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

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

Am 26.07.2011 01:22 schrieb Stefan Tauner:
> 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'.
>
> this patch tries to mitigate this problem as follows:
> - if the DMI chassis-type clearly identifies the system as
>   laptop/notebook/mobile platform then nothing changes: the user gets
>   the laptop warning without a hint to the force switch.
> - if the DMI chassis-type is not specific enough, we warn the user
>   similarly, but tell them the switch.
>
> to reduce the number of false positives i have added a few new
> chassis types that we have encountered in the last months to the list.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner at student.tuwien.ac.at>
>   

Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net>

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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