0.5.1

🚀 Features

• Add support for R_ABS64 and R_GLOB_DAT relocation types
  • This adds support for newlib-based position independent executables (PIEs)
• Color log levels
• (uefi) Add post-boot-services allocator
• (xtask) Change dist name for UEFI to hermit-loader-x86_64.efi

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (x86_64/fdt) Use FdtWriterResult type alias
• (uefi) Unused_imports
• (uefi) Dead_code
• (microvm) Explicitly disable ACPI
• Use OneShotMutex instead of Spinlock

🚜 Refactor

• (uefi) Reorder code
• (arch) Extract enter_kernel
• Extract BootInfo::save
• Migrate from exclusive_cell to take-static

📚 Documentation

• (readme) Remove claim that Hermit loader is only for QEMU
• (readme) Enable command highlighting, remove prompt
• (readme) Update build docs
• (README) Add 64-bit RISC-V QEMU instructions

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• Run UEFI on all host systems, remove separate UEFI job
• (Cargo.toml) Sort dependencies
• Upgrade to edk2-stable202405
• Upgrade to opensbi-1.5.1

0.5.0

Highlights

• lib: riscv64: use RISC-V SBI 2.0 ratified DBCN write instead of deprecated legacy console write by @luojia65 in #306
• build(deps): bump hermit-entry from 0.9.10 to 0.10.0 by @mkroening in #326
  • Uhyve now requires applications to use hermit = "0.9.0"

What's Changed

• use from_{ref,mut} to eliminate casts to pointers by @cagatay-y in #272
• build(deps): update hermit-entry to 0.9.10 by @mkroening in #305
• ci: upgrade OpenSBI to version 1.4 by @mkroening in #312
• fix: clippy by @mkroening in #319
• fix(xtask): disambiguate distribution names by @mkroening in #320
• fix: rename kernel_{start,end} to loader_{start,end} by @mkroening in #323
• feat: modularize console implementation for late UEFI output by @mkroening in #324

New Contributors

• @luojia65 made their first contribution in #306

Full Changelog: v0.4.6...v0.5.0

0.4.6

Highlights

• Add alloc support by @duanyu-yu in #278
• Create devicetree for x86_64 by @duanyu-yu in #287
• feat: remove NASM by @mkroening in #297

What's Changed

• fix: enable unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn lint by @mkroening in #288
• fix(x86_64-fc): enable clippy by @mkroening in #289
• fix(xtask): enable clippy for aarch64 by @mkroening in #290
• fix(xtask): enable clippy for x86_64-uefi by @mkroening in #291
• fix(x86_64-fc): fix unaligned reads by @mkroening in #293
• feat(xtask): add ci subcommand by @mkroening in #294
• feat(uefi): read application from file system by @mkroening in #300

New Contributors

• @duanyu-yu made their first contribution in #278

Full Changelog: v0.4.5...v0.4.6

0.4.5

What's Changed

• build(deps): bump cc from 1.0.79 to 1.0.82 by @dependabot in #248
• build(deps): Explicitly enable x86_64/instructions by @mkroening in #249
• build(deps): bump uart_16550 from 0.2.19 to 0.3.0 by @dependabot in #247
• Format imports by @mkroening in #250
• build(deps): update Cargo.lock by @mkroening in #251
• README: Remove qemu64 CPU, add KVM & invtsc by @mkroening in #245
• ci(deps): Enable brew update again by @mkroening in #252
• ci: Rename "Integration Test" to shorter "Run" by @mkroening in #253
• refactor: Replace align macros with align-address crate by @mkroening in #254
• refactor: Update print macros from kernel by @mkroening in #255
• fix: Leave .bss initialization of loader to firmware by @mkroening in #256
• feat: add 64-bit RISC-V support by @mkroening in #246
• fix: remove lib.rs by @mkroening in #257
• feat(riscv64): support guest-loader for kernel initrd by @mkroening in #258
• build(deps): bump log from 0.4.19 to 0.4.20 by @dependabot in #259
• build(deps): bump hermit-entry from 0.9.6 to 0.9.7 by @dependabot in #260
• build(deps): bump anyhow from 1.0.72 to 1.0.75 by @dependabot in #261
• build(deps): bump cc from 1.0.82 to 1.0.83 by @dependabot in #262
• feat: rename RustyLoader to hermit-loader by @mkroening in #265
• build(deps): bump hermit-entry from 0.9.7 to 0.9.9 by @dependabot in #263
• chore: remove GitLab CI config by @mkroening in #264
• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #266
• docs: explain GDB usage by @mkroening in #267
• build(deps): bump x86_64 from 0.14.10 to 0.14.11 by @dependabot in #268
• fix(build.rs): don't recompile build script if features change by @mkroening in #269
• build(deps): bump the uefi group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #270
• Reduce casts to pointers by @cagatay-y in #271
• chore: release version 0.4.5 by @mkroening in #273

New Contributors

• @cagatay-y made their first contribution in #271

Full Changelog: v0.4.4...v0.4.5

v0.4.4

What's Changed

• bump hermit-entry from 0.9.3 to 0.9.4

Full Changelog: v0.4.3...v0.4.4

0.4.3

What's Changed

• add Firecracker support
• pass the DeviceTree to the kernel

Full Changelog: v0.4.2...v0.4.3

0.4.2

What's Changed

• Use Qemu's guest loader to support a initrd for aarch64 processors

Full Changelog: v0.4.1...v0.4.2

0.4.1

What's Changed

• Bump hermit-entry to 0.9.1 by @mkroening in #163

Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.4.1

0.4.0

Breaking

This changes hermit-entry version to 2.

What's Changed

• Upgrade hermit-entry to 0.5.0 by @mkroening in #150
• Change name to RustyLoader by @jounathaen in #142
• Upgrade hermit-entry to 0.6.0 by @mkroening in #151
• Replace loaderlog with log crate by @mkroening in #153
• Move kernel loading to hermit-entry by @mkroening in #152
• build(deps): bump anyhow from 1.0.58 to 1.0.59 by @dependabot in #154
• Remove direct dependency on goblin and plain by @mkroening in #155
• Upgrade hermit-entry to 0.8.0 by @mkroening in #156
• Remove #![feature(maybe_uninit_write_slice)] by @mkroening in #157
• build(deps): bump anyhow from 1.0.59 to 1.0.60 by @dependabot in #159
• Paging: Remove specialization by @mkroening in #158
• Use stable toolchain channel by @mkroening in #160
• xtask: Rename Arch to Target by @mkroening in #161
• Upgrade to hermit-entry version 2 by @mkroening in #145
• Release version 0.4.0 by @mkroening in #162

Full Changelog: v0.3.1...v0.4.0

0.3.1

What's Changed

• Migrate to Nhdr::from_bytes by @mkroening in #138
• Remove #![feature(asm_const)] by @mkroening in #141
• Upgrade hermit-entry to 0.2.0 by @mkroening in #143
• Upgrade to hermit-entry 0.3.0 by @mkroening in #144
• Bump hermit-entry to version 0.3.1 by @mkroening in #146
• Upgrade hermit-entry to 0.4.0 by @mkroening in #147
• Allow incorrect OS/ABI by @mkroening in #148
• Publish 0.3.1 by @mkroening in #149

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.3.1