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zeekayandHanzo Dev 2815437287 A library whose CGpuTx is not this build's speaks no ABI the binding reads
Two version 7 libraries lay a tx out differently: one built before CGpuTx
carried the fee cap and tip has a 112-byte tx and no gpu_abi_tx_size. init
compares the library's gpu_abi_tx_size with its own sizeof(CGpuTx) and, on
a difference, declines every block as it declines a library of another
ABI; a library without the symbol does not link. The tip needs no width
check of its own: it is at most the fee cap, which has one.

Co-authored-by: Hanzo Dev <[email protected]>
2026-09-23 14:33:46 -07:00
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cevm — C++ EVM execution backend

The CGO bridge to the C++ EVM in ~/work/luxcpp/cevm. Selected at link time via build tags from chains/evm/backend_{cgo,nocgo}.go.

This is not a standalone VM. It is the GPU-accelerated execution backend for C-Chain when built with LUX_CGO=1. The pure-Go fallback (luxfi/geth) is used when LUX_CGO=0.

Layout

chains/evm/
├── main.go                 # luxd plugin entry
├── backend_cgo.go          # cgo backend selector (LUX_CGO=1)
├── backend_nocgo.go        # pure-Go selector (LUX_CGO=0)
└── cevm/                   # this package — C++ FFI shim
    ├── cevm.go             # Go API
    ├── cevm_cgo.go         # cgo bindings (linked against luxcpp libs)
    ├── cevm_nocgo.go       # no-op stubs for !cgo builds
    └── plugin.go           # plugin registration glue

Linking

cevm_cgo.go references ${SRCDIR}/../../../../luxcpp/... for headers and libs. From ~/work/lux/chains/evm/cevm/ that resolves to ~/work/luxcpp/. For module-cache builds, see accel's fetch-luxcpp.sh pattern (TODO: port the same approach here).

Performance

When CGO is enabled and luxcpp libs are available:

  • ~3–5× the throughput of pure-Go EVM
  • SIMD opcode dispatch (AVX2/NEON)
  • GPU batch operations via Block-STM (CUDA/Metal)

Provenance

Folded into chains/evm from the previously-standalone luxfi/cevm repo on 2026-04-30. cevm is internal-only — no operator daemon. C-Chain runs in luxd. See ~/work/lux/chains/PLUGGABLE.md for the canonicalization pattern that governs the rest of the chain VMs.