(bufSpec), args, tmpDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("debug target: setup buffers: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	runtime.LockOSThread()
+
+	if _, _, errno := unix.RawSyscall(unix.SYS_PTRACE, uintptr(unix.PT_TRACE_ME), 0, 0); errno != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug target: PT_TRACE_ME: %v", errno)
+	}
+	os.WriteFile(tmpDir+"/ready", []byte("ok"), 0o644)
+	syscall.Kill(syscall.Getpid(), syscall.SIGSTOP)
+
+	os.WriteFile(tmpDir+"/entry", []byte("ok"), 0o644)
+	syscall.Kill(syscall.Getpid(), syscall.SIGSTOP)
+
+	fnAddr := codeBase + uintptr(fl.Offset)
+	stackArgs := make([]byte, fl.Args)
+	copy(stackArgs, args)
+
+	if _, callErr := verify.Call(fnAddr, stackArgs); callErr != nil {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	// Success returns to the caller, which exits with status 0; the JIT
+	// code has already run to its own trampoline by the time Call returns.
+	return nil
+}
@@ -12,13 +12,24 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"unsafe"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/asm"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/verify"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/asm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/verify"
 )

-// RunTarget is the debuggee entry point (gasm debug --target).
+// RunTarget is the debuggee entry point (gasm debug --target).  A failure
+// is marked in the handshake directory before the process exits, so the
+// debugger's readiness poll fails fast on a dead debuggee instead of
+// waiting out its whole budget.
 func RunTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir string) error {
+	err := runTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		markDead(tmpDir, err.Error())
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func runTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir string) error {
 	src, err := os.ReadFile(asmPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("debug target: %w", err)
@@ -12,13 +12,24 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"unsafe"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/asm"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/verify"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/asm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/verify"
 )

-// RunTarget is the debuggee entry point (gasm debug --target).
+// RunTarget is the debuggee entry point (gasm debug --target).  A failure
+// is marked in the handshake directory before the process exits, so the
+// debugger's readiness poll fails fast on a dead debuggee instead of
+// waiting out its whole budget.
 func RunTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir string) error {
+	err := runTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		markDead(tmpDir, err.Error())
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func runTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir string) error {
 	src, err := os.ReadFile(asmPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("debug target: %w", err)
@@ -12,13 +12,24 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"unsafe"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/asm"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/verify"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/asm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/verify"
 )

-// RunTarget is the debuggee entry point (gasm debug --target).
+// RunTarget is the debuggee entry point (gasm debug --target).  A failure
+// is marked in the handshake directory before the process exits, so the
+// debugger's readiness poll fails fast on a dead debuggee instead of
+// waiting out its whole budget.
 func RunTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir string) error {
+	err := runTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		markDead(tmpDir, err.Error())
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func runTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir string) error {
 	src, err := os.ReadFile(asmPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("debug target: %w", err)
@@ -12,13 +12,24 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"unsafe"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/asm"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/verify"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/asm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/verify"
 )

-// RunTarget is the debuggee entry point (gasm debug --target).
+// RunTarget is the debuggee entry point (gasm debug --target).  A failure
+// is marked in the handshake directory before the process exits, so the
+// debugger's readiness poll fails fast on a dead debuggee instead of
+// waiting out its whole budget.
 func RunTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir string) error {
+	err := runTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		markDead(tmpDir, err.Error())
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func runTarget(asmPath, funcName, argsFile, tmpDir string) error {
 	src, err := os.ReadFile(asmPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("debug target: %w", err)
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause

-//go:build linux
+//go:build linux || (freebsd && (amd64 || arm64 || riscv64))

 package debug

+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// markDead records the target's failure reason in the handshake directory,
+// the death notice the debugger's readiness poll reads.  The poll must not
+// wait on the child while it polls: a wait there could consume the SIGSTOP
+// park the debugger's own waitStopped must receive, hanging the launch, so
+// the file is the only fast death notice that is safe to read.  A debuggee
+// killed without a notice (a crash, SIGKILL) surfaces through the ordinary
+// wait after the poll instead.
+func markDead(tmpDir, reason string) {
+	os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, "dead"), []byte(reason), 0o644)
+}
+
 // tracer abstracts the minimal ptrace operations needed by the breakpoint
 // manager and the stop-information helpers.  The live implementation is
 // *Session (ptrace_linux_amd64.go); tests supply a mock.
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && amd64
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+// Hardware watchpoint support via x86-64 debug registers (DR0-DR3, DR7),
+// read and written as one blob through PT_GETDBREGS/PT_SETDBREGS.  The
+// FreeBSD struct dbreg is the raw DR file: dr[16], where DR0-DR3 are the
+// address registers, DR6 the status and DR7 the control (sys/x86/include/
+// reg.h; the DBREG_DRX accessor indexes the same array).
+
+// dbreg mirrors FreeBSD's struct dbreg for PT_GETDBREGS/PT_SETDBREGS.
+type dbreg struct {
+	Dr [16]uint64
+}
+
+// dbreg indices of the registers the watchpoint layer drives.
+const (
+	drStatus  = 6 // DR6: the trap status register
+	drControl = 7 // DR7: the debug control register
+)
+
+// WatchpointType selects what triggers the watchpoint.
+type WatchpointType int
+
+const (
+	WatchWrite WatchpointType = 1 // trigger on write
+	WatchRead  WatchpointType = 3 // trigger on read or write
+)
+
+// maxWatchpoints reports the number of hardware watchpoint slots the
+// architecture provides: four address registers, DR0-DR3.
+func maxWatchpoints() int { return 4 }
+
+// getDbRegs reads the debug register file of the stopped debuggee.
+func (s *Session) getDbRegs() (*dbreg, error) {
+	var dr dbreg
+	if _, _, errno := unix.Syscall6(
+		unix.SYS_PTRACE,
+		uintptr(unix.PT_GETDBREGS),
+		uintptr(s.pid),
+		0,
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&dr)),
+		0, 0,
+	); errno != 0 {
+		return nil, errno
+	}
+	return &dr, nil
+}
+
+// setDbRegs writes the debug register file of the stopped debuggee.
+func (s *Session) setDbRegs(dr *dbreg) error {
+	if _, _, errno := unix.Syscall6(
+		unix.SYS_PTRACE,
+		uintptr(unix.PT_SETDBREGS),
+		uintptr(s.pid),
+		0,
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(dr)),
+		0, 0,
+	); errno != 0 {
+		return errno
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// archStopTrace classifies a TRAP_TRACE stop.  On amd64 the kernel
+// delivers both the completed single-step and the debug-register hit
+// through T_TRCTRAP with TRAP_TRACE (sys/amd64/amd64/trap.c), and DR6's
+// B0-B3 bits name the watchpoint that fired.  The bits are sticky ("the
+// processor never clears DR6", Intel SDM vol 3, "Debug Registers"), so
+// they are acknowledged here: cleared once read, or the next hit on a
+// different slot would still see this slot's bit set and report this
+// slot's address again.
+func archStopTrace(s *Session, siAddr uint64) (StopReason, uint64) {
+	dr, err := s.getDbRegs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return StopSingleStep, 0
+	}
+	status := dr.Dr[drStatus] & 0xF
+	if status == 0 {
+		return StopSingleStep, 0
+	}
+	// Best effort: the write-back only fails for a dead debuggee, for
+	// which no further watchpoint can fire anyway.
+	dr.Dr[drStatus] &^= 0xF
+	_ = s.setDbRegs(dr)
+	for slot := range 4 {
+		if status&(1<<slot) != 0 && dr.Dr[slot] != 0 {
+			return StopWatchpoint, dr.Dr[slot]
+		}
+	}
+	return StopSingleStep, 0
+}
+
+// FindFreeWatchpointSlot returns the index of the first free watchpoint slot
+// (0-3), or -1 if all four hardware watchpoints are in use.
+func (s *Session) FindFreeWatchpointSlot() int {
+	for i := range 4 {
+		if !s.wpSlots[i] {
+			return i
+		}
+	}
+	return -1
+}
+
+// IsWatchpointSlotUsed reports whether slot (0-3) currently holds a watchpoint.
+func (s *Session) IsWatchpointSlotUsed(slot int) bool {
+	if slot < 0 || slot > 3 {
+		return false
+	}
+	return s.wpSlots[slot]
+}
+
+// SetWatchpoint installs a hardware watchpoint on the given address.
+// DR7's encoding is architectural: a 2-bit local/global enable pair per
+// slot at bit 2*slot, the R/W field at 16+4*slot and the length field at
+// 18+4*slot (Intel SDM vol 3, "Debug Registers").
+func (s *Session) SetWatchpoint(slot int, addr uint64, typ WatchpointType, size int) error {
+	if slot < 0 || slot > 3 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: watchpoint slot must be 0-3")
+	}
+	if s.wpSlots[slot] {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: watchpoint slot %d already in use", slot)
+	}
+
+	var lenBits uint64
+	switch size {
+	case 1:
+		lenBits = 0
+	case 2:
+		lenBits = 1
+	case 4:
+		lenBits = 3
+	case 8:
+		lenBits = 2
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: watchpoint size must be 1, 2, 4, or 8")
+	}
+
+	dr, err := s.getDbRegs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: read debug registers: %w", err)
+	}
+	dr.Dr[slot] = addr
+
+	dr7 := dr.Dr[drControl]
+	enableBit := uint64(1) << (2 * slot)
+	rwBits := uint64(typ) << (16 + 4*slot)
+	lenField := lenBits << (18 + 4*slot)
+	mask := ^((uint64(1) << (2 * slot)) | (uint64(3) << (16 + 4*slot)) | (uint64(3) << (18 + 4*slot)))
+	dr.Dr[drControl] = (dr7 & mask) | enableBit | rwBits | lenField
+
+	if err := s.setDbRegs(dr); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: set debug registers: %w", err)
+	}
+	s.wpSlots[slot] = true
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ClearWatchpoint removes a hardware watchpoint.
+func (s *Session) ClearWatchpoint(slot int) error {
+	if slot < 0 || slot > 3 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: watchpoint slot must be 0-3")
+	}
+	if !s.wpSlots[slot] {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: watchpoint slot %d is not in use", slot)
+	}
+	dr, err := s.getDbRegs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	dr.Dr[slot] = 0
+	dr.Dr[drControl] &^= uint64(1) << (2 * slot)
+	if err := s.setDbRegs(dr); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.wpSlots[slot] = false
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ClearAllWatchpoints removes all hardware watchpoints.
+func (s *Session) ClearAllWatchpoints() error {
+	for slot := range maxWatchpoints() {
+		if s.wpSlots[slot] {
+			if err := s.ClearWatchpoint(slot); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && arm64
+
+package debug
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math/bits"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+// Hardware watchpoint support via arm64 debug registers, read and written
+// as one blob through PT_GETDBREGS/PT_SETDBREGS.  The FreeBSD struct dbreg
+// (sys/arm64/include/reg.h) opens with the debug-facility header and then
+// carries 16 breakpoint and 16 watchpoint pairs of {address, control}.
+
+// dbreg mirrors FreeBSD's struct dbreg for PT_GETDBREGS/PT_SETDBREGS.
+type dbreg struct {
+	DbDebugVer  uint8
+	DbNbkpts    uint8
+	DbNwtpts    uint8
+	_           [5]byte
+	DbBreakregs [16]struct {
+		Addr uint64
+		Ctrl uint32
+		_    uint32
+	}
+	DbWatchregs [16]struct {
+		Addr uint64
+		Ctrl uint32
+		_    uint32
+	}
+}
+
+// WatchpointType selects what triggers the watchpoint.
+type WatchpointType int
+
+const (
+	WatchWrite WatchpointType = 1 // trigger on write
+	WatchRead  WatchpointType = 3 // trigger on read or write
+)
+
+// maxWatchpoints reports the number of hardware watchpoint slots the
+// architecture provides: DBGWVR0-DBGWCR15.
+func maxWatchpoints() int { return 16 }
+
+// getDbRegs reads the debug register file of the stopped debuggee.
+func (s *Session) getDbRegs() (*dbreg, error) {
+	var dr dbreg
+	if _, _, errno := unix.Syscall6(
+		unix.SYS_PTRACE,
+		uintptr(unix.PT_GETDBREGS),
+		uintptr(s.pid),
+		0,
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&dr)),
+		0, 0,
+	); errno != 0 {
+		return nil, errno
+	}
+	return &dr, nil
+}
+
+// setDbRegs writes the debug register file of the stopped debuggee.
+func (s *Session) setDbRegs(dr *dbreg) error {
+	if _, _, errno := unix.Syscall6(
+		unix.SYS_PTRACE,
+		uintptr(unix.PT_SETDBREGS),
+		uintptr(s.pid),
+		0,
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(dr)),
+		0, 0,
+	); errno != 0 {
+		return errno
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// archStopTrace classifies a TRAP_TRACE stop.  On arm64 the kernel
+// delivers both the software single step and the watchpoint hit through
+// EXCP_SOFTSTP_EL0/EXCP_WATCHPT_EL0 with TRAP_TRACE (sys/arm64/arm64/
+// trap.c); the watchpoint address rides the FAR register, so a stop whose
+// reported address falls inside an armed watchpoint's byte range is a
+// watchpoint and everything else is a single step.  The byte range comes
+// from DBGWCR's byte-address-select bits (ARM DDI 0487, DBGWCR<n>_EL1):
+// bit i watches the address plus i, so the range spans the lowest set bit
+// to the highest set bit inclusive.
+func archStopTrace(s *Session, siAddr uint64) (StopReason, uint64) {
+	dr, err := s.getDbRegs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return StopSingleStep, 0
+	}
+	for slot := range 16 {
+		ctrl := uint64(dr.DbWatchregs[slot].Ctrl)
+		if ctrl&1 == 0 || dr.DbWatchregs[slot].Addr == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		bas := uint8((ctrl >> 5) & 0xFF)
+		if bas == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		lo := bits.TrailingZeros8(bas)
+		hi := 7 - bits.LeadingZeros8(bas)
+		addr := dr.DbWatchregs[slot].Addr
+		if siAddr >= addr+uint64(lo) && siAddr < addr+uint64(hi)+1 {
+			return StopWatchpoint, siAddr
+		}
+	}
+	return StopSingleStep, 0
+}
+
+// FindFreeWatchpointSlot returns the index of the first free watchpoint
+// slot, or -1 if all of them are in use.
+func (s *Session) FindFreeWatchpointSlot() int {
+	for i := range maxWatchpoints() {
+		if !s.wpSlots[i] {
+			return i
+		}
+	}
+	return -1
+}
+
+// IsWatchpointSlotUsed reports whether slot currently holds a watchpoint.
+func (s *Session) IsWatchpointSlotUsed(slot int) bool {
+	if slot < 0 || slot >= maxWatchpoints() {
+		return false
+	}
+	return s.wpSlots[slot]
+}
+
+// SetWatchpoint installs a hardware watchpoint on the given address.  The
+// control word is the architectural DBGWCR (ARM DDI 0487): bit 0 enables,
+// bits 3-4 select the access type (10 store, 11 load+store) and bits 5-12
+// are the byte-address select, so the watch stays 8-byte aligned and names
+// its watched bytes through BAS.
+func (s *Session) SetWatchpoint(slot int, addr uint64, typ WatchpointType, size int) error {
+	if slot < 0 || slot >= maxWatchpoints() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: watchpoint slot must be 0-%d", maxWatchpoints()-1)
+	}
+	if s.wpSlots[slot] {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: watchpoint slot %d already in use", slot)
+	}
+	var bas uint64
+	switch size {
+	case 1:
+		bas = 0x01
+	case 2:
+		bas = 0x03
+	case 4:
+		bas = 0x0F
+	case 8:
+		bas = 0xFF
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: watchpoint size must be 1, 2, 4, or 8")
+	}
+
+	dr, err := s.getDbRegs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: read debug registers: %w", err)
+	}
+	if uint8(slot) >= dr.DbNwtpts && dr.DbNwtpts != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: slot %d exceeds available watchpoints (%d)", slot, dr.DbNwtpts)
+	}
+	ctrl := uint64(1) // enable
+	switch typ {
+	case WatchWrite:
+		ctrl |= 2 << 3 // store only
+	case WatchRead:
+		ctrl |= 3 << 3 // load+store
+	}
+	ctrl |= bas << 5
+	dr.DbWatchregs[slot].Addr = addr
+	dr.DbWatchregs[slot].Ctrl = uint32(ctrl)
+
+	if err := s.setDbRegs(dr); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: set debug registers: %w", err)
+	}
+	s.wpSlots[slot] = true
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ClearWatchpoint removes a hardware watchpoint.
+func (s *Session) ClearWatchpoint(slot int) error {
+	if slot < 0 || slot >= maxWatchpoints() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: watchpoint slot must be 0-%d", maxWatchpoints()-1)
+	}
+	if !s.wpSlots[slot] {
+		return fmt.Errorf("debug: watchpoint slot %d is not in use", slot)
+	}
+	dr, err := s.getDbRegs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	dr.DbWatchregs[slot].Addr = 0
+	dr.DbWatchregs[slot].Ctrl = 0
+	if err := s.setDbRegs(dr); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.wpSlots[slot] = false
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ClearAllWatchpoints removes all hardware watchpoints.
+func (s *Session) ClearAllWatchpoints() error {
+	for slot := range maxWatchpoints() {
+		if s.wpSlots[slot] {
+			if err := s.ClearWatchpoint(slot); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build freebsd && riscv64
+
+package debug
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// The architecture has hardware watchpoint triggers, but FreeBSD exposes
+// no PT_GETDBREGS request for riscv64, so there is no supported way to arm
+// one: the watchpoint layer is honestly empty here.
+
+// WatchpointType selects what triggers the watchpoint.
+type WatchpointType int
+
+const (
+	WatchWrite WatchpointType = 1 // trigger on write
+	WatchRead  WatchpointType = 3 // trigger on read or write
+)
+
+// maxWatchpoints reports the number of hardware watchpoint slots the
+// platform provides: FreeBSD exposes none for riscv64.
+func maxWatchpoints() int { return 0 }
+
+// archStopTrace classifies a TRAP_TRACE stop; with no watchpoint layer a
+// trace stop is always a completed single step.
+func archStopTrace(s *Session, siAddr uint64) (StopReason, uint64) {
+	return StopSingleStep, 0
+}
+
+// FindFreeWatchpointSlot returns -1: no slots exist.
+func (s *Session) FindFreeWatchpointSlot() int { return -1 }
+
+// IsWatchpointSlotUsed reports whether slot currently holds a watchpoint.
+func (s *Session) IsWatchpointSlotUsed(slot int) bool { return false }
+
+// SetWatchpoint is unsupported: FreeBSD exposes no debug register request
+// for riscv64.
+func (s *Session) SetWatchpoint(slot int, addr uint64, typ WatchpointType, size int) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("debug: hardware watchpoints are not supported on freebsd/riscv64")
+}
+
+// ClearWatchpoint is unsupported for the same reason.
+func (s *Session) ClearWatchpoint(slot int) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("debug: hardware watchpoints are not supported on freebsd/riscv64")
+}
+
+// ClearAllWatchpoints is a no-op: no watchpoint can be armed.
+func (s *Session) ClearAllWatchpoints() error { return nil }
@@ -30,13 +30,25 @@ const (
 // (arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c send_sigtrap passes regs->ip), so the watched
 // data address is recovered from DR6's slot bits (B0-B3, positive polarity
 // through PEEKUSER) and the matching DR0-DR3.
+//
+// The B0-B3 bits are sticky ("the processor never clears DR6", Intel SDM
+// vol 3, "Debug Registers"), so they are acknowledged here: cleared once
+// read, or the next hit on a different slot would still see this slot's bit
+// set and report this slot's address again.
 func archWatchpointAddr(s *Session, siAddr uint64) uint64 {
 	dr6, err := ptracePeekUser(s.pid, dr6Off)
 	if err != nil {
 		return siAddr
 	}
+	status := dr6 & 0xF
+	if status == 0 {
+		return siAddr
+	}
+	// Best effort: the write-back only fails for a debuggee that died, in
+	// which case no further watchpoint can fire anyway.
+	_ = ptracePokeUser(s.pid, dr6Off, dr6&^0xF)
 	for slot := range 4 {
-		if dr6&(1<<slot) != 0 {
+		if status&(1<<slot) != 0 {
 			addr, err := ptracePeekUser(s.pid, drOffset+uintptr(slot*8))
 			if err == nil && addr != 0 {
 				return addr
@@ -139,6 +151,11 @@ func (s *Session) ClearWatchpoint(slot int) error {
 	if err := ptracePokeUser(s.pid, dr7Off, dr7); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// Zero the address register too: a stale address in a disabled slot
+	// turns any sticky DR6 bit into a misattributed watchpoint report.
+	if err := ptracePokeUser(s.pid, drOffset+uintptr(slot*8), 0); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	s.wpSlots[slot] = false
 	return nil
 }
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/arch/riscv64/riscv64asm"
 	"golang.org/x/arch/x86/x86asm"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
 )

 // Instruction is one decoded instruction: its text form, its length in bytes
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/arch"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/asm"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
-	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/arch"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/asm"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk/parser"
 )

 func TestDecodeKnownBytes(t *testing.T) {
--- a/Show More
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Author	SHA1	Message	Date
petrbalvin	e02918c17b	fix(ci): keep the push suite inside the runner's memory and time budget Test / test (push) Successful in 2m55s Details Assisted-by: GLM 5.3 Flash	2026-10-02 17:20:31 +02:00
petrbalvin	02a6359c1f	ci: shrink the push pipeline to the affordable gate set Test / test (push) Failing after 5m26s Details Assisted-by: GLM 5.3 Flash	2026-10-02 16:47:52 +02:00
petrbalvin	b4c1e133c0	ci: keep the GOOBJ link parity gate off the push pipeline Test / test (push) Failing after 12m18s Details Assisted-by: GLM 5.3 Flash	2026-10-02 16:15:02 +02:00
petrbalvin	1107928870	build(justfile): run the test recipes under the memory fence Assisted-by: GLM 5.3 Flash	2026-10-02 16:15:02 +02:00
petrbalvin	bc4ac93fd9	style(asm): reindent the evex comment gofmt asks for Test / test (push) Failing after 21m29s Details Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:41:46 +02:00
petrbalvin	c1bca7ce7e	docs: record the development deltas in the changelog Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:54 +02:00
petrbalvin	fefb76beb9	docs(asm): correct the reference against the assemblers' behaviour Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:54 +02:00
petrbalvin	42bc1669d7	feat(lsp): document directives on hover and widen completion Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:54 +02:00
petrbalvin	69dcbec8ef	feat(lint): eleven new rules over directives, data and addressing Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:54 +02:00
petrbalvin	f405cea5bc	fix(cmd): stop the coverage run on a stray in-place trap Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:54 +02:00
petrbalvin	f57377abb9	fix(debug): handle mapping edges, stray traps and dying debuggees Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:54 +02:00
petrbalvin	dd1782c538	test(verify): gate GOOBJ link parity with cmd/link Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:54 +02:00
petrbalvin	17cc49fee4	fix(asm): emit NOPTR data as its own symbol kind Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:43 +02:00
petrbalvin	bafb2fd130	feat(asm): encode the amd64 and loong64 tails of the corpus testdata Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:43 +02:00
petrbalvin	2f679326c2	style(testdata): canonicalise forms_amd64.s Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:20 +02:00
petrbalvin	96f2dd65b4	test(lexer): fuzz the token stream invariants Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:20 +02:00
petrbalvin	ca887d3927	fix(parser): bound folding depth and macro expansion work Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:20 +02:00
petrbalvin	6570709226	fix(parser): peel stacked labels the way the formatter renders them Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:20 +02:00
petrbalvin	9a5217d9c1	fix(format): keep every token of a line in the canonical output Assisted-by: GLM 5.3	2026-10-02 00:40:20 +02:00
petrbalvin	4d01bb3ecf	build: rename the module to sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-sdk Test / test (push) Successful in 4m18s Details	2026-09-26 11:08:43 +02:00
petrbalvin	332c63e440	ci: compile-gate FreeBSD in the test pipeline Test / test (push) Successful in 4m10s Details Assisted-by: GLM 5.3 Flash	2026-09-25 21:46:49 +02:00
petrbalvin	b306c210c6	feat(debug): port the debugger to FreeBSD Assisted-by: GLM 5.3 Flash	2026-09-25 21:46:40 +02:00
petrbalvin	b9015e1c2e	fix(verify): make the executable mapping build on FreeBSD Assisted-by: GLM 5.3 Flash	2026-09-25 21:46:31 +02:00