add ntfs.sys standalone driver target, change default usb vhd layout formatting to ntfs, implement Fat32CreateDir for directory creation support in the fat32 file system driver, add a dedicated HAL serial output endpoint for COM1 writes in hal_serial.c and subscribe serial to HAL text streams, introduce waitable kernel timers with KeTimerCreate, KeTimerSet, and KeTimerCancel alongside spinlock-protected global timer list initialization and scheduler tick tracking, implement SyscallWriteFileAsync system call for asynchronous non-blocking file writes, refactor NetSocketConnect and NetSocketSendTo to use generic SYS_SOCKET_ADDRESS_K structures instead of being hardcoded to IPv4, update gethostbyname and DNS name resolution to support IPv6 parsing via ResolveNameFamily, update tcpserve.exe with -4 and -6 command-line flags to accept and display IPv6 addresses, append size and version headers to all kernel telemetry and statistics structures including SYS_PMM_STATS, SYS_CPU_STATS, and SYS_SCHEDULER_STATS, update winmm timeGetTime to look up high-resolution hardware frequencies via SysGetTickFrequency, integrate 14 native smoke test applications.

code/kernel/hal/hal_timer.c

@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ static uint64_t QueryTicks(void) {
     return (baseTicks1 * TIMER_PERIOD_MS * 1000ull) + subQuantumUs;
 }
 
+// Returns the frequency used by QueryTicks.
+static uint64_t QueryTickFrequency(void) {
+    return 1000000ull;
+}
+
 // Implements the stall operation.
 static void Stall(uint32_t us) {
     // Priority 1: Use HPET (Highest Precision).
@@ -224,9 +229,10 @@ KSTATUS HalTimerInitialize(uintptr_t lapicPhys, uintptr_t hpetPhys, HAL_TIMER *o
     // after enabling their local APIC.
     HalTimerConfigureCurrentCpu();
 
-    out->QueryTicks = QueryTicks;
-    out->Stall      = Stall;
-    out->Isr        = TimerIsr;
-    out->IrqNumber  = 0;
+    out->QueryTicks         = QueryTicks;
+    out->QueryTickFrequency = QueryTickFrequency;
+    out->Stall              = Stall;
+    out->Isr                = TimerIsr;
+    out->IrqNumber          = 0;
     return STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }