RE: [avr-libc-dev] Re: [RFC] Unified ELF file

[Michael Hennebry]

What if a user doesn't want to assign a fuse,
e.g. the last time he played with that fuse
the cure required a soldering iron?
Would one have to keep the sections separate to
allow assigning only some fuses and lock bits?

The avrdude wrapper I wrote assumes separate sections.
It also requires the user tell it about anything it wants assigned.
It's not terribly complicated,
it's just expands the parameters allowed on -U:
the memory space can be a comma separated list that includes fuses.
The file can be an elf file.
The format can be elf.
http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/avrelfsuit
With a little more work, one could probably add
all-of-them to the allowed memory spaces.

If one really wants to force the user to assign everything,
could one have yet another section that just provides references?
What about the -U flag or its linker script equivalent?

Could one provide the user with an explicit
mechanism to say don't touch that fuse?

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