RE: [avrdude-dev] Special-section erase?

[Weddington, Eric]

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> Behalf Of Erik Walthinsen
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 11:01 AM
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> Subject: [avrdude-dev] Special-section erase?
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> On 02/25/2011 08:56 AM, Uwe Bonnes wrote:
> > Is there any fundamental issue with using CMND_ERASEPAGE_SPM? Or should
> I
> > try to come up with a patch?
> 
> This doesn't have anything to do with the bug in question, but it does
> remind me:
> 
> Are there any plans to add the ability to *only* erase the special
> memory sections of the Xmega, such as the bootloader and user signature?
>   The former isn't a big deal generally, but the user signature isn't
> erasable by anything else by design, especially not chip erase.

Well, we are always interested in people helping out the project, since it is 
open source. Do you think you might be able to implement such a feature? It 
sounds like a useful feature for many users.