Re: [avrdude-dev] [bug #55734] USBtiny programming of ATmega328p broken by Patch #9278

[Austin Roach]

Correction: the relevant patch number is Patch #9728. The referenced
URL is correct, but I transposed two digits in the description.

Cheers,
Austin

On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 8:52 PM Austin Roach <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> URL:
>   <https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?55734>
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>                  Summary: USBtiny programming of ATmega328p broken by Patch
> #9278
>                  Project: AVR Downloader/UploaDEr
>             Submitted by: ahroach
>             Submitted on: Mon 18 Feb 2019 01:52:35 AM UTC
>                 Category: None
>                 Severity: 3 - Normal
>                 Priority: 5 - Normal
>               Item Group: None
>                   Status: None
>                  Privacy: Public
>              Assigned to: None
>          Originator Name: Austin Roach
>         Originator Email:
>              Open/Closed: Open
>                  Release: SVN snapshot
>          Discussion Lock: Any
>      Programmer hardware: usbtiny
>              Device type: ATmega328p
>
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> Details:
>
> Programming an ATmega328p with a usbtiny-compatible programmer (Pocket AVR)
> was broken for me by Patch #9278.[1]
>
> The logic in Patch #9278 is flawed. usbtiny_program_enable() (which is
> ultimately returning the value from usbtiny_cmd()) returns 1 on *success*.
> With the patch applied, if usbtiny_program_enable() always succeeds, the
> function will eventually fail and return -1. This is undoubtedly not the right
> behavior.
>
> There may be some devices for which usbtiny_cmd() appears to fail, even though
> they are operating successfully. But breaking the operation of devices that
> are actually behaving correctly can't be the right fix.
>
> [1] https://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?9728
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