Replace freenode references

The flashrom project no longer uses freenode. To avoid having outdated
man pages in the future, the contact methods are now listed in the wiki.

Change-Id: I75e8f43c50dc4c3feede0250334a877cdaac8103
Signed-off-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/56031
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Nico Huber <nico.h@gmx.de>
Reviewed-by: Edward O'Callaghan <quasisec@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/68059

3 files changed, 16 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index b5ed94602..cd2a927c5 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -182,10 +182,6 @@ The official flashrom website is:
 
   http://www.flashrom.org/
 
-The IRC channel is
+Available contact methods are
 
-  #flashrom at irc.freenode.net
-
-The mailing list address is
-
-  flashrom@flashrom.org
+  https://www.flashrom.org/Contact
diff --git a/flashrom.8.tmpl b/flashrom.8.tmpl
index 143d76c5f..37e8398c7 100644
--- a/flashrom.8.tmpl
+++ b/flashrom.8.tmpl
@@ -1146,24 +1146,13 @@ in
 .B "/etc/rc.securelevel"
 and rebooting, or rebooting into single user mode.
 .SH BUGS
-Please report any bugs to the
-.MTOB "flashrom@flashrom.org" "flashrom mailing list" .
-.sp
-We recommend to subscribe first at
-.URLB "https://flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom" "" .
-.sp
-Many of the developers communicate via the
-.B "#flashrom"
-IRC channel on
-.BR chat.freenode.net .
-If you don't have an IRC client, you can use the
-.URLB http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=flashrom "freenode webchat" .
-You are welcome to join and ask questions, send us bug and success reports there
-too. Please provide a way to contact you later (e.g.\& a mail address) and be
-patient if there is no immediate reaction. Also, we provide a
+You can report bugs, ask us questions or send success reports
+via our communication channels listed here:
+.URLB "https://www.flashrom.org/Contact" "" .
+.sp
+Also, we provide a
 .URLB https://paste.flashrom.org "pastebin service"
-that is very useful when you want to share logs etc.\& without spamming the
-channel.
+that is very useful to share logs without spamming the communication channels.
 .SS
 .B Laptops
 .sp
diff --git a/flashrom.c b/flashrom.c
index 51f97214f..2213da11c 100644
--- a/flashrom.c
+++ b/flashrom.c
@@ -1940,16 +1940,16 @@ static void nonfatal_help_message(void)
 #if CONFIG_INTERNAL == 1
 	if (programmer == PROGRAMMER_INTERNAL)
 		msg_gerr("This means we have to add special support for your board, programmer or flash\n"
-			 "chip. Please report this on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or\n"
-			 "mail flashrom@flashrom.org, thanks!\n"
+			 "chip. Please report this to the mailing list at flashrom@flashrom.org or on\n"
+			 "IRC (see https://www.flashrom.org/Contact for details), thanks!\n"
 			 "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
 			 "You may now reboot or simply leave the machine running.\n");
 	else
 #endif
 		msg_gerr("Please check the connections (especially those to write protection pins) between\n"
 			 "the programmer and the flash chip. If you think the error is caused by flashrom\n"
-			 "please report this on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or\n"
-			 "mail flashrom@flashrom.org, thanks!\n");
+			 "please report this to the mailing list at flashrom@flashrom.org or on IRC (see\n"
+			 "https://www.flashrom.org/Contact for details), thanks!\n");
 }
 
 static void emergency_help_message(void)
@@ -1957,14 +1957,14 @@ static void emergency_help_message(void)
 	msg_gerr("Your flash chip is in an unknown state.\n");
 #if CONFIG_INTERNAL == 1
 	if (programmer == PROGRAMMER_INTERNAL)
-		msg_gerr("Get help on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or\n"
-			"mail flashrom@flashrom.org with the subject \"FAILED: <your board name>\"!\n"
+		msg_gerr("Get help on IRC (see https://www.flashrom.org/Contact) or mail\n"
+			"flashrom@flashrom.org with the subject \"FAILED: <your board name>\"!"
 			"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
 			"DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!\n");
 	else
 #endif
-		msg_gerr("Please report this on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or\n"
-			 "mail flashrom@flashrom.org, thanks!\n");
+		msg_gerr("Please report this to the mailing list at flashrom@flashrom.org or\n"
+			 "on IRC (see https://www.flashrom.org/Contact for details), thanks!\n");
 }
 
 /* The way to go if you want a delimited list of programmers */