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+title = "This Month in Rust OSDev: August 2024"
+date = 2024-09-04
+
+[extra]
+month = "August 2024"
+editors = ["phil-opp", "phip1611"]
++++
+
+Welcome to a new issue of _"This Month in Rust OSDev"_. In these posts, we give a regular overview of notable changes in the Rust operating system development ecosystem.
+
+
+
+This series is openly developed [on GitHub](https://github.com/rust-osdev/homepage/). Feel free to open pull requests there with content you would like to see in the next issue. If you find some issues on this page, please report them by [creating an issue](https://github.com/rust-osdev/homepage/issues/new) or using our _comment form_ at the bottom of this page.
+
+
+
+## Announcements, News, and Blog Posts
+
+Here we collect news, blog posts, etc. related to OS development in Rust.
+
+
+
+- [Asahi Lina on how Rust helps with API docs in the Linux kernel](https://vt.social/@lina/113056457969145576)
+- [You can kick the alpha tires on System76’s Cosmic, a new Linux desktop](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/you-can-kick-the-alpha-tires-on-system76s-cosmic-a-new-linux-desktop/)
+- [WhenFS: a Rust FUSE filesystem for your Google Calendar](https://github.com/lvkv/whenfs)
+- [Status update on CharlotteOS: a post-unix operating system written in Rust and assembly language](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1epkro0/status_update_on_charlotteos_a_postunix_operating/)
+
+
+## Infrastructure and Tooling
+
+In this section, we collect recent updates to `rustc`, `cargo`, and other tooling that are relevant to Rust OS development.
+
+
+
+- [add Box::as_ptr and Box::as_mut_ptr methods](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/129091)
+- [Stabilize unsafe extern blocks (RFC 3484)](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/127921)
+- [Stabilize `asm_const`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/128570)
+- [Stabilize `unsafe_attributes`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/128771)
+- [Stabilize raw_ref_op (RFC 2582)](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/127679)
+- [Promote riscv64gc-unknown-linux-musl to tier 2](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/122049)
+- [float types: document NaN bit pattern guarantees](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/129559)
+- [Partially stabilize feature(new_uninit)](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/129401)
+
+## `rust-osdev` Projects
+
+In this section, we give an overview of notable changes to the projects hosted under the [`rust-osdev`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/about) organization.
+
+
+
+
+### [`multiboot2`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/acpi)
+Maintained by [@phip1611](https://github.com/phip1611)
+
+_Convenient and safe parsing of Multiboot2 Boot Information (MBI) structures and
+the contained information tags. Usable in no_std environments, such as a kernel.
+An optional builder feature also allows the construction of the corresponding
+structures._
+
+🎉 We are happy to announce release `v0.22` of the `multiboot2` crate. This is a
+**major step forward** as all Undefined Behaviour (UB) and a bunch of safety and
+memory issues have been removed / fixed. 🎉 Now, all unit tests (and there are
+many) **pass Miri**! This was possible due to massive internal refactorings done
+in [#226](https://github.com/rust-osdev/multiboot2/pull/226) and [#227](https://github.com/rust-osdev/multiboot2/pull/227).
+
+The quite complex logic to parse all these structures **safe and correctly**
+has been moved to a new [`multiboot2-common`](https://docs.rs/multiboot2-common)
+crate. This way, the [`multiboot2-header`](https://crates.io/crates/multiboot2-header)
+crate can also leverage the new abstractions. A comprehensive writeup about why
+the parsing of Multiboot2 structures and typing them correctly in Rust is much
+more complex than one initially might think is written down in
+[`lib.rs` of `multiboot2-common`](https://docs.rs/multiboot2-common).
+
+`multiboot2-header` also got a new release `v0.5` and can now be considered
+safe and free of UB when parsing the corresponding structures. The internal
+refactorings only slightly leak to the public interfaces of `multiboot2`
+and `multiboot2-header`.
+
+Read more:
+- [Changelog of `multiboot2`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/multiboot2/blob/b95b73508925b5484a0cf531a45c9c9ce555d560/multiboot2/Changelog.md)
+- [Changelog of `multiboot2-header`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/multiboot2/blob/b95b73508925b5484a0cf531a45c9c9ce555d560/multiboot2-header/Changelog.md)
+
+
+Background - Read More
+
+The crate grew historically without a centralized design or approach how to work
+with memory and pointers. Therefore, many UB way unintentionally created. We
+are happy to get lack of the technical debt. Nevertheless, thanks to everyone
+who contributed over the years - sorry if we had to rewrite your code in this
+one! :)
+
+
+### [`uefi`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs)
+Maintained by [@GabrielMajeri](https://github.com/GabrielMajeri), [@nicholasbishop](https://github.com/nicholasbishop), and [@phip1611](https://github.com/phip1611)
+
+`uefi` makes it easy to develop Rust software that leverages safe, convenient,
+and performant abstractions for UEFI functionality. Recently, we released
+version `v0.31` with some notable changes:
+
+1. We introduced a completely new API to access boot and runtime services
+2. We reorganized the MemoryMap-related types.
+3. We reorganized and improved the documentation, and also added documentation
+ about how the `std` implementation for UEFI targets compares to `uefi` and
+ how both can be used together.
+
+#### 1. New API: Freestanding Functions API Change
+
+We are planning a massive API change and introduced a new replacement API in
+release `v0.31`. The old API co-exists and will be marked as
+`#[deprecated]` in `0.32`. The new API will make it easier to call boot or
+runtime services without having to pass `&BootServices` around all the time.
+
+The typical use-case of our library users is to write a UEFI bootloader
+application that heavily leverages boot services. Then control is handed over to
+the next stage, which is typically the kernel of an OS. Boot services are
+usually exited either just prior to launching the kernel or by the kernel
+itself. In any case, the UEFI application spends almost all of its time with
+boot services active.
+
+Although the old API design ensures via the type system that no boot
+services can be called after they have been exited, the test of time has proven
+that this adds unjustified complexity without bringing much real value add.
+
+Instead, with the new API, which we provide **additionally** at this point,
+one can use freestanding functions which are behind the new modules:
+
+- `uefi::system`: is a new module that provides freestanding functions for
+ accessing fields of the global system table.
+- `uefi::boot`:
+ is a new module that provides freestanding functions for boot services using
+ the global system table.
+- `uefi::runtime`: is a new module that provides freestanding functions for
+ runtime services using the global system table.
+
+The freestanding functions itself are close to the originals ones but without
+`&BootServices` or `&RuntimeServices` parameters, as you can see for example
+[here](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1344/files#diff-46f1e3c04d719fff471faf35c4d218430e1d664ac0a0fab9d2c15870c2d0f066).
+
+The new API design solves API inconsistencies and restrictions already existing
+so far, and makes the overall handling a lot easier. This comes with the costs
+that functions may panic, if the boot services were exited but one tries to use
+them. However, the massive API simplification justifies this.
+
+Find more and follow the progress and discussions on:
+- [the GitHub Issue](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/issues/893#issuecomment-2241610633).
+- [The function Migration Guide](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/blob/main/docs/funcs_migration.md)
+
+#### 2. Memory Map Refactoring
+
+TL;DR: What used to return `MemoryMap<'buf>` in the API, now returns
+`MemoryMapOwned`. Additionally, you can parse a chunk of memory using
+`MemoryMapRef` or `MemoryMapRefMut`.
+
+We put significant effort into refactoring our abstractions for the UEFI memory
+map. These started in release v0.29 and were finalized in release v0.31.
+Instead of one `MemoryMap<'buf>` type, we now have the traits `MemoryMap` and
+`MemoryMapMut` along with the implementations `MemoryMapRef`, `MemoryMapRefMut`,
+and `MemoryMapOwned`. It is recommended to work with the specific
+implementations, as the main purpose for the traits is only to enforce a
+consistent API for these three implementations. This gives users the
+flexibility to cover all possible use cases one can have with an UEFI memory
+map. Read more:
+- [#1175](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1175)
+- [#1251](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1251)
+- [#1240](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1240)
+- [#1263](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1263)
+
+In any case, obtaining the memory map from UEFI is hidden behind the
+public API of the crate, but we made it very easy to read/parse it in all
+possible scenarios!
+
+#### 3. Documentation Reorganization
+
+We put notable work into our README and `lib.rs` files to improve the
+structure of our documentation. The main value-add and improvement is that we
+clearly, directly, and precisely talk about:
+
+- What is `uefi`?
+- Which problems does it solve?
+- How can it be used?
+- How does it compare to the ecosystem, such as `std` for Rust targets?
+
+To see an example how `uefi` and `std` can be used together, please head to
+[our repository](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/tree/main/uefi-std-example).
+
+#### Other
+
+There were also a ton of other interesting fixes, changes, and additions!
+Check out our [Changelog](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/blob/main/uefi/CHANGELOG.md).
+
+We merged the following PRs this month:
+
+Click to expand
+
+
+- [boot: Add freestanding version of raise_tpl](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1276)
+- [boot: Add freestanding connect_controller and disconnect_controller](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1278)
+- [nix/niv: update dependencies](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1279)
+- [boot: Add freestanding exit function](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1283)
+- [uefi: Fix lifetimes in device_path TryFrom<&[u8]> impls](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1282)
+- [release: uefi-0.30.0](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1285)
+- [uefi: Add release data to 0.30.0 release](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1286)
+- [doc: unified catchy new Crate introduction [doc: 1/N]](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1284)
+- [boot: Add freestanding version of `create_event`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1280)
+- [Merge release-v0.30 branch into main](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1289)
+- [boot: Add freestanding stall](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1296)
+- [boot: Add freestanding check_event](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1295)
+- [doc: move misc stuff from README to lib.rs [doc: 2/N] ](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1290)
+- [Restore some memory exports to uefi::table::boot](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1299)
+- [Remove dead_code workarounds](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1302)
+- [runtime: Add freestanding set_virtual_address_map](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1301)
+- [Add freestanding set_timer and wait_for_event](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1298)
+- [Add freestanding {install,reinstall,uninstall}_protocol_interface functions](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1300)
+- [boot: Add freestanding close_event](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1304)
+- [boot: Add freestanding install_configuration_table](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1306)
+- [boot: Add freestanding version of protocols_per_handle](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1305)
+- [misc small improvements](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1308)
+- [boot: Add freestanding test_protocol](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1310)
+- [boot: Add freestanding set_watchdog_timer](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1311)
+- [boot: Add freestanding memory_map](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1312)
+- [boot: Add freestanding create_event_ex](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1313)
+- [boot: Add freestanding get_handle_for_protocol](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1314)
+- [Add doc on freestanding function migration](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1315)
+- [boot: Add freestanding locate_device_path](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1316)
+- [boot: Add freestanding locate_handle and find_handles](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1321)
+- [boot: Add freestanding get_image_file_system](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1322)
+- [boot: Add freestanding exit_boot_services](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1325)
+- [uefi: Add table::system_table_raw](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1323)
+- [boot: Add freestanding register_protocol_notify](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1324)
+- [doc: add comprehensive About section to lib.rs [doc: 3/N]](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1291)
+- [uefi: Drop BootServices arg from device path <-> text conversions](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1327)
+- [Revert "uefi: Drop BootServices arg from device path <-> text conversions"](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1328)
+- [Update funcs_migration doc](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1329)
+- [uefi: add BootPolicy type](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1326)
+- [ci: cancel obsolete runs automatically + streamline](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1332)
+- [LoadFileProtocol and LoadFile2Protocol](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1297)
+- [doc: Comparison to Ecosystem (including Rust std impl) [doc: 4/N]](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1292)
+- [release: uefi-macros-0.15.0, uefi-raw-0.7.0, uefi-0.31.0](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1330)
+- [uefi: Inline the template example into lib.rs doc](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1338)
+- [release: uefi-0.31.0](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1339)
+- [doc: Talk about Documentation Organization/Overview [doc: 5/N]](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1293)
+- [uefi std: add example and add book chapter](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1331)
+- [uefi: Drop BootServices arg from device path <-> text conversions](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1340)
+- [test-runner: Convert all examples to new style](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1342)
+- [uefi: Drop BootServices arg from GraphicsOutput::modes](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1344)
+- [Update the uefi::allocator module to use the global system table](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1343)
+- [doc: final README streamlining [doc: 6/6]](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1294)
+- [uefi: Drop BootServices arg from ComponentName::open](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1345)
+- [ci: release package check](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1341)
+- [book: Update protocols how-to to use the `boot` module](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1347)
+- [uefi: Move various types to the `uefi::boot` module](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1346)
+- [ci: Use `cargo xtask fmt --check`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1348)
+- [uefi: Move various types to the `uefi::runtime` module](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1349)
+- [uefi: Make FileSystem work with both variants of ScopedProtocol](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1352)
+- [uefi: Fix compilation of minimal example](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1353)
+- [uefi-macros: Rename generated entry arguments](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1350)
+- [book: Update boot_stages and tables](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1351)
+- [uefi: Drop args from main in the example](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1355)
+- [uefi-macros: Use uefi::boot::set_image_handle](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1354)
+- [template: Drop args to main](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1356)
+- [uefi-macros: Use raw pointer for system table when generating args](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1357)
+- [uefi: Update logger to use the global system table](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1358)
+- [uefi: Update panic handler to use the global system table](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1359)
+- [uefi: Deprecate RuntimeServices](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1365)
+- [uefi: Use global system table in MemoryMapBackingMemory](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1361)
+- [uefi: Update println to use the global system table](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1360)
+- [uefi: Update FS docstring example code](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1368)
+- [uefi: Copy 'Accessing Protocols' docs to uefi::boot](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1369)
+- [uefi: Deprecate BootServices](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1367)
+- [uefi/mem: Update docs referring to BootServices](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1370)
+- [uefi: Update input protocol docs](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1371)
+- [uefi: Update ResetNotification protocol docs](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1372)
+- [uefi: Update LoadedImage protocol docs](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1373)
+- [uefi: Deprecate ancillary types in uefi::table::boot](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1374)
+- [uefi: Update pointer protocol docs](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1376)
+- [uefi: Deprecate table::{system_table_boot,system_table_runtime}](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1378)
+- [uefi: Remove BootServices from more docstrings](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1377)
+- [uefi: Drop references to SystemTable from docstrings](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1380)
+- [docs: Update timeline for the API migration](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1382)
+- [uefi: Deprecate SystemTable](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1379)
+- [Revert "ci: check if crate can be packaged"](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1384)
+- [uefi: Deprecate SystemTableView, Boot, and Runtime](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1385)
+- [Move PAGE_SIZE to uefi-raw and reexport from uefi boot modules](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1383)
+- [uefi: Clean up imports of uefi::table::runtime](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1386)
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