linuxboot / linuxboot/fiano

CBFS editing

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Go
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Description

So far, the cbfs package can parse a CBFS found in a firmware image.

Implement methods to replace for cbfs stages to insert e.g. oreboot into cbfs.

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Research direction

Start by reading the cbfs package and its existing CBFS parsing implementation to understand how stages are represented. Define the replacement and insertion cases needed to add oreboot to a CBFS, then verify that edited firmware images can still be parsed successfully.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
embedded-iot, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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