0.8.0

Highlights

• feat(xtask): add support for building with cargo-careful by @mkroening in #1142
• feat: allow mounting a virtiofsd share to / by @stlankes in #774
• feat: add virtio-def crate for virtio definitions by @mkroening in #1149
• feat(riscv64): fix compilation with default features and with gem-net by @mkroening in #1162
• feat(mm): add DeviceAlloc for communicating with devices by @mkroening in #1160
• feat: stabilize kernel interface by @stlankes in #1167
• feat(sys): add sys_available_parallelism by @mkroening in #1184
• feat(xtask): add xtask doc by @mkroening in #1200
• feat: rename virtio-def crate to virtio-spec by @mkroening in #1201
• feat(virtio-spec): many features for endian numbers, make feature flags little-endian by @mkroening in #1205
• feat(syscall): add sys_shutdown in favor of sys_shutdown_socket by @mkroening in #1220
• feat(virtio-net): enable VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ and test VIRTIO_F_RING_PACKED by @mkroening in #1223
• feat(virtio-spec): migrate to endian-num crate by @mkroening in #1225
• feat(newlib): using kernel networking, instead of lwip by @CarlWachter in #1237
• feat(newlib): remove lwIP support by @mkroening in #1165

What's Changed

• ci: upgrade OpenSBI to version 1.4 by @mkroening in #1139
• riscv64: replace deprecated legacy extensions to SBI 2.0 extensions by @luojia65 in #1088
• fix(riscv64): remove dbg! invocation by @mkroening in #1143
• fix(virtio/pci): use volatile accesses for device features by @mkroening in #1146
• refactor(macro): replace syn::parse2(quote! with parse_quote! by @mkroening in #1147
• ci: enable fs feature for rusty_demo by @mkroening in #1126
• chore: upgrade to nightly-2024-04-15 by @stlankes in #1148
• virtq: specify endianness by @cagatay-y in #1141
• fix(virtio/pci): put common config into volatile reference by @mkroening in #1145
• fix(aarch64): add size of _private to TaskTLS allocation by @mkroening in #1155
• perf: forward default allocator methods and remove memory overprovisioning by @SFBdragon in #1045
• virtio_net: use smoltcp methods instead of hardcoding field offsets by @cagatay-y in #1161
• fix(gem-net): clippy warnings by @mkroening in #1163
• fix(x86_64): virtio-net-device (MMIO) by @mkroening in #1164
• fix(x86_64/newlib): remove unused import by @mkroening in #1169
• new: Add colored log levels by @camnwalter in #1171
• virtq: use a struct with the actual layout rather than a struct of references by @cagatay-y in #1150
• fix(microvm): explicitly disable ACPI by @mkroening in #1180
• fix(x86_64): make CoreLocal #[repr(Rust)] again by @mkroening in #1172
• fix(abi): various typedefs by @mkroening in #1179
• remove typo with in debug message by @stlankes in #1183
• refactor(mm): replace freelist module with free-list crate by @mkroening in #1182
• fix(x86_64): shutdown using triple fault on all platforms by @mkroening in #1181
• fix(virtio/pci): compare capabilities length with proper struct size by @mkroening in #1185
• fix(POSIX/time): make subsecond fields signed and use timespec in stat by @mkroening in #1196
• Virtq refactor by @cagatay-y in #1174
• style: sort dependencies in Cargo.toml by @mkroening in #1198
• fix(xtask): run clippy on virtio-mmio configurations by @mkroening in #1199
• refactor(virtio): move feature definitions to virtio-def by @mkroening in #1197
• refactor(virtio-net): migrate header to virtio-spec by @mkroening in #1202
• refactor(virtio): migrate to virtio-spec::FeatureBits::requirements_satisfied by @mkroening in #1203
• Fix device notification by @stlankes in #1206
• fix conversion from IpAddress::Ipv4 to in_addr by @stlankes in #1207
• add file attributes for mounted directories by @stlankes in #1209
• build: update toolchain nightly-2024-05-15 by @mkroening in #1208
• add option to open a directory by @stlankes in #1210
• Added no_mangle to all extern C functions by @CarlWachter in #1216
• fix(virtio-pci): next_ptr + cfg_ptr offsets by @jounathaen in #1218
• fix(syscalls): use EAI_* constants from FreeBSD by @mkroening in #1222
• fix(syscall): always return zero on sys_getpid by @mkroening in #1221
• add system calls readv and writev by @stlankes in #1219
• add basic DNS support by @stlankes in #1211
• fuse: provide header and payloads separately by @cagatay-y in #1204
• add option to define the DNS servers at compile time by @stlankes in #1224
• introduce public interface to shutdown the system by @stlankes in #1227
• add interface to create a directory by @stlankes in #1228
• move all filesystem functions to crate::fs by @stlankes in #1229
• remove unneeded unwraps by @stlankes in #1230
• ci: workaround bad mio branch by @mkroening in #1236
• refactor(virtio/mmio): migrate MmioRegisterLayout to virtio-spec by @mkroening in #1231
• refactor(virtio/mmio): migrate IsrStatusRaw to virtio-spec by @mkroening in #1239
• fix(virtio): notification location calculation by @mkroening in #1238
• fix(virtqueue): next_off must not be shifted for notification data by @mkroening in #1240
• refactor(virtio/pci): migrate IsrStatusRaw to virtio-spec by @mkroening in #1244
• refactor(virtio): migrate DevId to virtio-spec by @mkroening in #1245
• refactor(virtio/pci): migrate CfgType to virtio-spec by @mkroening in #1246
• refactor(virtqueue): make several types smaller by @mkroening in #1241
• reduce the number of log messages by @stlankes in #1252
• fix(fuse): potential panic on unknown mode bits by @mkroening in #1251
• add warning if HERMIT_IP is set and dhcpv4 feature is enabled by @stlankes in #1254
• refactor(pci): use more of the pci_types crate by @mkroening in #1250
• fix(virtio/pci): remove ComCfgRaw by @mkroening in #1255
• build(deps): update volatile to version 0.6 by @mkroening in #1258
• chore: upgrade toolchain channel to nightly-2024-06-01 by @mkroening in #1259
• add option to use a busy waiting within the idle loop by @stlankes in #1243
• refactor(virtio/transport): move notification location calculation into NotifCfg by @mkroening in #1262
• fix(x86_64/pci): incorporate function in ConfigRegionAccess by @mkroening in #1256
• refactor(virtio/pci): migrate PCI capabilities to virtio-spec by @mkroening in #1257
• chore: release version 0.8.0 by @mkroening in #1263

New Contributors

• @luojia65 made their first contribution in #1088
• @SFBdragon made their first contribution in #1045
• @camnwalter made their first contribution in htt...

0.7.0

Highlights

• Detect memory from fdt by @duanyu-yu in #1074
• fuse: reduce copying and handle errors by @cagatay-y in #1084
• build(deps): bump hermit-entry from 0.9.10 to 0.10.0 by @mkroening in #1132
  • Hermit now requires at least the Hermit loader v0.5.0 or Uhyve v0.3.0

What's Changed

• Use a trait for the common Virtq interface by @cagatay-y in #1053
• improve compatibility to the BSD socket layer by @stlankes in #1085
• remove obsolete code by @stlankes in #1086
• ignore unsupported kernel flags by @stlankes in #1094
• add option to start a simple shell as async task by @stlankes in #1096
• introduce feature flag nostd to boot the kernel without std by @stlankes in #1098
• feat: implement system calls with attribute proc macro by @mkroening in #1105
• fix(fuse): fix fat pointer metadata by @mkroening in #1112
• fuse: fix incorrect len field in command headers by @cagatay-y in #1113
• feat(shutdown): always try qemu debug exit for error codes by @mkroening in #1119
• feat: align Uhyve mount path to virtiofsd by @mkroening in #1120
• fix(riscv64): make time stubbing warning less noisy by @mkroening in #1131
• refactor: make platform matches non-exhaustive by @mkroening in #1133

New Contributors

• @duanyu-yu made their first contribution in #1074

Full Changelog: v0.6.9...v0.7.0

0.6.9

What's Changed

• refactor(eventfd): use ready! to extract Poll::Ready by @mkroening in #1067
• fix(executor): replace Pin::new_unchecked with pin! by @mkroening in #1072
• prepare kernel to use it as monolithic kernel by @stlankes in #1069
• refactor(scheduler): use ready! for extracting Poll::Ready by @mkroening in #1077
• improve compatibility to BSD sockets by @stlankes in #1081
• add error number in thread local storage by @stlankes in #1082

Full Changelog: v0.6.8...v0.6.9

0.6.8

Hightlights

• add basic support of a virtual filesystem by @stlankes in #1013
• add support of a unix-like poll function by @stlankes in #1046
• add basic support a linux-like syscall evendfd by @stlankes in #1052
• Refactor FUSE by @cagatay-y in #1047
• fix(x86_64): support GNU variant of TLS by @mkroening in #1062

What's Changed

• add feature syscall to run kernel as standalone application by @stlankes in #1011
• if the feature syscall is enabled, don't switch the stack by @stlankes in #1012
• rename the feature "syscall" to "common-os" by @stlankes in #1026
• doc: fix broken internal links by @cagatay-y in #1023
• using crate semihosting on aarch64 by @stlankes in #1040
• fix: overflow in time calculation on AArch64 by @mkroening in #1041
• chore: add .vscode/settings.json by @mkroening in #993
• forward error code to the host by @stlankes in #1048
• unlink is only able to delete a file by @stlankes in #1049
• Remove Pinned by @cagatay-y in #983
• add CI tests for the MIO support by @stlankes in #1061
• perf(fs/mem): minimize locking duration of pos by @mkroening in #1066
• fix(eventfd): add explicit guard drop to avoid deadlock by @mkroening in #1065
• refactor(PollEvent): simplify flag propagation by @mkroening in #1064

Full Changelog: v0.6.7...v0.6.8

0.6.7

Highlights

• feat: make ready for instrumentation by @mkroening in #991
• feat: make hermit-builtins a workspace root by @mkroening in #1004
• feat: add sys_image_start_address by @mkroening in #999
• add recvfrom and sendto support by @stlankes in #1007

What's Changed

• ci: test everything with SMP by @mkroening in #994
• chore: update Rust to nightly-2023-12-01 by @mkroening in #996
• ci: use latest Firecracker after 1.5.1 release by @mkroening in #1000
• fix(AP Boot): remove nops by @mkroening in #1001
• build: upgrade to nightly-2023-12-15 by @mkroening in #1006
• chore: release version 0.6.7 by @mkroening in #1009

Full Changelog: v0.6.6...v0.6.7

0.6.6

Highlights

• feat: add 64-bit RISC-V support by @mkroening in #800

What's Changed

• chore: upgrade to nightly-2023-10-01 by @mkroening in #939
• chore: remove explicit dependency on tock-registers by @mkroening in #938
• chore: remove clippy allow for false positive by @mkroening in #944
• ci: only cache the main branch by @cagatay-y in #947
• fix(net): deallocate network buffers by @mkroening in #943
• ci: use a matrix for test configurations by @cagatay-y in #940
• ci: improve caches by @mkroening in #954
• refactor: use cfg-if for arch module by @mkroening in #948
• ci: pin firecracker to 1.4.1 by @mkroening in #965
• chore: upgrade to nightly-2023-10-15 by @mkroening in #956
• Minimize casts to pointers by @cagatay-y in #964
• chore: upgrade to nightly-2023-11-01 by @mkroening in #970
• chore: rename rusty-loader to hermit-loader by @mkroening in #971
• collect configuration of mmio devices by @stlankes in #968
• chore: upgrade to nightly-2023-11-15 by @mkroening in #977
• fix(rust-toolchain.toml): remove x86_64-unknown-none by @mkroening in #978
• fix(xtask): misc by @mkroening in #980
• chore: release version 0.6.6 by @mkroening in #990

New Contributors

• @cagatay-y made their first contribution in #947

Full Changelog: v0.6.5...v0.6.6

0.6.5

Highlights

• NASM is no longer required for SMP on x86-64 (#926)

What's Changed

• improve the readability by @stlankes in #845
• avoid unneeded programming of the timer interrupt by @stlankes in #847
• add support of VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF by @stlankes in #848
• build: upgrade Rust to nightly-2023-08-15 by @mkroening in #854
• fix: support lib tests on Apple Silicon by @mkroening in #856
• refactor(Cargo.toml): sort tests, features, dependencies by @mkroening in #858
• feat: rename crate to hermit-kernel by @mkroening in #860
• chore: adapt to hermit-rs' kernel renaming by @mkroening in #863
• chore(Cargo.toml): remove CMakeLists.txt from exclude by @mkroening in #862
• chore: rename RustyHermit to Hermit by @mkroening in #864
• chore: remove GitLab CI config by @mkroening in #861
• build(deps): upgrade zerocopy from 0.6.3 to 0.7.0 by @mkroening in #869
• feat: initialize heap after paging by @mkroening in #857
• chore(Cargo.toml): omit patch version from dependencies by @mkroening in #871
• fix(comments): fix repo links in TODOs by @mkroening in #872
• Updated Logo by @jounathaen in #873
• refactor: remove get_tls_* functions by @mkroening in #874
• ci: set network tests on aarch64 to continue-on-error by @mkroening in #876
• refactor(env): replace get_cmdline, get_cmdsize with args by @mkroening in #875
• create dummy folder to share files between host and guest by @stlankes in #883
• return error also in the closing state by @stlankes in #881
• add basic UDP support by @stlankes in #882
• build(toolchain): update to nightly-2023-09-01 by @mkroening in #885
• build(deps): upgrade talc to version 3 by @mkroening in #890
• add CI test for the UDP support by @stlankes in #891
• ci: change UDP port to 9975 by @mkroening in #892
• ci: run on main branch too to create caches by @mkroening in #893
• ci: cache the kernel workspace too by @mkroening in #894
• fix(aarch64): properly disable interrupts on mutexes by @mkroening in #896
• add KVM tests with uhyve, qemu and firecracker by @stlankes in #895
• fix: proper firecracker shutdown by @mkroening in #901
• ci: reorder kvm job by @mkroening in #902
• ci: install kernel toolchain too by @mkroening in #907
• feat(xtask): add ci subcommand by @mkroening in #879
• fix(scheduler): move cursor creation to first use by @mkroening in #908
• style(xtask): use Self instead of Arch in impl by @mkroening in #909
• refactor(scheduler): simplify add_network_timer by @mkroening in #915
• publish main branch (master isn't longer supported) by @stlankes in #916
• ci: add -y --no-install-recommends for self-hosted by @mkroening in #919
• chore: upgrade hermit-sync to 0.1.5 by @mkroening in #918
• chore: upgrade to nightly-2023-09-15 by @mkroening in #920
• Make core_scheduler sound by @mkroening in #912
• Extend the FUSE support by @stlankes in #917
• Replace HermitCore with Hermit by @mkroening in #927
• feat: remove NASM dependency by @mkroening in #926
• fix(paging): add debug functionality for identity mapped pagetables by @sarahspberrypi in #928
• chore: release version 0.6.5 by @mkroening in #933

New Contributors

• @sarahspberrypi made their first contribution in #928

Full Changelog: v0.6.4...v0.6.5

v0.6.4

What's Changed

• fix bug in the initialization of the virtio network driver

Full Changelog: v0.6.3...v0.6.4

v0.6.3: improving the performance

What's Changed

• improve network performance
• add option to enable / disable of FUSE support
• remove bug in the initialization of the memory subsystem
• using Talc as memory allocator to improve the overall performance

Full Changelog: v0.6.2...v0.6.3

0.6.2

What's Changed

• disable kaniko cache by @stlankes in #711
• Make CoreLocal repr(C) by @nathanwhyte in #705
• Implements PriorityTaskQueue with std's LinkedList rather than a custom linked list implementation by @michaelRichards99 in #706
• Change alignment of virtiofs structs to be based on the first field. by @joannejchen in #709
• Replace use of internal syscalls by @nathanwhyte in #715
• virtio-net: Replace AsSliceU8 trait with zerocopy::AsBytes. by @joannejchen in #716
• Add basic docs for timer and semaphore syscalls by @nathanwhyte in #719
• remove deprecated functions and use hermit-dtb from crates.io by @stlankes in #723
• add check if the idle task has to give up the processor by @stlankes in #724
• don't initialize IO-APIC for uhyve by @stlankes in #725
• remove obsolete function detect_from_uhyve by @stlankes in #726
• move hardware independent function is_uhyve to env by @stlankes in #728
• remove typo by @stlankes in #729
• remove trailing null characters by @stlankes in #730
• don't leak memory if the environment is empty by @stlankes in #731
• revise aarch64 support by @stlankes in #732
• add RTC support and determine boot time by @stlankes in #733
• revise assertion by @stlankes in #734
• revise TLS handling by @stlankes in #736
• using arm-gic to programm the ARM Generic Interrupt Controller by @stlankes in #741
• Delete bors.toml by @mkroening in #742
• revise PCI support by @stlankes in #745
• test also the virtio network interface by @stlankes in #747
• add option to program the the PCI bars by @stlankes in #748
• remove old socket interface by @stlankes in #681
• remove compiler warnings for the target aarch64 by @stlankes in #751
• remove some clippy warnings by @stlankes in #752
• use within an interrupt handler scheduler::abort instead of syscall exit by @stlankes in #753
• remove unneeded code by @stlankes in #754
• use kernel stack to allocate memory by @stlankes in #755
• Update Cargo.lock by @mkroening in #762
• take always the oldest task from the queue by @stlankes in #764
• Update Rust to nightly-2023-06-14 by @mkroening in #763
• CI (ARM): Pin CPU by @mkroening in #767
• AArch64: use a software-generated interrupt (SGI)to reschedule the system by @stlankes in #765
• Release version 0.6.2 by @mkroening in #766

New Contributors

• @nathanwhyte made their first contribution in #705
• @michaelRichards99 made their first contribution in #706
• @joannejchen made their first contribution in #709

Full Changelog: v0.6.1...v0.6.2