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+#!/bin/sh
+# This file is part of the coreboot project.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
+#
+# 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; 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
+#
+# DESCR: Check that every board has a meaningful board_info.txt
+
+LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
+for mobodir in $(git diff --name-status |grep -v "^D" |cut -c3- | sed -n 's,^\(src/mainboard/[^/]*/[^/]*\).*$,\1,p'|sort|uniq); do
+    board_info="$mobodir/board_info.txt"
+    if ! [ -f "$board_info" ]; then
+       echo "No $board_info found" >&2
+       exit 1
+    fi
+    category="$(sed -n 's#^Category: \(.*\)$#\1#p' < "$board_info")"
+    case "$category" in
+	desktop|server|laptop|half|mini|settop|"eval"|sbc|emulation|misc)
+	    ;;
+	"")
+	    echo "$board_info doesn't contain 'Category' tag" >&2
+	    exit 1
+	    ;;
+	*)
+	    echo "$board_info specifies unknown category '$category'" >&2
+	    exit 1
+	    ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+exit 0
+