Re: [avrdude-dev] Re: WinAVR

[E. Weddington]

Joerg Wunsch wrote:

> As Bernard Fouché wrote:
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>  
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> > Now it would be nice to have avrdude to be able to process the XML
> > definition files in Atmel\AVR Tools\Partdescriptionfiles\ that
> > avrstudio4 now provides.
> >    
>
> Alas, Atmel considers these files ``Intellectual Property'' and thus
> forbids redistribution outside of AVR Studio.  I've already tried to
> get them opening their policy, but as this touches company lawyers and
> such, this policy is probably not going to change quickly.
>  

Oh, bother....

>  
>
> > These files could also replace avrdude.conf file format, ...
> >    
>
> Nope, avrdude.conf contains quite a bit other stuff, in particular the
> definition of the various programming adapter layouts.  Also, I think the
> XML files don't have the actual ISP commands used as this knowledge is
> not required for AVR Studio.
>
>  

Well, another solution would be to do an XML-to-XML conversion, then 
adding the info we need. I know of a command line tool that would work 
for the conversion.

Eric