v8.1.1

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· 1315 commits to refs/heads/main since this release

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What's Changed

Fix by Kai - Increased PAGE\_POOL\_MIN\_CAPACITY from 1024 \* 32 to 1024 … @HappyCoding-2025 (#280)
Change Details
## Description
Increased PAGE_POOL_MIN_CAPACITY from 1024 * 32 to 1024 * 512 to avoid re-entrant access issues caused by resizing the vector

This fix aims to fix the UEFI crash with respect to OS installation via USB Key. Increasing Min Capacity resolved the issue.
- Impacts functionality? - Yes with out changes, it crashes on OS installation via USB key.
- Impacts security? - No
- Breaking change? - No
- Includes tests? - No
- Includes documentation? - No
How This Was Tested

It was tested by USB installation on Surface Product which uses dxe-core. Fix is from Kai Ching.

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rust-tool-cache: Install toolchain on cache miss @Javagedes (#275)
Change Details
## Description
rustup 1.28.0 will no longer automatically install the rust toolchain specified in the rust-toolchain.toml file. Due to this, we must manually install the toolchain on a cache miss.

closes #274
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How This Was Tested

Updated channel to 1.81.0 to ensure a cache miss and the version is downloaded.

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Makefile.toml: Add a 'cargo make all' task for PR readiness @vineelko (#273)
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## Description
Makefile.toml: Add a cargo make all task for PR readiness. This makes it slightly easier to run all tasks for PR readiness in one command. It also includes cspell task, so a onetime installation of cspell is needed via npm install -g cspell@latest.
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How This Was Tested

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chore: Release v8.1.0 @makubacki (#267)
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Support Unit Testing and Code Coverage for Firmware Volume @HappyCoding-2025 (#250)
Change Details
## Description
This is for supporting the Firmware Volume Unit Test Cases and Coverage.

Please note that Since all the Error Types need to be covered, the data structures are kept common for all valid and invalid cases.

The current coverage % is increased to 82.56%. The original with out changes were 24%.
This also exposed some bugs underlying too which I am planning to raise bugs for.
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How This Was Tested

cargo make coverage and checking the coverage report.

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🐛 Bug Fixes

extract\_pei\_performance\_records improvements. @magravel (#238)
Change Details
## Description
Use data from the GuidHob instead of doing the pointer arithmetic myself. Doing the pointer arithmetic was also not correct after the HobList move but now the data will be valid.
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How This Was Tested

Ran on QEMU

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📖 Documentation Updates

README.md: Add release steps @Javagedes (#265)
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## Description
README.md: Add release steps
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How This Was Tested

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Full Changelog: v8.1.0...v8.1.1

Contributors

makubacki, Javagedes, and 3 other contributors

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