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[FEATURE] Update Driver to existing Binary of specified GUID #7

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
UEFI Firmware build time could take from 15 minutes to 25 minutes (or may be even more) based on the computing capability of the system. Eventually, Iteration to validate changes are slowed down because of the

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  1. Delete Existing Driver
  2. For Updating Check if Driver can fit in to existing contiguous free space after executing above step or not, Reject update if driver can not fit in to free space
  3. Driver would only updated if and only if below condition met:
    • same GUID
    • same Name
    • Size of New Driver <= Size of Existing Driver + contagious free space

Describe alternatives you've considered
https://github.com/linuxboot/fiano

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