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-rw-r--r--util/intelmetool/intelmetool.c3
-rw-r--r--util/intelmetool/rcba.c6
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/util/intelmetool/intelmetool.c b/util/intelmetool/intelmetool.c
index ae36fc58fc..5981e9ddbd 100644
--- a/util/intelmetool/intelmetool.c
+++ b/util/intelmetool/intelmetool.c
@@ -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);
}
diff --git a/util/intelmetool/rcba.c b/util/intelmetool/rcba.c
index c138e89fd3..ee43e65ce0 100644
--- a/util/intelmetool/rcba.c
+++ b/util/intelmetool/rcba.c
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ int write_rcba32(uint32_t addr, uint32_t val)
rcba = map_physical((off_t)rcba_phys, size);
if (rcba == NULL) {
- printf("Could not map RCBA\n");
+ printf("Could not map RCBA\n"
+ "Do you have cmdline argument 'iomem=relaxed' set ?\n");
return 1;
}
*(uint32_t *)(rcba + addr) = val;
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@ int read_rcba32(uint32_t addr, uint32_t *val)
rcba = map_physical((off_t)rcba_phys, size);
if (rcba == NULL) {
- printf("Could not map RCBA\n");
+ printf("Could not map RCBA\n"
+ "Do you have cmdline argument 'iomem=relaxed' set ?\n");
return 1;
}