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author | Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de> | 2010-02-26 09:51:20 +0000 |
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committer | Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de> | 2010-02-26 09:51:20 +0000 |
commit | 8c1df280e344ca4bff76b9061db419bb174c2e4a (patch) | |
tree | bcb007bd2f154ed156675411c3aef585dd66ff86 | |
parent | 0d7fb7c5ed4dab13b6e94329992862599323ccfc (diff) | |
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Warn if running on laptops
Corresponding to flashrom svn r916.
Signed-off-by: Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
-rw-r--r-- | dmi.c | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | flash.h | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | internal.c | 12 |
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static char *get_dmi_string(const char *string_name) void dmi_init(void) { int i; + char *chassis_type; has_dmi_support = 1; for (i = 0; i < DMI_ID_INVALID; i++) { dmistrings[i] = get_dmi_string(dmidecode_names[i]); @@ -106,6 +107,13 @@ void dmi_init(void) break; } } + + chassis_type = get_dmi_string("chassis-type"); + if (chassis_type && !strcmp(chassis_type, "Notebook")) { + printf_debug("Laptop detected via DMI"); + is_laptop = 1; + } + free(chassis_type); } /** @@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ struct pci_dev *pci_card_find(uint16_t vendor, uint16_t device, void get_io_perms(void); void release_io_perms(void); #if INTERNAL_SUPPORT == 1 +extern int is_laptop; void probe_superio(void); int internal_init(void); int internal_shutdown(void); @@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ void probe_superio(void) #endif } +int is_laptop; + int internal_init(void) { int ret = 0; @@ -131,6 +133,16 @@ int internal_init(void) /* Probe for the SuperI/O chip and fill global struct superio. */ probe_superio(); + /* Warn if a laptop is detected */ + if (is_laptop) + printf("========================================================================\n" + "WARNING! You seem to be running flashrom on a laptop.\n" + "Laptops, notebooks and netbooks are difficult to support and we recommend\n" + "to use the vendor flashing utility. The embedded controller (EC) in these\n" + "machines often interacts badly with flashing\n" + "See http://www.flashrom.org/Laptops\n" + "========================================================================\n"); + /* try to enable it. Failure IS an option, since not all motherboards * really need this to be done, etc., etc. */ |