diff --git a/util/lint/lint-001-no-global-config-in-romstage b/util/lint/lint-001-no-global-config-in-romstage
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+++ b/util/lint/lint-001-no-global-config-in-romstage
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+#!/bin/sh
+DEFINES=`grep "#define" src/mainboard/*/*/romstage.c |sed 's,.*#define[\t ]\([^\t ]*\)[\t ].*,\1,' | grep -v "(" | sort -u`
+SCANBUCKET=`mktemp`
+find src -name .svn -type d -prune -o -name mainboard -type d -prune -o -name examples -type d -prune -o -type f -exec sed -f `dirname $0`/remccoms3.sed {} + > $SCANBUCKET
+ 
+for define in $DEFINES; do
+	if [ `egrep -c "([^_A-Za-z0-9]$define[^_A-Za-z0-9]|^$define[^_A-Za-z0-9]|[^_A-Za-z0-9]$define\$)" $SCANBUCKET` -gt 0 ]; then
+		echo "$define is defined in mainboard(s) and used elsewhere"
+	fi
+done
+
+rm -f $SCANBUCKET