From caf2297d947cfacb13c9cee16e2d05818ebcf021 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Weddington Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 21:46:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add notes about ability to list parts and list programmers in the config file in -p and -c descriptions. Change info about where to find Windows search method in -C description. git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/avrdude/trunk/avrdude@270 81a1dc3b-b13d-400b-aceb-764788c761c2 --- doc/avrdude.texi | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/avrdude.texi b/doc/avrdude.texi index e82ca326..c76b74f8 100644 --- a/doc/avrdude.texi +++ b/doc/avrdude.texi @@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ following options are recognized: @item -p @var{partno} This is the only mandatory option and it tells AVRDUDE what type of part (MCU) that is connected to the programmer. The @var{partno} parameter -is the part's id listed in the configuration file. If a part is unknown +is the part's id listed in the configuration file. Specify -p ? to list +all parts in the configuration file. If a part is unknown to AVRDUDE, it means that there is no config file entry for that part, but it can be added to the configuration file if you have the Atmel datasheet so that you can enter the programming specifications. @@ -255,6 +256,7 @@ ATMEGA8 Specify the programmer to be used. AVRDUDE knows about several common programmers. Use this option to specify which one to use. The @var{programmer-id} parameter is the programmer's id listed in the +configuration file. Specify -c ? to list all programmers in the configuration file. If you have a programmer that is unknown to AVRDUDE, and the programmer is controlled via the PC parallel port, there's a good chance that it can be easily added to the configuration @@ -268,8 +270,8 @@ If you have a programmer or part that AVRDUDE does not know about, you can add it to the config file (be sure and submit a patch back to the author so that it can be incorporated for the next version). If not specified, AVRDUDE reads the configuration file from -/usr/local/etc/avrdude.conf (FreeBSD and Linux) or from the installation -location's bin directory (Windows). +/usr/local/etc/avrdude.conf (FreeBSD and Linux). See Appendix A for +the method of searching for the configuration file for Windows. @item -e Causes a chip erase to be executed. This will reset the contents of the