Re: [flashrom] [PATCH] be more refined regarding DMI chassis types

[Stefan Tauner]

On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:44:08 +0200
Bernd Blaauw  wrote:
> Op 26-7-2011 1:22, Stefan Tauner schreef:
> > we had broken laptops in the past that were not detected as such because
> > their DMI chassis-type was either undefined/out-of-spec, or set to
> > 'other' or 'unknown'.
>
> Does Flashrom use a list of "known mobile hardware" (either chipset, 
> processor or videocard) to recognise a machine as laptop? Intel seems to 
> have a lot of 'M' stuff (ICH9M for example).

no we don't (yet). there are also some desktop-like boards (htpc,
embedded) that use mobile chipsets. latest llano boards are one example
i think. basically DMI should provide that list of "known mobile
hardware", if the bios authors would do their job. :)