stk500v2 bootloader doesn't support reading fuses [imported]

[cmaglie]

This is Issue 544 moved from a Google Code project.
Added by 2011-05-18T17:25:22.000Z by [email protected].
Please review that bug for more context and additional comments, but update this bug.

Original labels: Type-Defect, Priority-Medium

Original description

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. avrdude -U Xfuse:r:-:h

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect to see the real fuse values.
Instead, all fuses return 0.

What version of the Arduino software are you using? On what operating
system? Which Arduino board are you using?

Arduino-0022, arduino mega2560 board.

Please provide any additional information below.
line 663 in https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/blob/master/hardware/arduino/bootloaders/stk500v2/stk500boot.c (and also the comments in the header of the file) say that this is simply not supported yet.

I can't find any other bug flagging this, so filed this.

[cmaglie]

Please look at the pullrequest here #1183

The updated hex bootloader is available here:

https://github.com/cmaglie/Arduino/blob/mega2560-bootloader/hardware/arduino/bootloaders/stk500v2/stk500boot_v2_mega2560.hex

Please check it out and report here #1183 success or failures.
Thank you!

C