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| author | mkarcher <mkarcher@2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1> | 2010-02-26 09:51:20 +0000 |
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| committer | mkarcher <mkarcher@2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1> | 2010-02-26 09:51:20 +0000 |
| commit | 21f17e7d97449c6fab1066a90825fdb4a6bb48e6 (patch) | |
| tree | bcb007bd2f154ed156675411c3aef585dd66ff86 /internal.c | |
| parent | e62fdf35f9928cfba9aa121ec4d821d8ade68ac4 (diff) | |
| download | flashrom-21f17e7d97449c6fab1066a90825fdb4a6bb48e6.tar.gz | |
Warn if running on laptops
Signed-off-by: Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
git-svn-id: https://code.coreboot.org/svn/flashrom/trunk@916 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1
Diffstat (limited to 'internal.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | internal.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -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. */ |