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-rw-r--r--dmi.c40
-rw-r--r--internal.c19
2 files changed, 43 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/dmi.c b/dmi.c
index 836b38b..3b17b11 100644
--- a/dmi.c
+++ b/dmi.c
@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@ static const char *dmidecode_names[] = {
"baseboard-version",
};
-/* A full list of chassis types can be found in the System Management BIOS
+/* This list is used to identify supposed laptops. The is_laptop field has the
+ * following meaning:
+ * - 0: in all likelihood not a laptop
+ * - 1: in all likelihood a laptop
+ * - 2: chassis-type is not specific enough
+ * A full list of chassis types can be found in the System Management BIOS
* (SMBIOS) Reference Specification 2.7.0 section 7.4.1 "Chassis Types" at
* http://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0134_2.7.0.pdf
* The types below are the most common ones.
@@ -64,14 +69,18 @@ static const struct {
unsigned char is_laptop;
const char *name;
} dmi_chassis_types[] = {
- {0x01, 0, "Other"},
- {0x02, 0, "Unknown"},
+ {0x01, 2, "Other"},
+ {0x02, 2, "Unknown"},
{0x03, 0, "Desktop",},
+ {0x06, 0, "Mini Tower"},
+ {0x07, 0, "Tower"},
{0x08, 1, "Portable"},
{0x09, 1, "Laptop"},
{0x0a, 1, "Notebook"},
{0x0b, 1, "Hand Held"},
{0x0e, 1, "Sub Notebook"},
+ {0x11, 0, "Main Server Chassis"},
+ {0x17, 0, "Rack Mount Chassis"},
};
#define DMI_COMMAND_LEN_MAX 260
@@ -152,16 +161,25 @@ void dmi_init(void)
}
chassis_type = get_dmi_string("chassis-type");
- if (chassis_type) {
- for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dmi_chassis_types); i++) {
- if (!strcasecmp(chassis_type,
- dmi_chassis_types[i].name) &&
- dmi_chassis_types[i].is_laptop) {
- msg_pdbg("Laptop detected via DMI\n");
- is_laptop = 1;
- }
+ if (chassis_type == NULL)
+ return;
+
+ is_laptop = 2;
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dmi_chassis_types); i++) {
+ if (strcasecmp(chassis_type, dmi_chassis_types[i].name) == 0) {
+ is_laptop = dmi_chassis_types[i].is_laptop;
+ break;
}
}
+
+ switch (is_laptop) {
+ case 1:
+ msg_pdbg("Laptop detected via DMI.\n");
+ break;
+ case 2:
+ msg_pdbg("DMI chassis-type is not specific enough.\n");
+ break;
+ }
free(chassis_type);
}
diff --git a/internal.c b/internal.c
index c59209e..3938428 100644
--- a/internal.c
+++ b/internal.c
@@ -230,11 +230,19 @@ int internal_init(void)
/* Warn if a non-whitelisted laptop is detected. */
if (is_laptop && !laptop_ok) {
- msg_perr("========================================================================\n"
- "WARNING! You seem to be running flashrom on an unsupported 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"
+ msg_perr("========================================================================\n");
+ if (is_laptop == 1) {
+ msg_perr("WARNING! You seem to be running flashrom on an unsupported laptop.\n");
+ } else {
+ msg_perr("WARNING! You may be running flashrom on an unsupported laptop. We could\n"
+ "not detect this for sure because your vendor has not setup the SMBIOS\n"
+ "tables correctly. You can enforce execution by adding\n"
+ "'-p internal:laptop=force_I_want_a_brick' to the command line, but\n"
+ "please read the following warning if you are not sure.\n\n");
+ }
+ msg_perr("Laptops, notebooks and netbooks are difficult to support and we\n"
+ "recommend to use the vendor flashing utility. The embedded controller\n"
+ "(EC) in these machines often interacts badly with flashing.\n"
"See http://www.flashrom.org/Laptops for details.\n\n"
"If flash is shared with the EC, erase is guaranteed to brick your laptop\n"
"and write may brick your laptop.\n"
@@ -242,6 +250,7 @@ int internal_init(void)
"failure and sudden poweroff.\n"
"You have been warned.\n"
"========================================================================\n");
+
if (force_laptop) {
msg_perr("Proceeding anyway because user specified "
"laptop=force_I_want_a_brick\n");
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