From 8c67b276650307a41ea861082c5ef583107e0588 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Gover <tim.gover@raspberrypi.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 09:27:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] rpi-eeprom-update: Only check for flashrom during an update

There's no need to check for flashrom when querying the current
version, removing pending updates etc.

See: https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/issues/548
---
 rpi-eeprom-update | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rpi-eeprom-update b/rpi-eeprom-update
index b0cb02f..2e1cbc4 100755
--- a/rpi-eeprom-update
+++ b/rpi-eeprom-update
@@ -410,10 +410,12 @@ checkDependencies() {
 
    # Default to off - in the future Raspberry Pi 5 may default to using flashrom if
    # flashrom is available.
-   [ -z "${RPI_EEPROM_USE_FLASHROM}" ] && RPI_EEPROM_USE_FLASHROM=0
-   if [ "${RPI_EEPROM_USE_FLASHROM}" -eq 1 ] && ! command -v flashrom > /dev/null; then
-      warn "WARNING: flashrom not found. Setting RPI_EEPROM_USE_FLASHROM to 0"
-      RPI_EEPROM_USE_FLASHROM=0
+   if [ "${AUTO_UPDATE_BOOTLOADER}" = 1 ] || [ -n "${BOOTLOADER_UPDATE_IMAGE}" ]; then
+      [ -z "${RPI_EEPROM_USE_FLASHROM}" ] && RPI_EEPROM_USE_FLASHROM=0
+      if [ "${RPI_EEPROM_USE_FLASHROM}" -eq 1 ] && ! command -v flashrom > /dev/null; then
+         warn "WARNING: flashrom not found. Setting RPI_EEPROM_USE_FLASHROM to 0"
+         RPI_EEPROM_USE_FLASHROM=0
+      fi
    fi
 
    FIRMWARE_IMAGE_DIR="${FIRMWARE_ROOT}-${BCM_CHIP}/${FIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS}"