issue 1838: refuse a node name of this mesh in the pacman and kernel modules

A module is for any mesh; the check reads the list of names at the root and the covered modules, and the kernel module's fixtures now say what they show.

modules/kernel/cmd/kernel-tools/hugepages_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
-// Over a stand-in tree holding novox's own files of 2026-10-14 23:25 (read through node-reads for
+// Over a stand-in tree holding the files of a real machine of 2026-10-14 23:25 (read through node-reads for
 // novox/hq issue 746): the mode, the per-size controls, meminfo's huge page lines, and fail2ban's and
 // journald's memory.stat and io.stat, cut to the lines the tool reads.
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func tree(t *testing.T, files map[string]string) *Machine {
 	return &Machine{Root: root}
 }
 
-func novox(t *testing.T) *Machine {
+func capturedMachine(t *testing.T) *Machine {
 	thp := "sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/"
 	cg := "sys/fs/cgroup/system.slice/"
 	files := map[string]string{
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ func novox(t *testing.T) *Machine {
 	return tree(t, files)
 }
 
-func TestNovoxBeforeTheChange(t *testing.T) {
-	a, err := novox(t).HugePages(10)
+func TestTheCapturedMachineBeforeTheChange(t *testing.T) {
+	a, err := capturedMachine(t).HugePages(10)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestNovoxBeforeTheChange(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestUnitsAreBoundedAndNoneIsSaid(t *testing.T) {
-	a, err := novox(t).HugePages(1)
+	a, err := capturedMachine(t).HugePages(1)
 	if err != nil || len(a.Units) != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("%v %+v", err, a)
 	}

modules/kernel/cmd/kernel-tools/manifest_test.go

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (b bed) file(t *testing.T, p string) string {
 }
 
 func TestApplySetsTheModeRotatesTheJournalOnceAndRestoreGivesBackWhatWasFound(t *testing.T) {
-	// novox's file on 2026-10-14, read through node-reads.
+	// a real machine's file on 2026-10-14, read through node-reads.
 	b := newBed(t, "madvise", "[always] madvise never\n")
 	out, err := b.run(t, "apply")
 	if err != nil || !strings.Contains(out, "always -> madvise") {