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- Force chip read by faking probe success.
- Force chip access even if the chip is bigger than max decode size for
  the flash bus.
- Force erase even if erase is known bad.
- Force write even if write is known bad.
- Force writing even if cbtable tells us that this is the wrong image
  for this board.

This patch cleans up --force usage:
- Remove any suggestions to use --force for probe/read from flashrom
  output.
- Don't talk about "success" or "Found chip" if the chip is forced.
- Add a new internal programmer parameter boardmismatch=force. This
  overrides any mismatch detection from cbtable/image comparisons.
- Add a new internal programmer parameter laptop=force_I_want_a_brick.
- Adjust the documentation for --force.
- Clean up the man page a bit whereever it talks about --force or
  laptops.

Additional changes in this patch:
- Add warnings about laptops to the documentation.
- Abort if a laptop is detected. Can be overridden with the programmer
parameter mentioned above.
- Add "Portable" to the list of DMI strings indicating laptops.
- Check if a chip specified with -c is known to flashrom.
- Programmer parameter reliability and consistency fixes.
- More paranoid self-checks.
- Improve documentation.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r996.
Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de>

 - Fix a number of typos (found via ispell).

 - Use correct vendor names (as per their websites) consistently.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r985.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Add a README with build instructions.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r963.
Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@assembler.cz>

Cast input to tolower() to unsigned char to work around how tolower() is
implemented on NetBSD.

Also, use CPPFLAGS (rather than overriding CFLAGS) for the
NetBSD/DragonFly build example.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r905.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan A. Kollasch <jakllsch@kollasch.net>
Acked-by: Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r838.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan A. Kollasch <jakllsch@kollasch.net>
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>

Drop usage information that is already mentioned in the man page.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r827.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>

So far, the only case where libz is needed is when a library (libpci)
pulls in libz and even then it only happens if libpci is available in a
static version only and said static version has libz requirements.

Check for libpci separately and don't require libz if it isn't needed.

Clarify the README.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r743.
Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r700.
Signed-off-by: Joerg Mayer <jmayer@loplof.de>
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>

Don't mention coreboot.org without context.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r688.
Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r686.
Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>

Change all occurences in the source code and documentation accordingly.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r669.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>

In particular, it should no longer be necessary to patch the makefile
for hassle-free compilation.

The targets are:
make export
make tarball
Both preserve svn revisions and the exported tree does not depend on
subversion in any way or shape.

Documentation for this feature has been added to README.

We need this for five reasons:
1. Packagers currently have to patch flashrom source to compile it on
systems without subversion. We should make it easier for them.
2. Snapshot tarballs currently have a .svn 1.5 directory included but
this will cause errors for users with older svn 1.4. Not requiring
subversion for snapshot compilation is best.
3. Since packagers seldom the svn revision in their fixup patches, some
packages out there have incorrect or no revision, only major version
numbers.
4. Releasing a new version of flashrom needs too many changes to the
makefile which have to be reverted instantly after the release. That is
unnecessary churn.
5. Making a release is easy with the change. Update the major version,
then run "make tarball".

Corresponding to flashrom svn r587.

Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>  
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

I finally found the machine (doesn't belong to me) where I originally tested
this board as non-working and I can confirm that all operations work fine now
(since the nForce2 patch in r548).

Corresponding to flashrom svn r571.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

 - Add explicit installation instructions in the README.

 - Code cleanups, coding style fixes, drop dead code.

 - Drop duplicate board listings from -L output (some boards were explicitly
   recorded in boards_ok[] _and_ implicitly via the board-enables table.

 - Add MS-xxxx numbers to MSI boards where we can find that info.

 - Fix typo, "K8T Neo2" should have been "K8T Neo2-F" actually, at least
   according to the comment of w83627thf_gpio4_4_raise_2e() which says
   "Suited for: MSI K8T Neo2-F".

Corresponding to flashrom svn r554.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r544.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r535.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Also, move more stuff to the manpage where it belongs (this also
eliminates some duplicated contents).

Corresponding to flashrom svn r460.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r453.
Signed-off-by: Idwer Vollering <vidwer@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>

Fix compilation on Solaris and tell people how to compile flashrom on
Solaris, Darwin/Mac OS X and DragonFly BSD.

Thanks to Joerg Schilling and Patrick Georgi for the Solaris part.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r452.
Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r451.
Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>
Acked-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>

Also, additional small cosmetic fix.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r440 and coreboot v2 svn r4196.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r433 and coreboot v2 svn r4141.
Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>
Acked-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r427 and coreboot v2 svn r4092.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

 - Improve description a bit, especially wrt chip packages and
   protocols.

 - Add some missing parameters to manpage option descriptions.

 - Remove long obsolete DoC support note.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r425 and coreboot v2 svn r4088.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r402 and coreboot v2 svn r3908.
Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>
Acked-by: Ward Vandewege <ward@gnu.org>

Mimicked from flashrom.c

Corresponding to flashrom svn r377 and coreboot v2 svn r3855.
Signed-off-by: Idwer Vollering <vidwer@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r271 and coreboot v2 svn r3385.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r270 and coreboot v2 svn r3384.
Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>
Acked-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>

DOC support has been disabled by default for many years. The write function
does nothing but print text. It has a call to write_page_md2802() commented
out, but that function does not exist. This is dead code with ugly #ifdefs.

Updates README to reflect that there was a time when there was code, but it
didn't work. Removes M-Systems #defines and also includes svn rm msys_doc.*

Corresponding to flashrom svn r269 and coreboot v2 svn r3382.
Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>
Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>

Make the vendor name optional in the -m flashrom parameter when there's only one board name that matches

The full syntax still works, and is required when two vendors have
boards with the same names.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r190 and coreboot v2 svn r3082.
Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>
Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r189 and coreboot v2 svn r3080.
Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>
Acked-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r180 and coreboot v2 svn r3059.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r178 and coreboot v2 svn r3054.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r161 and coreboot v2 svn r2995.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan A. Kollasch <jakllsch@kollasch.net>
Acked-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r153 and coreboot v2 svn r2875.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r148 and coreboot v2 svn r2864.
Signed-off-by: Michael van der Kolff <mvanderkolff@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r133 and coreboot v2 svn r2753.
Signed-off-by: Markus Boas <ryven@ryven.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r132 and coreboot v2 svn r2752.
Signed-off-by: Markus Boas <ryven@ryven.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r125 and coreboot v2 svn r2743.
Signed-off-by: Luc Verhaegen <libv@skynet.be>
Acked-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>

Corresponding to flashrom svn r124 and coreboot v2 svn r2742.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>