linuxboot / linuxboot/fiano

Make DxeCleaner remove by FV rather than by filetype

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enhancement
Dominant language
Go
Stars
373
Forks
59
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No merged PRs in 30d

Description

We want to remove more than one type at a time. It would be nice to instead specify entire firmware volumes to run the cleaner on, rather than to just say all Drivers or all SMM_Drivers etc.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by locating DxeCleaner and reading how it currently selects file types to remove. Trace how firmware volumes are represented and determine how the cleaner should accept a volume target and multiple types; done means selected firmware volumes can be cleaned without affecting unrelated volumes.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
operating-systems, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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