Re: avrdude5.5 + stk500: ***failed

As Theodore D. Sternberg wrote:

> I can read but not write the flash ROM.  ...

> $ avrdude -P/dev/ttyS1 -p8515 -v -cstk500v2 -F -U flash:w:blinky

Don't use the -F option unless you're really sure you know what you're
doing.  Obviously, this isn't the case.

> avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9306
> avrdude: Expected signature for AT90S8515 is 1E 93 01

...because you've been abusing -F to override the signature check.
Your device is an ATmega8515 but you're forcing avrdude to treat it as
an AT90S8515.  That won't work.

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