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Signed-off-by: Ian Moffett <ian@mirocom.org>

include/common/knobs.h

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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Mirocom Laboratories
+ * Provided under the BSD-3 clause
+ *
+ * Abstract:
+ *      This header defines settings related to quips operation.
+ * Author:
+ *      Ian M. Moffett <ian@mirocom.org>
+ */
+
+#ifndef COMMON_KNOBS_H
+#define COMMON_KNOBS_H 1
+
+#define QUIP_VERSION "0.0.1"
+#define QUIP_FILEPATH "build.quip"
+
+#endif  /* !_COMMON_KNOBS_H_ */

include/common/state.h

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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Mirocom Laboratories
+ * Provided under the BSD-3 clause
+ *
+ * Abstract:
+ *      This header defines the quip state machine
+ * Author:
+ *      Ian M. Moffett <ian@mirocom.org>
+ */
+
+#ifndef COMMON_STATE_H
+#define COMMON_STATE_H 1
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/*
+ * Represents the build state machine
+ *
+ * @in_fd:      Input file descriptor of build  file
+ * @line_num:   Current line number
+ */
+struct quip_state {
+    int in_fd;
+    size_t line_num;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Initialize the quip state machine
+ *
+ * @build_file:  Path to build file
+ * @state:       State instance to initialize
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success
+ */
+int quip_state_init(const char *build_file, struct quip_state *state);
+
+/*
+ * Destroy a quip state
+ */
+void quip_state_destroy(struct quip_state *state);
+
+#endif  /* !COMMON_STATE_H */