[avrdude-dev] [patch] fmt_autodetect() and binary files

[Theodore A. Roth]

Hi,

I was just looking over the fmt_autodetect() function. When checking for
a binary file, it is possible (although unlikely) that ever byte in the
file has value < 128.

Wouldn't it make sense to just not even check for binary files? Just
check for recognizable format (ihex, srec, etc.) and if nothing is
found, just default to binary (and issue a warning).

I believe this is what bfd does and it seems to work well enough when we
use it with avarice.

Attached is a patch which should make all reads/writes via fileio.c be
binary and changes the above noted behaviour.

Can someone on a windows box try this to see if I borked anything? Does
it fix the mangled binary upload problem?

I noticed some *_imm stuff. I have no idea what that is, can any one
shed some light there?

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