Add changelog for rust-osdev projects

Author: phil-opp

content/this-month/2024-11/index.md

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     <<changelog, either in list or text form>>
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+### [`x86_64`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/x86_64)
+<span class="maintainers">Maintained by [@phil-opp](https://github.com/phil-opp), [@josephlr](https://github.com/orgs/rust-osdev/people/josephlr), and [@Freax13](https://github.com/orgs/rust-osdev/people/Freax13)</span>
+
+The `x86_64` crate provides various abstractions for `x86_64` systems, including wrappers for CPU instructions, access to processor-specific registers, and abstraction types for architecture-specific structures such as page tables and descriptor tables.
+
+We merged the following PRs this month:
+
+- [fix field order for INVPCID descriptor](https://github.com/rust-osdev/x86_64/pull/508)
+- [fix CI job for building on MSRV](https://github.com/rust-osdev/x86_64/pull/510)
+- [gate HandlerFunc behind target_arch = "x86{_64}"](https://github.com/rust-osdev/x86_64/pull/507)
+- [fix typo in "InvPicdCommand"](https://github.com/rust-osdev/x86_64/pull/509)
+- [TryFrom implementation for ExceptionVector](https://github.com/rust-osdev/x86_64/pull/506)
+- [Typo fix in TaskStateSegment comment](https://github.com/rust-osdev/x86_64/pull/504)
+- [Minor clarification DescriptorTablePointer::limit comment](https://github.com/rust-osdev/x86_64/pull/503)
+- [fix signature of Step::steps_between implementations](https://github.com/rust-osdev/x86_64/pull/513)
+- [release 0.15.2](https://github.com/rust-osdev/x86_64/pull/519)
+- [backport #513](https://github.com/rust-osdev/x86_64/pull/520)
+
+Thanks to [@mrjbom](https://github.com/mrjbom) for their contribution!
+
+
+### [`acpi`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/acpi)
+<span class="maintainers">Maintained by [@IsaacWoods](https://github.com/IsaacWoods)</span>
+
+The `acpi` repository contains crates for parsing the ACPI tables – data structures that the firmware of modern computers use to relay information about the hardware to the OS. We merged the following changes this month:
+
+- [Implement the multiprocessor wakeup mechanism.](https://github.com/rust-osdev/acpi/pull/225)
+- [acpi-dumper: fix invocation of compile_error!](https://github.com/rust-osdev/acpi/pull/229)
+- [aml: make resource descriptor fields public](https://github.com/rust-osdev/acpi/pull/228)
+- [acpi: fix clippy warnings and run clippy in CI](https://github.com/rust-osdev/acpi/pull/230)
+- [acpi: fix doc warnings and add missing links](https://github.com/rust-osdev/acpi/pull/231)
+- [acpi: spcr: fix typo](https://github.com/rust-osdev/acpi/pull/232)
+
+Thanks to [@pjhades](https://github.com/pjhades), [@00xc](https://github.com/00xc), and [@Hsy-Intel](https://github.com/Hsy-Intel) for their contributions!
+
+
+### [`bootloader`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader)
+<span class="maintainers">Maintained by [@phil-opp](https://github.com/phil-opp) and [@Freax13](https://github.com/orgs/rust-osdev/people/Freax13)</span>
+
+The `bootloader` crate implements a custom Rust-based bootloader for easy loading of 64-bit ELF executables. This month, we merged the following improvements:
+
+- [Remove 3dnow features from stage4 target](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/471)
+- [mention E820 in docs for UnknownBios](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/461)
+- [release v0.11.8](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/469)
+- [copy more PML4 entries](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/466)
+- [Convert LF to CRLF when writing to serial port](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/474)
+- [Update x86_64](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/478)
+- [release v0.11.9](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/479)
+
+Thanks to [@Ollrogge](https://github.com/Ollrogge), [@ChocolateLoverRaj](https://github.com/ChocolateLoverRaj), and [@Makonede](https://github.com/Makonede) for their contributions!
+
+
+### [`uefi-rs`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs)
+<span class="maintainers">Maintained by [@GabrielMajeri](https://github.com/GabrielMajeri), [@nicholasbishop](https://github.com/nicholasbishop), and [@phip1611](https://github.com/phip1611)</span>
+
+`uefi` makes it easy to develop Rust software that leverages safe, convenient,
+and performant abstractions for UEFI functionality.
+
+We merged the following PRs this month:
+
+- [chore(config): migrate renovate config](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1456)
+- [uefi: Deny clippy::ref_as_ptr](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1455)
+- [Move the UnicodeCollation protocol definition to `uefi-raw` and use it from `uefi`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1459)
+- [Use ovmf-prebuilt](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1454)
+- [xtask: Update OVMF prebuilts](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1463)
+- [uefi-raw: Drop unused dependency on ptr_meta](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1465)
+- [Fix `cargo xtask fmt --check`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1464)
+- [Fix minor typo in protocols.md](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1467)
+- [Add TCG protocols to `uefi-raw` and use them from `uefi`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1469)
+- [Mention to turn off secure boot.](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1468)
+- [Clean up some use of unsafe in MemoryMapRefMut](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1483)
+
+<!-- - [chore(deps): lock file maintenance](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1457) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): update crate-ci/typos action to v1.27.0](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1460) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): lock file maintenance](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1461) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): update crate-ci/typos action to v1.27.3](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1471) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): lock file maintenance](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1475) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): lock file maintenance](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1479) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): update codecov/codecov-action action to v5](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1478) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): lock file maintenance](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uefi-rs/pull/1482) -->
+
+Thanks to [@diekmann](https://github.com/diekmann) for their contribution!
+
+
+### [`ovmf-prebuilt`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/ovmf-prebuilt)
+<span class="maintainers">Maintained by [@nicholasbishop](https://github.com/nicholasbishop) and [@phil-opp](https://github.com/phil-opp)</span>
+
+The `ovmf-prebuilt` project provides pre-built [edk2](https://github.com/tianocore/edk2) releases to make it easier to set up OVMF. We merged the following improvement this month:
+
+- [ovmf-prebuilt: Update readme](https://github.com/rust-osdev/ovmf-prebuilt/pull/101)
+- [release: 0.2.1](https://github.com/rust-osdev/ovmf-prebuilt/pull/102)
+
+<!-- - [chore(deps): lock file maintenance](https://github.com/rust-osdev/ovmf-prebuilt/pull/105) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): lock file maintenance](https://github.com/rust-osdev/ovmf-prebuilt/pull/106) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): lock file maintenance](https://github.com/rust-osdev/ovmf-prebuilt/pull/107) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): lock file maintenance](https://github.com/rust-osdev/ovmf-prebuilt/pull/109) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): lock file maintenance](https://github.com/rust-osdev/ovmf-prebuilt/pull/110) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): lock file maintenance](https://github.com/rust-osdev/ovmf-prebuilt/pull/111) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): lock file maintenance](https://github.com/rust-osdev/ovmf-prebuilt/pull/112) -->
+<!-- - [chore(deps): lock file maintenance](https://github.com/rust-osdev/ovmf-prebuilt/pull/113) -->
+
+
+### [`uart_16550`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uart_16550)
+<span class="maintainers">Maintained by [@phil-opp](https://github.com/phil-opp)</span>
+
+The `uart_16550` crate provides basic support for serial port I/O for 16550-compatible UARTs. We merged the following change this month:
+
+- [feat(mmio): add `new_with_stride`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uart_16550/pull/36)
+
+Thanks to [@kouchekiniad](https://github.com/kouchekiniad) for their contribution!
 
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