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+/*
+ * This file is part of the flashrom project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
+ * Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Stefan Tauner
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "flash.h"
+
+/*
+ * Return a string corresponding to the bustype parameter.
+ * Memory is obtained with malloc() and must be freed with free() by the caller.
+ */
+char *flashbuses_to_text(enum chipbustype bustype)
+{
+	char *ret = calloc(1, 1);
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: Once all chipsets and flash chips have been updated, NONSPI
+	 * will cease to exist and should be eliminated here as well.
+	 */
+	if (bustype == BUS_NONSPI) {
+		ret = strcat_realloc(ret, "Non-SPI, ");
+	} else {
+		if (bustype & BUS_PARALLEL)
+			ret = strcat_realloc(ret, "Parallel, ");
+		if (bustype & BUS_LPC)
+			ret = strcat_realloc(ret, "LPC, ");
+		if (bustype & BUS_FWH)
+			ret = strcat_realloc(ret, "FWH, ");
+		if (bustype & BUS_SPI)
+			ret = strcat_realloc(ret, "SPI, ");
+		if (bustype & BUS_PROG)
+			ret = strcat_realloc(ret, "Programmer-specific, ");
+		if (bustype == BUS_NONE)
+			ret = strcat_realloc(ret, "None, ");
+	}
+	/* Kill last comma. */
+	ret[strlen(ret) - 2] = '\0';
+	ret = realloc(ret, strlen(ret) + 1);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+void print_chip_support_status(const struct flashchip *chip)
+{
+	if (chip->feature_bits & FEATURE_OTP) {
+		msg_cdbg("This chip may contain one-time programmable memory. flashrom cannot read\n"
+			 "and may never be able to write it, hence it may not be able to completely\n"
+			 "clone the contents of this chip (see man page for details).\n");
+	}
+
+	if ((chip->tested.erase == NA) && (chip->tested.write == NA)) {
+		msg_cdbg("This chip's main memory can not be erased/written by design.\n");
+	}
+
+	if ((chip->tested.probe == BAD) || (chip->tested.probe == NT) ||
+	    (chip->tested.read == BAD)  || (chip->tested.read == NT) ||
+	    (chip->tested.erase == BAD) || (chip->tested.erase == NT) ||
+	    (chip->tested.write == BAD) || (chip->tested.write == NT)){
+		msg_cinfo("===\n");
+		if ((chip->tested.probe == BAD) ||
+		    (chip->tested.read == BAD) ||
+		    (chip->tested.erase == BAD) ||
+		    (chip->tested.write == BAD)) {
+			msg_cinfo("This flash part has status NOT WORKING for operations:");
+			if (chip->tested.probe == BAD)
+				msg_cinfo(" PROBE");
+			if (chip->tested.read == BAD)
+				msg_cinfo(" READ");
+			if (chip->tested.erase == BAD)
+				msg_cinfo(" ERASE");
+			if (chip->tested.write == BAD)
+				msg_cinfo(" WRITE");
+			msg_cinfo("\n");
+		}
+		if ((chip->tested.probe == NT) ||
+		    (chip->tested.read == NT) ||
+		    (chip->tested.erase == NT) ||
+		    (chip->tested.write == NT)) {
+			msg_cinfo("This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations:");
+			if (chip->tested.probe == NT)
+				msg_cinfo(" PROBE");
+			if (chip->tested.read == NT)
+				msg_cinfo(" READ");
+			if (chip->tested.erase == NT)
+				msg_cinfo(" ERASE");
+			if (chip->tested.write == NT)
+				msg_cinfo(" WRITE");
+			msg_cinfo("\n");
+		}
+		msg_cinfo("The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development\n"
+			  "version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version,\n"
+			  "please email a report to flashrom@flashrom.org if any of the above operations\n"
+			  "work correctly for you with this flash chip. Please include the flashrom log\n"
+			  "file for all operations you tested (see the man page for details), and mention\n"
+			  "which mainboard or programmer you tested in the subject line.\n"
+			  "Thanks for your help!\n");
+	}
+}
+