X-Git-Url: http://git.linex4red.de/pub/lufa.git/blobdiff_plain/be33d3a5156ea3fde221c9e174ad0405eb8d1f8d..51d3adfe1869e4a45c8368bb00a485be052eecdb:/Bootloaders/MassStorage/BootloaderMassStorage.txt?ds=inline diff --git a/Bootloaders/MassStorage/BootloaderMassStorage.txt b/Bootloaders/MassStorage/BootloaderMassStorage.txt index 19751d3be..0fea9d9fb 100644 --- a/Bootloaders/MassStorage/BootloaderMassStorage.txt +++ b/Bootloaders/MassStorage/BootloaderMassStorage.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ * \li Series 7 USB AVRs (AT90USBxxx7) * \li Series 6 USB AVRs (AT90USBxxx6) * \li Series 4 USB AVRs (ATMEGAxxU4) - See \ref SSec_Aux_Space - * \li Series 2 USB AVRs (AT90USBxx2, ATMEGAxxU2) - See \ref SSec_Aux_Space + * \li ATMEGA32U2 - See \ref SSec_Aux_Space * * \section Sec_Info USB Information: * @@ -57,6 +57,33 @@ * When the bootloader is running, the board's LED(s) will flash at regular intervals to distinguish the * bootloader from the normal user application. * + * \warning THIS BOOTLOADER IS NOT SECURE. Malicious entities can recover written data, even if the device + * lockbits are set. + * + * \section Sec_Running Running the Bootloader + * + * On the USB AVR8 devices, setting the \c HWBE device fuse will cause the bootloader to run if the \c HWB pin of + * the AVR is grounded when the device is reset. + * + * The are two behaviours of this bootloader, depending on the device's fuses: + * + * If the device's BOOTRST fuse is set, the bootloader will run any time the system is reset from + * the external reset pin, unless no valid user application has been loaded. To initiate the bootloader, the + * device's external reset pin should be grounded momentarily. + * + * If the device's BOOTRST fuse is not set, the bootloader will run only if initiated via a software + * jump, or if the \c HWB pin was low during the last device reset (if the \c HWBE fuse is set). + * + * For board specific exceptions to the above, see below. + * + * \subsection SSec_XPLAIN Atmel Xplain Board + * Ground the USB AVR JTAG's \c TCK pin to ground when powering on the board to start the bootloader. This assumes the + * \c HWBE fuse is cleared and the \c BOOTRST fuse is set as the HWBE pin is not user accessible on this board. + * + * \subsection SSec_Leonardo Arduino Leonardo Board + * Ground \c IO13 when powering the board to start the bootloader. This assumes the \c HWBE fuse is cleared and the + * \c BOOTRST fuse is set as the HWBE pin is not user accessible on this board. + * * \section Sec_Installation Driver Installation * * This bootloader uses the Mass Storage drivers inbuilt into all modern operating systems, thus no additional @@ -69,7 +96,25 @@ * remove your device from the host using the host OS's ejection APIs, to ensure all data is correctly flushed to the * bootloader's virtual filesystem and not cached in the OS's file system driver. * - * The current device firmware can be read from the device by reading a file from the virtual FAT filesystem. + * The current device firmware can be read from the device by reading a file from the virtual FAT filesystem. Two files will + * be present: + * - FLASH.BIN, representing the AVR's internal flash memory + * - EEPROM.BIN, representing the AVR's internal EEPROM memory + * + * To convert an existing Intel HEX (.HEX) program file to a binary (.BIN) file suitable for this bootloader, run: + * \code + * avr-objcopy -O binary -R .eeprom -R .fuse -R .lock -R .signature input.hex output.bin + * \endcode + * From a terminal, replacing input.hex and output.bin with the respective input and output filenames. + * AVR EEPROM data files in Intel HEX format (.EEP) uses a similar technique: + * \code + * avr-objcopy -O binary input.eep output.bin + * \endcode + * + * \warning This bootloader is currently incompatible with the Apple MacOS X OS Finder GUI, due to the + * large amount of meta files this OS attempts to write to the disk along with the new binaries. On + * this platform, firmwares must be copied to the disk via the Terminal application only to prevent + * firmware corruption. * * \section Sec_API User Application API * @@ -166,15 +211,29 @@ * +----------------------------+ FLASHEND * \endverbatim * + * \section Sec_KnownIssues Known Issues: + * + * \par In some cases, the application is not fully loaded into the device. + * Write-caching on some operating systems may interfere with the normal + * operation of the bootloader. Write caching should be disabled when using the + * Mass Storage bootloader, or the file system synced via an appropriate command + * (such as the OS's normal disk ejection command) before disconnecting the device. + * * \section Sec_Options Project Options * * The following defines can be found in this demo, which can control the demo behaviour when defined, or changed in value. * * * - * + * + * + * + * + * + * + * + * * *
- * None - * Define Name:Location:Description:
NO_APP_START_ON_EJECTAppConfig.hDefine to disable automatic start of the loaded application when the virtual + * Mass Storage disk is ejected on the host.
*/