Re: [avr-chat] Avrdude 6.01 does not like zero-length eeprom hex files

[Bob von Knobloch]

On 07/11/13 00:30, Joerg Wunsch wrote:
> Bob von Knobloch <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Since updating to avrdude 6.01, I get errors.
> >
> > Tracking this down it seems that avrdude dores not like it if I try to
> > program an eeprom intel hex file with zero information in it (generated
> > from a source where no eeprom data is defined).
>
> Yes, known bug:
>
> https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40142
>
> The percentage calculation is now based on the actual amount of data
> to be programmed (rather than the total memory size), and this caused
> the calculation to divide by zero if you try uploading an empty file
> (or memory contents, e.g. out of an ELF file).
>
> Will be fixed, but doesn't seem to be too urgent to me to warrant
> another dot-dot release.  "Doctor, it hurts when I do this!" -- "Don't
> do this." ;-)
Yes, sure.
Not a real problem, just cosmetic.
Thanks Joerg,

Bob

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