[avrdude-dev] [patch #7314] detect ELF and COFF files and reject flashing them

[Petr Hluzin]

URL:
  <http://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?7314>

                 Summary: detect ELF and COFF files and reject flashing them
                 Project: AVR Downloader/UploaDEr
            Submitted by: petrh
            Submitted on: Sun Sep 12 00:59:55 2010
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

If user passes an an ELF file or an AVR COFF to avrdude-5.10 it will attempt
to flash it as a binary file.
This leads to confusion [1] and blocks the path to ever implement the
feature.

This patch adds code to recognize these file formats and print appropriate
diagnostic message.
And will prevent flashing a garbage.

[1] http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=80705

(A note for myself: avr-objcopy -O coff-ext-avr inputfile.elf
outputfile.coff, task #5093)




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File Attachments:


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Date: Sun Sep 12 00:59:55 2010  Name: avrdude-elf-detection.patch  Size: 3kB 
 By: petrh
applies cleanly to today's trunk
<http://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/download.php?file_id=21441>

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