Module api: various fixes and developments #21309

Job	Run time
LP64-WIP	3m 46s
build-windows (tgl tgl-h)	8m 43s
build-windows (imx8 imx8x imx8m imx8ulp)	11m 57s
build-windows (mtl lnl)	10m 19s
build-linux (mnfst, mtl lnl)	6m 18s
build-windows (ptl)	6m 33s
build-linux (zmain, ptl)	4m 58s
build-windows (-d, lnl)	8m 9s
build-linux (zmain, mtl lnl)	6m 3s
build-linux (mnfst, imx8 imx8x imx8m imx8ulp)	7m 51s
build-linux (zmain, tgl tgl-h)	5m 41s
build-linux (-d, mnfst, lnl)	4m 19s
build-linux (zmain, imx8 imx8x imx8m imx8ulp)	6m 41s
manifest-check	1m 31s
build-linux (mnfst, ptl)	4m 50s
build-linux (mnfst, tgl tgl-h)	5m 51s
build-linux (mnfst, --all)	17m 4s
compare-linux-win	1m 45s
	2h 2m 19s

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