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Signed-off-by: Daniel Maslowski <[email protected]>

Author: orangecms

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+/fixtures

Cargo.lock

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+[package]
+name = "intel_fw"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]

Cargo.toml

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+# Modern Intel Firmware Tool :sparkles:
+
+This is a new utility to analyze and edit firmware images for Intel platforms.
+
+Based on knowledge from [`me_cleaner`](https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner),
+[MEAnalyzer](https://github.com/platomav/meanalyzer) and related research,
+`intel_fw` is written from scratch in Rust, allowing for integration with other
+projects, including a programmatic API.
+
+## Milestones
+
+- [ ] bootstrap a new, general CLI, `intel_fw`, with an `me` subcommand
+    - mimic the `me_cleaner` CLI, using similar+same arguments and switches for
+      compatibility
+- [ ] port the logic to Rust, using `me_cleaner`-edited images as test fixtures
+    - NOTE: committing the test fixtures would be big and a potential license
+      issue; instead, add notes on how to reproduce them, via public vendor
+      images and extraction utilities (e.g. from Lenovo)
+    - [ ] step 1: port core logic to produce the same output as `me_cleaner` for
+        Lenovo ThinkPad X230 + X270
+    - [ ] step 2: full parity with `me_cleaner`
+- [ ] expand the documentation with a higher-level on Intel platform boot flows
+    - [ ] document how the Intel data structures work, in prose
+    - [ ] document how to add support for more platforms and variants
+- [ ] work out a reusable library, i.e., a Rust crate for <https://crates.io/>
+- [ ] sync up; <https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner> has another patch that
+      coreboot is missing, doing rework and adding ME Gen 1 support

README.md

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+fn main() {
+    println!("Intel Firmware Tool");
+}