util/intelmetool: Add additional helpful error messages

Add more verbose error message for common problems on modern
operating systems, like Secure Boot and CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM.

Change-Id: Ie3361910d48271bcc2cd3b4b74937fbc5df0a176
Signed-off-by: Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@9elements.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/25401
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Philipp Deppenwiese <zaolin.daisuki@gmail.com>
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Patrick Rudolph
2018-02-02 15:07:09 +01:00
committed by Philipp Deppenwiese
parent 405d2eabe0
commit ad4ddfcfdb
2 changed files with 6 additions and 3 deletions

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@@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
#ifndef __DARWIN__
fd_mem = open("/dev/mem", O_RDWR);
if (fd_mem < 0) {
perror("Can not open /dev/mem");
perror("Can not open /dev/mem. Do you have disabled "
"Secure Boot ?");
exit(1);
}