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doc: Point to web page instead of Wiki for Laptops page

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There were three occurences pointing to the retired wiki instead
of the web page https://flashrom.org/contrib_howtos/laptops_and_ec.html

Change-Id: I62950e1099183171dd3b94200014034b0616a4b4
Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/86546
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Anastasia Klimchuk <aklm@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Andy Ebrahiem <ahmet.ebrahiem@9elements.com>
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doc/classic_cli_manpage.rst
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@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ internal programmer
**Laptops**
Using **flashrom** on older laptops that don't boot from the SPI bus is dangerous and may easily make your hardware unusable
(see also the **BUGS** section). The embedded controller (EC) in some machines may interact badly with flashing.
More information is `in the wiki <https://flashrom.org/Laptops>`_.
More information is at :doc:`/contrib_howtos/laptops_and_ec`.
Problems occur when the flash chip is shared between BIOS and EC firmware, and the latter does not expect **flashrom**
to access the chip. While **flashrom** tries to change the contents of that memory the EC might need to fetch new
instructions or data from it and could stop working correctly. Probing for and reading from the chip may also irritate
@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ Laptops
Using **flashrom** on older laptops is dangerous and may easily make your hardware unusable. **flashrom** will attempt to detect
if it is running on a susceptible laptop and restrict flash-chip probing for safety reasons. Please see the detailed
discussion of this topic and associated **flashrom** options in the **Laptops** paragraph in the **internal programmer**
subsection of the **PROGRAMMER-SPECIFIC INFORMATION** section and the information `in our wiki <https://flashrom.org/Laptops>`_.
subsection of the **PROGRAMMER-SPECIFIC INFORMATION** section and the information at :doc:`/contrib_howtos/laptops_and_ec`.
One-time programmable (OTP) memory and unique IDs

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@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ static void report_nonwl_laptop_detected(const struct board_cfg *bcfg)
msg_perr("Laptops, notebooks and netbooks are difficult to support and we\n"
"recommend to use the vendor flashing utility. The embedded controller\n"
"(EC) in these machines often interacts badly with flashing.\n"
"See the manpage and https://flashrom.org/Laptops for details.\n\n"
"See the manpage and https://flashrom.org/contrib_howtos/laptops_and_ec.html\n"
"for details.\n\n"
"If flash is shared with the EC, erase is guaranteed to brick your laptop\n"
"and write may brick your laptop.\n"
"Read and probe may irritate your EC and cause fan failure, backlight\n"