john1993:
having reworked optiboot for several avrs (including m128 and m1284) i prefer the classic arduino rate, 57k. slightly slower loads but in my case has proven most trouble free for a variety of reasons.
In which case 38400 and 76800 are far better choices (WormFood's AVR Baud Rate Calculator Ver. 2.1.1)...
16 MHz
Baud UBRR UBRR Error
----- ---- ------ -----
38400 25 0x0019 0.2 <<
57600 16 0x0010 2.1
76800 12 0x000C 0.2 <<
1000K 1 0x0001 0.0
1 M is a zero-error baud rate for 16 MHz boards. Unless the USB-to-serial converter is physically separated from the board it is an excellent choice.
since i never saw much point to bootload blinks
+1. Got it.
that and other redundant code was deleted to make room for more useful functions.
"More useful functions"? Such as?