boot-utils: Rewrite in Python

.github/workflows/main.yml

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-# Run shellcheck and shfmt on all shell files in this repository
+# Run shellcheck and shfmt on all shell files and yapf on all Python files in this repository
 name: Lint checks
 on: [push, pull_request]
 jobs:
   shellcheck:
     uses: ClangBuiltLinux/actions-workflows/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml@main
   shfmt:
     uses: ClangBuiltLinux/actions-workflows/.github/workflows/shfmt.yml@main
+  yapf:
+    uses: ClangBuiltLinux/actions-workflows/.github/workflows/yapf.yml@main

.gitignore

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 qemu-binaries/
+*.pyc

README.md

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+# Boot utilities
+
+This repository houses scripts to quickly boot test Linux kernels with a simple [Buildroot](https://buildroot.org)-based rootfs.
+
+* `boot-qemu.py`: Script to boot Linux kernels in QEMU. Run with `-h` for information on options.
+* `boot-uml.py`: Script to boot a User Mode Linux (UML) kernel. Run with `-h` for information on options.
+* `utils.py`: Common functions to Python scripts, not meant to be called.
+
+* `buildroot/`: Scripts and configuration files to generate rootfs images.
+* `images/`: Generated rootfs images from Buildroot (compressed with `zstd`).
+* `utils/`: Miscellaneous utilities/programs.