From 08e2349203e9f0f38cc054b15c08d0925cc99213 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Brian S. Dean" Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:54:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Provide more information on safemode operation. git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/avrdude/trunk/avrdude@524 81a1dc3b-b13d-400b-aceb-764788c761c2 --- avrdude.1 | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/avrdude.1 b/avrdude.1 index 81051e95..cd05de60 100644 --- a/avrdude.1 +++ b/avrdude.1 @@ -357,9 +357,16 @@ Tells to enter the interactive ``terminal'' mode instead of up- or downloading files. See below for a detailed description of the terminal mode. .It Fl u -Disable safemode and allow the fuse bits to be changed. Safemode is -enabled by default and is intended to prevent unintentionally changing -the fuse bits. +Disable the safemode fuse bit checks. Safemode is enabled by default +and is intended to prevent unintentional fuse bit changes. When +enabled, safemode will issue a warning if the any fuse bits are found +to be different at program exit than they were when +.Nm +was invoked. Safemode won't alter fuse bits itself, but rather will +prompt for instructions, unless the terminal is non-interactive, in +which case safemode is disabled. See the +.Fl s +option to disable safemode prompting. .It Xo Fl U Ar memtype Ns .Ar \&: Ns Ar op Ns .Ar \&: Ns Ar filename Ns