From 5cb36eb16c505cab3491c6eb6ae4eb405b32f5cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Rhodes <sean@starlabs.systems>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 20:48:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] util/lint: Don't check for board_info.txt in common directory

Adjust the linter to skip `common` directories, as a board_info.txt
serves no purpose there.

This also changes `sort | uniq` to `sort -u` for efficiency.

Change-Id: I29639d8b620bcd4f2f7032802f375d79ac391535
Signed-off-by: Sean Rhodes <sean@starlabs.systems>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/89050
Reviewed-by: Martin L Roth <gaumless@gmail.com>
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Matt DeVillier <matt.devillier@gmail.com>
---
 util/lint/lint-stable-005-board-status | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-005-board-status b/util/lint/lint-stable-005-board-status
index 08cbc92c66..a772352b31 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-005-board-status
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-005-board-status
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ LINTDIR="$(
 # shellcheck source=helper_functions.sh
 . "${LINTDIR}/helper_functions.sh"
 
-for mobodir in $(${FIND_FILES} src/mainboard | sed -n 's,^\(src/mainboard/[^/]*/[^/]*\)/.*$,\1,p'|sort|uniq); do
+for mobodir in $(${FIND_FILES} src/mainboard | sed -n 's,^\(src/mainboard/[^/]*/[^/]*\)/.*$,\1,p' \
+    | grep -v '/common$' | sort -u); do
+
     board_info="$mobodir/board_info.txt"
     if ! [ -f "$board_info" ]; then
        echo "No $board_info found"