Re: [avrdude-dev] About multiple signatures patch

[crazyiop]

Thanks for the script !

I will hopefully begin this task this weekend.

Regards.

2011/11/22 Tomaž Šolc <address@hidden>

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> On 08. 11. 2011 11:23, crazyiop wrote:
> > I remember posting it to the tracker :
> > http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?34302
>
> I attached my patch to your ticket.
>
> > I don't think I could manage to do the coding, but I'll be happy to help
> > with the conf file compacting.
>
> I've also made a quick and dirty script that compares the different
> "part" sections of the config file and writes out the number of lines
> that differ.
>
> Here you can find the script and its output. It's sorted so that part
> pairs with the least differences are on top:
>
> http://www.tablix.org/~avian/avrdude
>
> It might help you with the file compacting.
>
> Best regards
> Tomaž
>
> > 2011/11/8 Joerg Wunsch <address@hidden>
> >
> >> Hi Tomaž,
> >>
> >>> A while back I submitted a patch that allows you to specify multiple
> >>> "signature" declarations per "part" in avrdude.conf. [1]
> >>
> >> Sorry for not responding to that earlier.
> >>
> >>> I haven't received any feedback on my patch. I've seen a different,
> >>> more general approach proposed by David Ford [3] that adds support
> >>> for property inheritance via a "parent" directive.
> >>
> >> Yes, that idea has been tossed around already before.  The advantage
> >> is that it allows to share even more than just multiple signatures,
> >> e.g. you can cover complete device families by a single entry, where
> >> the derived entries change the signature *and* the memory sizes as
> >> well.
> >>
> >>> If you would be willing
> >>> to accept a patch implementing that, I am prepared to work on it.
> >>
> >> That would be great!  Implementing that (and then compacting
> >> avrdude.conf) was basically what I thought would be my next job, as
> >> time permits.  I'd really like to have this feature aboard in the next
> >> AVRDUDE release, as it allows to add a number of outstanding devices
> >> very easily.
> >>
> >> --
> >> cheers, J"org               .-.-.   --... ...--   -.. .  DL8DTL
> >>
> >> http://www.sax.de/~joerg/                        NIC: JW11-RIPE
> >> Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
> >>
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