-# Starting byte address of the bootloader, as a byte address - computed via the formula
-# BOOT_START = ((FLASH_SIZE_KB - BOOT_SECTION_SIZE_KB) * 1024)
-#
-# Note that the bootloader size and start address given in AVRStudio is in words and not
-# bytes, and so will need to be doubled to obtain the byte address needed by AVR-GCC.
-FLASH_SIZE_KB = 128
-BOOT_SECTION_SIZE_KB = 8
+# Flash size and bootloader section sizes of the target, in KB. These must
+# match the target's total FLASH size and the bootloader size set in the
+# device's fuses.
+FLASH_SIZE_KB := 128
+BOOT_SECTION_SIZE_KB := 8
+
+# Bootloader address calculations (requires the "bc" unix utility) - do
+# not modify these calculations, but rather modify the depedant values above.
+BOOT_START := 0x$(shell echo "obase=16; ($(FLASH_SIZE_KB) - $(BOOT_SECTION_SIZE_KB)) * 1024" | bc)