Can't Flash Bootloader on ATMEGA328-MMH in 1.8.16

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I have a custom ATMEGA328-MMH board, and I'm flashing it using an Atmel-ICE programmer.
I'm running Arduino 1.8.16, and have the Minicore boards project pulled into my IDE to flash the ATMEGA328.

I can flash applications just fine, but fail to flash the bootloader.
I don't even actually want the Arduino bootloader, I just want to use the "Burn Bootloader" function to program the fuses I need (specifically removing the default clock divider).

Yes, I know that I can do this on the command line using avrdude. This project is for a colleague who will NOT be comfortable using avrdude on the command line.

Anyway here's what I get when I Burn Bootloader:

Arduino: 1.8.16 (Windows Store 1.8.51.0) (Windows 10), Board: "ATmega328, No bootloader, EEPROM not retained, 328 / 328A, BOD 2.7V, LTO disabled, Internal 8 MHz"

C:\Users\ME\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino18/bin/avrdude -CC:\Users\ME\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\MiniCore\hardware\avr\2.1.3/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328 -catmelice_isp -Pusb -e -Ulock:w:0x3f:m -Uefuse:w:0b11111101:m -Uhfuse:w:0b11011111:m -Ulfuse:w:0xe2:m

avrdude: Version 6.3-20201216

     Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/

     Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch


     System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\ME\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\MiniCore\hardware\avr\2.1.3/avrdude.conf"


     Using Port                    : usb

     Using Programmer              : atmelice_isp

avrdude: Found CMSIS-DAP compliant device, using EDBG protocol

     AVR Part                      : ATmega328

     Chip Erase delay              : 9000 us

     PAGEL                         : PD7

     BS2                           : PC2

     RESET disposition             : dedicated

     RETRY pulse                   : SCK

     serial program mode           : yes

     parallel program mode         : yes

     Timeout                       : 200

     StabDelay                     : 100

     CmdexeDelay                   : 25

     SyncLoops                     : 32

     ByteDelay                     : 0

     PollIndex                     : 3

     PollValue                     : 0x53

     Memory Detail                 :



                              Block Poll               Page                       Polled

       Memory Type Mode Delay Size  Indx Paged  Size   Size #Pages MinW  MaxW   ReadBack

       ----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------

       eeprom        65    20     4    0 no       1024    4      0  3600  3600 0xff 0xff

       flash         65     6   128    0 yes     32768  128    256  4500  4500 0xff 0xff

       lfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00

       hfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00

       efuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00

       lock           0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00

       calibration    0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00

       signature      0     0     0    0 no          3    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00



     Programmer Type : JTAG3_ISP

     Description     : Atmel-ICE (ARM/AVR) in ISP mode

     Vtarget         : 4.9 V

     SCK period      : 8.00 us

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9514 (probably m328)

avrdude: erasing chip

avrdude: reading input file "0x3f"

avrdude: writing lock (1 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: 1 bytes of lock written

avrdude: verifying lock memory against 0x3f:

avrdude: load data lock data from input file 0x3f:

avrdude: input file 0x3f contains 1 bytes

avrdude: reading on-chip lock data:

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: verifying ...

avrdude: WARNING: invalid value for unused bits in fuse "lock", should be set to 1 according to datasheet

This behaviour is deprecated and will result in an error in future version

You probably want to use 0xff instead of 0x3f (double check with your datasheet first).

avrdude: 1 bytes of lock verified

avrdude: reading input file "0b11111101"

avrdude: writing efuse (1 bytes):

Error while burning bootloader.

Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.09s

avrdude: 1 bytes of efuse written

avrdude: verifying efuse memory against 0b11111101:

avrdude: load data efuse data from input file 0b11111101:

avrdude: input file 0b11111101 contains 1 bytes

avrdude: reading on-chip efuse data:

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: verifying ...

avrdude: verification error, first mismatch at byte 0x0000

     0xff != 0xfd

avrdude: verification error; content mismatch

avrdude done. Thank you.

I did a lot of searching around and found a few breadcrumbs. It looks like it may have been addressed back in 1.6.12 but I'm still seeing the issue above and unsure of next steps. I can brute force the fuses in Microchip Studio but this again will not be acceptable for the end user.

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Interestingly enough, if I go to my command line and paste just the raw avrdude command, it works:

C:\Users\ME\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino18/bin/avrdude -CC:\Users\ME\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\MiniCore\hardware\avr\2.1.3/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328 -catmelice_isp -Pusb -e -Ulock:w:0x3f:m -Uefuse:w:0b11111101:m -Uhfuse:w:0b11011111:m -Ulfuse:w:0xe2:m

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Anyone?

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Aaaand anyone?

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Looks like this avrdude “bug”?

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Thanks! Really appreciate it. Looks like we'll need to wait for an avrdude release.

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