Added function to provide the short board name of the device

base/sys_info.h

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #ifndef BASE_SYS_INFO_H_
 #define BASE_SYS_INFO_H_
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
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 #if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
   typedef std::map<std::string, std::string> LsbReleaseMap;
 
   // Returns the contents of /etc/lsb-release as a map.
   static const LsbReleaseMap& GetLsbReleaseMap();
 
   // If |key| is present in the LsbReleaseMap, sets |value| and returns true.
   static bool GetLsbReleaseValue(const std::string& key, std::string* value);
 
   // Convenience function for GetLsbReleaseValue("CHROMEOS_RELEASE_BOARD",...).

[Thiemo Nagel, 2016/11/09 20:48:46]

Please improve the docs of this method as well so that other developers can
avoid the pitfall.

   // Returns "unknown" if CHROMEOS_RELEASE_BOARD is not set.
   static std::string GetLsbReleaseBoard();
 
+  // Convenience function for GetLsbReleaseBoard() removing "-signed.." if
+  // present. Returns "unknown" if CHROMEOS_RELEASE_BOARD is not set.
+  static std::string GetStrippedReleaseBoard();
+
   // Returns the creation time of /etc/lsb-release. (Used to get the date and
   // time of the Chrome OS build).
   static Time GetLsbReleaseTime();
 
   // Returns true when actually running in a Chrome OS environment.
   static bool IsRunningOnChromeOS();
 
   // Test method to force re-parsing of lsb-release.
   static void SetChromeOSVersionInfoForTest(const std::string& lsb_release,
                                             const Time& lsb_release_time);
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   // Returns true if this is a low-end device.
   // Low-end device refers to devices having less than 512M memory in the
   // current implementation.
   static bool IsLowEndDevice();
 };
 
 }  // namespace base
 
 #endif  // BASE_SYS_INFO_H_