microsoft / microsoft/openvmm

flowey: report size of initramfs/initrd in build processes, and how large each item is.

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Description

I'd like to see how large our initrd is, i wonder if the debug binsize even stripped, is huge now.

Originally posted by @chris-oo in https://github.com/microsoft/openvmm/issues/2407#issuecomment-3529746353

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Start by locating the flowey build process that creates the initramfs/initrd. Define completion as reporting the total image size and the size of each included item, including enough information to assess whether debug binaries are stripped; the issue names no specific files or tests.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
build-system, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
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3/5
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1-2 days
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