Introduce erlang distribution

- Add support for handshake from OTP nodes
- Add support for monitoring processes and sending messages to registered
processes from OTP nodes

Signed-off-by: Paul Guyot <pguyot@kallisys.net>

Author: pguyot

examples/erlang/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ pack_runnable(mqtt_client mqtt_client estdlib eavmlib)
 pack_runnable(network_console network_console estdlib eavmlib alisp)
 pack_runnable(logging_example logging_example estdlib eavmlib)
 pack_runnable(http_client http_client estdlib eavmlib)
+pack_runnable(disterl disterl estdlib)

examples/erlang/disterl.erl

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+%
+% This file is part of AtomVM.
+%
+% Copyright 2024 Paul Guyot <pguyot@kallisys.net>
+%
+% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+% You may obtain a copy of the License at
+%
+%    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%
+% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+% See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+% limitations under the License.
+%
+% SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR LGPL-2.1-or-later
+%
+
+-module(disterl).
+
+-export([start/0]).
+
+start() ->
+    {ok, _KernelPid} = kernel:start(normal, []),
+    {ok, _NetKernelPid} = net_kernel:start('atomvm@127.0.0.1', #{name_domain => longnames}),
+    io:format("Distribution was started\n"),
+    io:format("Node is ~p\n", [node()]),
+    net_kernel:set_cookie(<<"AtomVM">>),
+    io:format("Cookie is ~s\n", [net_kernel:get_cookie()]),
+    register(disterl, self()),
+    io:format(
+        "This AtomVM node is waiting for 'quit' message, and this process is registered as 'disterl'\n"
+    ),
+    io:format("On an OTP node with long names distribution, run:\n"),
+    io:format("erlang:set_cookie('atomvm@127.0.0.1', 'AtomVM').\n"),
+    io:format("{disterl, 'atomvm@127.0.0.1'} ! quit.\n"),
+    receive
+        quit -> ok
+    end.

libs/estdlib/src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ project(estdlib)
 include(BuildErlang)
 
 set(ERLANG_MODULES
+    application
     base64
     binary
     calendar
     code
     crypto
+    dist_util
     erl_epmd
     erts_debug
     ets
@@ -41,6 +43,9 @@ set(ERLANG_MODULES
     gen_tcp_inet
     gen_tcp_socket
     supervisor
+    kernel
+    net_kernel
+    net_kernel_sup
     inet
     io_lib
     io
@@ -54,6 +59,8 @@ set(ERLANG_MODULES
     queue
     sets
     socket
+    socket_dist
+    socket_dist_controller
     ssl
     string
     timer

libs/estdlib/src/application.erl

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+%
+% This file is part of AtomVM.
+%
+% Copyright 2025 Paul Guyot <pguyot@kallisys.net>
+%
+% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+% You may obtain a copy of the License at
+%
+%    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%
+% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+% See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+% limitations under the License.
+%
+% SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR LGPL-2.1-or-later
+%
+
+-module(application).
+-export([get_env/3]).
+-export_type([start_type/0]).
+
+-type start_type() :: normal | {takeover, Node :: node()} | {failover, Node :: node()}.
+
+%%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% @param   Application application to get the parameter value of
+%% @param   Parameter parameter to get the value of
+%% @param   Default default value if parameter is not found
+%% @returns default value
+%% @doc     Retrieve the value of the configuration parameter `Parameter' for
+%%          application `Application' or `Default' if not found.
+%% @end
+%%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-spec get_env(Application :: atom(), Parameter :: atom(), Default :: any()) -> any().
+get_env(_Application, _Parameter, Default) -> Default.